My Thrifty Diary

Yes...this is my 3rd blog post today...I'm that bored at work.

Last Friday while doing my normal grocery shopping I found Gourmet dessert & brownie mixes on the bent'n'dent/clearance rack. They were around $5 originally marked down to $1.90. So I bought one of each. A chocolate brownie, some lemon dessert & some raspberry dessert.

Here is my idea: Shop around for cute mixing bowls (either secondhand or from a store like Marshalls or TJMaxx) add in a wooden ...

Items that need to be taken care of before the trip back to Nebraska on the 25th:

• Clean out the Cooler (DBF can do this!)
• Find a pet-friendly hotel in St. Louis for 2 nights
• Load the metal kennel in the car for Magma @ the hotel
• Price all garage sale items to be left at G-pa's house
• Purchase/Pack all food supplies
• All dishes washed & put away
• All Laundry washed, folded & put away
• House vacuumed & bed made

What to pack in the cooler:

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So I'm at work right now, and yes, I spend most of my day surfing the internet or playing around of FV. My hours in the summer are fairly flexible which is nice, but I do feel obligated to work most of the day because that is what my coworkers do. But I feel like I have NOTHING to do here and SO MUCH to get done back at the house. I shouldn't complain, I'm getting paid to do this!

Anyhoo...my frugal plan for the day is to start my "no more spending" routine. We are well ...

OK, so I've never really blogged before. I have a site on BlogSpot, but I don't think I have any entries up. Anyhoo.

So there's a first time for everything and I guess I would just like to chronicle my frugal & not so frugal habits. I know I'm not the most thrift person in the world, but I do know that I have saved myself quite a bit of money over the years with the little bit I do practice.

Here's a little background information about me. I'm an almost 25 year ...