Frugal February has come to an end and our spending freeze on non-necessities is finally finished. I have to admit my family is very relieved it is over. However, I am happy we did this challenge, especially seeing how much money we saved. WHAT WE PURCHASED At the beginning of this challenge, my husband and Read more

Week three of our No Spend Challenge has gone very well with one unexpected expense. Read the original No Spend February Challenge to see what spending we have cut in our budget this entire month. Our Grocery Trip I had a very good trip to the grocery store and purchased all our essentials for the Read more

I’m excited that this is the last week of our challenge. There are a items that we have used up, including salt, roasts and my coffee creamer. I have to be creative with the menu this last week, but we will still have plenty of variety. Meal Plan Week of February 22-28 Chicken Noodle Soup Read more

Week Two of No Spend February was great! Our total spent for the entire week was $21.62. Read the original No Spend February Challenge to see what spending we have cut in our budget this entire month. We ran out of milk twice this week, so I made two runs to the grocery store and Read more

This week, we ran out of necessities, so I made a run to the grocery store, but only spent $0.87 with my coupons. Our week two meal plan had a slight variation because I redeemed a Sam’s Club Groupon that came with a rotisserie chicken and that became one of our meals. We never made Read more

This February, our family has decided to spend zero money on non-essentials during Frugal February. I am excited to announce that we made it through the first seven days with absolutely ZERO spending and not a single trip to any restaurant, retail or grocery store. Our month of zero spending was even a feature story Read more

My family has almost made it through the first week of our No Spend Challenge and it has gone great. We have not run out of any staple food items yet and today is the last meal of our week one meal plan. However, we are getting low on milk, yogurt and bananas, so I Read more

One of my readers made a wonderful suggestion to post my meal plans every week during our no-spend challenge this February. I’m sure the menu will get more creative and interesting throughout the month. Right now, our fridge and pantry are stocked with our normal meal ingredients, so I can choose meals we already cook Read more

I am excited to announce my husband and I decided to embark on a month-long no spending challenge. I got the idea after reading Living Well, Spending Less blog post entitled ‘31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero.’ My husband and I have several financial goals for the future, including paying cash for a Read more