**I spent all of my money by Tuesday, but we had fun doing it! Grocery spending: Week 1: $107 Week 2: $111 Week 3: $82 ($0 left for week 4) Week 4: $25 (stole from fun money!) Fun money: Spent this week: $10 Leftover: $0 (I spent every penny!) Weekly Recap: I have to admit… Continue reading Frugal February Week 4 Update (Monthly Recap and Results)

Grocery spending: Week 1: $107 Week 2: $111 Grocery money left: $82 Other spending: $0 (yay) $81 left for the rest of the month   Thrifty things: -We stayed home a lot this week so I had five no spend days (which is a rarity for me) -My wonderful mother-in-law dropped off Valentine's Day candy… Continue reading Frugal February Week 2 Update

We had the flu at our house this week, so that meant we stayed home a lot (which is always nice for the budget) Here is the breakdown for my spending this week: Groceries Aldi $83 Dollar General: $2 (on powdered donuts to cheer up my sick son) Walmart: $22 Total: $107 ($193 left for… Continue reading Frugal February Week 1 Update

Welcome to the Frugal February Challenge! For the past 5 years or so, I have been participating in a Frugal February Challenge. It all started when my husband and I decided to attempt to pay our house off in three years (Spoiler alert: we did it in two!) He was working a ton of overtime… Continue reading Frugal February Challenge

This past week has been almost identical to Week 2.  I have only bought groceries and avoided the thrift store all week.  My pantry and freezers are still mostly full, which is surprising because I have not really bought much meat/pantry staples this month.  I think this is because I had a really, well-stocked freezer… Continue reading Frugal February Week 3 Update

This Frugal February has been so easy compared to others for some reason.  This is surprising to me because I have cut my grocery budget in half, so I thought I would feel the pinch a lot more.  I think that maybe my goal of not buying anything new this year, has really changed the… Continue reading Frugal February Week 2 Update

Well this was a pretty low key week for us on the saving money front.  I decided to have my no spend week coincide with the first week of Frugal February to kind of jumpstart the challenge.  So the only money I spent this week was $25 at the grocery store for essential food items. … Continue reading Frugal February Week 1 Update