I’m going to talk about something no one enjoys talking about: money. (Source: US News Article) One of my resolutions for 2012 was to get a better handle on our personal finances. Since Alex and I have been married, I have always managed our money. About 90% of the time, I’m okay with this role.… Continue reading Why money makes me nervous, and what I’m doing about it
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!
Project: Food Budget – Week 2
I am so proud of how well we did on Project: Food Budget for this week! Weekly Budget – $75.00 Actual Spending – $69.70 This week, we are enjoying: Monday (01/16) – Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken Tuesday (01/17) – Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken (never got to it last week), served with carrots & peas… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 2
Project: Food Budget – Week 1
We went grocery shopping for this week last weekend. We had a $25.00 American Express gift card from Christmas that we used toward the bill, so it put us under our goal… but I’m not going to include that for the total because it isn’t what we actually spent. I used a couple coupons and… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 1
Learning how to food budget
I decided to participate in a challenge I stumbled across last week. It’s called Project: Food Budget and was created by Emily Levenson. This challenge began in October of last year (feels weird to refer to 2011 as last year!) but you can join in at any time. And January 2012 seems like the perfect time… Continue reading Learning how to food budget