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I have written several posts about my financial goals for 2017, which I broke down with specific goals for each month of the year. Overall, the goal is to give myself a healthier relationship to money, and to reduce our spending and consumption as a family. January: Retail Detox The goal for January was a […]

Ever since I took on the job of SAHM, I’ve tried my best to save our family money while also continuing to cook healthy(-ish) meals at home. I’ve always enjoyed cooking and coming up with new meals for Mr. Oyster and me to eat – but my excitement for it has changed a bit since […]

Over the years, I’ve read and learned so much about how to pay down debt, budget well, and save save save. One popular approach is Dave Ramsey’s seven baby steps, but then I get to step #4 about saving for retirement, and it gives me pause.  There should be other sub-steps just in step #4 alone! There […]

When I became a SAHM, the first thing we had to do was slash our budget dramatically. Our budget is pretty tight with one parent at home so I began researching couponing. I was so intrigued by extreme couponers I was determined to make this my new hobby. I had never truly understood couponing, — […]

Like many of you, Mr. Heels and I have been locked into a contract with our cellphone provider for as long as we could remember.  We are smartphone users junkies, and had an unlimited data plan with Sprint.  It never occured to us that there were other options out there besides the big four – in […]

I love food.  If I had a day with no distractions, I’d spend it cooking.  Cooking is hands-down my favorite pastime.  Cleanup, on the other hand, totally drains me!  So even though I love to cook, my kitchen and I both benefit from a break in the never-ending cleaning cycle.  Our family probably goes out […]

I promised myself no more food budget posts! But I can’t help it; my shopping experience has been revolutionized by owning a deep freezer and I have to share some of the stuff I’ve discovered! Last week I went to the grocery store and, to my amazement, seemingly everything in our tiny natural and organic […]