This week I did the majority of the shopping early in the week, which was a good thing. Two of our four kids have ended up with strep throat and with it came a lot of stomach trouble. Fortunately, it seems as if the baby has missed it, and I am keeping my fingers crossed. [...]
This week I stepped up the speed a little, but I still took my time, since it’s only been two weeks since I gave birth. I did do a lot of cleaning, and I ran some errands on foot such as signing up my 3-year-old for school next year, going to the playground with the [...]
This week was the baby’s first shopping trip, and it surpassed my expectations baby- wise I think this little lady might just be a super shopper already. As for the savings, this might just have been the worst saving week this year, but I will admit that I spent very little time planning my shopping list this week. I [...]
This week I only made one shopping trip, as I spent the first half of the week in the hospital with my beautiful baby girl. The first thing my oldest son reminded me of in the car on the way home from the hospital was that….we were out of milk. When Thursday came around, and I [...]
The energy spurt that I got two weeks ago has dissipated, and this week I am feeling very very pregnant. Between a cold snap hitting South Florida, the boys getting sick, and entering the final days of the pregnancy I have had to take it very easy. Somehow I’ve managed to escape the kids’ cold [...]
This week I have been taking it easy, since it started out with an evening at the hospital. After a round of IV, I was back on my feet again, swimming at the Y, walking etc., but I can definitely feel that it is time to slow down a notch. I managed to stay within [...]
This week I have done A LOT of shopping, because I added two trips to the mall to my usual shopping routine. It has been a great week for bargains though, because I found some awesome clearance deals. Living in an urban area means lots and lots of malls, lots of stores, and lots of shopping opportunities, and [...]
This week is the week that I am finally staying within budget…our new $70 grocery budget that is. I picked up some great deals on kids clothing and shoes at 70 percent off, and I was especially thrilled to find a pair of shoes for my oldest son, who is growing faster than I can [...]
Alright, the Frugality Is Free family’s grocery budget is now officially being raised to $70 a week. Last year we spent an average of $62 a week, but our fruit bowl is filled and emptied in no time, and if it costs us an extra $5 a week to keep it filled as we become a [...]
I did a lot of shopping this week, as I found more great baby clothing clearance and the Target toy clearance sale finally hit 70 percent off. I wait all year for this toy clearance sale, and I am now finished shopping for the kids in our family. Now, the gifts just need to be wrapped [...]
The grocery savings were slim this week, but I did get some great savings on baby clothes at Gymboree, so it was still a good shopping week. This week I just wanted to get grocery shopping done as fast as possible, and with fewer coupons than usual due to lack of ink the savings surely [...]
This was the first shopping week of 2013, and I got ALOT of shopping done in between the many doctor’s appointments. Between myself and three boys, it seemed as if almost every day had a doctor’s appointment, but at least we got them done without interferring with school. We even made it to the mall last [...]
We are in the holiday home stretch, and I managed to get the last holiday food shopping done yesterday. After a busy week last week, this week has been a week with bedrest for me due to the pregnancy, so I have done my best to limit my walking. I stll manged to get some shopping [...]
Between planning our holiday party, school award ceremonies, doctor’s appointments etc., there has been little time for shopping, which means no extra spending this week. I am thrilled that our garden is giving us plenty of lettuce and herbs, and we have peppers, tomatoes and hot habanero peppers just waiting to ripen. I am very [...]
After several weeks of coming in under our weekly grocery budget of $65 for our family of 5, I knew that this would be the week that I would go over. Check out my ALDI Deals See my ALDI Deals I spent $37.64 at ALDI I saved $14 at ALDI — Check out [...]
