January Monthly Menu Plan

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 2, 2009

I love “new beginnings”…each new year brings as we start a new year, each new month, for me, means writing a new menu plan and thinking up new and creative ways to make $5 meals. Each week brings a more detailed meal plan. And with each day, “For His compassions never fail. They are new [...]

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New Coupons and Time to "Reload" E-Coupons

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 2, 2009

With the new year comes the start of a new month, which means NEW COUPONS are out! There are some goodies in my Coupons.com Coupon Bar! Like $.50 on Cottonelle, making a 4pack FREE at Kroger. (Thanks Marcy for the heads up!) Also, I see Bisquick, a few cereal coupons, Filipio Berio olive oil (matched [...]

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Happy New Year 2009!!!

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 1, 2009

Well, my surprise win has really forced me to quickly rethink my new year’s resolutions and goals for 2009! My original resolution: To spend less than $300 each month on groceries and diapers…using the CASH only system. I found that when I used cash in December, I paid much more attention to what I put [...]

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