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Your Grocery Budget Toolbox *Giveaway*

July 17, 2012 By: amyswandering

Do you ever decide to do a little project around the house, get frustrated when you can’t find all of the tools or supplies, and quit before you ever get started?

(What? That’s just me? Ok, then you’ll have to pretend! 😉 )

The same thing can happen when it comes to eating healthier. You decide to start feeding your family whole foods, go to the store and have a minor stroke over the price of healthy food, and quickly fall back into your old pattern of eating.

Your Grocery Budget Toolbox is going to teach you how to feed your family real food on a real budget!

I used to be a couponing pro, regularly saving 60-85% on my shopping trips. Those savings rapidly declined when we started transitioning to a whole food diet a few years ago. I plan my menu according to the weekly sales, and make the majority of our meals from scratch, but I know our grocery bill could be lower.

I was over-the-top excited when I started reading Your Grocery Budget Toolbox! Anne not only takes you step-by-step through the many ways you can save on healthy food, she also breaks each chapter down into specific details.

Take my favorite chapter for example: Sourcing Healthy Food

A lame ebook would simply list all of the stores that carry inexpensive organic foods. But this is no lame ebook, it is a Toolbox, and it lists exactly which organic items can be found cheapest at each store!

Every chapter is filled with valuable information!

  • Budget (how to make one, what you can afford on your budget, a sample $250/month budget, and more)
  • Price List (what it is, how it helps, how to make one, how to maintain)
  • Sourcing (a comprehensive review of sources – online and brick-and-mortar – for inexpensive healthy food)
  • Once-a-Month Shopping (maximizing your budget by shopping once a month)
  • Price Caps (learn how to set limits for how much you will spend on different items)
  • Coupons (can coupons be effective when shopping for healthy foods?)
  • Do it Yourself Foods (foods you can make yourself and save money)
  • Take it to the Next Level (develop frugal habits that will save you LOTS)
  • Saving Money in the Internet Era (frugal hacks from the modern age of internet and social media)
  • Resources
  • Printables

There are several challenges in the book, and I decided to take the Once-a-Month Shopping Challenge. I know that fewer trips to the store will add up to bigger savings each month.

Here is my best guess of (some of) what my family of 7 eats in a month:

  • eggs – 6 dozen
  • milk – 18 gallons (wowsers)
  • bread – 6 loaves
  • pasta – 6 lbs
  • rice – 2 lbs
  • produce – 20+ lbs
  • flour – 4 lbs
  • sweetener – 2 lbs
  • meat  – 20+ lbs
  • butter – 6 lbs
  • oatmeal – 2 lbs

I will be using several of the challenges in Your Grocery Budget Toolbox over the next month to help me figure out my Once-a-Month Shopping plan.

You can purchase Your Grocery Budget Toolbox for only &4.99!

Even better, order by July 24th and save 20% off with this code: wandering

Feel free to go ahead and buy yours now because you will get a refund if you win the giveaway!!

Giveaway Rules

closed – winner announced on Tuesday!!

(Leave one comment listing everything you completed)

Mandatory: Leave a comment telling whether you are a.) a whole foods wannabe, b.) a whole foods newbie, or c.) a whole foods fanatic

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Mega List of Books for Sale

July 17, 2012 By: amyswandering6 Comments

{I will be adding a little more over the next couple of days.}

Can you tell I just finished organizing the schoolbook shelves? 🙂

Be sure to check out my Want-to-Buy List at the bottom!

  • Paypal accepted
  • prices include media mail shipping
  • from a non-smoking home
  • items in good used condition unless stated
  • leave a comment on this post stating the items you wish to purchase, or any questions you have

Student of the Word Year 1 $75 ppd  vgc -includes

  • Teacher Edition
  • Resource Edition
  • Worksheets
  • Audio Tape
  • Understanding the Call to Discipleship dvd

The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach: Bible Based Homeschooling Robin Sampson $16 ppd  vgc   SOLD

A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays  Robin Sampson $16 ppd
markings on top of book; inside is in vgc

A Child’s Geography: Explore His Earth Ann Voskamp  $9 ppd  (older edition) shelf wear on cover; pages in vgc

