Here's to the end of September! It's been an unusually hot September here in Fort Wayne so I am ready for the cooler weather which seems to finally have arrived yesterday! Yes, I grew up in Texas but I don't miss those hot days - especially when the kids want to be playing outside. After watching for a sale all summer, I scored a great deal on water table for the kids this past week. Normally $80 at Kohls, it was clearanced to $29. I stacked a 30% off code with free shipping and a bit of a leftover gift card, so only paid $12 out of pocket for this great water table shipped to our door. I feel … Read More...

As you read about in our official house update, July was a crazy month for us. We were in the midst of selling our house, moving and had two quick vacations to Wisconsin (with college friends) and southern Indiana (for a family reunion). Honestly? I didn't pay much attention to our grocery budget last month. Every frugal shopper has to draw the line somewhere and in July? That was my line. I shopped when we needed to for the things we needed. And I just realized that I don't have a single picture of my grocery shopping in July either! It obviously was a different month. Part of our July … Read More...

What a crazy couple of weeks! As I alluded to in our newsletter the other week, we've been making some big decisions around here. Not quite three weeks ago, we decided to sell our house! We love our house and our charming small town but it was quite a ways from the downtown Lutheran school where my husband teaches. Plus, my in-laws are selling their house and building a new one, so we decided to buy theirs. Of course, to do so, we have to sell ours first. The last couple weeks have been an absolute whirlwind of activity. We listed late Sunday night (after 2 weeks of busy preparations, … Read More...