{"id":4658,"date":"2016-08-27T23:56:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=4658"},"modified":"2016-08-27T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T23:27:20","slug":"saving-on-saturday-827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=4658","title":{"rendered":"Saving on Saturday 8\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=3560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sos.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sos.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sos.jpg\" alt=\"sos\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sos.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sos-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week has been back to normal for us. We also are really trying to control spending and focus on saving. First this weekend, we have been taking stock of what foods we have in our pantry and freezer. I am very pleasantly surprised to say that we are very well stocked with food and not over our grocery budget this month either. I ended up making a meal plan for the month. We are going to have a different meal each weekday with no repeats. I leave the weekends open and we can have something that sounds good or try a new dish if we want. I also went to Food Lion this morning to pick up some lettuce and a couple of other items. My total out of pocket was 59 cent because I used the gift cards that we earned several weeks ago that I<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=4587\" target=\"_blank\"> talked about<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My bigger saving is on sports equipment. ALWAYS check on line and ask around before buying new sports equipment!\u00a0 Zach has decided to play baseball this fall and after asking around I was able to purchase most of the equipment he needs for less than the price of a new pair of shoes!<\/p>\n<p>How did you save this month?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been back to normal for us. We also are really trying to control spending and focus on saving. First this weekend, we have been taking stock of what foods we have in our pantry and freezer. 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