I’ve been grocery shopping at WinCo Foods for 20 years. Every month or so, WinCo parks several full shopping carts inside the entrance showing the total price paid at WinCo vs. local grocery stores. In Phoenix, WinCo compares Fry’s (Kroger) and Safeway/Albertson’s. It’s not even a fair fight, but the carts are usually filled with […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #6: Easy desserts you can make without flour, sugar, eggs, oil, butter, or milk
It’s clear now that Americans get their priorities straight in a crisis: Toilet paper. Whole food pantry staples. Guns. Your grocery stores may still have naked shelves where rice and beans, pasta and canned tomatoes, flour and sugar used to be. Suddenly, every junk food junkie in America is Julia Child. If you are secretly […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #5: Two sanity savers in stock on Amazon
Most families are not used to this quantity of quality time. Everyone in your home may be going a little nutty after 3 weeks of lockdown. We are blessed here in Phoenix to have gorgeous weather and a big yard, with half a dozen semi-stocked grocery stores (excepting toilet paper, of course) I could throw […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #2: How long can I avoid the grocery store?
Someone put out a toilet paper countdown calculator this week; it’s pretty useless because it doesn’t account for brand. But it made me think of a food countdown calculator, and anyone who has a real fear of running out of food or wants to know how long they could last with just the food in […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #1: There is nothing magical about hand soap, dummies.
There is nothing magical about hand soap, dummies. Are you a dummy? Probably not. But common sense goes out the window when people panic and when someone is hysterical the traditional cure is a good slap. While there are few reasonable alternatives to toilet paper, there are many items that can replace a hand soap […]
Best Frugal Practices: How We Use Gift Cards to Meet the Minimum Spend for Credit Card Bonus Offers
This frugal tips blog was updated 3/2/2020 and includes affilate links. I do not participate in sponsored posts so you can count on honest info here at All Day Mom. This is how we meet the minimum spending requirement on new credit cards to get the bonus offers, without overspending on our budget. Our family’s […]
How to budget for a 3-paycheck month, Part 2: How to adjust your budget
How to budget for a 3-paycheck month, Part 2. This isn’t a post about what to spend your 3rd paycheck on; it’s a post about how to adjust your budget when you get three paychecks in one month—and why you have to look at a total of two months of paychecks before you do anything […]
How to Budget for a 3 Paycheck Month Part 1: How We Stopped Depending on 26 Paychecks
I’ve been waiting for January and I’m already looking forward to July! Budgeting nerds know why: in 2020, January and July are 3 paycheck months for many of us who get paid every other week. This is how I budget for a 3 paycheck month in 2 parts: How we stopped depending on 26 paychecks. (This […]
Frugal birthday party: check out this $5 store-bought cake makeover!
My in-laws invited us to a last-minute birthday dinner, and I offered to bring the cake. On short notice, some people would drop $60 on a pretty cake at the nearest bakery. Now, birthday cakes are very important in my family, but I’ve never set foot in a bakery because paying for baked goods I […]
Free Kindle Book Today! Disneyland on a Budget—How Our Family Spends 30 Days a Year at Disneyland Without Breaking the Bank
Free Kindle book today! Disneyland on a Budget: How Our Family Spends 30 Days a Year at Disneyland Without Breaking the Bank. This post includes affiliate links. Disneyland on a Budget—Updated and expanded for 2019 with current prices and lots of new ideas to help you do Disneyland on a budget. [Tweet “Free Kindle book […]
