This is a tough one for me. I just missed out on a great deal on butter and chicken. Excellent deal even. $1.79/lb for chicken and a pound of butter for $1.67. But to get these deals I would have had to drive the 40 minutes into the "big city." I'm really sad that I missed out on these deals but it just wasn't in the budget this week. If I am going to drive that far I want to stock up on many things, go to a few stores, etc. I like to make that trip worth the drive. Since that trip just wasn't … [Read more...]
Time to Start Christmas Gift Shopping and Creating
For our Christmas gift budget, I work really hard to spend no more than $10/person without it seeming cheap and not thoughtful. Sometimes I buy a more expensive item that is on clearance for the budgeted price. We do splurge a little on each other but we don't tend to buy each other birthday gifts, we don't do anniversary gifts, and we don't do anything for Valentine's Day. Christmas is the one time of year we buy gifts for each other so we are allowed to splurge a little. Often we make our … [Read more...]
Lumberjack Season Finances
{Matt doing springboard at Fryeburg Fair last year. This picture was on the front page of the newspaper.}Lumberjack season can be very expensive. Most competitions have an entry fee of $20-35 although we are doing one that is $40. Then there is the gas to get there and food for the day and other random things. Don't even get me started on the cost of the equipment and repairs.It can make for a very tight July and August. Usually by the end of August things are better as all the entry fees … [Read more...]
Sometimes It’s Okay To Give Up
I have to confess something to you all. I have given up on making our bread.It just isn't working for us. We don't eat it quite fast enough so it goes stale and ends up getting wasted. I also feel like I am spending all my time making bread, even with the bread maker.The choice has been made to buy the store brand all natural bread. It's about a dollar more than the artificial dyes and preservatives loaf I used to get. It is also about 3/4 of the size. But I feel like it is worth it to spend a … [Read more...]
Frugal Things I’ve Done This Week
1. Made bread.2. Made yogurt (I follow this method in the slow cooker).3. Purchased peaches at $0.99/lb and froze most of them for adding to yogurt this winter.4. Dried the laundry outside. (Although yesterday I had to go running outside to bring in the diapers when it started to rain).5. Froze coffee to make ice cubes so Matt could make good iced coffee at home. It's been in the 80s and 90s this week and iced coffee is one of Matt's favorite hot weather treats.Hopefully those will all … [Read more...]
Burning Out on Frugal Living
I'm going to let you in on a little secret.I get tired of having to pinch pennies and think frugally on every, little thing.I would love to just say, "Sure, honey, you can buy a cup of coffee every day" or to finally purchase the stuff that has been in my cart at TheContainerStore.com for 2-3 years. Or stop sinking money into the Focus when it isn't worth much but we have to because we can't afford a new car yet.I get tired of having to look for deals and coupons. I get tired of not being able … [Read more...]
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