March Frugals

Haven't seen a thread for March yet.

One of my projects for 2022 is a t-shirt quilt. I asked my mom some quilting questions, and she said she no longer has interest in quilting so I can pick up any quilting supplies I want. I'll save $!00 or so, and can give the supplies away to my crafting group if some or all don't work for me.

My goal is to stay on budget this month - paid my excise tax which is an irregular expense - and am controlling what other costs I can.

Thinking ahead to what to do for my parents' 60th anniversary this summer. One DB has already said he has no money to contribute - waiting to hear from the other one. My goals are to hit my strict budget 8 months of the year, so there is leeway for some one-time expenses like this. They do not like parties, my mother does not like travel, and they have pretty much what they need. There are some home repairs they won't pay for themselves but could use which is where my line of thinking is going at this point.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

My goal is to stay on budget this month - paid my excise tax which is an irregular expense - and am controlling what other costs I can.

Thinking ahead to what to do for my parents' 60th anniversary this summer. One DB has already said he has no money to contribute - waiting to hear from the other one. My goals are to hit my strict budget 8 months of the year, so there is leeway for some one-time expenses like this. They do not like parties, my mother does not like travel, and they have pretty much what they need. There are some home repairs they won't pay for themselves but could use which is where my line of thinking is going at this point.

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Good for your parents for maintaining a long and (hopefully) happy marriage. Your gift of repairs sounds perfect.

Yes Jane, a happy marriage.

I think home repairs is a excellent gift.

Used gas buddy to find gas at $3.97 a gallon. My regular place was charging $4.19.

I am not tempted to spend money on gazingus pins lately.

My civic activities occupy my time.

My fear of even worse inflation makes me feel I must keep as much money in reserve as possible.

And if we all die in World War III what is the point?

Well, we're all going to die at some point, so if you don't want to see a point, ok. If one has specific items needed or repairs to make, I think now is the time to move on it, because of inflation. They are only going to be more expensive in the future. But I'm still trying to be frugal and use what money we have to stretch as far as we can. We've been doing well with our no-waste food goal, which only requires us to be mindful and disciplined about what needs to be used, and when. We have not been doing as well with our not eating out goal, which is pretty much on ME, because sometimes we are out later than anticipated and I just do not want to come home and cook. We also use gas buddy to find the cheapest gas on our route. This week, I used my cc points to purchase some items we needed on Amazon. (I bought more masks - please don't tell jeppy, lol) Planning to hold off on my next purchase until the card cycles and I have more points to spend. For a fun frugal (besides the usuals of library DVDs and watching our cats....) DD and I have free tickets to a local theatre production this evening, which has had great reviews. We'll eat dinner at home before we go, so the only cost for this evening out will be the gas to get to and from.

Neat ideas and goals early morning.Enjoy the free play!!

For as long as I have the new dog my expenses are up. She is double the weight of Amy so eats double. They are on expensive wet food because of Amy’s sensitivity. Plus grooming and possible vet expenses until I find her a home.