Everyone loves saving money on groceries. But certain categories of groceries just never seem to have good coupons or go on sale very frequently. I love finding good grocery shopping tactics to use on these types of items and sharing those tips with others. And I’ve recently stumbled on a doozy! Saving Money on Ethnic Groceries If you like Thai [...]

For years, I had a membership to BJ’s wholesale club.  It cost $40 a year, and I always felt like I was getting my money’s worth because I could find good deals on bulk packages of everyday household items and food. Pros and Cons of Buying in Bulk  As a new mom, the pros of buying in bulk at BJ’s [...]

When my first child was born, I was still trying to figure out how we would be able to live on one income.  Even though we had been fairly successful a doing so in the year-and-a-half long trial run leading up to her birth (we started pretending like we didn’t have my income well before we needed to), I went [...]

Tonight as I was fixing dinner, my two-year-old was being so quiet…too quiet, so I just knew something was up. I walked around the corner to the living room and this is what I found (except imagine her standing there holding a sippy cup upside down while she cleaned). LOL Of course, I decided to take a pic before helping [...]

I’ve been on a mission lately to be better about displaying photos of my kids around the house.  As any busy mom knows, this is easier said than done.  Not only does it take a lot of time to weed through the pictures on my iPhone, then have them printed, frames can get pricey.  We’re trying hard to not spend [...]

Recently, on a local mom blog, a reader asked the question, “What is a good place for a two-year-old’s birthday party?” I have been thinking about this, myself, recently because I have a 22-month-old who needs a celebration of some kind in two month’s time. Throwing Birthday Parties for Two-Year-Olds For my oldest, who is now four years old, we [...]