The sun is finally shining in North Carolina on a Saturday. What does that mean? Time to wash all the sheets and bed covers so they can air dry. I am so excited. I was able to get 7 loads of sheets and comforters on the line. I did have to throw my mattress pad in the dryer for an hour\u00a0 but overall saved at least 6 hours of dryer use! The best part is how amazing the sheets all smell!<\/p>\n
Food Lion and Aldi are the only choices except for Walmart for grocery shopping so I rarely get excited about sales or clearance items. This week was the exception.\u00a0 I found bags of flavored popcorn and cheese puffs on clearance for seventy-five cent each. I was able to grab 15 bags at this price!\u00a0 Yes, I grabbed all the I could find!\u00a0 Food Lion also had Lance crackers BOGO for $3.09 which works out to be twenty-six cent a pack. They are a great snack for the kids especially at ball games and for the pool. I was able to grab 12 packs at this price. CVS ran a sale last week for Coke products.\u00a0 I am good for at least two months.\u00a0 I now have spent exactly half of our grocery budget for March so I need to be careful with my future purchases.<\/p>\n
I am hoping to reduce our out of pocket to less than $20 for the square foot garden this year. One way is to use seeds instead of purchasing plants for many of the items I plant. I have been collect packs of seeds for fifty cent over the past several weeks and also looked at what I have purchased in years past and plan to use as much as that as possible.\u00a0 Lowes ran a sale this weekend on plants for 1.50 each which is a little less than half off. I grabbed 2 containers of broccoli and planted them as they need to be in the ground and produce before the heat arrives with summer. I also purchased 10 green pepper plants, these will take ALOT more work as I have to move inside at night and remember to set in the sun during the day.\u00a0 If I am able to keep these alive until the last Spring frost usually mid to late April this will be a huge savings.\u00a0 I am collecting gift cards from Swagbucks to help cover the other expenses of the garden. Free Food will taste awesome this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The sun is finally shining in North Carolina on a Saturday. What does that mean? Time to wash all the sheets and bed covers so they can air dry. I am so excited. I was able to get 7 loads … Continue reading