I’m not sure why it’s been working this way but I’ve been able to go shopping two weeks at a time lately (with trips to Costco in between for milk). My weekly budget is $65 (two weeks is $130) and I spent $138.78 EEEK! So – that means I was over budget by $8.78. However,… [Read More]

This week I went to HyVee, Hen House and Price Chopper! For those of you new to frugal shopping and those of you going through our workshop, this is a good trip to look over. We have several items we NEEDED, and some are brand preferences (Skippy, Eggland’s Best, the Mayo) that weren’t on sale… [Read More]

This week Chrissy and I both went to a local discount grocery store and made out with some great deals!For those of you in KC I encourage you to try Rick’s Picks (in Independence). They do accept MFC’s and currently have a $5/$25 in the Thrifty Nickel (which you can pick up for free in… [Read More]

Today I went to Rick’s Picks a new discount grocery store. This store is about 20 mins. from my house but just down the street from Grandma’s. 17 boxes of ORGANIC Nature Valley Cereal 1 box of ORGANIC instant oatmeal 2 boxes of rolled oats 3 boxes of Lipton green tea 3 boxes of ORGANIC… [Read More]