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Apr 27, 2013    |       14 comments

An “I Don’t Wanna” Kinda Day

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It’s Saturday morning and I woke up today not wanting to think or worry about money anymore…like EVER.  I want to just have a day of finance free thinking.  That should be easy enough it seems but my error is that I want to then turn it into a spending frenzy kind of day!  I truly have an urge to go shop and I do not need a thing.  I could certainly create some need but it would be a total creation.  So, instead of surfing some shopping websites on the internet…I’m writing on the blog.

Insert pleasant hold music here.

I want to write a whole bunch of words that encourage me to be strong and sit still and not cave…but they aren’t coming to me.  Instead the words that are screaming in my head are all about those great outlet stores in between San Antonio and Austin.  Then my brain says if I am that far north I might as well hit IKEA.  I need to visit the parents in New Braunfels and I should take them some of this food I just got but I want to stop and get them something random too!

So welcome to my brain this morning…I wonder which part of it will win.  The smart gal who has kicked debt’s a** over the last year…or the brat who just wants a fix.

I’ll report back…

Apr 24, 2013    |       13 comments

Community Supported Agriculture

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In an ongoing effort to both eat a more healthy diet AND save money, I am giving a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group a try.  Does anyone do this already?  I am so excited about picking up my first half-order on Friday.  Almost as excited as I still am about this stupid Simple Human trash can!  There’s a $50 set up fee and then it is $425 for 10 weeks.  I’m splitting this first round with a friend so we can get an idea of what to expect.  I love the idea of eating locally produced foods.  I love the idea of experiencing new items and expanding our palates.  I love the challenge of cooking new foods that I may have never cooked before.  But, most importantly, I love the idea of the money I can save here.  Our share of this first delivery will be $21 per week.  If we get enough meat and produce this could be a great way to reduce the grocery budget.  Keep in mind I only feed the kids two weeks out of the month.  On the other two weeks it is just me I have to worry about!  If I get meat and produce for $84 per month I might shave that $300 per month grocery budget down to $200.  🙂

Here’s the one I joined: http://www.kochranches.net/community-supported-ag.html

Please share about your experiences with local agriculture!

 

 

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