Extreme Couponing – it’s not reality

Extreme Couponing – it’s not reality

(My “not so extreme” shopping trip today – $7. Already eaten was our dinner –  a bucket of chicken on sale for $4.99, but marked to $1.99 because the deli was closing, as well as marked down apples.) Extreme Couponing: the Reality Many of you...
Budgeting for Food

Budgeting for Food

For most people, the quickest way to see a tangible difference in their pocket book is by examining personal food expenditures, and attacking that aspect immediately. Why food? Because unlike other fixed income expenses that are consistent every month, such as a...
Extreme Couponing: Grocery Guru Strikes Again

Extreme Couponing: Grocery Guru Strikes Again

It’s a Grocery Guru shopping week here in the beauty and bedlam household, and I got a cart full of groceries for next to nothing. Some call this extreme couponing, but as I know, this is nothing compared to those who really stockpile. I buy what we use. My...
$500 Month Food Budget – 3 Moms Update

$500 Month Food Budget – 3 Moms Update

Do you remember when I was challenged with one month of reality cooking? Toni, Kate and I embarked on our 3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Day Challenge. Specifically, I shared how I shopped, cooked and fed a family of seven on $500 a month. My biggest challenge was to begin...