I am looking for some good idea's it will be my last and final splurge.... 2012 I will hearing those penny's scream!

~~~God is in control ~~~tomorrow is Jesus's birthday ~~~home for the holidays ~~~cooking and baking are finished ~~~my in-laws

we are having veggies with dip, crackers with spreads, and a meat and cheese platter and small hard rolls. I need a dip that would be good for veggies and crackers. I am already planning a hummus and I am planning on the cream cheese with pepper jelly someone her at FV mentioned earlier (...

I suspect for the most part I will be alone this year. Things are not really great with my 21 year old son right now and I have drifted away from family years ago and most friends as well. I was just wondering if anyone else was spending the holiday alone and what you would be doing as far as...

What are your traditions for Christmas Eve food? I know some do a specific dinner or others have a traditional round of snacks or drinks and sweets and such. I do not have any but I would love to be inspired by learning about what you all do?

Seeing as Brians back was too sore to go out, we treated oursleves to Chineese takeaway. Not frugal at all but hey it's New Years!

Sailor spaghetti

Well, I give up on trying to post a pic on here, but here's a link to my facebook (it's a public link, so you don't need an FB account to view the photo). I totally just threw these jammies together tonight! I didn't think I'd get her jammies done in time, since I've been so busy the past...

We will be having homemade beef stew with homemade rolls and cookies for dessert. :)

Steak dinner her for us before heading out. Scotch fillet Scalloped potatos (will add some lo ham to it) Broccoli Carrots (or pumpkin if I can find a nice piece to roast) Gravy

Did I miss this thread? Plans anyone? Any great traditions to share? We invited a few friends over, who invited some friends over. I am excited to see everyone. I imagine I'll start out all dressed up and quickly change into some comfy clothes (I have been living in my jammies for the last...

I slept pretty rough last night. I went to bed at a little after 11 and slept until 2 something then I woke up all bouncy. :yippee: I believe it was the result of the over the counter meds I've been taking. I finally forced myself back to sleep about 430 and was got up again at 730. I'm a little...

...if so what do you or your SO do for a living? This is the first year that Dave has had to work on Christmas Eve. I didn't know until yesterday. :eyebrow: :fryingpan: (and I'm upset because he didn't tell me or correct me when I mentioned the plans I had for us to do today to get ready---not...

We will be taking cold roast meat platters to the IL's tomorrow fro Christmas lunch. S I am roasting today. We will have roast meat rolls and LO for dinner. Have Rocky Road and Christmas Bark for dessert.

We stay home and have appetizers and play board games...and watch the ball drop, of course. We are not party people lol.

Our lives have changed over the last 2 years.... and looking for a new Christmas Eve tradition.... My kids are 10 & 19... What do you do to make it special?? Thanks for any advice... =k=

I have started giving the little kids in our family a Christmas Eve gift. It fast, easy and very frugal and they really love it. Its Magic Reindeer Food. I can't take credit for the idea, its one I found in a number of places on the web, but they really do have fun doing it. You need, a small...

I read this article this morning and I keep wondering how are we going to make it? I really believe this is possible and not some scare tactic. If you look at the past 3-6 months and the way the price of oil a barrel is raising, it is very likely this could be a reality...

Apple and Eve In Pixar Films' upcoming animation epic, "Wall-E," the title character is a cute but clunky robot whose centuries of solitude on an abandoned Earth is broken by the arrival of a svelte, futuristic robot named Eve - who is so white, gleaming, and well, pod-like, that she looks like...

Stopped at goodwill today and there was a ton of stuff I ended up with Brown plaid, lined, wool dress pants 1.99 Tan sweater to match pants 2.49 Blue fleece top adorable! 2.49 New grapewine pumpkin with bow .49 Wooden pull toy...