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 [...]
Tonight I finally put together the annual grocery savings and spendings for our family, and I am thrilled to see that I kept the $65 weekly grocery budget, which we had set for our family of 5 this year. We spent an average of $63 a week on groceries for our family of 5, which is [...]
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 [...]
This is the last Weekly Savings Linky of 2012, and this means it is time to put together the Frugality Is Free family’s totals for the year. I finally managed to get all of the shopping done this week, and I am thrilled about the end-of-the-year deals. Did you stay on track with your [...]
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 [...]
It has been a tough week, as the pregnancy is progressing, so I am trying my best to stay at home and off my feet, although this is almost impossible for a mom of 3 boys. It means that I am limiting the shopping as much as possible, whereas I used to be able to take [...]
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 [...]
The fridge and freezer are stuffed to the limit thanks to some great Thanksgiving deals, and amazingly I stayed under budget despite Thanksgiving. I browsed through all of the Black Friday ads, but I did not find anything that tempted me enough for a visit. I did make a quick stop at CVS to pick up [...]
This week was yet another busy one for our family, and despite going to the mall on Sunday to get the boys free hair cuts at JCPenney, we did not spend a single penny. I only shopped at two stores this week to minimize the running around, which means that my savings are less than [...]
This week was Halloween clearance week at Target, and I went a little Halloween clearance crazy. I always stay far away from the holiday decor and such until the week after, and then I pack away items for next year. It was a busy week for us with the election, a yard sale and more, [...]
This week I was under budget again, which is a great thing since it keeps the grocery budget balanced for the year. I did not do as much shopping as usual, but I still got plenty of groceries though, I splurged on beef, Halloween goodies and I even got expensive Kashi meals for pennies. I [...]
After last week’s last minute diaper trip, which ended up sending me $20 over budget, I knew I had to stay within budget this week. I did so, and I was able to shave off $5, which doesn’t even out last week, but it helps. If I had shopped at one store only, I would [...]
