Grocery game

Jul 28, 2010 22:08

Since I started that save money assignment, I decided to try and cut coupons and buy stuff on special at the grocery store ( Read more... )

shopping, coupons, baby-sitting, money, kids

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newsbean July 29 2010, 05:24:44 UTC
This is an excellent site: http://www.foodonthetable.com/users/new

You can customize it with your area and what you typically eat and it will tell you where it's on sale. That's kind of a bad description of it. Just go play with it!

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newsbean July 29 2010, 05:30:48 UTC
Forgot to add: It's mostly useful if you need help planning meals OR eat mostly meat. It's got a funky set up if you're mostly interested in vegetarian stuff.

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thesynergizer July 29 2010, 06:22:16 UTC
yeah, they didn't have any stores in my area so i don't think it will be useful for me. thanks though

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newsbean July 29 2010, 13:40:02 UTC
Bah. :(

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alison_in_oh July 29 2010, 05:26:31 UTC
Ooh, thanks for this, you inspired me to go on hotcouponworld.com for the first time since moving up here.

Who the heck do you get to babysit in the middle of a weekday? To be completely honest I would totally have a mother's helper or babysitter every single week if I could just FIND someone!

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thesynergizer July 29 2010, 05:33:22 UTC
her name is alyssa, she is 15 and lives across the street in our apartments. i found her in may and she has changed my life. sometimes i do errands, sometimes i clean my house, sometimes i visit jessi ;-) and sometimes i just veg out and relax. (not usually for the entire time though ( ... )

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alison_in_oh July 29 2010, 05:38:24 UTC
LOL! Not gonna happen, Miss Thang throws the most amazing hysterical screaming fit if I so much as turn my back on her in a new situation, let alone leave her in a strange place with a stranger. Thanks though. ;)

I'm just counting the days till the neighbor girls are 15 (the oldest are 10 now, I figure they can be mother's helpers at 11 or 12), but in the meantime the only sitter we've had goes to high school so she's not very available during the school year, and she injured herself about 6 months ago so we got out of the habit of having her watch the kids for date nights (just held out to have family do it!)

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thesynergizer July 29 2010, 05:50:48 UTC
you can totally be a mother's helper at 10. you mean like play with/entertain the kids while you are still home but do other things, like laundry, dishes, coughknittingcoughcough, vacuum, etc. right?

my niece kaela does this, and she's only 7.5! i would never trust her to *watch* alli, but she totally changes diapers and dresses her and plays with her and keeps her occupied while I am at my MIL's house. i get to have uninterrupted COFFEE! it is spectacular.

also, i started this way with alyssa too, when she was new, to make sure i liked her and she was nice and was trust-worthy and such.

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