Over Our Heads In Wonder; Science & the Sky Esther Yant $6 ppd  vgc

Bigger Hearts for His Glory  Heart of Dakota  $45 ppd  vgc   SOLD

Drawn Into the Heart of Reading Student Book Level 2-3 $12 ppd Heart of Dakota   vgc; spine cut off & pages hole punched (professionally)   SOLD

Drawn Into the Heart of Reading Student Book Level 4-5  $15 ppd Heart of Dakota   vgc; spine cut off & pages hole punched (professionally) SOLD

Artistic Pursuits gr.4-6 book 1  $25 ppd  vgc   SOLD

Seasons of Faith Series book & CD (2009) $20 ppd vgc, CDs never used

  • Race with Midnight (Spring)
  • You Can’t Come In (Summer)
  • Seventy Times Seven (Fall)
  • Braving the Storm (Winter)

Write Source 2000    $10 ppd  vgc

Writers Express   $10 ppd  vgc

Trail Guide to World Geography  $8 ppd vgc

History for Little Pilgrims  $6ppd crease in cover; pages in vgc

The Light and the Glory History Bundle  $22 ppd

  • The Light and the Glory for Children
  • From Sea to Shining Sea
  • Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Children
  • The Light and the Glory Children’s Activity Book
  • From Sea to Shining Sea Children’s Activity Book

Go For It! child’s planner,devotional  $8 ppd

Saxon Math 7/6 Solutions Manual  $10 ppd  wear on cover & spine; pages in vgc

Easy Grammar Plus   $12 ppd  vgc

Autumn Bundle  $15 ppd

  • Thanksgiving Unit Study Amanda Bennett
  • Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn
  • Kids’ Pumpkin Projects
  • Thanksgiving Thematic Unit

Christmas Bundle $18 ppd

  • Christmas Unit Study Amanda Bennett
  • Family Nights for Advent & Christmas
  • O Come Emmanuel
  • Celebrate Jesus! at Christmas

Simply Grammar $6 ppd -shelf wear on cover; pages in great condition

Family Math $8 ppd -shelf wear on cover; pages in great condition SOLD

Writing Strands Level 3 $8 ppd  vgc

Basic Math Word Problem Tutor DVD $10 ppd (see my review here)

Saxon Math 1 workbook part two  $5 ppd

Bible Verse Coloring Pages 2  $6 ppd 

Books for Mom $5 ppd for 1, or $4 ea. w/any other purchase

  • The Homeschool Journey Susan & Michael Card
  • Christian Unschooling  Teri j Brown
  • The Ministry of Motherhood Sally Clarkson (same year, but cover is different than shown)
  • Real love for Real Life Andi Ashworth
  • A Sane Woman’s Guide to Raising a Large Family           Mary Ostyn
  • To Love, Honor, and Vacuum  Sheila Wray Gregoire
  • Families Where Grace Is In Place  Jeff VanVonderen
  • The Duggars: 20 and Counting Michelle & Jim Bob Duggar
  • Designing a Lifestyle That Pleases God Ennis & Tatlock
  • The Excellent Wife Martha Peace
  • Educational Travel on a Shoestring Judith Waite Allee
  • Creating a Beautiful Home Alexandra Stoddard

Teacher Resource Books & Misc.  $4.50 ppd for 1, or $3 ea. w/any other purchase

  • Shoebox Centers Writing Activities
  • What To Do With A Squirt of Glue
  • Theme Units Kids Adore: from Ants to Zoos
  • Felt Board Fun for Everyday & Holidays
  • Adventures with Logic
  • Avenues Practice Book: Level A
  • Open Court Reading & Writing Wkbk: Level K
  • I Can Draw Dinosaurs
  • Dinosaurs (DK Pockets)
  • Dolls Kids Can Make
  • Pat-A-Cake and other Play Rhymes

~Want to Buy~

  • One Small Square Science Books
  • Truthquest Ancient Greece, Middle Ages, Renaissance/Reformation/Exploration
  • Exploring Creation with Zoology 1
  • Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 
  • Horizons Math, Grade 4 student & teacher
  • HWT Printing Power
  • HWT Cursive Handwriting
  • Wordly Wise 3000 grade 10 book/answer key

**I tried to link everything to the exact version.

Thanks for Looking!!

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