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Default Eating and shopping well on a strict budget

Sarah Gray wrote:

> "Dan Goodman" > wrote in news:4764a343$0$1117
> :
>
> > Sarah Gray wrote:
> >
> >> Christine Dabney > wrote in
> >> :
> >>
> >> > Heya folks,
> >> >
> >> > I know we have had extensive discussions about shopping for food,
> >> > and getting good deals, and cooking on a strict budget. A budget
> >> > of about USD $40/week, for instance. I don't know how that

> amount >> > translates to foreign currencies...
> >> <snip>
> >> > Anyone else trying to do this sort of thing? Stick to a strict
> >> > budget? What are you buying, and are you shopping the specials?
> >> > What do you plan on making with what you buy? How will you

> extend >> > your purchases to get the most out of them?
> >> >
> >>
> >> I have been mulling the idea of starting a blog about this type of
> >> thing. My budget is $300 a month for myself and my daughter. I

> know I >> can do this, because I used to spend less to feed both of
> us and her >> father.
> >
> > There are already such blogs; for example,
> > http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/
> >
> > But there's still room for more, if you can do something the other
> > bloggers aren't, do something better, or both.
> >

>
> I like to take pictures of the things I cook...
> Plus, I'm not likely to have ads for Christian ringtones on mine


If I had an active blog and someone wanted to pay me for letting them
advertise Christian ringtones, I would probably accept the offer.

> I don;t expect to have a large audience, it just seems like something
> fun for me to do.


Then it's worth doing.

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