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...]
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...]
My Saturday Night
I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but I am a huge fan of Kroger for grocery shopping. If you don't have one in your area, you need to call up the corporate office and tell them to open one.....STAT! I was so tickled when I got home from Kroger last night that I just had to share a little bit from my trip. (You know you are a dork when you are out grocery shopping on a … [Read more...]
Life on a Teacher’s Salary – CVS 2/7
Since I posted about my trip to Walgreens last week, I figured that I better give a shout out to CVS as well! As I mentioned before, I love CVS and it is definitely my favorite of all the national drug store chains (I have yet to try Rite Aid, so I can't say much about that one). Before I show you exactly what I bought this week, here are some of the reasons why I love CVS so much (in no … [Read more...]
Life on a Teacher’s Salary – Walgreens 2/1
In case you haven't gathered this already, I have become quite fond of couponing! I am by no means "extreme" like you see on the cable show, but I have enjoyed learning how to be a better steward of our money. I also view it as a challenge to try and stretch our income as far as it will go! And in case you haven't given couponing a try, it's actually kind of addicting! … [Read more...]
