Frugal Moms

I took a week off my dear ones and didn’t prepare you.  I’m truly sorry, but I had some important personal business to attend to.  Let me bring you up to speed.

I harvested four plants of potatoes and had over a weeks worth to eat for our large family.  The potatoes are purple and drought resistant.  I never watered them much this year.  I only added mulch/compost as they grew.  Did they ever grow.  Gardening has been a way for my family to ensure we have fresh vegetables even with out regular transportation to the store.

Speaking of transpertation, the scooter I ordered June 28th still has not arrived.  I am having great difficulty reaching the company.  I received an email last Friday saying it would be shipped on that day, but upon searching the tracking number found no such action has been taken.  I have been trying hard to contact the store to see about the delay, how long the delay is, etc.. but they have been elusive.  My husband is very afraid we have been taken in by a scam artist.  I will let you know how it unfolds.  I did pay with pay pal so I sincerely hope this is some protection.

In Couponing, I have found several rebates with the cash back equivalebt to about 20 dollars.  This will add to the amount of mony I can use for future groceries.   I still have over a months worth of groceries on a gift card.  The great thing about the gift card is that I can also pay for my medicine with it at Kroger pharmacy, which has deeply discounted rates to boot!

As far as increasing my frugality, I have been looking at planting a fall garden.  I’ll let you know what I decided on.  However, in the mean time, we have been using a seed sprouter for fresh bean sprouts in our salads.  I did pay a handsome sum for it, however it grows the sprouts with out much intervention.  Now we have an endless supply of sprouts we can use as I have over 100lbs in beans saved away.  Since I have been shopping in this way, using coupons and bulk buying my family has had more food, healthier food, and it costs so much less!  Dinner for 7 people ranges around 6 dollars!  Breakfast is 69 cents for everyone.  (That is the miracle of bulk bought oatmeal)  Plus we get to have snacks, like pop ice and candy.  I had 6 buy one get one free life saver candies coupons.  I bought 12 for the price of 6.  I spent a little under 6 dollars for the total including tax, which is about 40 cents a piece.  My kids rarely ever get candy, so this was a huge treat.  We still have plenty left over.

Even though people say if you buy a lot you will eat a lot, I doubt it.  My kids eat the same amount as they always did.  We now have stacks of 5 gallon buckets with basic staples.  Just to give you an idea, we have; 3 buckets of oatmeal, 3 buckets of rice, 4 buckets of regular eating beans, 3 buckets of soy beans, 1 bag of sunflowers, 1 bag of rye, and 1 bag of millet.   This I consider to be about a 2-3 month supply of food.  We have been eating out of it for almost a month. I made soy milk, sprouted beans, bean soup, oatmeal, biscuts, cookies, and more. But this is still how much we have left for our huge family.  So bulk by and combine with couponing if you can.

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