Heavy Arms and Broken Pocketbooks

Sometimes, when I can't fall asleep, I do this thing.
I hold my arm straight up in the air as long as I can
and it gets all heavy and all I can think about is
finally being able to put my arm down
and fall asleep.
I like to share these little details of my life with you.

Threw one Brian's favorite dinners together 

in the crockpot.

This meal is so easy and soooo good.

Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
Recipe by Six Sisters' Stuff.
Find it here.

I serve this over rice and Brian likes white rice so that's what we had.

I like broccoli in mine so I put some in the steamer basket

of my rice cooker.
I didn't add sesame seeds because they look like bugs.

Headed out to the grocery store to stock up a little bit.

I've made a few changes in my pantry to make it

easier to see when I was running low on things.

I bought some jars that were on clearance

at Fry's Market Place.

I labeled them with key tags that I bought at Lowes.

It's much easier to plan my grocery list now that

I can tell what I need with just a glance.

I've been shopping at Winco lately and 

I have to say I love it.

I haven't seen better prices anywhere.

I love that so many items are in the bulk food section.

I can buy just one cup of oatmeal,

or just a teaspoon of cream of tarter.

The prices for their spices are very good.

Especially if you only need a very small amount

of something and don't want to buy a whole container.

I know it's hard to tell from this blurry photo

but I have here:

Chocolate chips 

Sugar

Wheat flour

Oatmeal

Corn Flakes (just a cup for a recipe I want to try)

Brown Sugar

Low Sodium Taco Seasoning

Jasmine Rice

Walnut pieces

I don't know about you but I can sure feel the financial crunch this year.

Our paychecks took quite a hit.

We are re-visiting our budget

and making some tough decisions.

Have you noticed a change in your finances this year?

How are you dealing with it?

xxx-ooo

Holly