Thrifty Shopping

  I Love Thrift Shops! You can find the best deals, as long as you are willing to wait for them and search for them. Sometimes, in my case today, you just stumble on them! After a day of shopping and lunch with Mom, she had suggested I run in to our local thrift store [...]

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We always need the fallback..

I have been upset with myself that this was the week I decided to hash out my recipes, because it has been such a crazy week. Between my brother leaving and my house being turned upside down with the bathroom re-model. Then today it dawned on me that this was the most perfect week to start! [...]

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Today is NOT the day

I was going to experiment with another recipe challenge for myself, but today it is NOT going to happen I have just returned from Brooklyn to see my brother sworn into the US NAVY, and I am feeling very blah…… Well, I am going to skip to another step and see how much money I [...]

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Grocery Budget Stretch – Part 2

My next step in my Budget “Re-hash” is figuring out what my family likes to eat. Alright, let me re-phrase, what they LOVE that I prepare. I think if I can make a hard copy list of that, and then know to bulk buy those ingredients, that should cut down on some costs? One of [...]

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Meatless Menu – I give UP!

Well, it is only day 1 of my research, but it is not looking promising Thanks to my picky family, who do not like many veggies, beans, rice or seafood….my meatless recipes consist of pasta pizza grilled cheese and soup breakfast for dinner and “hold the bacon” fishsticks..but this is only good for the kids..hubby [...]

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Grocery Budget Stretch – Part 1

Trying to make ends meet, and still staying within my grocery budget has become next to impossible!  I used to be able to feed my family of five under $100 a week..well those days are long gone I do understand why… 1) having a teenage boy has made a huge difference..he eats for 2, maybe [...]

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