Whew, am I over budget or what?!  That means I’ll be spending very little over the next couple of weeks! Gas Station $6 2 Gallons Milk(I wasn’t planning on the snow last week!) Albertsons $14.10 5 bags Gold Medal Flour(on sale for $1 each), Quaker Rice Cakes(free after coupon&sale), Sugar($2),RedVines($1), Bar S Franks $1, Bananas $.39lb, [...]

Safeway $7.44-See details here! King Sooper $1.32-Pizza Crust, Cheddar block cheese x3, King Sized Reese Peanut Butter Cup(free), 1 gallon milk, a treat for me(pop and nibs because I wasn’t expecting the $5 credit to come off right away-I thought I’d have an option to use it or not plus I had a $3 catalina [...]

Here is what I spent this week.  Quick trips here and there added up fast-that’s a good reason to stay out of the store! Safeway $13.50-Prego Spaghetti Sauce, Kraft Cheese, 32oz plain yogurt, Cheese Ravioli, Baby Spinach, Romaine Mix Lettuce, Pineapple Target $5.54 Beef Chuck Roast, Kraft Cheese Dollar Tree $6.48-bleach, texas toast, animal crackers, [...]

Whew, last month ended going over my budget, however I was able to pull from other areas to compensate.  Our grocery/household budget was under by $13 last month, I received a $10 Kraft Rebate, and we were under for dining out by $23.  That $46 totally saved me!  Even without it my total spending was [...]

Whew, another week is gone.  It’s already the middle of January!  My baby girl’s birthday is coming up fast.  At this rate I’m likely to forget it.  Where has the past year gone?!  She’s going to be ONE! On another note, I stayed home at the end of the week again which was good for [...]

I did some shopping for Christmas goodies this week, but originally had set some money aside for that so it didn’t come out of my grocery budget.  It was only $15, but I also went to Safeway on Wednesday and shopped with a gift card they sent me. For $35 I purchased more baking supplies: [...]