Frugal Challenge 3/16 - 3/22

[my4littlebuffaloes]

Thought I would start this for the week.
- hung laundry
- dinner from scratch
- homemade banana bread for breakfast, also made a loaf for the freezer
- combined errands
- gave my email to Kohls to receive a $5 off any purchase coupon, the kids all need new sandals, so this will help
- took snacks and drinks to the gymnastics meet this morning
- having a fire to help keep the den warm
- kids had pb&j for lunch
- got discount bananas that are in almost perfect condition at the store
- ds doesn't have preschool this week, so 4 days of not driving him there will help save on gas
- free jelly beans and deoderant at CVS today

[dwallyfam]

- lights off when possible
- all meals from home
- used coupons to run my errands today
- gave myself a manicure

Kellie

[Telephus44]

Sunday, March 16th...

*Did not eat out at all for meals
*Free coffee and pastries at church
*Did all laundry in cold (except cloth diaper load)
*DH filled out paperwork for reimbursement from our Daycare FSA
*Did my own nails
*Looked at sale flyers online, will not buy anything this week
*Packed up leftovers from dinner tonight for lunch tomorrow
*Picked up a coke code and a bottle of apple juice from the dumpster

[Starlight9803]

Sunday 3/16
not the most frugal day I've had, but I tried
*all laundry in cold
*stuck to list at grocery store
*breakfast / dinner at home
*lunch at SIL's house (free)
and the not so frugal....
*DS conned DH into letting him have one of SIL's puppies $$$$$
at least we have the equipment (crate, collars, leashes, etc) because we already have 4 dogs @@ Oh my! at the upcoming vet bills (shots, worming, spay, etc) Thank goodness our vet is inexpensive!!!

[Mom23boys]

~Hanging laundry to dry
~Cooking in the crockpot
~Making tea....stopped buying coke
~Gave the boys St. Patrick Day's treats (green wrapped candies) that were purchased at after Christmas sales for a few cents.

[smk0817]

Sunday:
-all meals from home
-did my Easter shopping and only spent 35 cents over my budget. GO ME!!!
-used a $10 GC that I cashed in from some points program to buy some Easter things
-stocked up on butter at Wal Mart ($1.50 a pound)
-no laundry day

Monday:
-all meals from home
-lunch was chicken salad sandwiches made from rotisserie chicken I bought on sale last week. Also made chicken broth from bones for HM chicken noodle soup.
-DH decided to quit taking uniforms to dry cleaners and he (meaning ME) will do them at home
-ordered some books from the library, especially looking forward to one for kids about how to care for gerbils (their new pet...I won't get near the critter)
-dinner is HM vegetable soup using tomatoes from last summer's garden and using up some fresh veggies that aren't so fresh anymore
-used videos and books from library for homeschool lessons today
-thinking about bundling our home phone and internet service to save $

Stephanie

[yankeegal]

3/17....

Hung 2 loads of laundry
No lights on-bright and sunny!
Heat turned way down.
Made granola bars, granola, cookies, roasted a chicken for supper-made a soup out of part of it.
Stayed home-no spend and no gas used.

[Mom23boys]

Forgot to add:

~On Sunday, saved over $80 with coupons while grocery shopping (used ECB's and coupons at CVS, coupons on sale items at Walgreens, coupons at Wal-mart for pet treats, and manufacturer and store coupons at HEB) We only spent $137.89 out of pocket for everything we ended up with.....which was a lot!! We stocked up on several items.

[my4littlebuffaloes]

- ran some errands close to the kids art class
- homemade spaghetti sauce for dinner, made enough for a freezer batch
- dh took leftovers for lunch
- lights off for the most part
- hung laundry

[Mamaw]

Sunday
*worked all day in the office
*puppy class in evening but no additional spending
Monday
*1 load laundry in cold
*diabetes education class for DH - walked pup in the park afterward
*resisted urge to eat out
*Beef stew and salad for dinner
*asking DH to being home salad items so I dont have to make an additional trip to the store
*Walgreens coupon and refund items - filling out refund form
*Received samples of toothpaste, shampoo and free money magazine today
*received several sample bags of nuts and nut mixes
*cut some coupons
*Thawing hot sausage to make in crock pot for tomorrows dinner -will use leftover spegetti sauce in this as well
*DH brought home a whole ham at 99 per pound. Good price!

[Telephus44]

Monday, March 17th...

*Took leftovers to work for lunch and coffee - did not drive anywhere at lunch
*No spend day (except for milk)
*Dinner was pasta (cheap and vegetarian)
*Submitted for re-imbursement from daycare FSA today
*Got a bill from the doctor for the co-pay for my last visit, came with a 20% prompt pay discount option (woo-hoo!)
*Got outbid on an eBay auction (I figure this saves me from spending money)
*Paid my CC bill and SL bill online, saving stamps

[baxjul]

~windows open forfresh air
~clipped coupons
~shopped only sales at grocery store
~staying home most of week
~all meals from home
~line drying clothes
~wash in cold water
~using some samples

[ravenmaniac]

*shopped sale ads with coupons
*as always - car trips to a minimum, combine errands
*meals from scratch and use up all leftovers
*spring cleaning while I'm off work this week - I figure this will keep me busy and out of the stores!
*oh, and hang as much laundry as possible
Everyone have a great week.

[Mom23boys]

~Eating leftovers for lunch
~No laundry today
~DH took his lunch to work

[dwallyfam]

3/18
-signed up for several freebies
-did mypoints
-did a pinecone survey
-did 2 mystery shops
-hung up laundry
-all meals from home
-did go out shopping for some new clothes for everybody but stayed within budgeted amount
-leftovers packed up for lunch tomorrow

Kellie