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The June Cleaver of Keswick. Only fatter. And funnier, with more kids and fewer aprons.

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WEEK 4 Update and Wrap Up: Bringing the Grocery Budget Back to Reality: A Four Week Challenge

May 30, 2019 0 Comments

The final week of a four-week-long grocery budget challenge. The update and wrap up.

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Confessions of an unhinged blogger Family Frugal Living Home and Food Money Saving Challenges

WEEK 3 Update: Bringing the Grocery Budget Back to Reality: A Four Week Challenge

May 23, 2019 1 Comments

Two weeks ago, I posted this grocery budget challenge for the month of May. You can read Week 1 here and Week 2 here. If you would rather skip the…

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Frugal Living Home and Food Money Saving Challenges Posts for the sake of my own sanity

WEEK 2 Update: Bringing the Grocery Budget Back to Reality: A Four Week Challenge

May 16, 2019 0 Comments

Last week, I posted this grocery budget challenge for the month of May. You can read that post here. If you want to skip the preamble, scroll down for the…

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Frugal Living Home and Food Money Saving Challenges Posts for the sake of my own sanity

Bringing the Grocery Budget Back to Reality: A Four Week Challenge

May 9, 2019 2 Comments

A month-long challenge to drag the family's grocery budget back down to earth after a period of overspending.

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Family Frugal Living Goals Home and Food Money Saving Challenges Posts for the sake of my own sanity

Money Woes Lead to Money, Whoa! – The Results

Nov 13, 2018 0 Comments

A week has passed. Here’s a breakdown of how the ‘no-spend, no-shop’ week went: Monday Spent entire $30 budget (plus $0.76 on yogurt, raspberries, milk, eggs, shortening and sugar). Hmmmm.…

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Money Woes Lead to Money, Whoa!

Nov 5, 2018 0 Comments

Yes, I’m exaggerating. I don’t have actual money ‘woes’ (bills are paid, everyone is well-fed, clothed, entertained and the future is being saved for) but I did notice that some…

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The results of my 30-day spending freeze

Oct 25, 2015 0 Comments

Are not so much good. But I did learn some things over the past 30 days that have been helpful and I can use to re-evaluate my budget and spending.…

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Money Saving Challenges Self-inflicted challenges

Another day, another self-inflicted challenge designed to increase my awesomeness. Or to reduce my already limited sanity. Same thing.

Sep 26, 2015 1 Comments

I know. It sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Increase my awesomeness? Reduce my sanity? It just cannot be done. I hear you, I do. But stay with me on this one,…

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**UPDATED** My Hydro Savings Experiment and Challenge Starts Today

Aug 7, 2012 1 Comments

It is no secret. I hate our Ontario Hydro bill. But I really love having all of the modern convenience electricity allows me to have – like a washing machine,…

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