I’m keeping myself accountable this year by tracking my progress on my 40 Goals for 2017 every week. This post may contain referral/affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy. Week Twenty- Nine Financial: Max Roth IRAs for the mister and I: $11000. The Mister has all he needs for this year’s Roth savings and I have $1700. I just added another ... read more
40 Goals for 2017: Week 29
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Feeding 5 for $150 per Week: 4th Week of July 2017
Dorothy Lane: $ 88.84 We knew we didn’t “need” much, since we still have massive amounts of food we are working through. I decided to splurge on something from Dorothy Lane, our expensive local specialty store. Fancy sugar cookies, fancy honey mustard, Boar’s Head turkey pastrami, Amish grown veggies, dill pickle dip, and guac. Kroger: ... read more
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Goal Update: Retirement July 2017
It’s been a year since my last retirement update. How are we standing with our goals? 2016 I calculated that we would only hit 14% of gross income in retirement accounts for the year, thanks to my grad school tuition. That is exactly where we hit. 2017 We hoped to increase our retirement rate to ... read more
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40 Goals for 2017: Week 30
I’m keeping myself accountable this year by tracking my progress on my 40 Goals for 2017 every week. This post may contain referral/affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy. Week Thirty Financial: Max Roth IRAs for the mister and I: $11000. The Mister has all he needs for this year’s Roth savings and I have $1700. I just added another ... read more
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Frugal Steps and Stumbles
This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase an item through my affiliate link, I receive a small percentage as compensation, that we then use to help reach our financial goals. Please see my disclosure policy. Thank you for supporting our family! Frugal Steps: I am selling my son’s old jeans on Ebay and already ... read more
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Feeding 5 For $150 Per Week: 1st Week of August 2017
Dorothy Lane: $56.77 Kroger: $44.23 I used Clicklist again, and they gave us some free Reese’s peanut butter cups. Green Bean: $63.06 Monthly goal: $600 Weekly total: $164.06 Running total: $164.06
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40 Goals for 2017: Week 31
I’m keeping myself accountable this year by tracking my progress on my 40 Goals for 2017 every week. This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase an item through my affiliate link, I receive a small percentage as compensation, that we then use to help reach our financial goals. Please see my disclosure policy. Thank you for ... read more
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Frugal Steps and Stumbles
Frugal Steps: I picked up about 29 hours last week. We didn’t go anywhere fancy last week, instead the kids played with neighborhood friends on 3 different days. My husband replaced his work pants about every 18 months to 2 years. It’s time again, so we hit Kohl’s and picked up 5 pairs on sale ... read more
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Feeding 5 for $150 Per Week: 2nd Week of August 2017
Kroger: $142.45 School starts for us next week and I’ll have to start getting up at 7 again. Do I have to? Yep, I make lunch easy the first month. You’re talking to the person who did not take any classes before 930 or 10 am in college. I don’t mind making my mornings easier ... read more
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40 Goals for 2017: Week 32
I’m keeping myself accountable this year by tracking my progress on my 40 Goals for 2017 every week. This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase an item through my affiliate link, I receive a small percentage as compensation, that we then use to help reach our financial goals. Please see my disclosure policy. Thank you for supporting our ... read more
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Frugal Steps and Stumbles
Frugal Steps: I worked almost 30 hours last week. I graduated with my master’s! I was hired for an adjunct teaching position that will start in a few weeks. Any income I make from that will go towards our mortgage. I read a book on the digital library. Frugal Stumbles: We ate out Friday and ... read more
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Feeding 5 For $150 Per Week: 3rd Week of August 2017
Kroger: $143.81 More back-to-school stocking up! It sounds crazy, but I am even planning ahead to make a copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole for Thanksgiving, and picked up those cheap Ore-Ida frozen hashbrowns. We skipped Green Bean Delivery this week but will probably get it next week. Monthly goal: $600 Weekly total: $143.81 Running total: ... read more
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40 Goals for 2017: Week 33
I’m keeping myself accountable this year by tracking my progress on my 40 Goals for 2017 every week. This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase an item through my affiliate link, I receive a small percentage as compensation, that we then use to help reach our financial goals. Please see my disclosure policy. Thank you for supporting our ... read more
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Frugal Steps and Stumbles
Frugal Steps My kids saw the allergist and pediatrician this week. Our youngest was successfully cleared of a strawberry allergy, which means no more yearly Epi-pen and between both doctors, we were sent home with samples of children’s Zyrtec, Aveeno sunscreen, and Qvar, which is an inhaled steroid used for asthma. The Qvar alone costs ... read more
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Feeding 5 for $150 Per Week: 4th Week of August 2017
I forgot this was a long month, so we are calling this week 4 of 5. Next week I plan on getting a Green Bean delivery and a small Kroger trip. Dorothy Lane: $ 36.69 Yep, a lot of money for a few things. Kroger: $ 147.81 Monthly goal: $750 Weekly total: $184.50 Running ... read more
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40 Goals for 2017: Week 34
I’m keeping myself accountable this year by tracking my progress on my 40 Goals for 2017 every week. This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase an item through my affiliate link, I receive a small percentage as compensation, that we then use to help reach our financial goals. Please see my disclosure policy. Thank you for supporting our ... read more
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Frugal Steps and Stumbles
Frugal Steps: I did a CVS survey to get $10 Extra Care Bucks. I used our YMCA membership to take a yoga class while our youngest went to the child watch. I took the youngest to a park while the older kids were in school. I worked some weekend hours while my husband was home ... read more
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Feeding 5 For $150 Per Week: Last Week of August 2017
Kroger: $ 151.13 Monthly goal: $750 Weekly total: $151.13 Running total: $785.95 Yikes! I couldn’t tell you the last time we went overbudget for the month. We’ll probably be doing a pantry challenge in September to balance things out.
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Frugal Steps and Stumbles
This post contains referral links. If you sign up, I get a small amount of money that we can then use towards our goals! Frugal Steps: I did a CVS survey for $10 in Extra Care Bucks. I got a $15 Ebates check in the mail. I pay for Hulu with Swagbucks gift cards. My ... read more
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Feeding 5 for $150 per Week: 1st Week of September 2017
Green Bean Delivery: $39.14 Dorothy Lane: $85.00 Monthly Goal: $500 Weekly Total: $ 124.14 Running Total: $124.14
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