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There is something true {and cliche} about the New Year making you want to rectify all of your bad habits, start new, make positive changes, blah, blah, blah. BUT, here’s the truth, what else is there to do in February? It’s cold outside, the money and family have all gone away after the holidays, and Read More >>
I spent most of yesterday cleaning out the pantry. The Boy Scouts are gearing up to come around and “Scout for Food” so I thought this would be the perfect time to go through my stockpile. This is a picture of my “overflow” room. The place where everything goes after the kitchen, bathroom and laundry Read More >>
It’s not that I think I’ll run out of food by the end of the year… Because I know I won’t. The problem is more along the lines of how do I exhibit enough self-control to not SPEND too much money thus going over my $1, 200 a year grocery budget. There’s one thing I Read More >>
No big sales, no double coupons… Just a ho hum week for Mavis and her Coupon Binder… $4.46 I don’t remember how much this was… All I know is I used my Target Birthday gift card and the remaining balance was .65 cents… so the cashier “cashed out” the gift card and handed me .65 Read More >>
Usually by this time of year we have unplugged one of the two freezers… And I thought for sure with only spending $100 a month on food… We would have cleared one out by now… But apparently not… With the exception of a few things… like cool whip and 2 packages of bratwurst… Everything still Read More >>
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