It’s Day 7 of the Food Stamp Challenge, and I’m happy to say we made it through the week. (I covered what we would be eating today in my post yesterday.) The idea behind the Food Stamp Challenge was to allow families who have never lived on food stamps to experience a little of what… [Read More]
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Food Stamp Challenge: Day 3
It’s day three of the Food Stamp Challenge. I still haven’t made it to the grocery store, but our menu today was mainly leftovers reinvented into a new meal. I will have to make a trip out if I want to pick up items to donate which is my goal. For the third day in… [Read More]
Charity Challenge & Giveaway: Be Part of the Big Give!
Are you new to BeCentsAble? Read more about this blog here! Last week we joined Amy at MomAdvice.com in ther Big Give Initiative with bloggers all over the web! One of our passions is helping people find ways to give back, even on small means…BeCentsAble’s mission is “to help families save time and money so… [Read More]
And It’s A Wrap!
My favorite new blog (and by ‘new’ I mean ‘I’ just started reading it regularly) is The Simple Dollar…what an amazing thing… Trent is celebrating 2 years of blogging and has put together his list of top 25 articles from the past two years. Read them!!! It’s Friday of course and that means…do I really… [Read More]
Finally Met My Grocery Budget!
I went on my weekly Saturday night shopping marathon and this week – it was worth it! I spent $160 (for three weeks, plus lots of stock up) but I saved $180, 53%!!! I went to : Walgreen’s Basha’s Safeway Fry’s That’s $53 a week (our budget is $65) and all I need to buy… [Read More]