Happy Early Halloween! What are everyone's plans this year? Sorry for the radio silence all evening, but there was this whole face painting/bonfire extravaganza going on. Hopefully you can see Mr. 8's costume -- it's camo, so you might not be able to spot him. 😉

Note from Rachel: Welcome back to Allison, who brings us this (CUTE) Frugal Homemade guest post today! 😉 This week's Frugal Homemade features easy DIY rustic wall vases, which are perfect for updating your fall decor. I have been admiring wall vases similar to these on Etsy so thought I would give it a try …

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 10/29/15! 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 running out of steam, we buck the trend here and go with Wednesdays or Thursdays. So …

Welcome to the October 25, 2015 edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients. I promise that this is the last recipe in a row I'll share using the one batch of Slow Cooker Pulled Pork from super cheap pork roast from a couple weeks ago 🙂 -- …

It's been one of those weeks, guys, and I know I didn't get to the normal midweek meal planning post -- So here is a placeholder to talk about what your week of meals held, share, recipes, and otherwise discuss meals around this week's grocery deals & stockpile items. Last Sunday we made a turkey …

It's pumpkin carving time! They may not last til Halloween, but... 😉 Mr. 8 got his whole hand in there and was awesome helpful this year.