New New New

Okay so I have taken all this time to look at all these money saving blogs and yummy easy recipes and hopefully I will have a list of my favorite ones up here soon so that we can all be on the same wave length here.

With new changes to state and Government it has been sucking my family dry of our resources. I am very committed to find new ways to shop and save. Ways other than couponing. Which most of you have heard is the new saving money method.But, since I am in a very small community with extremely limited resources available to me, I am going to try my best!!

I am not on my own computer at the moment so this is going to be a short post right now.

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So, to start here, I am going to be compiling a list of things that I normally purchase for the household and how much that we spend. With the prices of everything at the Grocery stores lately its no wonder why we can't make it anymore. Start with household items. Toilet tissue, paper towels, dish soap, laundry soap, shampoo and conditioner, body and hand soap, tooth paste and so on. Write down how much those items normally cost wherever you usually buy them. (I will be posting my list on here to show you how I am gathering my total costs.) Then move on to your normal food costs. Milk, cheese, bread, hamburger, poultry, fish, pasta, sauces, pb&j etc. If you have a family like I do, the kid things are extremely necessary. Also, if you are a baker, like I am, make a list of things you would use to bake. Flour, sugar/sweetner, wheat germ, baking soda, eggs, all that bliss. We are going to target specific areas to help keep our costs down.

So, with that said, I will get my list made tonight (or try too) and than I will get it posted as soon as I can. Feel free to have your friends or fellow Bloggers come find my Blog and we can join forces. :)

Happy blogging Everyone!!!

New Times

I have decided that I am changing things up this year. This year is all about money! Saving it and spending it. Smart spending. Now, this may not interest a lot of readers but I assure you that in these past few months things here in the good 'ole USA have changed. Drastically! More spending for mandatory Health Care, paying out the butt on taxes and still tons of unemployed people getting on the system just to feed their families while they search for income.

I want to teach myself how to cut spending costs by following many blogs that are designed to help people live on less and have more money for other things. Would sure make going on a vacation or getting out of debt easy.

I live in a small Utah City that is limited on stores so this will be no easy feat. However, the necessary trips to the bigger Cities will be more affordable with all of the money saving that I hope to do.

I have never done couponing or price comparisons. I do buy the cheaper things to save money. I make most of our meals instead of making meals from a box (which I loathe completely). However, I am not a stranger to boxed meals, I do them every now and again. Whatever feeds the family, right?

I am looking for new easy yummy recipes and cheap spending advice. I will also be posting references to other cheap spending and coupon blogs and sites. That way whom ever reads this can get in on the action as well. And please follow me so that I can follow you back and get a healthy moderate blog going! Send friends and other saving blogs my way and lets get saving and cooking/baking with extra money in our purses or wallets!

Happy Thursday Blogging-world.