Well after being up till almost 1pm monday night planning my shopping, I'm not so sure I did all that great. I think I spent way more than I should have.

A big part of my plan Tuesday was to go to a semi-annual consignment sale we have locally. I absolutly love going there and on the last day almost everything is 1/2 off and I did get some nice things for the boys.
For $30 I got
Gap plaid button down
Philly eagles jersey
Pair of Tommy Hillfiger jeans (very...

Well this morning Hubby left for the week. He's in Atlanta for a training / meeting for work. I actually love it when he is gone.. I can do what I want to do and no one to tell me differently :)

So it's just me & the boys here.. Oldest is in school most of the day, but tomorrow will be his first day of Karate since school started back up, and I actually have a very busy day tomorrow and I have a feeling that the younger one is gonna be cranky by the time Karate starts.
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Back story - for the last yr. I have been on a $400 bi-weekly budget. I'm trying to shrink this down to $200 bi-weekly to start. Last month I was down to $350 for the last two weeks of the month. This month I'm at $300 :)

Eckerd - $31.73 - $9 Q's = 22.73 (15.59 of which was on a GC from a RX) Actual OOP was 7.14. $14.49 back in SCR.

Target - $11.74 - 8 Q's = 3.74

Publix - $5.67 - 5 Q's = 67c (5 boxes of 4pk juices for 1.09 - 1Q)

Kmart 18.39...

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My name is Melissa. I am a stay at home mom to two boys, a DH & a dog. I am 27 My two boys are 6 & 3, the hubby & I have been together for 8 years. Right now we live just outside Coulmbia, SC. I love being close to a city and yet at home we are surrounded by horse farms.

We recently bought our first house, and had a little sticker shock at the idea of a house payment almost twice what we are currently paying rent. So our main budgetary...