Grocery Shrink – Page 69 – Shrink your bills and grow your pantry

Curtain and Duvets

The duvets and one curtain are finished for the boy’s room. I’m just waiting for matching snaps from Serenity to come in the mail to really finish the ends of the duvets. Right now they are safety pinned shut. The duvets are…

Cranberry Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Pin It These delicious cookies are a great way to use fresh frozen cranberries. These would be wondefully festive for your Thanksgiving or Christmas snack table. When I buy fresh cranberries, I immediately put them in the freezer in their…

Replay of the radio show available

Hi friends, if you were busy during the radio show and missed it, you can listen to a replay here. Vickilynn just joined the private Grocery Shrink email group too. If you own a copy of The Grocery Shrink ebook,…

Join me on the Get Real–Get Prepared Radio Show

I’ll be a guest this Saturday 6pm Central (7pm Eastern) on Vickilynn Haycraft’s show: Get Real–Get Prepared. I would love to know that you will be a listener. You can click here to listen in on Saturday. You might remember…

My Personal Fit Yummy Mummy Challenge Results

I just posted this over at Club FYM and wanted to share my joy with my Grocery Shrink friends. I wrote in an earlier post about how I discovered Fit Yummy Mummy and how it’s changed my life. The last…

Guestpost: The Pros and Cons of Layaway

Stacey Makes Cents is back today to talk with us about layaway. (Hey–I’m a poet :). By now you should know that Barry and I are NOT fans of credit cards. If we don’t have the money for something,…

Thanksgiving Snack Mix

I’m so happy the holiday season is here! This recipe came home from school on the kid’s school lunch menu and I modified it to be even more festive. This recipe serves 30, but you can halve it if you…

Easy Pumpkin Cake

This cake can’t get any easier. It’s super moist, low in fat, and has only 3 ingredients. To save money, stock up on cake mixes when they are on sale. I snagged mine at a 1 day sale when the…

A few Photos from October

We had our annual History party at the farm October 30th. It was overwhelming to make 8 costumes, so we went really simple. Darren and I went as ourselves :). Heidi gathered hers from the dress up box. Dub and…

Guest Post: Getting Ready For Christmas

By Sinea Pies of Ducks ‘n a Row Do you believe this title? “Getting ready for Christmas?” Come on. Are you like me when you walk into a store in October, or early November, and see Christmas decorations? Is…