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Stella, congratulations! What happy news!!!
Don't have much to share right now...still having no drive days for myself until we test out my car. Had a no spend day for myself today and yesterday. Need a lot of new clothing but that will have to wait. I usually buy from Eddie Bauer but their clothing, especially tops, quality has gone down. My husband wore an Eddie Bauer shirt that he has had for over ten years, but a lot of the tops I bought in the summer are so thin they are see-through. Oh well when I am able I am going to buy the pants that Tradd talked about from LLBean and pick up a few tops.
Haven't cooked the last two days so we just had nice sandwiches for dinner and DH had some soup we had on hand. It was tempting to eat out, but we didn't do it!
We need to have the damper replaced on the fireplace. They make them differently now and they are supposed to be much more effective. It goes at the top of the flue. Instead of paying for one from a company, DH bought one himself and we will hire someone from Angie's list to install it for us. That will be good savings there...
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Not very frugal days here - we spent a long weekend in DC visiting our son - the trip coincided with our 33rd anniversary! We got a good hotel deal and had pre-paid our train tickets but DC is not an inexpensive place to visit despite the free entertainment. But well worth to visit our son and his girlfriend.
My sister is here from Seattle now and we keep our costs pretty low. Did spend $5 on postcards/greeting cards at the Mpls Institute of Arts to send to family. What a great museum with free admission every day! We are having a Scrabble tournament of sorts - basically playing til we drop! Today we will meet up with another sister to do a little thrift shopping and lunch out.
She came along with us last night to serve dinner at church so we all got a great free meal!
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Congrats to Kelli and Stella! What wonderful news!!!
I've really been struggling on the frugal front this summer. Things have just been turned up side down for months. BUT, I finally have a few to share....
I bought 48 packs of gum for $7.96. We will sell the bulk of it at work and my guys will enjoy a ton of cheap chewing too.
I used a $4 Kroger coupon and stocked up on those nasty ramen noodle things. Ds loves them. I got 20 packs for free.
I did 3 separate rebates this week for free: deodorant, pizza, and a cleaning product.
I booked our hotel room for Christmas. Its only $69 a night!
I called to pay a doctor bill today and received 50% off for taking the time to do so.
I have managed to lose 24 lbs this summer. I can now fit into the jeans I wore when I was 25 and dating dh. Last night we went through several boxes of old clothes and I tried on a ton of stuff. I have a brand new wardrobe. I even fit into a brand new winter jacket that I never wore before because it was too small. The best part is that most of these clothes are of much better quality that I've bought in more recent years so it feels like a real upgrade. Dh helped me clean out my closet, removing anything that was too big or too grungy looking to keep.
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Hi folks...
I am still here just didn't get around to posting lately
---last Sunday was our yearly Library Book Sale...it was amazing this year...$3.00 a bag, I bought 3 bags and got
12 books (frugal, money, diet and mysteries) also, 50 magazines new enough 2011/2012 regular price they would have
average 5.00 each. No worries about winter reading or driving to the library in bad weather.
But, now I have to go to the Decluttering posts and confess I have brought in more then I have let go of....lol....a good bargain
is hard to pass up.
--cook at home all week, curries, and soup and leftovers.
--volunteering at Seniors home and walking there is my exercise and no drive/no spend day
--sold at pattern I had bought and never used for $2.00 for $10.00
That is all I can think of for now.
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Tomorrow is the day our neighbourhood is bringing a meal for the teen homeless shelter. They sent a list of things the shelter requested and one of the options for a vegetable was green bean casserole. The mom in me was a little concerned that fresh veggies and salad aren't on the list. :( On the other hand, I have everything I just bought fried onions at Costco for cheap for Thanksgiving, so I have plenty on hand and I do have some canned green beans, so it will be inexpensive. I guess green bean casserole is still healthier than starving and they will probably eat it.
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Stella you are right to worry but, I am sure they know what will get eaten best...bless you all for helping.
--Very large pot of soup from two roast chicken carcasses I had previously frozen, adding lots of veggie and lentils I
am sure it will last us for several days. Used up lots of bits and pieces I had froze along with a lot of veggie water.
--pulled out the warmer sheets and Pajamas to start wearing there is no denying winter IS here.
That's all I can think of today......
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Nov 10
--finished the last of large pot of soup for breakfast and lunch
--got more then enough exercise working in yard, everything is ready for snow.
--clean furnace filters keeps the house cleaner and hopefully makes the furnace work better too.
--no drive and no spend day
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HI, everyone. I have been desperately UNFRUGAL and need to get back on track. So I looked in here and discovered a new grandbaby and two upcoming new babies....what great news! Big congratulations to all...when I saw Kelli's news, I wondered if Stella had seen it and then to see Stella's news.....yahoo! I can see I need to check in more often, not only to get myself on track but to find out what's going on in the community.
Blessings to all....we are celebrating Remembrance Day today...frugal activity for sure.
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Have two loads of wash on the line. Put rags out overnight and they were almost dry this morning, which was surprising, as it's chilly here, high 30s this am, it's about 40 now with a nice breeze. Paid some bills online. DH fixed our washer last week - the switch that won't let it pump out or spin with the lid up went bad and it thought the lid was up all the time. New switch was 35 bucks. No we have no switch and it works fine. No small children or animals helping with laundry (washer is in the basement, which is off-limits to company and animals, lol) so safety should not be an issue.
