Discipline… Arg.

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.” Proverbs 25:28.
In today’s world, students are taught to be goal setters. Over and over again, they are told that the only way they can achieve is if they work at it, if they are disciplined. I know this all [...]

Woohoo! Wal-Mart Freebies ROCK!

I am not the biggest fan of Wal-Mart, I’ll be the first to say the company is not perfect. However, they have the best freebies available! I got a ton in the mail today and they all came with additional coupons for that product! Wow! You can’t beat that! Check out the picture! The freebies [...]

Stock up!

I was visiting one of my favorite frugal blogs, Like Merchant Ships, and read a startling article from the Wallstreet Journal. I have read about the rice prices, the flour prices, the meat and dairy prices, now I’m beginning to wonder if I may need to do some strategic stockpiling this month!
Check out this article!
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120881517227532621-lMyQjAxMDI4MDI4MjgyMTI1Wj.html

Super Savings Saturday

I didn’t do much shopping this week, but I did learn something about savings in the Vancouver/Portland area. We received a flyer in our mailbox from our local Winco. 40 purchased grocery items were listed from Winco, Albertsons, Safeway, Fred Meyer, and Wal-Mart. The items included produce, deli items, meat, and other grocery items from [...]

Tips Tuesday

Cutting back on water usage:
So vital! For your budget and for the planet! Today is Earth Day and God has called us to be good stewards of his blessings; I believe His creation is included in His calling to good stewardship. Nathan and I watched the Human Footprint on the National Geographic Channel, and I [...]

I Said No This Week!

Want to know how I saved the most money this week? It wasn’t with coupons, sales, less energy consumption or even meal planning. I said no to spending money this last week on things I did not necessarily need to buy.
Last Saturday, we had 70 degree weather here in Vancouver! Yes, that’s right! The land [...]

Freebie Friday

Another great week for freebies! This week I got a free sample of Tide with Dawn in the mail which I am excited to use.
The big freebie of the week was a class a signed up for through the community education program here in Vancouver. It was a first time home buyers class and was [...]

Frugal Flops

I think that frugal flops can be so difficult to swallow when you are trying to live on a budget. I have a tendency to really let these upsets in my financial plan drag me down, and drag me down fast! For all the things that go well, it takes just one booboo to leave [...]

The Budget…

I have had a few people ask me about our budget and I thought it’d be helpful to post it! Some months I add categories that we don’t normally need like car repair. For example, this month we had a category for tires. In March, we had a category for travel because we went to [...]

The Blessings of Paying With Cash…

Today Nathan and I went to Les Schwab and bought new tires. A family member bought us new tires a year and a half ago and we already had to replace one this fall. Well, we found out that the other three were in desperate need of replacing as well last week. We went there [...]