June Frugals

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Oh it is good that you are resting. You are always so chipper it never occurs to me that maybe you really are facing the challenges of a newborn!! Take care of yourself.

Well done on the Caribou resistance. I am having a hard time with this lately, except my downfall is a little coffee place across the street from work called J. Arthurs. It's exquisite, and the people are wonderful,a nd they keep having AWESOME Groupon-style offers like $10 for 10 drink punch card. So that's kind of forgivable. But the other day, even with my own mug at Caribou, my drink came to $4.42!! Because it had soy it was extra, and now the mug discount isn't .50, it's 10%. So I'm a little put off by that.

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Thanks Kelli. I did get some rest. In fact the night after I posted that Charlotte slept 8 hours! That is fantastic for a 5 week old. I will have to check out that coffee shop sometime. I love coffee shops!

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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one whow has a hard time giving up certain little indulgences....

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Little indulgences are my weak point. I am good at the big frugal stuff. No cable, no cell phone, no mortgage, no car payment, no credit cards, no problem. It's the coffee treats, the date night appetizers and the hobby stuff that I frequently give in to.

Yesterday I spent pretty much the whole afternoon poolside. It was a lovely frugal day. I got a little cleaning done in the morning while the girls played with some friends. When the little kids woke up from their nap we hit the pool, breaking only for a quick dinner of hot dogs and strawberry lemonade smoothies before heading back out with the big kids.

This morning we went to take something out for dinner and realized that our deep freezer isn't working well. A bunch of things were partially thawed. Inventory was getting low in the freezer and it needed to be cleaned out anyway, so I'll have to do a little extra cooking today, but I think I can save everything.

Breakfast this morning was baked eggs with herbs from the garden. Delicious and frugal.

Received notice that our weekly news magazine, Macleans, was due for renewal at a special rate of $1.32 per issue. I was reading the ads in the magazine and noticed that new subscription were $.99 per issue for 144 or two years. I phoned and queried why a renewal would be so much more than a new. I was offered the 'new rate' without hesitation and saved $155.42-104.71=$50.71!!!

Spent way too much money this weekend, so must get on track again. No spending on Mon or Tues, and I just expect to buy bread tomorrow. I have next week off, so that will be a bit more challenging. I'm working on a list of things I want to accomplish, many of which don't cost money. There will need to be some spending, but I'm going to work on doing it as cost effectively as possible. I do need to buy some tomato and basil plants, and we're doing a one-nighter in Portland, but that's a credit card reward night, so we should be able to make it an inexpensive trip.

This is my first day of summer vacation - yeah! - but did go to school because one of the teachers had won a local TV station "teacher of the year" award which included Subway lunch for 100 people. So free lunch for me and with the many, many leftovers, I brought dinner for DH and took 1/2 of one of those giant subs to a co-worker who is carry for her ill brother's child along with her own. The boys were thrilled!!

Took a few box of educational materials no longer wanted at school to Value Village but took the books to the library for our next fundraiser.

My first no-spend day of the summer - my goal is to aim for at least 3 every week.

Stella, I so appreciate you pointing out how the "little things" trip us up! A cup of coffee here, a cute card there....I need to be more aware of this too!

Hey, I have a frugal to share :~) .... that sure hasn't happened much recently lol Anyway, I had been using eye cream that came in one of those roller ball things to help de-puff. Ran out of the product and instead of buying a new one I got about 5 times as much of an Avon eye cream for a few bucks more. Just dab it on my eye and run the roller over it. Works great. Much less money spent.

So far this week I have not run to the grocery store because I forgot to get something out of the freezer. Or was too lazy. We had delicious fajitas on Sunday; pork roast in the crock pot Monday; chicken breasts marinated in Italian dressing; and tonight hot dogs on the grill. All yummy.

Today however I overslept and woke up just in time to shower, dress & eat a bowl of instant oatmeal. Not enough time to make lunch, so I bought a sandwich at work. I know I know - make lunch before you go to bed. lol I'm workin on it.

Yummy, azure!

chrissieq, what do you teach? I am a teacher as well.

greenfeast, I had to do a double-take at your location. I had forgotten you are "down under."

Nuttin' here. Well, making beans and broth from carcasses. So that is something, just not too remarkable. :)

June 6
--sold some wood from the garage for $10.00 it is worth more but at least it is gone.
--leftovers from the freezer for supper
--4 out of 6 days have been no spend

Hi Cjones -- a lot of times when I get store bought or homemade cards I use them as bookmarks, it's nice to look at the inside once in awhile.... : ))

Hi LilyB, I too just love having talked with old relatives that can give us insight into the past and also what people that we will never meet and what they were like... : ))