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With the recent beautiful, Spring weather (flurries in the forecast notwithstanding) I decided it was high time to go through my kids’ seasonal clothes and assess the current situation. You see, when I’m out and about at the second-hand stores I like to frequent, when I see something cute, I want to get it. However! [...]
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Toward the beginning of January, I joined a pantry challenge hosted by an amazing blogger who encouraged everyone to clean out their pantries and see how far you could stretch those grocery dollars for the month. After my 14yo looked into our (crowded) pantry and declared, “There’s nothing to eat in here,” I decided drastic [...]
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I was half-way through my grocery shopping today when I realized I had walked out of the house without taking cash from the “food” envelope. The Envelope System Cash spending is a new thing for me. This is my first month, actually. I’ve started off small — just four categories. (Food; gifts; clothing; and booze.) [...]
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I’ve mentioned my real-life friend Erin a lot lately, I know. She’s promoting her $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook, and it’s just so exciting I can’t keep quiet about it! I feel like a know an honest-to-goodness celebrity. What can I say? I love living vicariously. But mainly, it wouldn’t be responsible of me not to [...]
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… a whopping $715. Keeping It Real Does that seem like a lot? How much did you spend? Did you create a budget and stick to it? Do tell. The thing is, despite the name of this blog, The Hubs and I never really sat down and said, “We’re only going to spend this much [...]
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*Sigh* I promised myself I would turn in EARLY tonight. Alas, I got sucked in by a new commenter (Hi, M&J!) so I had to go check out her site, which led me to other sites… I found a couple of amazing new bloggers who are on their own amazing debt-free journeys! I’m so excited [...]
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I’ve always been a big fan of second-hand stores. In fact, you might say that my biggest problem is not spending too much at them! That“It’s such a good deal, I can’t pass it up” mentality. I am doing much better in that area: really thinking hard about whether I really need an item, and [...]
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I love books. Love, love, love. Since you’re reading this in this crazy bloggity world of ours, I’m sure many of you can relate. Recently my mom and dad were here for a visit from out-of-state, and one of the things my mom and I had on our list of Things to Do was check [...]
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