Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 3/3/16! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip on Wednesdays and since midweek is when many of us start to run out of steam, we buck the trend here. In Midweek Meal Planning, we plan dinners …
Today in Frugal Homemade: Using up your leftovers, by way of a delicious demonstration in the form of Best Ever Grilled Cheese with Roasted Garlic, Onions, & Avocado. You may have noticed that in the meal planning posts and elsewhere I talk a lot about eating leftovers -- but that doesn't always have to be in …
Good news everyone -- ALDI is now accepting credit cards! They've been running a pilot program in a few test markets, but this rolls out nationwide starting today March 1 2016. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. March 1, 2016 – We heard you, ALDI fans! You’ve been asking about credit cards for a while now, …
This closet used to be a pantry -- see where the shelves were? Now, it's holding my new water heater instead. This tale might be of particular interest to those of you who live in condos, apartments, or townhouses where your current water heater is already a tight fit in the existing space. As we learned …
Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 2/25/16! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip on Wednesdays and since midweek is when many of us start to run out of steam, we buck the trend here. In Midweek Meal Planning, we plan dinners …
This post has been sponsored by YardSales.net. All opinions here, however, are my own. As we get closer to yard sale & garage sale season, here are my top five yard sale tips. We have a yard sale just about every year, because it's a great chance to clear some of the clutter out of this house and make a …