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  • Low-Spend January: Day 6

    Well…not a bad day all in all.  Not a great day but not too bad. $25 for lunch with hubby–something we plan for weekly and consider a necessity.  $8 for frozen yogurt.  Eh, could have gone without but hubby really wanted it. 🙂  $8 at QT for some water, some cashews and a bag of gummy…

  • Low-Spend January: Day 5

    I’m on a roll!  Tee hee!! I almost ordered from OldNavy.com and backed out at the last minute! I almost placed a produce order for next week even though I have tons of produce already. I spent $25 on milk (we buy organic…Shamrock Farms’ 96oz containers are $3.68 at Wal-Mart and by far the best…

  • Low-Spend January: Day 4

    I did pretty well today!  I had a planned grocery trip (Sprout’s), during which I really only bought groceries.  I spent $225 (wanted to stay at $200 or less….bah) and bought a LOT of beef (mostly organic, grassfed) and some turkey breast filets.  I also purchased quinoa and some quinoa pasta (Dax is really into pasta…

  • Low-Spend January: Day 3

    Technically, I didn’t spend anything that wasn’t a NEED today!  Go me!  I did buy sour cream and cheese for dinner, but since we’re eating primal again for the first time in months and quinoa, black beans and chicken wouldn’t have been very yummy (or fatty enough) without the cheese and sour cream, I authorized it…

  • Getting things done!

    One of my goals for 2013 (resolutions are too easy to break, in my opinion) is to make progress on the house every day.  We moved in August and I’m still not completely unpacked and organized.  The schoolroom and my master bedroom have turned into dumping grounds for all the miscellany I haven’t figured out…

  • Low-Spend January: Day 2

    I did soooo much better today than yesterday!  Woo hoo! I wish I could say I didn’t spend a penny…but I did spend $2.50 on an eBook.  I bought The Peaceful Mom’s Save More, Clip Less.  Finding this booklet, and for a mere $2.50, was very timely since I’ve been collecting my newspapers for the…

  • Low-Spend January: Day 1

    Day 1 could definitely have gone better!  Actually, scratch that…I should say that I could have done better!  I have to take responsibility for my actions.  (That’s one of my resolutions!) I spent most of the day helping my dad by packing and moving everything in my mom’s beloved china cabinet.  He’s moving to a…

  • One day more…

    It’s the very last day of 2012!  Although I usually feel like huge last hurrahs are purely setting myself up for failure, I always feel compelled to do them! I’m making a huge batch of Kraft mac-n-cheese for lunch.  <—  Processed and normal pasta last hurrah! I’m making a big pan of boxed brownies.  <—  Processed,…

  • Our Simple(r) Christmas

    Merry Christmas!! 😀 The stockings are emptied, the presents unwrapped and my children are happily playing with their gifts whilst munching sandwiches and potato chips (my simple Christmas lunch!). I am happy because I feel like we succeeded greatly with keeping Christmas simple and frugal, with the emphasis being on family togetherness and not what…

  • Getting Psyched!

    I’ve sort of been cheating, since I’ve started working on my list of projects that I plan to tackle in order to make 2013 “A Year of Less.” I attacked my bathroom counter and drawers.  I tossed all the old or questionable make-up and toiletries including duplicate items or things I just flat out don’t use. …