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Unusual food sales?

Every week, I check the circular for my local grocery store online.  Typically, I find around three sale items I’m interested in.  I do try to shop with the sales, but only buy items I would normally buy.  And when things are on sale, I definitely do my best to stock up.
This week, after I [...]

Cooking From Scratch

While living alone, I always justified my prepared food purchases by saying that it was just tough to cook for one person.  Even now that I have a roommate, I find myself doing a lot of quick cooking and eating a lot of frozen meals and sandwiches, just because it’s easier.
Over the past few weeks, [...]

Smaller body, fatter wallet

I’ve been trying to take a closer look at what I eat.  I’ve not been gaining weight, but now that I’m back at the gym, I’ve decided to try to be a bit better about what I’m putting in my body.  Why bother to workout if I’m just going to fuel my body with junk? [...]

Frugal Families

Last night, I watched an episode of 17 Kids and Counting (the TLC show that follows the Duggar family).  They were having a job exchange day, where the girls learned to change the oil in a car and how to change a tire, and the boys learned to cook and clean.  All gender stereotypes aside, [...]

October Grocery Review

Yesterday, I did my last grocery shop for the month.  I’ve been tracking all the groceries I buy this month, logging and categorizing each item.  It was an eye opening experience.
I did go overbudget on groceries this month, but by less than $5, which initially pleased me.  Mid-month, I decided I wanted to bake cookies [...]