Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 20, 2017
This week at the grocery store, I found a whole chicken marked down to a nice price. I cooked it in my Instant Pot (look for the directions on Monday 10/23/17), and used the meat for Tuesday night’s dinner. My husband and I had leftovers, one daughter had breakfast-for-dinner, and the other daughter had a can of soup.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 6, 2022
The value of the meal is $18, but the cash value of the 350 gas points for my vehicle is about $5.95–a great price for a dinner that I don’t have to cook! I have been doing my grocery shopping at a different GIANT store and I’m finding that they always have a lot of marked-down meat. Marked down meat!
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Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
My daughter has been begging me for several months to try Blue Apron subscription meal kit service. I’m the chief grocery shopper for my family, so why would I need a subscription service–it seemed so frivolous to me. Things like salt, pepper, cooking oil are not included. My daughter is very eager to learn to cook.
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 20, 2023
…enter 2023 We have not one, but two teenage high school daughters. We want to assist our daughters with their college expenses. We have a number that we want to save for each daughter. Long-time readers might remember the days when my kids were much younger and I spent $400/month on groceries.
Saving Everyday
AUGUST 1, 2022
It feels too restrictive and takes away from the joy of cooking. Some days, I just want to cook what I want to cook, you feel me? When you get home from grocery shopping, prep everything you can before it goes in the fridge. Batch cook. Throwing food away is throwing money away ! Have a plan. Here’s why.
Saving Everyday
AUGUST 1, 2022
It feels too restrictive and takes away from the joy of cooking. Some days, I just want to cook what I want to cook, you feel me? When you get home from grocery shopping, prep everything you can. Pro tip : Statistically, over 40% of families order take-out because they’re tired and don’t feel like cooking.
Coupons Do Work
APRIL 14, 2015
My daughter does competitive cheerleading and that itself is $3K a year (not including travel). I shop at the end of the season. I stocked up on several sizes for the next 2-3 years… for my daughter, last Sept, Crazy 8 had a coupon and a sale on summer clothes. For example, once I saw shorts and shirts for $1.99
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