Taming the Cupboard During the Holidays: It CAN Be Done! Examples Inside
As I aim to get back on track with the content weeks I share with everyone, I look back over October and November's content calendars and realize I had never actually fleshed out week 4 of November! There's nothing written there! November was to be all about wants versus needs in the pantry, and then starting the last Sunday in November, we start Advent. As a single mom with kids in school, it is important to feed your family well without breaking the bank. I wrote and spoke about this at length during the Taming the Coin quarter, because groceries are a huge part of a monthly financial budget. Right now during the holiday season between halloween and New Years, we as single moms can inadvertently make life more difficult for ourselves by thinking we have to have what everyone else has on their tables at this time of year. "Keeping up with the Joneses" does more harm to the single mom's grocery budget than anything else. It literally pays to be creative, to think outside the box, and to make yearly food traditions that are unique to your household that fit within your food budget. This Read the full article