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.  We try hard to keep our total food and household products to under $100.00 per week.  What did we spend?  Week 1: 130.49 Kroger: $103.78 Meijers: $26.71 Rebates: $21.09 IBOTTA: $19.59 Kroger Cash: $15.49 Saving Star: $1.50 Refund: $4.00 (Coupon Issue)  Week 2- $82.33 Aldi: $82.33 Rebate: $1.99 IBOTTA: $1.99 Week 3-  $71.49 Kroger: $66.98 Walgreens: $1.13 Walmart: $3.38 Rebate: $12.38 Checkout 51: $9.00 IBOTTA: $3.38 Week 4- $105.68 CVS: $2.91 Aldi: $65.12 Kroger: $37.65 Rebate: $8.50 EBC: $7.00 (+ $6.00 replacement) IBOTTA: $1.50 Kroger Cash: $1.50 Total: $389.99 Rebate Total: $43.96 Final Total: $346.03 NOTE: Rebate total DOESN’T include Kroger Cash or Refunds because they will

Making small changes that have big results.  Living the Good Life On A Budget can happen with small changes repeated weekly. When combining picking up free items and frugal living tips, your life can be transformed.   Here are some ideas as to how you can make some small changes that will have HUGE results over the course of a year.   On Friday’s I share a few frugal ideas to help you maintain The Sweet Life on a Budget along with my money saving deals.  Although I do not advocate shopping at a large number of stores during this health crisis, if you are going to a particular store that has a deal- just pick it up too.    Knowledge is power.    Leftovers-  We use our Leftovers for lunches the next day.   Most of the time my husband claims these tasty tidbits.  Garden Happiness-   My garden is producing a ton of lettuces and herbs.   In an effort to preserve them for the upcoming year, I air dry them in the sun.    I just place them on a cookie dr