Comments on: Super Savings Saturday: This week’s $33 shopping trip

By: Allyson H

Allyson H — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:24:55 +0000

ADORABLE children!! Post pictures of them ANYTIME!!!

By: Jaden

Jaden — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:17:57 +0000

Your kids! Oh my head, they are SO CUTE! Love the curly-q hair
Awesome job staying under budget! Way to go I learn so much from you… Thanks again for all the deals you post!

By: fran

fran — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:31:19 +0000

Crystal,
Can you change frab to fran?…I hit the wrong key…I do know how to spell my name:)

By: frab

frab — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:29:14 +0000

Crystal,
What a beautiful family…you have every right to be proud of them, and every right to boast about them:)

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:41:25 +0000

Crystal,

Thanks for sharing with us, as usual! I so appreciate your insight.

Kim from Philadelphia

By: Andrea @ Mommy Snacks.net

Andrea @ Mommy Snacks.net — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:10:14 +0000

Crystal, they are too cute!!! Thanks for sharing the picture! Makes me miss having a little one Silas’ size!!

By: Laura@HeavenlyHomemakers

Laura@HeavenlyHomemakers — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:35:58 +0000

I loved our meet up time and was excited to hear that you got to have ANOTHER one last week!! How FUN!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:47:44 +0000

Your girls’ hairdo’s are so sweet!

Wonderful family!

By: CatJB

CatJB — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:03:45 +0000

Oh my goodness, what cute cute kiddies! They are beautiful, we are all blessed by our children.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:12:09 +0000

Lucky you cookies! We have that rule at our house don’t buy anything unless it is on sale!

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:37:31 +0000

Your kiddos are adorable. I still don’t have a decent pic of my kids. They are 1,2,6, and 8!

By: Leisa

Leisa — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:44:53 +0000

Crystal,
Your kids are absolutely adorable! Hope you are getting some sleep and figuring out the new routine!

By: laura

laura — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:30:38 +0000

Just curious…how are you “feeding 5 people”? U, hubs, 2 small toddlers and a newborn. Are you breastfeeding or formula? Just confused about 5 people. Also, toddlers generally don’t eat much (getting mine to eat was quite the chore!). Once they’re older, will you increase your $40/week budget? I have myself, hubs and a 12 yr and nearly 16 yr old girls. I spend $70/week. Trust me….the older they are, the more they eat, especially since mine are fairly athletic and do a lot of sports. Is your budget based on age of the children?

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Money Saving Mom here: Well, since I’m breastfeeding exclusively, I consider that we’re feeding five people here because, well, we are. We also have lots of guests into our home so we often are feeding more than just the five of us, too.

However, I totally know that when children get older they eat more. I grew up in a family of nine of the most voracious eaters ever and I did much of the cooking and grocery shopping for them for a number of years–which was some of the best training in feeding a crowd on a budget there is!

Check out this post for more of my thoughts on grocery budgets:

http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2008/08/qa-how-much-sho.html

By: Keli

Keli — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:23:14 +0000

We have a PF factory down the road from us and they make mostly cookies and bread. You can go there and get a 2 gallon bag of cookies for $3.50 – it’s hard to stay away some weeks!!! All in moderation, right?

By: Precious

Precious — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:33:24 +0000

Great shopping for you this week.

By: tina b

tina b — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:19:17 +0000

I just linked to my SSS post! Yay! But, it was my post from last Saturday. Since you didn’t have a linky last week (and I haven’t been motivated enough to post anything new this week), I figured it’d work out

I’m finding that I only really need to buy produce and milk, too lately. I’m loving summer! I think that’s part of it. And, because we started to do green smoothies for breakfast three days a week…YUM!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:12:13 +0000

Hi! I left a link to my latest diaper deal at Baker’s. Thanks!

By: Noah Heutchy

Noah Heutchy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:39:32 +0000

Just wait until Silas gets bigger! My nearly 2yo son can almost out eat tme. Though to be fair, in contrast, my 4yo son eats like a bird! I had to increase the amount of food I was buying/making for my nearly 2yo!

By: Maygan

Maygan — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:59:26 +0000

The group shot is adorable! my littlest is 3 months and the olderst is 2, I was able to get a decent shot of them together yesterday for the first time. You’re doing much better than I am, and with more kids!

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:29:46 +0000

I would be curious to know what people with larger families/olders kids spend weekly on their groceries. Thanks,

Julie