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.
Market Basket $33.69 We don’t normally buy margarine, but a cake recipe I was making {that also includes 4 cups of sugar and a 1/2 a cup of shortening!!!} called for it . So you know, we didn’t want to mess it up. Those old fashioned recipes…. man they sure knew how to eat back Read More >>
Hello Saturday! On the agenda for today: Work on hooked rug Take Lucy for a long walk {a high of 57 is predicted for today!!} Eat good food! Sometimes, I like to keep it simple. 🙂 Have a wonderful day everyone, ♥ Mavis & Lucy Stories, Recipes and General Nonsense From this Past Week How to Read More >>
Market Basket $108.40 As I mentioned in my big list of goals for this year, one of the things I won’t be doing is cooking meals so I can concentrate more on my rug hooking. Which sounds kind of weird, I know, but since my Etsy shop has gone from a hobby to more of Read More >>
Small loaf of sourdough $6.00 + $3.75 for a baguette a few days later from our local bakery. I love the fact that I can walk down the street whenever I feel like it and buy real bread from the people who made it. It makes me happy to hand my $6 over the counter. Read More >>
After my quick trip to Washington and eating everything in sight, this past week was rather boring. It’s funny how travelling, even if for just a few days can put your body totally out of whack. I took the red eye on Sunday night and arrived early Monday morning, got home and slept until 2 Read More >>
