Lately, I've been tinkering with our grocery budget. Since our grocery budget includes food as well as our toiletries, household product, and diapers, it can sometimes get a little tricky. I'm not ready to divide the categories up at this point, but I may give that a try at some point to see if that method works better. Long story short, when I looked at the calendar and our grocery … [Read more...]
The Teacher’s Salary Series: Ways to Save at Christmas {Travelling/Road Trips}
For today's Ways to Save at Christmas post, I thought I would talk a little bit about how to save money on travelling by car. {We haven't been flying as much lately so I'm sticking to driving for this post}. Since both sets of parents {and aunts, uncles, and cousins} all live out of town, we tend to travel at the holidays - it's just a matter of how far depending on who we are … [Read more...]
The Teacher’s Salary Series: Ways to Save at Christmas {Shop Smarter}
This week, I'm continuing my Ways to Save at Christmas mini-series. In case you were wondering, I'll be continuing it through the month of December and will hopefully give you some ideas on how to save a little money during this Christmas season. Since we've determined our budgets and determined who we are actually giving to, it's time to get to the fun part....SHOPPING! I actually … [Read more...]
The Teacher’s Salary Series: Ways to Save at Christmas {Give Fewer Gifts}
So, here's the thing: the title of this week's post probably makes it sound like I am Scrooge. Believe it or not, I really enjoy gift giving. I love trying to find the "perfect" item and thoroughly enjoy seeing the recipient's reaction when they unwrap it. I enjoy the entire process of gift-giving, even down to the wrapping. Call me crazy! But {and … [Read more...]
Walgreens Trip – 6/17
While my in-laws were in town, I had some time to get out and run some errands by myself. I usually try to limit my errands with the kids to 1 store and perhaps a couple of drive through errands such as the post office or bank. If I have to go to more than 1 store, I will try to wait until the evening when I don't have to get them in and out of the car multiples times. … [Read more...]
