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08-23-2008, 05:43 PM #1Registered User
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SCORE!!!!! I found all sorts of treasures today!
It's amazing what kinds of things you can find when you clean out your storage room!
I've found:
* An empty wedding album we received as a gift--I can regift this!
* An empty photo album I've never (and will never use)--I can regift this!
* A BRAND NEW pair of slipper socks (w/ the sticky things on the bottom so you don't slip) with the tags still on them--I can regift this!
* A BRAND NEW pair of Christmas gloves w/ Santa (and the tags!) on them--I can regift this
* A pair of hanging shelves that I gave to my cousin who just moved to town to begin college.
* TONS of stationery that I haven't used--cards, notepads, etc.
* Several BRAND NEW pens
* My old dustbuster--just needs a bit of cleaning up and it'll be as good as new
* Two BRAND NEW CD-RW discs!
* An old winter hat and scarf--YAY!
* Three old ball caps that are still totally wearable
* BRAND NEW scrapbook supplies that I'd TOTALLY forgotten about--including a brand new stack of blank notecards
* Several mailing envelopes--including a couple of padded envelopes
* NUMEROUS items for my mom's upcoming garage sale--including a shredder (the kind you just stick over the trash can), an old hair dryer, a hat box, cassette tapes, a table-top water fountain, picture frames, etc.
* Several clothing items to be taken to the consignment shop--including some maternity wear that doesn't fit
WHEW!!! And I'm only half-way done! This makes me HAPPY!!!!!
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Only $300 for groceries this month - $206/$300
Monthly coupon/valued customer savings = $14.08
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2012 FV Challenges: Try New Recipes Challenge: 22/52, Menu Planning Challenge: 21/52, Grocery Reduction Budget Challenge, Change Jar Challenge: $27.81 as of 1-14-12, Lose A Pound A Week Challenge: 3/48, No Wasted Food Challenge
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3.Snowball the CC and Sears card payments into hospital bill (due w/ Baby #2 via C-section in mid-January). Pay that off ASAP.4. Snowball payments into DH's student loan (as of 12/4/11 there's still $4770.84 remaining). Pay off by 12/31/12.
5. Keep our grocery budget to $300 each month.
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9. Make 2 Christmas gifts per month: 0/24.
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08-23-2008, 08:20 PM #2Registered User
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Cool! Regifting is so cool!!!!!!! LOL
Wife to Kevin: 20 years
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08-23-2008, 09:23 PM #3Registered User
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Cool great job clearing out the storage
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08-24-2008, 02:00 AM #4
You did great with all your new/old found treasures!
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08-24-2008, 03:10 AM #5Licence to Kill
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Whoa!! Way to sort!!
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Full-time homemaker, part-time worker, college student. Always pinchin' pennies!
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08-24-2008, 08:54 AM #6Registered User
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I really need to do that too! I have so many boxes still packed in the basement since we moved here almost 3 years ago! Your almost inspiring me! lol
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08-24-2008, 09:11 AM #7Registered User
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Way to go girl. That is impressive and frugal also.
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08-24-2008, 09:16 AM #8Registered User
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Originally Posted by cmdarlin
Same here, We've been in this house 2 years. Occassionally I'll pull out one box and see whats in it. Between goodwill and trash I consolidated 6 boxes into 3 earlier this summer. I need to dig out the box that has the few maternity clothing items I kept and get them out and washed so they will be ready when I need them this time around.
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08-24-2008, 11:24 AM #9Registered User
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Very cool! I started cleaning out my bedroom (the dumping ground for all things unwanted or that don't have a home). No treasures so far. Just trash.
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