A long hiatus...

So yeah, life has gotten in the way.

I was really stressed out by my job and it was really making me a negative person.  So I worked hard, me and hubs...we worked really hard and paid down our debt and became debt free.

This gave me the opportunity in the spring of 2013 to quit my miserable corporate job in a cube farm to change industries completely.  I went to work for a local cupcake shop and quickly took the job of general manager.  I worked there for over six months, learned a ton but I still wasn't doing what I want - which is to bake for a living.

So - I left.  Right now, I'm doing fill in shifts for them while they search for my replacement and some odd jobs while I look for what's next for me.

It's terrifying to be 100% truthful.  What's next, when will we run out of money for me to just work when work comes up.  I feel guilty for not pulling my weight by bringing in any income.  But enough of that, that's what I have a therapist for!

The last time I was out of work was when I honed my coupon skills.  So it's time to get back to what I have fun with and get blogging again. Now I have time and I figured out that time is so valuable.  I am getting back on track with cooking at home, grocery shopping and couponing.

I was toying with firing up the old blog again - and then someone I follow on twitter (which I use mostly for my hockey obsession) asked "Bizarre question - how much, per pound, is the boneless skinless non frozen chicken that you buy?" Of course I responded $1.99.  Then I went back and forth and then I remembered I had a whole blog post about what I do when I stock up on chicken.

So I'm giving this a crack again and I hope I can stick to it.

Taken over by the holidays

It happens every year.  The holidays.  Buying stuff, shipping stuff, ordering in, baking stuff etc...so my absence sucks, but I'm really hoping to stick to this blog in the new year because quite frankly the blog keeps me accountable to my grocery budget and I just added up all my takeout trips in the last six weeks or so in the bank account and on my scale...so it's time to stop celebrating and making excuses and get going for crying out loud.

Sorry for my absence...

I've been traveling and baking so much, I've not been doing a good job sticking to the meal planning.  The good news is, we've been primarily eating from what's on hand in the kitchen.  We haven't done a big grocery shop since my last post.  It's been sending Hubs to the store to grab an off item here and there.

So now that the travel is over for now - we're getting ready for the holidays and I'm super excited about them.  I've been working on my meal plan for Thanksgiving and my holiday gathering at our home.  I'm looking forward to sharing more recipes and fun stuff going forward.

Thanks!