So, I have three children that are in elementary school.

Each day they take a snack to school for mid-morning break and usually they want milk with it which costs .35 per child per day.

That's $5.25 a week; $21 a month.

We just started going to Costco regularly and purchasing juice boxes (actually Kool Aid Jammers)

4 boxes of 12 drinks = 48 drinks for approx. $7

That's about 15 cents per drink, they last two weeks as long as no one drinks them at home instead of at school.

So, we're saving a bit on that and my quasi-lactose intolerant son isn't getting a tummyache at the end of the day by drinking all that milk.

Definitley a win-win.

So, I've had an ING Direct account for several years now, I'd put in a few dollars, take out a few dollars...

Nothing huge.

Last weekend we made a commitment to regularly add to the account to ensure that we have enough money for our move.

We're relocating from Boston to Florida in June, not much time to save $10000, which is our target.

That said we've only put aside $550.01 but we have things in the works (additional jobs, other streams of income like Ebay and research surveys)

So, we have a long way to go, but I'm confident we can do it. We've been really good about cutting back the times we go out to eat.

As a family of 5 (three children) that price escalates quickly. Even at McDonalds, we can't get out of there without spending a minimum of $30!!

So, there it is... our goal of $10000, by July 1st.

Follow us on our journey - it's going to be some aggressive savings, but I'm confident we can get pretty close!!