Yesterday was not such a good day, frugally! I woke up with a sore throat after having a really difficult time going to sleep because of a terrible sinus headache. And my husband had a friend coming in to stay with us and turkey hunt. Thankfully, the house just needed a little straightening and my husband took care of getting the guest room ready. Then he called my sister-in-law to see if the two older boys could spend the afternoon with her to give me a chance to rest a little. She was having an...

Today was another great frugal day! I took bread and mayo to my husband at work so he could eat lunch there, and then dropped my four-year-old off at speech therapy. The other two and I ran to Sports Authority to get my six-year-old baseball pants for his first tee-ball game on Thursday. I had been kicking myself for not buying a pair I saw at a consignment sale, but these were just $9.99, and the consignment sale pair were $7.00. Of course, I could have checked back on half-price day to see if...

Today I went to:

The Dollar Tree for three pairs of sunglasses--$3.30. I cannot seem to keep my sunglasses away from little hands, so I gave up a long time ago spending any sort of real money on them!

The library to return books and renew a book on tape for my 6-year-old--a great, free way to expose kids to more reading! I also found out that they are having a "food for fines" event, which is good news for me since two of my items were overdue. I just wish I...

I have learned so much since becoming a member here at HCW that I would really love to keep a record of what I've been spending. I've been inspired by JANE4girls's blog to limit my spending to $800 a year, including health and beauty, household items, and eating out which comes out to $66.66 per month. I do a ton of rebates, so I factor back in to my budget any rebates I get in the mail. So far this year I've been right on track. My spending/rebates has looked like this:

January: Spent...