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The Christmas Savings Challenge — Because The Holidays Will Be Here Before You Know It

August 27, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday I came across a blog post about saving for Christmas. I hate to even mention the C-word when it’s still August, but we start school this week, and once that happens, I can (kind of) start thinking about the holidays. I am not one of those early shoppers.  I don’t have all my shopping […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Moneysavers, Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: budget, Christmas, christmas list, Holiday, savings, Shopping

I’m Changing the Way I Approach Meals (And Saving Money In The Process)

August 5, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Cutting down on the grocery bill is always a goal of mine. With a few significant extra expenses in the last few weeks (some expected and some unexpected) combined with my husband losing his job a couple months ago, cutting back everywhere I can is higher on the list of priorities than ever. We have […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Moneysavers, Parenting Tagged With: budget, food, France, garbage, groceries, juck, meal planning, organized, Paris, Shopping

Making more money isn’t the answer to your money problems.

September 30, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Last week I wrote a post about the most important thing we did to dig ourselves out of financial trouble. It was just one bullet point in the list of many, many things we did, but it was definitely at the top. Once we did that, it helped us to see how we had been contributing […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: budget, cable, cell phone, debt, finances, heat, meal planning, money, Republick Wireless, thermostat

Costco Turkey Chili — quick, healthy, inexpensive, and delicious

March 27, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I want to share my Costco turkey chili recipe with you because it’s super easy to make, it’s tasty, it’s fairly healthy, it freezes well, and it’s inexpensive. (And if there’s anything I’ve learned to do over the past year, it’s feed my family fairly nutritious meals on a budget). If you are a purist […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: budget, chili, Costco, meal planning, pasta sauce, turkey

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