Last night my wife and I made a huge batch of enchiladas in anticipation of the coming of our baby (who is literally due any day now!) We spent about 3-4 hours prepping and cooking the meal, but now we have 10 meals ready to go in our freezer that require only a microwave to […]
This month my wife and I have done a great job of not eating out. We had my birthday lunch, but that was about it. We have been pretty proud of ourselves for saving money this month, especially compared to the last two months where we were spending way too much on eating out. We […]
Last night my wife and I did some shopping with gift cards that we found while cleaning out the closet. We bought some frames to put up on the wall and were just walking around the mall enjoying the cool summer evening. It was nice to spend a weekday evening just walking around and acting […]
One of my favorite stores is just around the corner from where I work. It’s a local farm store that sells all sorts of stuff from fresh fruits and veggies to dried and frozen foods. You can even order an entire cow from them if you want, and they’ll chop it up for you and […]
My wife and I had some family over last night for dinner. We generally eat very frugally when it is just the two of us. We eat a lot of inexpensive cuts of meat including chicken, ground beef, and certain cuts of pork. We don’t have things like steak or lamb very often because these […]
On Friday, I packed my lunch dutifully as I’ve done for the past 10 years (I eat out for lunch at work perhaps once every 3-4 months). It was hot dog day because we had a BBQ a few days prior and we had several left over hot dogs. I packed everything I needed including […]
