Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Things have been busy... as any of you with a newborn past or present might understand. I finally got a minute to sit down and write something. I've been trying really hard to save us money lately and get us on a good path for paying off debt and buying a house in a little over a year from now. My biggest project as of late is meal planning thanks to an awesome blogger/mommy. You can see her blog here. I am just starting out and have been using her blog and advice to help me along. I planned out the whole month of November and did my big grocery shop on Halloween. I spent $188 which included dinner for the whole month (with the exception of one eat out day), milk, some snacks for Isla, fruit, and ice cream! I figured at most we'll spend another $80 this month for milk, fruit, and other snacks. Such an awesome change to the nearly $400 we were probably spending at the grocery store each month and that doesn't even include all of our eating out! A-MAZING! When I got home from the grocery store I started doing some prepping for the month. I threw chicken breasts in the crock pot because I needed some shredded chicken for two things of chicken enchiladas this month and chicken taco soup. I also cut up some breasts to make orange chicken, floured them up, and tossed them in the freezer! I have some more prep work to do but I figured it could wait til a weekend. I'll probably finish the prepping tomorrow.

I will let ya'll know how it turns out.