*Frugality is the practice of acquiring goods and services in a restrained manner, and resourcefully using already owned economic goods and services, to achieve a longer term goal.[1](wikipedia) *

I am not an impulse buyer or heavy spender, but I definitely am still learning how to be frugal.

I have recently really started watching how much we spend on things. Especially groceries & everyday necessities. I have always clipped coupons, but I am now making my grocery list & meals according to what coupons I have. There is a thrill in seeing how much you save at the bottom of your receipt! I love when coupons are doubled & tripled. The other day the bread we buy was on sale for 99 cents and we had a 55 cent coupon that was doubled. My sister-in-law was telling me she bought something that was on sale with a coupon and a rebate and made money!!! We are pretty crazy about saving money right now, we even print coupons off that we find online (of course you have to be careful not to use $5 worth of ink for a 50 cent coupon

SO this is the week of frugality…..we will see how it goes…..you’ll have to check back daily for updates.

so far so good….

We had a great breakfast - cereal & scrambled eggs I know great combo - Levi likes it, so whatever works!

Lunch was sandwiches & leftover chicken strips from freezer.

Supper is in the crockpot - a $4 pork roast with potatoes! (hope to have lots of leftovers for sandwiches tomorrow!)

We have not left the house, so no expensive gas wasted! Levi has had a fun day playing puzzles, play-doh, & guns. He is now napping. Jack is sick. He has been running a temperature since yesterday. I think it is his teeth. He is extremely cranky and just fell asleep for a nap. I hope his tylenol kicks in and gives him some relief!

One of my goals this week is to go through the boys clothes and put the ones that can’t go to Haiti on EBAY #1 reason- make some money for fall clothes for the boys #2 - clean up some of the clutter *side note - I love ebay…..Donald makes fun of me by telling me he has to watch out because if he doesn’t use something for a while I will sell it on EBAY. ha! he is kind-of right! I sell all kinds of things on EBAY. It is slightly addicting! The greatest thing is - I can dress the boys in adorable clothes that I (or Oma) buy on sale/clearance and then sell them used on EBAY for more than what we paid for them to begin with. *I just sold a shirt for $15.50 that I bought last year for $4.99!*

Completely off the subject, I took pictures of Jack last week, and put them in the gallery. They are under September 08. They are the cutest pictures ever, I know I am bias!

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