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This paycheck's budget for groceries is $150. Twenty of that is earmarked for Ben's breakfasts at work. Although I'm hoping we can keep that lower by preparing eggs, sausage, and biscuits at home! Another twenty is earmarked for milk. Milk goes on sale on Wednesdays at our local grocery store for $1.88 a gallon. We typically purchase 4 gallons. Generally, I purchase enough food and other items at their lowest price to last 3-4 months. For example, if spaghetti is on sale for 49 cents a package, I'll buy 8 packages assuming we'll eat spaghetti twice a month. Most grocery stores are on a 3-4 month sale cycle, so by the time we've eaten all the spaghetti, it'll be on sale again! These days things are a bit different since we don't know if we'll be moving for school in the next few months, or not. If we are moving we don't want to have a ton of food to pack, so we're focusing on eating the food in our freezer and pantry. Things...

This room has had many different purposes over the time we've lived here. First it was Tafton and Mikaela's room, then the girl's room, next a storage room, and now it's a guest bedroom, although Jackson sleeps there currently! When we bought the house it looked like this  (Sorry for the poor quality, this is from the listing when we purchased) ! Peach paint everywhere! the walls, the trim, the heater. And then the wallpaper border! That was a sucker to get down. I should've got a nice shot of the blinds - they belonged in a sixties office.  After almost three years, the room now looks like this Ta-da! I love this room. It's so full of natural light and it's the one room in the house that doesn't tend to get overrun with toys, clutter, and mess.  I painted the trim in Behr Silver Dust and the walls are painted with Sherwin Williams Mindful Gray. We installed a 3 light fixture so we'd have plenty of light. We go...

Even though Dave Ramsey says to  plan for Christmas  by setting aside money, I've decided that we're going to pay for Christmas through the various reward programs I'm a member of. This means more $$$$ for our  debt-snowball ! I've been couponing and participating in rewards programs for 7-ish years. In that time, I've found the ones that are worth my time! Swagbucks This reward program has a little bit of everything. You can do surveys, watch videos, purchase items, complete activities, do internet searches. This program has the most potential to earn LOTS of points in a short time due to the bonuses. I'm going to heavily rely on this program to pay for Christmas. I almost exclusively redeem my rewards for Amazon gift cards and PayPal. Kellogg's Family Rewards When you purchase Kellogg's products upload your receipt and receive points per item; upload participating grocery store loyalty cards, and enter bonus codes. Redeem for v...