• Meal Planning My Way
    Cooking,  Savings

    Meal Planning – My Way

    I have said it before. I am not good about meal planning. Our life is crazy most of the time. I rarely know if we are going to be home for supper or at least how many are going to be home. I have tried to plan out meals, but it usually doesn’t work out. I like to have easy meals that I can throw together quickly, that is just what works for our family, but I still like to cook fairly wholesome meals out of real food when possible. I have a few tricks that help me with this. I buy ground meat in the larger amounts and prepare…

  • How I Save Money at Kroger
    Savings

    How I Save Money at Kroger

    Kroger is one of my go to places to save money on groceries right now.  I love that there are so many ways to save money there.  There are free items, digital coupons, paper coupons, weekly sales, and fuel points.  There may be more, but right now these are the main ways I save money at Kroger.  We have one of the largest Kroger Marketplaces, when it was built, they said it was the largest Kroger in the world.  There have been larger ones built since then.  A Kroger Marketplace is unlike any other store we had around here.  Not only is it a grocery store, but it has a…

  • I am Frugal
    Savings

    Not Cheap, Just Frugal

    I do not consider myself cheap, but I am frugal.  I combine store sales, paper or online coupons and money back apps to save as much money as I can on items we use regularly.  I stock up on items that we use a lot when there good sales, but things go on sale somewhat regularly so you really don’t have to buy too much at one time.  I have limited storage space so I try to only buy enough to last us until the next sale comes along. It takes good organization to not only store these extra items, but to be able to find them when we need…