It's been a couple months (3, to be exact) since I gave you a peak inside our grocery budget. It's time for me to play catch up with a more detailed grocery post again. First, I do hope you are following me on Facebook and / or Instagram because that is where I share my shopping trips as they happen. If you like seeing what I am buying on the days that I go shopping, go follow me on social media so you don't have to wait for these longer monthly updates. You can like Joyfully Thriving on Facebook here. You can follow me on Instagram here.  Second, I apologize that these posts have … Read More...

For as long as January seemed, February seems to have flown by! It's probably because the count down is officially on until baby arrives at the end of March, so time is speeding up. We've also dealt with a couple of minor viruses between all my kids so that kept us home at times and made the days pass in a bit of a blur. I continue to share most of my shopping trips as they happen on Instagram and Facebook. You can like the Joyfully Thriving Facebook page here to see those trips as they happen. This lets me answer questions about specific deals while they are still current - so you can grab … Read More...

September was a good month for grocery shopping. There were lots of good deals, plus Kroger doubled fuel points if you shopped on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I did almost all of my Kroger shopping on these days for that reason. After coupons and surveys, I managed to accumulate $0.80 off a gallon in fuel rewards! Andy and I both filled up at the same time to take full advantage of the full 35 gallons. He pulls on one side of the pump and I pull on the other, so we can pump gas until we've reached the limit. That little trick saved us $28 on gas just for that fill up! Here are a couple of … Read More...