Budget – $70.00 Actual – $86.26 I was $16.26 over budget this week. Our savings was $15.46, which is good at least. The reason we went over budget is we made a random grocery trip on Sunday. I had to get meat for Alex’s breakfast burritos; I had to buy yogurt because the yogurt I’d… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 7 (plus February spending recap!)
Moleskine notebook turned planner
Several weeks ago, a post title in my Google Reader feed caught my eye: Moleskine Notebook Transformation – A No Binding Required Weekly Planner Tutorial, by Kyla Roma. This caught my eye for a couple reasons: I had been searching for the perfect planner for approximately 1 month and I was tired of spending money… Continue reading Moleskine notebook turned planner
Project: Food Budget – Week 6
Budget: $70.00 Actual: $3.56 (meat market) and $61.50 (Kroger) – totaling $65.06 I’m pretty proud of our spending this week! I bought 2 pounds of chicken last Wednesday or Thursday at a local meat market and that was a savings of $6.82 over what we would have spent on 2 pounds of chicken from Kroger… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 6
Project: Food Budget – Week 5
Budget: $70.00 Actual: $67.68 Our dinners this week: Wednesday (02/08) – Had dinner at Applebees with my family Thursday (02/09) – Pan Roasted Chicken with Lemon-Garlic Green Beans (it’s baking right now and smells great!) Friday (02/10) – New England Pot Roast Saturday (02/11) – Spinach Lasagna Rolls (this time I’m making it with lasagna instead of… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 5
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
I have a new hobby and I love it
Tuesday, my mom and I headed over to a local yarn shop, Knitwits, for a knitting lesson. The knitting lesson was for me, my mom accompanied me for moral support. She’s been knitting for awhile and, for Christmas, she signed me up for something Knitwits offers called Knitwits University (click Tell Me More for a pdf… Continue reading I have a new hobby and I love it