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  1. General Chat
    I am going shopping and need to know what I should buy for my Welbilt Bread Machine What kind of flour? Anything else will be a great help as I am a newbie at this. The machine hasn't arrived yet but I really need to shop and I go 15 miles one way to get to a grocery store. We have one in this...
  2. Food challenges
    My pantry is stocked ok..my budget is 500 for us this includes me, hubs, grandma, BIL, and Pooh who will not eat dog food. breakfast will be breakfast sammies going to make my own sausage biscuits and egg mcmuffins wish me luck. 12 boxes of cereal we eat a lot of cereal lunch will be...
  3. General Chat
    Here is the most recent list for the stores being closed by Best Buy. Looks like Washington state is losing only one.... The list it at the end of the article, by state. I couldn't get it to copy correctly here...... Best Buy Identifies Stores Being Closed I mentioned earlier.........don't...
  4. Frugal Living
    I just saw this and thought it would be of interest: A Master List of Coupon Policies - More With Less Today - More With Less Today I've checked the links for WalMart, CVS and Walgreens and they look current.
  5. Home Environment
    saw this idea on another forum and thought I'd bring it over here... Housekeeping Hit List for this weekend (3/2 - 3/4): (It's massive and probably won't get it all done, but if you don't try you'll never know, so here goes...) (x) Laundry - already done! Recycling to center Dust living room...
  6. General Chat
    I have this old book here that a lady kept track of her groceries she bought every week. She only did it for the one full year. Total spent on groceries for the year was $ 286.73 . January 1958 1/3 butter .65 eggs .55 cottage cheese .25 buttermilk .19 milk for the week .80 1/10 30 #...
  7. General Chat
    I'll admit it. :blush: Bad things have crept back into our diet here, in spite of my best intentions and all my grumblings about processed food designed to kill us all. And I've learned some new things about certain foods as well, making me less interested in continuing to buy them. The...
  8. Secondhand Shopping
    I have started my list for season what I hope to get used and in really good shape..(won't buy it if is not) 1. work pants and shorts for hubby 2. curtains for the bed room in gold color 3. a wok and some cookers .... we will see 4. some church clothes for me 5 grandma pjs 6. pretty boxes I...
  9. Frugal Living
    I lost my job this past year, and we are knee-deep in debt. So I'm on a self-imposed spending holiday for 2012, which means NEEDS only. If we can live without it, we aren't buying it! Being a red-blooded American, of course I am already seeing things and thinking I'd like to have them...
  10. General Chat
    So I found myself with the awefull feeling of not knowing what my kids "wanted" for christmas this year with a couple of exceptions.. So I decided to create a spreadsheet on my computer that anytime I hear the kids say they want something I can jot it down on the spreadsheet and then keep an eye...
  11. Frugal Living
    I had the idea to create a list for my kids of healthy snacks the can get when they are hungry. I want to put together a master list to tape to the fridge so they can refer to it for ideas. Here is what I have so far (please feel free to add ideas!). * Fresh fruit (apples, bananas, oranges...
  12. Coupons
    Does anyone know if there is someone out there that has a spreadsheet or list of some type that lists all the current coupons in alpha order and then has a column where it comes from and of course the coupon info? and I'm not looking for the ones where you have to look up each coupon to see if...
  13. General Chat
    Just for fun, I thought we could share what's on our kid's back to school lists. I'm curious to see what the differences may be in different areas. Here's mine: 3rd grade supply list: 1- bible 1 - children's dictionary 1 - pencil box 1 - 2" binder 12 - #2 pencils 1 - ruler with inches &...
  14. Sewing
    ~My sewing corner is clean and organized. My machines are ready with fresh needles. My cut-out projects are stacked neatly and waiting for me. So this weekend I'll be sewing up: 30 cloth napkins 48 handkerchiefs 3 diapers 4 lined tote bags 3 hemmed shorts embroidering a small gift for DH and...
  15. Meal planning
    This is the last week of the month and the time when I sit down and do my menu planning for the next month and put together a shopping list for my big stocking-up grocery trip I take at the beginning of the new month. I'm not a huge fan of being in the grocery store and I've found the less I'm...
  16. Meal planning
    When I move I am going to have to buy all new grocerys, even the basics like flour and such. We have food here where we are now, but we are going to eat it all up and not buy any grocerys til we move and start fresh. What are some things I should NOT forget to buy?? I don't want to OVER buy but...
  17. Debt Reduction & Money Management
    This year I have been very focused on making progress on my financial to do list, which is things I am doing to improve our general overall financial situation in the coming months/year. This covers a multitude of topics (insurance, debt, investments, savings, fee reduction, etc.). As you can...
  18. General Chat
    Do you routinely go through them and eliminate, or just let them accumulate? I had roughly 12 pages of subscriptions dating back to 2009! I didn't even realize they were still there until I checked my subscribed threads because I was having a hard time finding something and found that i had 12...
  19. Coupons
    This is at about.com. Here's a link: Double Coupons - Grocery Stores That Double Coupons This is DEFINITELY going to be bookmarked on my computer. Alas, there aren't any in NH! :cry: Judi
  20. General Chat
    Here's what I'm making this year. Other people are bring things and I have to go pick up 2 casseroles from my aunt. -Turkey -Bacon Cracker Pioneer Woman Bacon Crackers -Green Bean Casserole -Cranberry Sauce Rachael Ray's Cranberry Orange Sauce -Rolls -Oreo Turkeys -Slice and bake cookies How...
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