I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.
My ALL TIME favorite thing to order at Panera. Well this and the Green Goddess salad, because the Green Goddess salad is the stuff dreams are made of. But back to this soup, because it deserves our full attention. I order this every single time I go to Panera if they have it available. And Read More >>
It seems like whether you like to tomatoes or not, every gardener grows at one tomato plant. It’s like the cardinal rule of gardening. No one knows why. It just is. If you DO like them, it kind of makes it a little more worth your time, but to each their own. The thing about tomato Read More >>
I had one of those prepackaged Jenni-O Turkey breasts in a bag sitting on the bottom of the {nearly empty} freezer and decided what the heck… February is the PERFECT month for a full on turkey dinner, right? And so I popped it in the crockpot and the house smelled like Thanksgiving. It was wonderful. Read More >>
Hannaford $64.78 {might as well have been 10 million dollars} Does anyone here shop at Hannaford? Do you like the store? Maybe it’s because I haven’t been in a real big box grocery store since last October, but holy cow man, I think the prices at Hannaford are pretty high. Back in Washington, Fred Meyer Read More >>
I forgot to share this picture of a home we saw last week when we were out driving around. Isn’t it beautiful high up on it’s perch? And check out the lobster weathervane and the red lobster screened door. I love the look of the red door against the grey siding and the white trim. Read More >>
