The house next door to where I am house sitting has a large apricot tree in the back yard. As I was looking up into the tree at all of the lovely fruit, a squirrel casually sauntered by on the fence, hopped into the tree, grabbed one of the apricots and started eating away: What…
Well, I managed to do about the worst thing I could possibly do in a challenge like this. While I don't keep a coupon binder like most people who coupon (because I don't clip, sort and organize my coupons). I do have a coupon envelope where I store my most valuable coupons. It usually contains…
Another travel day which are always the most stressful days for this challenge because I have no time to prepare anything and I have to move all my food to another place which is one gigantic pain. The good news is that I will be house sitting for about 3 weeks so I won't have…
I have found the limit of how far my sister will push in trying to restrict the rules of the challenge (and now I need to figure out how to use this to my advantage). Today was my niece's 5th birthday and when I went to visit, she invited me to her birthday dinner at…
I decided to take a new walk today to see if I could find some new foraging areas in a place called Rancho San Antonio park. There were a lot of blackberry bushes along the creek beds, but they didn't look nearly as promising as the ones nearer my house. What I did see were…
Readers have asked me to do detailed accounts of how I manage to create my moneymaker scenarios. This is a moneymaker deal I did on 7/6/2010 at Safeway Although this is a small moneymaker, it is an easy one and would be a great one to start off with if you are new to couponing…
A number of readers have asked me to post the results of the polls and any decisions I made as a result of them. Poll #1: The first poll was whether or not it was acceptable for me to get free food at the farmers' market. [poll id=”2″] While there was an overwhelming “yes” vote,…
I really should do another decent sized shopping trip to get needed basics again, and I have been avoiding doing so like the plague. I have absolutely no desire to do so (probably not the best feeling to have on a blog that is about grocery shopping). I know that I am going to be…
When I began this challenge, most people assumed that the hardest part was going to be having enough to eat and finding food beyond Top Ramen and Mac & Cheese to eat. Even though I was fairly confident that I would be able to overcome these hurdles, there were a number of things that I…
Readers have asked me to do detailed accounts of how I manage to create my moneymaker scenarios. This is a moneymaker deal I did on 7/3/2010 at CVS I received an email from CVS.com for a coupon for $4.00 off a $20.00 purchase (if you have a CVS near you, it is well worth the…