by Tracy Zdelar | Feb 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
I probably don’t have to tell you some bad weather has been blowing through parts of the USA this week. Snow, sleet, who knows what else. Weird thing is, its melting right now. Its dripping outside in front of my window and I have a wet spot on my ceiling to...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 31, 2011 | Budget Life, Recipes |
What’s for dinner? How about Easy Chicken Puffs (Pouches)? Pillsbury Crescent Dough Turkey Puffs (or Pouches), grapes, broccoli and homemade No Bake cookies. I got a good deal on Pillsbury Crescent Dough during Week 1 of our $35 Budget Experiment. As a...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 31, 2011 | Products |
Update: Due to server failure between March 6-8th, many of the comment/entries and the winner’s info were lost. There were 93 entries and the winner was notified. We were sent out on a mission: Stuff a Build-A-Bear Valentine’s friend. Jack chose The Love...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 29, 2011 | Recipes
Okay so, at the end of my 3rd weekly update I was over budget. But thats okay, this is all a work in progress, right? Trying to find out how low I can go -not because I’m trying to be “cheap”- but to keep or expenses down is the challenge. Part of my...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tonight we took the boys to Build-A-Bear at the Westfield Belden-Village Mall to make their critters for my Build-A-Bear Valentine’s Review (and giveaway!) coming up VERY soon. 😉 While at the mall we made our usual trip around the food court for the food...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 25, 2011 | Recipes
Inquiring minds want to know! 😉 Some of what we are eating would be the following (to see my budget updates check here): My healthified chocolate chip pancakes (<–click that blue link to see how I make them). They aren’t just for breakfast, by the way....
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 24, 2011 | Kids |
In addition to our new grocery budget of $35/ week (at least the average) and my list of 7 books started in 2010 that I plan to finish in 2011- I have some other areas in my personal and family life I plan to bring change to. Prayers that can be heard… A few...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 22, 2011 | Frugal Living |
Ahhh! Getting tight 😉 Last Saturday I reported we were at about $25 left in our budget IF we were going to be successful at keeping an average weekly spend of $35 a week (4 wks in January = $140 total) for grocery AND household expenses. I know thats a low amount for...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve already told you all that I was recently selected to be a Purex Insider but did you know that you can sign up too? If you are a blogger or just involved in social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc) – go to the Purex Insiders form here to sign up for a...
