The Sweet Life On A Budget

Our meals need to be nutritious, clean, flexible, quick and cost effective. Between our work schedules and after school activities, we need to carefully plan our meals so that we do not end up ordering out.   Welcome to the third week of Stay at Home orders from our governor.   Our freezers are full and our meal planning doesn’t require as many items to fill it.   However, the stores are having difficulty keeping up with demand and many common items are still out of stock.   For example, bagels and yeast. In addition, I have noticed the quality of the produce has declined over the past few weeks.     Therefore, when Aldi had many of the things that aren't available at Kroger's , we picked them up.      What did we spend?  Week 1: $187.95 Kroger: $11.26 Kroger: $143.37 Meijer: $33.62 Rebates: $9.40 Kroger cash: $5.50 Week 2: $173.71 Kroger: $173.71 Rebate:  Week 3- $1...

Living Large In the Cheap Seats is starting to look a little different given the current state of crisis the world is experiencing.   The fact that we are being asked to limit our exposure to groups of people larger than 10 people really impacts our ability to get out and enjoy various local experiences.   Therefore going out in public is of a low priority in our household for the time being. However, we are hoping to change that come late spring/early summer. Therefore, I am going to focus on incorporating a little Hagge into my life with a few Small Group (aka family based) activities, Virtual Activities and things you can do now in order to secure more fun for the warmer months.   Well- hopefully.  Add a Little Hygge into your life: So, what is Hygge?  Hygge is defined as “a quality of coziness and comfortable cheerfulness that causes a feeling of contentment or well-being.”   I believe that Hygge is living a simpler...

Our meals need to be nutritious, clean, flexible, quick and cost effective. Between our work schedules and after school activities, we need to carefully plan our meals so that we do not end up ordering out.   Well- What a Week!   The Coronavirus has turned everyone’s lives upside down where I live.   The schools are closing, the events have been cancelled and people are running scared.    We have been asked to stay at home and to limit our exposure to others. I know that we spent a lot last week and did it again this week, but we are planning on not going out much in the next 3 weeks, so it should balance out eventually.    What did we spend?  Week 1: $187.95 Kroger: $11.26 Kroger: $143.37 Meijer: $33.62 Rebates: $9.40 Kroger cash: $5.50 Homel Snackes $0.50 x 5 = $2.50 Good Fats $0.75x 2 = $1.50 Starbucks $.75 x 2 = $1.50 Week 2: $173.71 Kroger: $173.71 Rebate:  Week 3- $171...