I have received numerous questions about how I set my budget, stick to a budget, and just how to budget… so, here are the basics of how I budget. It is not too complicated which may make some of you excited and may be disappointing to others.
Grocery Budget
How did I set a budget? THE HUSBAND and I came up with a goal then we tried to meet it for a few months. Our number was a little ambitious, we made some adjustments and after a few months we settled in …

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Available at Kroger stores, Safeway and ShopRite stores (available on ShopRite on 11/08)
Pillsbury® Crescents Save $1
Save $1.00 when you buy any TWO Pillsbury® Crescent Dinner Rolls.
BC Potatoes Save $.40
Save $0.40 when you buy any flavor Box or Pouch Betty Crocker® Potatoes (Except Potato Buds®).
BC Frosting …

Day 3 ideas come from Honey. She is a great frugal friend and when she left a comment that she was putting the free meat thermometer in a gift basket I told her that was a great idea. She offered to write a guest post on how to assemble other frugal gift baskets and I could not say yes fast enough. So enjoy Honey’s great ideas.

Here are some gift ideas. By being creative and practical you can give gifts that will be well received without spending too much. Think about …

The Budget Christmas tip for Day 2 comes from my mother.
Every Christmas she would get out a pile of envelopes, write names on them and then put a certain amount of cash in each envelope. (She even had one for wrapping paper, ribbons, etc.)
That is what she took Christmas shopping with her. When the money in your envelope was gone she was done shopping for you.  It kept her right on budget.
I do a lot of shopping online for Christmas but when I do hit the stores I use this …

As I was thinking about this series I thought- is it too early for posts about Christmas?
I decided it is not. If you are like my mother you have been Christmas shopping since December 26th of last year so this series is actually really late. If you are more like me you are just realizing that we are half way through October and you are just starting to think about your Christmas list.
As a side note, I know everyone has different ideas/traditions around holiday gift giving. This is something THE …

Before I started couponing I would have never believed someone who told me I could get great deals on toiletries, cleaning supplies,  diapers etc at Walgreens. I have since learned that you can get most of those items very inexpensively or free if you know the system.
The system changed a few months ago when Walgreens changed their coupons and promotions so I thought I would update my Couponing at Walgreens post to reflect those changes and help new readers.
1. Register Rewards
When you buy certain items at Walgreens coupons will print …

A reader, Honey, emailed me this link and I thought this article would be a great follow up to my menu planning post.
Rachel at Small Notebook compiled a really helpful  list of 20 ways to waste less food. Some of  the ideas I have tried before but some were really creative and new. I would also take time to read all the comments on the post. Her readers had some frugal and practical ideas of their own.
Happy reading and if you have a great tip leave it in the comments …