I set goals in May and said I would post how we did and I am going to follow through. Like I said in my original post, the perfectionist within me is freaking out a little. We did not meet all the goals we set this for this month.
May Goals:
Overall Budget: Stay with in the [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 31, 2008
Accountability and New June Goals
May 31, 2008
Super Savings Saturday!
Woohoo! I had FUN at Walgreens today! I used the $10/$30 coupon and bought the following for only $3.92!
And by the way, I absolutely love the intuition schick razor.
Yippee!
I learned something on this trip… it matters what order your coupons get scanned in! I spent about a half hour researching online and putting together [...]
May 29, 2008
A semi-frugal weekend
We had a visit from our wonderful friend Whitney over Memorial Day. We had a lot of fun and we spent more money than we normally do! But– it could have been much worse.
What we did:
Whitney rode up with my parents who were visiting my grandparents in Longview saving her a lot of [...]
May 28, 2008
Inventory!!
My grocery shopping focus for this month was on stocking up my pantry in preparation for spiking food prices. I feel like I have done a fairly good job in my stocking up efforts. I have seen pictures of some people’s pantries and feel like my pantry pales in comparison. For me and my husband, [...]
May 24, 2008
Super Savings Saturday! (Oh how I wish we had CVS!)
Walgreens:
I used the $5/$20 coupon yesterday and got a lot of great stuff! I felt a little tricked by Walgreens though. The wording on their ad plus coupons seemed as though I was getting better deals than I ended up getting. I felt tricked and got upset as I walked away from the store. I [...]
May 24, 2008
Sharing the Wealth
I think one of the most powerful things that we can do as frugal people is share with each other and with others in need. How much more truly simple and frugal can you get? Carrying for and sharing your wisdom or bounty with others.
We have been working on this in our life recently.
Here’s [...]
May 23, 2008
Walgreens Coupon!
Yippee Skippy! I don’t have to go to work tomorrow! We have a four day weekend here in Vancouver! The day is going to get even sweeter because I found out about a 5$/20 coupon for Walgreens– tomorrow only! (Thanks Denise for the comment!) I had already scheduled a trip to Walgreens for tomorrow! I [...]
May 22, 2008
“Cutting” expenses
The aftermath of our money saving hair cutting session!
Now before you all start calling us for appointments, Nathan did not cut my hair. I actually bit the bullet and went to a hair salon today. ($37! Ah!) Nathan wouldn’t let me wait another day! I have been putting it off forever because I [...]
May 21, 2008
Savings!!!
I have discovered the joy of saving with coupons. I have been able to save so much money on my groceries with coupons and careful planning. I am super excited because I found a way to get even more coupons! Home Made Simple’s coupon booklet! I signed up for mine and its free!
http://www.startsampling.com/sm/24730/quickQuestion.iphtml?item=24730&source=FEBCOUP
