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One Hundred Dollars a Month

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.


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Digging Up Carrots, Starting Seeds, Waiting for Santa and Gearing up for the Giant Bakefest

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carrots

Yesterday I was craving split pea and ham soup again. I don’t know what it is about winter but all I seem to want to make lately is soup. I pulled up some carrots to add to the pot and let me tell you Bob, it was nice to get outside for a few minutes and play in the dirt.

seedlings

Pulling up carrots inspired me to plant a few seeds. Yes, I know I’m a bit early. 😉 But I couldn’t help it. Any anyways, once the cabbage get big enough I can plant them outside in my stock tanks and throw on some row covers. Thank goodness for grow lights. They take the edge off of winter.

lucy the puggle dog

Poor Lucy puggle. She is a wreck. With all the delivery trucks passing by she is getting a serious workout running back and forth looking out the windows. She knows Santa is coming and totally flips out if a truck does not stop at our house and drop something on the porch.
dishes

Yesterday I pulled out my baking dishes and labeled them with the foods I’ll be making for Christmas. So far I am up to 7 side dishes and 2 desserts to go with our ham. Why bake for one day when you can bake 5 days of leftover meals, right?

suave

I’m curious.

  1. How much do you spend on a bottle of shampoo?
  2. How long does your bottle of shampoo last?

A couple of months ago I was able to get 14 big bottles of Suave 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner for like $9 at Target because they were running some sort of gift card promo and I had a coupon. Clearly, I don’t buy high end products for my hair and the HH doesn’t care because well, it’s not like he’s trying to impress anyone or has McDreamy hair or anything.  After what seemed like an eternity, we finally used up a bottle.

I actually called him at work to ask if he was still using shampoo because it took so long to go through a bottle.

sauve

So now I’m on a mission to find out how long 22.5 ounces of shampoo lasts us.

This is my life people. It is so freakin’ exciting. Some days, I have to pinch myself.

~Mavis

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Kindle Books, NFL Gear, Serger Deal, Pet Strollers, Gingerbread Cake Recipe and More

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Word of the Day: Treatise Definition: A systematic composition of dignity and length Used in a sentence: He wrote a learned treatise on the science of government.

lucy the puggle dog

Hello Sunday!

I plan on whipping up a batch of cinnamon rolls this morning and getting some of my other baking done {and into the freezer} for later this week.

How about YOU? What are your plans for today?

♥ Mavis

*This deal post will be updated throughout the morning so be sure and check back for deals. 

seahawks clothingAmazon Deal of the Day for 12/20/15

coleman lazy spaMore Amazon Daily Deals for 12/20/15

baking with less sugarAvailable Kindle Books I think are cool…

The prices on Kindle Books can change quickly, so grab them while you can. Don’t have a Kindle? Download the kindle app on your other devices. It’s easy! 🙂

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Check out how you can get FREE 2-day shipping with Amazon Prime. Don’t forget you can try Prime for FREE for 30 days. Pretty cool if you ask me! Try Prime for free by heading HERE.

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Subscribe and Save Deals

Subscribe and Save prices reflect a 15% discount for ordering 5 or more items in 1 month.

serger

If you’ve been thinking about getting a serger now is the time!! Right now you can get the Brother 3 or 4 Thread Serger with Easy Lay In Threading with Differential Feed for just $179.89 shipped. This is the lowest price I’ve seen!

redbox free rental code

Get a free one day DVD rental from Redbox with the code LYP638PL {valid through 12/20/15}. The code is valid at Redbox.com or on the Redbox app. Wahooo!

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Kids Stuff

discount mags

Through midnight tonight DiscountMags is offering 40% off all magazine titles when you use code SITEWIDE40 at checkout.

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Home and Kitchen Deals

gingerbread cake recipeNot in the mood to make a gingerbread house? Whip up this Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cake instead! You get the ginger taste without the loads of extra sugar!! Get the recipe HERE. Find more recipes on my Christmas Pinterest Board.

rei fleece jacket

REI Outlet Deal of the Day – Men’s REI Classic Fleece Jacket $27.73

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Add on Items

*These are all Amazon Add-on Items and they will ship with qualifying orders over $25 and are eligible for free shipping on $25 orders with Amazon Prime {or will ship FREE on $35 orders without Prime}. 
botanical interests free shipping

Botanical Interests is offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $40 through December 24th.  {Excludes HI & AK}. See all the seeds I typically order for my garden HERE.

amazon gift card tins

All wrapped up and ready to go… Amazon gift cards make the best gifts. FREE 1 Day shipping and lot’s of styles to choose from too.

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Check out these New Printable Coupons:

Find More Printable Coupons

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Keeping the Kids Busy Over Christmas Break – Easy DIY Handprint Wreath

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Need to keep the kiddos busy while you finish up some holiday chores?  These handprint Christmas wreaths only need intermittent supervision {that’s my second favorite kind of supervision, next only to none at all.}  They look pretty dang cute hanging in the window or on the door–and if you make them each year, you’ll be amazed at the difference a year makes in the size of their little paws.

Handprint Christmas Wreath supplies

You’ll Need:

  • 2 different shades of green construction paper
  • Red construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Pencil
  • Ribbon

Directions:

Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids - Handprint Christmas Wreath

Have the kids trace their hand on a piece of the green construction paper.  Repeat the process on all of the green construction paper {this is a good step if you need to keep them busy}, otherwise, staple all of the green construction paper together, putting the hand traced paper on top.  Cut out the handprint.  If you stacked them, you’ll have a ton of handprints in one go, if not, the kids can cut out each handprint individually.

Handprint Christmas Wreath directions

Now, layer the handprints in a circle pattern, gluing the overlapping part of the handprint cutouts together as you go.

Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids - Handprint Christmas Wreath

When the handprints have made a full circle, cut out several little circles out of red paper.  Glue the red circles to the wreath in clusters of three {the goal is to make them look like holly berries}.

To hang the wreath, either tape it to the surface, or loop a piece of ribbon around the top of the wreath and tie it to create a little hanger for the wreath.

And that, my friends, is how memories are made.

Happy Holidays,

Mavis

**You may have seen this tutorial last year, but I wanted to post it again for any One Hundred Dollar a Month newbies.

 

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One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 12/19/2015

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bissell carpet cleanerAmazon Daily Deals for 12/19/15

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Peace Out Girl Scouts, have a great weekend!

♥ Mavis

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