Its been a minute...or longer

So it's been a little while since I wrote anything on here.  I have several topics in my journal slated to write about just...ever hear of the expression the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak?  Its kinda like that.  I feel like I should do something a little productive like laundry and dishes, rather than write a blog entry. Wow, that sounded so..harsh. Anyway moving on, I did an analysis of our finances yesterday and while I won't say how much money we have left after the necessities lets just say its small, like pebble small.  So I came to the conclusion that since we spend so much on groceries I would attempt to lower that somehow.  I have already tried couponing and..I don't know maybe I'm not doing it right but I am not seeing the savings I expect to see.  So I thought I would do some research. I found this article which had some good points in it. He does mention a couple of things that find myself doing.  Right now, well not right this second, I am taking my receipts and imputing the data aka: food and such into a spreadsheet.  The hope is buy doing so I will know how much I spend on what and can budget from there.  He also suggests to grow your own but alas renting doesn't allow you do that so I plan on visiting the farmers market, instead. We'll see how it goes.  I even chronicle my journey here.  What a novel concept. :)