Almost a year ago we started in on paying down our debts using the debt snowball method. I’m happy to say that so far we have paid down $22,000.

This is amazing to me. We have been paying on our debt ever since we got married (and before that, separately, of course), but we never [...]

I figure you’re probably bored with looking at my grocery receipts. Strangely, I’m not yet. This month I added up all the crap food we bought and it easily hit $50. Stuff like ice cream, chocolate, chips, etc., took a big chunk of our money. The question is, do you consider the organic selections to [...]

As you can probably tell, we didn’t manage to stay under $200 for our groceries this month. I tallied everything up and subtracted non-food items, and in the end we spent about $237.75 on food. However, we also ate out more than we should have (especially at lunch) but those totals aren’t included.

This was our [...]

Purchased at HEB in Pflugerville

HEB large eggs (12) $1.99
HEB flour tortillas (10) $0.89
HCF 1% milk (gallon) $3.89
Dole orange/straw/banana juice (.5 gallon) $2.00
Fruity Pebbles (17 oz) $1 **sale/coupon
Crisco shortening $2.12
HEB tomatoes diced (14.5 oz) $0.68
HEB tomato paste $0.44
HEB mexican blend cheese $2.28
HEB pizza blend cheese $2.28
HEB ranch tortilla chips $2.00
Pork chops $3.01
Bananas (2.38 lbs) $1.17
Green bell [...]

Since this blog is called Confessions of a Northern Transplant I probably should post a confession every once in a while, right?

Like most Americans, we’re in debt. I’m not going to give the actual number, but let’s just say it includes credit cards, student loans for me and the husband, and our car. It’s been [...]