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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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Money Saving Tip – Always Check Your Receipts

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receiptsSometimes saving money is as simple as paying attention. Last week I almost walked out of the grocery store paying full price for an item that was supposed to be on sale. Luckily I caught the error before I left the store and was actually given the item for FREE because of the store’s error. The reason I was able to catch the error was because I check, every single receipt.

I started the habit during the couponing craze, but I stuck with it. Being vigilant about this with every single purchase has really saved me some money. Errors are made. Mistakes are made. It pays to be aware. Not only do I check my receipts, but I also try to watch as my items are scanned in. Sometimes I can catch the price error right then, or once or twice I’ve caught a completely different item being scanned.

So being vigilant about what I’m being charged can add up. It only takes a few seconds, but it’s totally worth it.

Do you check your receipts? What is the biggest error you’ve caught?

~Mavis

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Kindle Books, Men’s Suits, Knox Gelatin, Popcorn Bags, Mr. Heater Buddy and More

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coalesceWord of the Day: Coalesce Definition: Combine into one quantity or group Used in a sentence: It takes a long time before the members of a community coalesce.

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Hello Tuesday. I vote we all go back to bed. 😉

How does that sound?

♥ Mavis & Lucy Puggle

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Broccoli and Cheddar SoupThis Broccoli Cheddar Soup is so good I thought about making massive batches, bottling it and selling on the street corner. I’m sure my HOA would LOVE that. Get the recipe HERE or Pin it for Later. Find more recipes on my Soup Recipes Pinterest Board.

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Here are a few deals I spotted:

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Bedding Deals

 

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Get the 39 Assorted Polyester Sewing Thread Spool Set with 200 Yards Per Unit for just $2.75 shipped. Yee-Haw! That is a great deal.

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Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 42 of 52

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Cooking From Your Pantry Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 42 of 52

Another week, another round of menu ideas. Here are my top picks for this week:Traditional Raisin Scones3 Breakfast Ideas

Pumpkin Pie Spice Muffins – It’s pumpkin season, and I for one am not missing out on a single opportunity to gorge myself with everything pumpkin.  {Pin it for Later}

Traditional Raisin Scones – It seems like you are either a raisin hater or lover.  If you in the lover category, then these scones will put a smile on your face.  {Pin it for Later}

Pina Colada Smoothie – Pina Colada smoothies are like summer for breakfast.  {Pin it for Later}

Easy-Spicy-Italian-Wrap-Recipe-4 Lunch Ideas and Dinner Ideas

Easy Spicy Italian Wrap – Wraps travel really well wrapped in plastic wrap, so I make them for the HH’s lunch pretty often.  {Pin it for Later}

Stuffed Acorn Squash – I made these for Thanksgiving one year, and now I can never hold out all of the way until November.  {Pin it for Later}

Spaghetti Squash w/Almonds – Since winter squash is available for great prices right now, I say live it up and try them all.  {Pin it for Later}

Easy Crock Pot Vegetarian Chili – It’s chili season, let’s break out the crock pot.  {Pin it for Later}

upside down pear gingerbread cake3 Sweet Treats 

Roasted Banana Ice Cream – If you have some brown bananas lying around and are sick of banana bread, this is a great alternative to using them up.  {Pin it for Later}

Watermelon Candy – Okay, so this is really just dehydrated watermelon, but honest to goodness, it tastes like candy.  {Pin it for Later}

Upside Down Pear-Gingerbread Cake – Pear and ginger sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G.  Yep, it’s that kind of match made in heaven.  {Pin it for Later}

Freezer-Meal-Taco-CasseroleFeatured Freezer Meal Recipe

Taco Casserole – I don’t think I have ever met a kid who doesn’t love taco night.  This casserole capitalizes on that fact–only you get to dump it all into a pan and heat it up later.  Everybody wins.  {Pin it for Later}

crock-pot-recipe-apple-butterFeatured Canning Recipe 

Apple Butter – If you have never had a homemade apple butter and peanut butter sandwich, let me just say, you are in for a mind blowing experience.  {Pin it for Later}

What are YOU planning on making this week?

~Mavis

Find more recipes on One Hundred Dollars a Month as well as on my Pinterest Recipe Boards.

 

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Garden Therapy – Slow and Steady Wins the Race

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Before we bought our house, I knew instantly I wanted to pull up the straggling rose bushes and plant the entire hillside with vinca minor. vinca minor trailing periwinkle

We planted vinca minor on the hillside at our last house so I knew the plants ran about $6 for a 1 gallon pot at the local nursery. I also knew this time around I wasn’t going to shell out $300 for the 50+ plants that were needed.

After all, we plan to flip this house in a year or two so we’re on a pretty tight budget. It’s not our dream home, but I do want to enjoy it while we’re here and to make it look nice for when it comes time to sell the property.

After waiting an entire year to plant the hillside, I finally figured out a free option to fill the space.

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This weekend while I was puttering around the garden I discovered a small patch of about 20 vinca minor plants growing in our front side yard. I hadn’t noticed them before because they were well hidden beneath other plants which had recently died back.

vinca minor periwinkle

I immediately dug them up and transplanted the vinca to the hillside in the backyard. But it wasn’t enough to fill the space. Vinca minor grows pretty quick and my end goal is to have the back hillside 75% covered with plants {I think it looks nice when there is a little mulch peeking through} by the time we put the house up for sell.

I really, really wanted to ask the people who bought our last house if they wanted their vinca thinned {because it totally DOES need to be thinned, and I wanted some plant starts} but I knew it would be totally weird. So I didn’t.

lucy the puggle gardening vinca

I called Mrs. HB instead and asked if she had any vinca she needed thinned and lucky for me, she does! I plan to go over there this week and get the remaining vinca starts I need to get our hillside going.

I know I totally rambled through this story. I guess I just wanted to say that when it comes to saving money, be patient. There’s almost always a less expensive alternative to getting what you want. And sometimes, you might just end up getting what you want for free.

~Mavis

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