I'm a "home engineer" lol. I took Diffy-Q so I could change diapers.
So anyway I am no expert but have been paying attention a lot more the last few years. What we figured out is that we can actually save money better than we initially expected because for one thing we ratcheted way down on the taxes. The kids' tax credits, the exemptions, and all - thank you everyone!
I'm only going to mention one thing at the outset here, but it is something that appalls me: meat prices. My husband's favorite is Rib Eye. I always watch that, but almost never buy it. In the last year the lowest I ever saw it was $6.99 and the highest I think $16.99 or even higher at the Fresh Angus counter. Lamb, forget about that too. Halibut - oh sure, $20 a pound or something absurd like that. So that brings us to turkey. Turkey is our salvation. We passed by the freezer section one day when they were clearing out the stock for a new big shipment. $.69 a pound. We came out of that store with over 50 lbs. of turkey. Which cost us less than three Angus steaks! We have a freezer so when we see something like that we pounce. That's how we save money on meat.
So anyway I am no expert but have been paying attention a lot more the last few years. What we figured out is that we can actually save money better than we initially expected because for one thing we ratcheted way down on the taxes. The kids' tax credits, the exemptions, and all - thank you everyone!
I'm only going to mention one thing at the outset here, but it is something that appalls me: meat prices. My husband's favorite is Rib Eye. I always watch that, but almost never buy it. In the last year the lowest I ever saw it was $6.99 and the highest I think $16.99 or even higher at the Fresh Angus counter. Lamb, forget about that too. Halibut - oh sure, $20 a pound or something absurd like that. So that brings us to turkey. Turkey is our salvation. We passed by the freezer section one day when they were clearing out the stock for a new big shipment. $.69 a pound. We came out of that store with over 50 lbs. of turkey. Which cost us less than three Angus steaks! We have a freezer so when we see something like that we pounce. That's how we save money on meat.
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