I feel like I'm finally getting into the groove of shopping and planning here. By "here" I mean in this actual town, and with the current schedule and types of food that we're eating, although that's constantly changing, and the kids' appetites keep increasing. I can definitely … [Read more...]

I don't know about where you live, but our weather in February was all over the place. Some days it was freezing, and we wanted soup. Some days it was nearly 80 degrees, and we wanted ice cream. My menu plans were still mostly in the winter weather mindset, but every now and … [Read more...]

January was one of those weird months where it seemed to both drag on and on and also fly by at the same time. Did that affect the grocery budget? Let's see... Monday, December 31, 2018: Aldi $121.25 Shopping for the beginning of January, which technically happened … [Read more...]

December was a busy month, and I was really starting to feel the rut of meal planning the same breakfasts and a bunch of the same dinners repeated. But since it was so busy, we just stuck with it, knowing that we would get some meals out toward the end of the month, and we would … [Read more...]