Jane's Groceries on the Cheap

We went to Bothell today.   I stopped at the dollar tree and the grocery outlet.    Grocery outlet always has good sliced cheese in a variet...

We have all  had those days.   Things just don't go as planned.  If you have a stock, you can wing it for dinner and come up with better...

Trying to start a five things theme.   Five things not to buy at the grocery store  to save money. Potato chips and other bagged snacks...

 The USDA  has made a food pyramid for as many years as I can remember.  My mother always made a protein, a starch, and a vegetable or fruit...

The USDA  has made a food pyramid for as many years as I can remember.  My mother always made a protein, a starch, and a vegetable or fruit ...

Yesterday, we went to the Bog Lots sale.   Ot only happens a few days a year and extends threw today.   Everything in the store is 20 percen...

Monday's meal plans on Sunday,       I plan meals based on a matrix . It makes meal planning a snap.   Lately I have been not only usi...

Strawberries 2/4 Pork 1/2 loin 1.79 Broccoli .99 Milk .99@@ Folders 5.99 Red Barton/ tombstone pizza 3/10@@$$ Bottom round roast 3.99 ...

I went to Winco first.   Good plan because th things I was going to have to go to a third store for were cheaper at Winco.   I got High...

This  is the day  new coupons come out on coupons .com.    It's you snooze, you loose.   Get while the getting is good.  There are peppe...

The  best smelling hand soap. Organizing baskets - when all of one thing is in a basket, it's easier to find and things ar...

Wednesday is usually clean the fridge day.   Life in the kitchen is a lot easier if you have zones in your refrigerator.   If  categories of...

I am on a mission to replace the things I buy ready made win easy , quick homemade equivalents.   To save money and have more control of wha...

The ads came,   Alberways, Ground turkey 2.99 Grapes 1.99 Yoplait 10/5 - same price at fm Milk 1.99 Nathan's 4.99 Five dolla...

It's Tuesday , the ads come out today.   I will post them , but I really don't have to go shopping.  Mthe fridge and pantry are full...

now that I have nailed the under four dollars a day and built and maintained a stockpile of food, I am going to go one step further.   I alw...

Meal plans for this week. I am trying to use up what we have.   This months foo was at 67.00 a week; first quarter food is at 70.99 a week...

Got the ad for Fred Meyers today,    My hubby went to the dollar tree and bought the paper and another pair of dress sox for granddaughter. ...

LOL.   ... Two weeks ago, eggs were 18 for 2.00 at Fred Meyers.    It's another reason why you strike when the iron is hot.   If you w...

Easter crept up on me .   I got product out in the stores, but I never managed to get decorations up.   I did stop and make treat boxes for ...