http://thehappyhousewife.com Living Well on Less Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:43:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, kids eat for free every day at my house but last night our dinner plans (re: the people who were coming to dinner at our house and bringing the food) cancelled due to illness and instead of figuring out what to make for dinner I went on a walk with the kids. When I [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/3-moms-kids-eat-free/ Beautiful days with temperatures almost reaching 70. Walks, bike rides, and ball games. Kids eat free for a special night out. These are all Finer Things. Subscribe to have these articles delivered to your inbox. Want to chat? Visit my forum. ]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/spring-preview/ DaveRamsey.com is having a buy one get one free sale. Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace, Financial Peace Jr., various dvds and audio books are all currently buy one get one free. Free shipping is included on orders or $65. These books make great wedding or graduation gifts so stock up if you have some extra [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/dave-ramsey-buy-one-get-one-free/ A few of my good friends, and moms of A LOT of kids, have decided to live blog their day, so the world can see how moms of many manage. I know of a few of these women in real life and they are amazing! If you have a minute today stop by their blogs [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/because-they-are-crazy-and-im-not/ Last weekend I attended the Apologia Live Mom’s Conference with my friends Crystal and Crystal. To say it was an encouraging, refreshing weekend would be an understatement. The conference had everything, from great worship led by Anne MacCallum, to great speakers, to great food, the folks at Apologia really know how to host a quality [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/apologia-live-moms-conference/ After a crazy weekend I feel like we are finally settling back into our routine. Monday and Tuesday my goal was to eat all the leftovers to clean out the fridge in preparation for my big shopping trip. Monday Breakfast was leftover pancakes, cereal, and oatmeal. Lunch was leftovers and sandwiches. Dinner was leftovers from our turkey [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/3-moms-leftovers-and-turkey-broth-fail/ It is no secret I love Outback! We don’t eat there often, but it is one of our family’s favorite restaurants. I was thrilled to find out that Outback is serious about supporting our troops. During the month of March all active duty and veterans will receive a FREE Bloomin’ Onion at their local participating [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/outback-free-bloomin-onion-for-military-in-march/ My last Commissary shopping trip was on March 2 and I spent $157. Since then we have made two other trips to pick up a few groceries. DH’s Commissary trip: 2 packs baby wipes $7.68 2 packs diapers $16.98 Pull-ups $9.59 Bread $1.88 2 Nasal Spray $5.50 2 gallons milk $4.30 Orange juice $4.99 Flowers $9.95 Coupons $4.50 Total – $59.39 My Aldi trip: Eggs $1.35 Hot dog buns [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/shopping-trip-update/ http://thehappyhousewife.com/commissary-coupon-match-ups/ Amazon is offering a Free One Month Trial of Amazon Prime. Everyone I know who has Amazon Prime, loves it, so if you are interested in checking it out, now you can try it for free! My friend The Thrifty Mama also found 88 oz of  Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Raw Blue Agave on sale at Amazon [...]]]> http://thehappyhousewife.com/amazon-savings-on-prime-and-organics/