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Stocking UP!

Okay, so after reading the Christianity Today article, Frank and I decided to shop once for the entire month. We made our menu list, figured the ingredients and made the big Costco run. Anything else that comes up in the month will have to be a joint decision and a joint trip to the store. I will have $10.00 a week for milk and fresh vegies.

The question came up, what to do with the snacks for the kids. IF we buy snacks the kids devour them immediately. Or nag me until I'm crazy! Then the rest of the week they are fussing for snacks. So, we bought a "cracker snacker" pack and prepackaged potato chip packs and had them divide them amongst themselves. They each have a grocery bag with their names on them - think Halloween - and when they are gone, they are gone!!

So Haley was so excited with her booty that she decided to lay them out. Whenever we have company we bring in our king size mattress from the garage. The one Simmons let us keep when they came out to replace it. The kids enjoy using it so much, it doesn't often go back out as quickly as it should!

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Cathi said…
Wow! Looks like she definitely has a month's worth of snacks there (if she's careful)! Good for you on the stocking up...I'd be interested in hearing your menu.
So, I'm wondering when Frank is going to wish you'd never reconnected with your old highschool friend with these hair-brained ideas : ).
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