Frugal challenge Feb 25 - Mar 4

**baxjul** · 03-01-2007, 09:08 PM

3/1

~laundry in cold
~eating less, dieting
~drinking water at work
~no spend day
~getting free paint from a friend for bedroom
~no heat or a/c on

**Telephus44** · 03-01-2007, 10:07 PM

Not much here...

*Was going to place an online order since JJill is running a special, and of all the items I put into the shopping cart last night, three of them sold out, so rather than replacing them to hit the $ minimum for the special, I just didn't place the order. (Go laziness!! Remember to think about impulse purchases overnight!)

Yeah, that's really it. I ate out for lunch and dinner, I paid to get a pedicure, we have the heat and the lights on...just not a very frugal day.

**acidcookie** · 03-01-2007, 10:30 PM

Today:
- Ate breakfast at home, brought lunch to school, made dinner with brown rice and frozen veggies.
- Left the fan off while showering (my house is so dry anyway, why suck out the available humidity??)
- Passed on a Starbucks run with my classmates/colleagues/whatever
- Washed two loads of laundry, one in warm, but the other in cold and hung both loads in my bathroom
- Bedroom is lit, as always, with only CFLs
- Printing articles for class in grayscale and in draft mode on copy paper in bulk from Sam's Club

**my4littlebuffaloes** · 03-02-2007, 11:19 AM

- combined errands this morning while I was out taking ds to school
- washed a ton of ziploc baggies
- wrote an article for $
- hung a load of laundry (although i also put one in the dryer)
- paid my cc bill in full and online to save on a stamp
- did our budget for the next 2 weeks, it is looking very tight. There are about 5 things on it - mortgage, taxes, heat, medical bills, and the leftover $100 will have to cover everything else. Medical bills stink!
- borrowing books from the library and returning them on time
- heat at 65 day and 63 night
- made muffins from scratch for our breakfast yesterday and cooked them at the same time as the pizza was cooking
- made homemade chocolate syrup

**GMA21** · 03-02-2007, 01:59 PM

Today paying phone/internet via phone as well as the cable {save a couple of stamps}

got groceries delivered yesterday & saved almost $30.00

without coupons

Dad is running errands today since it's raining

washing a load of laundry in cold

divided 2 beef chubbies into 1lb. packages & froze

divided variety pack of boneless, skinless chicken breasts into ziploc bags @ 4pieces each & froze

heat turned down

lights all off

nothing on except computer

all meals are from home today

making list for what dad needs to purchase tomorrow with coupons

now that we use the new dawn we use less water washing dishes

ordered a few things on sale @ Yves Roche & saved $28.00 on order

**slv_squared** · 03-02-2007, 03:40 PM

Worked my butt off cleaning at the apartment we're moving out of, so that we are (yay!) getting our entire security deposit back.
Posted a few items on etsy.com
Taking a walk with the baby in the carrier this afternoon for entertainment and exercise
Using the tons of natural light

in our new house instead of turning on the overhead lights

**warramra** · 03-02-2007, 05:39 PM

3/2
~ Did my errands in a big circle - so no backtracking
~ Took cash with me for grocery shopping & spent less than I took!
~ Heat off & windows open - using solar heat & natural light for the house today
~ No lights on
~ Combined ground beef with precooked sausage/lentil mix to make meatloaves and hamburger patties. Stretched that meat!!
~ Clothes on clothesline today
~ All meals at home
~ Hand washed dishes

**mustang80** · 03-02-2007, 07:38 PM

Packed breakfast and lunch
Got 2 valances on clearance for office, $4.00 each!
Heat on 60 all day!
Staying home this weekend
Decided to cash in my change jar to help pay for the new faucet I need desperately-mine is broken That covers my half

Got my NICKELBACK TICKETS FINALLY! (Not frugal, but awesome, lol) DD only turns 18 once in her life

**Telephus44** · 03-02-2007, 08:34 PM

Friday, March 2nd...

*No spend day (resisted temptation to go to Dunkin Doughnuts while I was out)
*Dinner was leftover spaghetti sauce and for the pasta I used up all the open boxes we had, so it was a "special shape assortment"
*Our apartment complex has been running a "Bingo" game where they post the numbers in the rental office, and the game ended Wednesday. I went down today to pay rent and took my card, and got Bingo, so I asked if they were still playing the game - they gave me my choice of 2 or 4 tickets to the local AFL Hockey team for any game I wanted (the property has season tickets) rather than the travel mugs they had left.
*Discussed some daycare arrangement with my MIL - she agreed that it was ok for us to use here employee discount for the daycare we want when a spot opens up (it's a daycare place where she works, so she gets an employee discount but only if it's directly taken from her check - she said she had no problem with doing that and us paying her back).
*DH has and eBay auction ending tonight and his item is up to $200 - should go for over $300.
*Got two boxes today that we can re-use - DH has a large item he wanted to eBay but didn't have a box (he does now!) and I needed a medium size box to ship something out that will fit in the box my coffee order came in.
*Lunch was leftovers from last night's dinner

**mom2hancj** · 03-04-2007, 10:38 AM

I have been VERY unfrugal the last few days which started with a shopping trip with my friend. I did try a little LOL....
~ Got a quilt on sale for $15 original price $80
~ Fed 5 of us at Mc D's for $8.64
~ heat and lights off when we were gone yesterday
~ Used a GC to buy the last light fixture for the house and only paid $3 after GC
~ using recycled stuff for a craft auction....using antique stuff found in the shed of our new house
~ reworking budget today to get back on the wagon

**Stella** · 03-04-2007, 01:01 PM

~Ate all lunches and dinners at home this weekend
~My dad had to take a load to the dump, so on his way back he got us dirt for the garden (and paid for it), so that saved us $$ and about 3 hours this weekend.
~Planted lots of sugar snap peas, carrots, potatoes, lettuce and onions (cost about $6.00 for seeds but will save us lots of money on veggies this summer).
~Putting a few items on ebay today
~Washing the dog at home instead of taking her to the groomers
~My dad is building me a potting bench, was going to buy one so that saved over $150
~Dad got us free recycled redwood for our garden fence
~Sold our old loveseat for $275, going right into emergency fund.