Frugal challenge 9/7 - 9/13

[my4littlebuffaloes]

Well, it doesn't look like anyone has started this yet, so i will.

Tonight was spaghetti, with homemade sauce, using browned sausage that I browned a few days ago in a big batch.

- homemade muffins for breakfast
- dh took leftovers for lunch
- lights off.
- washed ziploc baggies
- hung laundry
- combined a bunch of errands
- the dentist had a cancelation after our appts, so she went ahead and did the sealants on ds's teeth, instead of us having to go back
- I had CVS match a target prescription transfer coupon and got a $10 gift card
- paid a bill online

[hollyhill]

Thanks Jennifer, I was looking everywhere for this thread... WTG on the target GC....

-walked 1h and 15 min. with our neighbourhood walkers today (free program. I do this two days a week).
-picked up a box of clothes from a friend. There are two nice sweaters for me, two nice sweaters for Dh and 8 lovely hand embroidered cotton pillowcases. Also a lovely old fashioned fringed burnt orange bedspread cover... the kind they had in the 70's looks little like tapestry. Don't know what I will do with it. A bit fancy for a picnic blanket LOL.
- Dd had a dentist appointment, no cavities and it is covered by Dh insurance. She also received a toothbrush and travel size toothpaste for free.
-Hung Laundry
- received a free collapsable cooler and 5 coupons for free stouffers paninis from a contest I won (2 months ago).
-crockpot chilli for supper and will make corn bread to go with it.
-put my first $50 in EF
-no spend day today

[Starlight9803]

Sunday:
*only left the house to take niece and nephew home, didn't stop anywhere, so no money spent
*we ate leftovers from DD's sleepover and the fridge
*a/c only on for brief time during the afternoon
*all lights off
*no laundry day

Monday:
*stayed home, no spending
*laundry in 1/2 detergent and hung out to dry
*cleaned house from top to bottom and made inventory lists for pantry and freezer
*a/c on 80
*no lights on during day, no tv at all
*dinner was stir fry made with the last of all the veggies in the garden - the heat has finally done in the plants

[Cricketlegs]

9/8
paid bills and stayed on budget
every man for himself as I am feeling premenopausal today and looking to have a meltdown--we just ate what we found
I made a few dozen cookies and that got me out of my funk
Read a book from Goodwill--loved it and it only cost .50.
TV was off
I did pay on my debt snowball.

[hollyhill]

~Used a ton of gas today running to appointments, so I had to fill up and my favourite discount gas station was closed WAHHHHHH!!!!
~Went to dentist. Cost $50.15 (most of it was paid by insurance), was told to start saving for some gum surgery! And Dd needs to go to oral surgeon to have her wisdon teeth extracted. Received a free toothbrush and dental floss.
~took youngest to orthodontist appointment to evaluate the treatment to date.... recommended putting in full time(not removable) expanders and maybe even head gear in 9 months or so....the good thing is it all part of the original cost of treatment (all ready paid). They are great orthodontists!
~ everything took alot longer than I thought so I stopped at Deli for lunch with Dd. Cost $7.15.
~ was going to stop at dollar store to buy balloons and party supplies for Dd sleepover party but I was too zonked.
~ Dinner will be breakfast- egg scramble and pancakes (maybe I can start the day again?).
~hung the laundry
~still no heat turned on
~did a survey and received a free shampoo

[Starlight9803]

Tuesday:
*a/c on 80
*meals were scrounged from bits and pieces already open in pantry/refrigerator
*no laundry day
*no lights on during day
*stayed home, no spending

[Telephus44]

We've made it 9 days so far with no eating out, and I haven't even eaten out lunch at work!

Monday and Tuesday..
*Dinner was pasta - vegetarian and cheap on Tuesday, Crockpot Pork on Monday (improvised the recipe, and it worked out really well)
*Went grocery shopping - DH hit some good marked down meat at Stop & Shop, and we managed to get out of Trader Joe's spending only $26.
*Entered coke codes and played my last Shell game card
*A/C off all day on Tuesday
*Received a free package of diapers for a product test - woo-hoo!

[ironmaiden]

Made 2 zucchini breads
Made 2 zucchini cakes both with zucchini from the garden.
Picked green beans from the garden.
Ran out of flour making the above so went to a different grocery store so I could hit up their sales - pork chop and ribs for $1.49 lb,
40% off kellogs cereal plus used coupons and bought nothing else.
Course now I'm out of eggs!!

[Starlight9803]

Wednesday:
*staying home, no spending
*no laundry day
*cooler temps, so no a/c use at all, windows open for the cool breeze
*no lights on during day (which is hard because it is cloudy and dim)
*planning out grocery list and matching coupons to sales

[Cricketlegs]

okay, I took Mom shopping and did mine too.

I had cash.

My BUDGETED purchases--Gas $60--fill up was $43-woohoo

Had $19 left so I bought the dog food--$10

Bought some hamburgermeat and cheese for lasagna--$8

I still have a BUCK lol and I didn't have to use the check card at all so still a no spend day for me!

Mom gave me $10 for gas-I have it in a check form for later--will use for dds lunch money next week so woohoo still ahead of the budget.

Then she bought me lunch at Casa Ole--woot woot.

Then she bought me two books from Goodwill.

Also, she got my dds some juice, me a hair rinse, gave me a load of vegetables and made me 2 cups of coffee lol.

She also bought the last 9 bars of fel naphta soap the store had to give to me as I keep her supplied in laundry soap.

So not only am I ahead of my budget I also got freebies!

[my4littlebuffaloes]

- vegetarian dinner from scratch for the kids and I, dh had a dinner meeting
- lights off
- hung laundry
- making a list for Walmart - I only go once a month and I have to have a very accurate list, so I start making it a few days beforehand
- unfortunately I had to make a few trips from a class to home to drop off, pick up and change ds's clothes after an accident, but a friend was nice enough to bring the second child home after his class
- dh took some homemade soup for his lunch that I had put in the freezer this summer
- friend gave me a big bag of tomatoes today and another friend gave me a big bag of cherry tomatoes yesterday, I think I will dry those
- I picked a bunch of tomatoes from my own garden and used them in our dinner
- making homemade chocolate chip bread right now and also threw in a batch of muffins for the freezer for dd who has food allergies

[ironmaiden]

Inventoried all the food in the house. I now know what we have, what we are completely out of. What we could use more of.
So now the next step is to come up with a bunch of meals based on my list.
I usually order the meals by how long it takes to cook - quick, med, long.

I keep my old inventory sheets and what to cook ideas on the computer, so I just have to update the work I already did.

[Telephus44]

Wednesday, Sept 10th..

*Dinner was a HM stiry-fry. Up to 10 days of no eating out!
*Used a shampoo/conditioner sample
*A/C off all day (it's getting cooler here)
*Free lunch - I had the leftovers from the safety committee meeting. Usually it's just chips, but today they had 4 wraps and a plate of cookies, so I got a whole lunch out of it.

[Missourimom]

Thursday:

*All meals at home.
*Only driving to school to pick dd7 up.
*Leftover coffee in thermos.
*Lights, tv's off and only 1 computer on.
*Laundry in cold water, 1/2 detergent and hang to dry in the basement.
*No A/C

[Cricketlegs]

Okay I made 2 gallons of laundry soap

I washed, starched and pressed dhs clothes

lunch was left overs

stayed home

Made Mom some homemade deoderant as she has issues with store bought

no spend day

dh went to his 3 day fish tourney and I may use a few$$ I have extra and get dd and I some movies for the weekend. It has been a while since we had a fun girls weekend.