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If only I could learn to love cats! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Our dog doesn't have to go to a groomer, either, but the copious hair everywhere *really* bothers DH. So his only requirement for our next dog is that it be a non-shedder. I'll take it, since for the longest time it was full-out resistance to the discussion of a second dog. :)
Rosa--I've seen the one you're interested in. I don't want breakable glass, plastic or aluminum. I want all stainless steel. This is the one I'm looking at.
http://www.backcountry.com/gsi-outdo...rrProd=GSI0130
silicone handle so it stays cool and glass dome and all stainless steel. Not stainless outside and aluminum guts. I don't want to eat off heated aluminum.
Fidgie--actually, I like the idea of looking @ a thrift store. I have never drunk percolated coffee before and I'm not even sure I would like it or could get used to it. I should probably look around at some thrift stores to see if I can find one inexpensively and then see if I even like it before committing to something expensive. And yes, I do use Retailmenot quite a bit and always Ebates.com if possible. So helpful.
Also, you can learn to love ANY animal. They're all so lovable!
I have been looking at the Revereware ones on Ebay but they're used and some are $75! Come on $75 bucks for a USED coffeepot? But the Revereware are all stainless (except for their super-heat-conduting copper bottoms...)
July 29th
Been here reading the last couple of weeks not sure were the time goes...but I have had a few frugals.
--buying and eating lots of fresh fruit and veggies....all good and cheap right now...so it is the time to enjoy them
--had more company for a few days and again was able to feed them really well and cheaply mostly with stuff bought on sale.
--serveral more items sold on Kijiji---I am doing really well using this as a way to declutter
--mostly only buying food that is really fresh or really on a good sale...using coupons---managed to get a few that were buy one get one free really got like those ones.
--went to a pot luck last night and made an Asian Rice Salad with the Fake Crab meat it was not very expensive and the really large bowl was almost empty...so it must have been good...lol
Made lots of food this rainy weekend to eat during the week. Curried turkey thighs in tomato sauce, big batch of rice, ginormous cauliflower cooked two different ways. Blueberry cake and chocolate zucchini cake. Will grill 7 of our recently harvested orient express eggplants, chop and freeze for pasta/pizza sauce marathon this fall. I feel great about this. No brainer meal will be hotdogs and beans (we pressure canned maple baked beans last year...will not do again) and even salmon burgers as back up. Went to purchase some amazing storage shelves at a phenomenal price at costco which weren't there so we got a raincheck for 5 of them. Will share with a friend who has a truck to pick them up in! DH will be getting a few more days a week at his job which is due to his friend/boss being ill, unfortunately but it will help us with the giant bills for allof our insurances which are due in August. BTW bought a copy of Frugal Gazette book for $1 and will reread and be reinspired by Amy D.
We had our big memorial dinner last night and it went really well. We fed 46 people. The family left me $147 tip! Such sweet people. We've been eating party leftovers for dinner the last two nights. Baked chicken, pasta salad, broccoli, baked beans and chocolate pudding. There is still quite a bit left but I'm sure we'll find a use for it all. The broccoli and the chicken are still servable so that's no problem.
I ended up making the pasta salad with black olives, red peppers and some good quality mozarella cheese.
Since I made such great tips this weekend, I have given tomorrow's waitress shift to one of my employees. She is a single mom who can really use the money and I can really use an extra day off after working so hard this weekend so everybody wins!
My guys went to work on the house for a bit tonight and I'm not doing anything more strenuous than communicating with you all and playing a little on-line scrabble.
Danna: We've been eating lots of peaches and blueberries. They're so cheap right now and very delicious.
Merski: Sounds like lots of good things to eat at your house and what a great score on the book bargain. Amy would be proud of you!
BKE: That's an awesome tip, and how nice that it could buy you a day off and help your employee at the same time :)
We jumped on Market Basket's $3.99/lb lobster deal today. We got four lobsters and two lbs. of steamers for $28.00, which is a steal. It's funny, DH showed me a conversation thread on his FB page where all the locals are talking about feasting on bargain lobsters from MB, so we're not alone!
I've also decided to return a pair of pants I bought at Talbot's a few weeks ago. I had convinced myself that I needed them, but I really don't. They also need to be hemmed and I keep vacillating back and forth on whether to keep them or not, so I decided that was certainly a clear enough indicator that I don't need them, so I'll be unspending some money at Talbot's. The trick will be to avoid spending more while I'm there, and to resist the siren's call of the dragonfly polo shirt.
Hi everyone!
The camper is gone!! Yeah! We are about $300 richer after all was said and done and divvied up and will save on the monthly storage fee. Plus my DH's worry load is lighter. Yippee!! I am really glad for this. In the long run it will not be a savings because the trips DFIL and DH take will now require renting a cabin, but that's ok. It's money well spent for them to enjoy themselves and not be stressed over the camper.
Funny, the other day at garage sales we bought two canoe yokes to resell on eBay. Well, our nephew came out early from his own Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness canoe trip because his canoe seats started to break out. In discussing the repairs, he talked about wanting to put on a yoke, but said he didn't have a middle bar to his canoe (this particular style screws to that bar). Well, as luck would have it, one of the yokes came with a middle bar attached! It wasn't supposed to be on there . . . someone messed up and removed it from the canoe. We pointed this out at the garage sale, but they said the boat was long gone, so we said, ok then, off we go! And everyone laughed, and off we went. And then the NEXT DAY our nephew needed this part for his canoe. Whether he can use it I don't know (right size and all) but pretty funny coincidence.
DH and I tackled various projects around the house and yard today, none of which required driving or spending money.
At the end of the day we helped a friend move some heavy items and DH had requested that we eat out after that, so we used a gift card that we had... almost free dinner.
Kelli, that is a funny coincidence!
We didn't have a frugal weekend. We decided to go out to Wisconsin for the weekend and see my aunt. We got a pretty good deal on the hotel room and had a lot of fun. I haven't seen my aunt since her husband died last year, so it was time to make a visit. I started the trip being anxious about every penny, but some things, like family, are more important than money and I eventually decided to just relax and enjoy the trip.
Now we are trying to plan a family reunion for next year. We're thinking of having it at a park. We'll have to come up with something for food. Potluck won't work because people will be coming from across the country and I don't want the burden to fall too heavily on my aunt and cousins who live in the area. If everyone came (descendants of my paternal grandparents) there would be about 50 people. I'm thinking maybe we could order fried chicken from the grocery store or something like that.
I ordered groceries for delivery on the way home from our trip. I spent less than usual and I bet it will get us through the whole week.
Steve, the crackers on the chicken recipe sounds really good. Two other things I like to do with broken crackers are crumble them a bit more and sprinkle them on salads or soups.
Kelli, that is a funny coincidence and especially for something so uncommon. I have had a number of incidences like that with plants. I often serve as a conduit for plant and seed swaps. Sometimes it can take months for someone to offer some extras of a plant someone else wants. Other times someone will give me divisions and then someone will call me half an hour later and ask if I know anyone who has some extra __________. And sometimes I can say...funny you should ask....