Author: Amanda

Project: Food Budget – Week 4

Budget: $70.00 Actual: $53.40  Wednesday (02/01) – Leftovers (Pasta with Peanut Sauce for me and chili from my sister-in-law for Alex) Thursday (02/02) – Shepard’s Pie Friday (02/03) – Easy Crock Pot Chicken Saturday (02/04) – Out with family after our 3D/4D Ultrasound! Sunday (02/05) – SUPERBOWL! We always have chili at my parent’s house… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 4

Project: Food Budget – Week 3 (plus January spending recap!)

Budget: $75.00 Actual: $73.90 We went grocery shopping on Tuesday which has been a habit we’ve fallen into the last several weeks so I think I’m just going to designate that as Grocery Shopping Day. And that means I will be shifting how I do the meal planning, so instead of meals running Sunday –… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 3 (plus January spending recap!)

Reading is for winners!

One of my resolutions for 2012 is to read more books. There was a time when I, all by myself, had a small personal library of over 1,000 books. Then I got married and moved out of my parent’s house into an apartment. My husband brought his own books into the equation but books weren’t… Continue reading Reading is for winners!