I got a notice in the mail yesterday the local beauty school will do haircuts and shampoos for $5. I think I am going to give it a try. What is the worse that could happen?
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I got a notice in the mail yesterday the local beauty school will do haircuts and shampoos for $5. I think I am going to give it a try. What is the worse that could happen?
We did our Love Bug thing yesterday and in addition to hitting the girls' best friend's house we dropped a few annonymous Valentine treats into the mailboxes of a few other neighbors. I know at least some of them don't know it was us. It was good FFF.
Another neighbor brought over Valentine's Day cookies yesterday and stayed for a while to chat. That was nice. More FFF.
Our dinner last night was very fun and the people who put it on sent Zach and me home with the extra food. We have pasta, bread, salad and cake for dinner tonight. I might have to have something lower carb than that, but everyone else can have the leftover food from last night.
Today Cheyenne is sick so we are not having school. Poor kid got maybe three hours of sleep. I'd imagine there will be a lot of napping going on today.
flowerseverywhere, I've gone to a local, well-known beauty school for hair cuts. They do an excellent job there and an instructor is required to sign off on each step of the process. So it takes a lot longer, but I get excellent cuts there - something that doesn't happen for me most other places because of the difficulty of curly hair.
Stella, hope the sickness leaves your home soon! My daughter is sick today, too.
Dried beans were on sale 25% off this week at the local supermarket. I stocked up - about 20 pounds! We eat a lot of lentils and beans.
Otherwise, just the usual stuff - eating at home is our biggest frugal. We eat amazingly well for our food budget. Yesterday at DD's afterschool activity, which went until 5:30, I heard 2 other parents talking. "Do you know what you're having for dinner?" one asked. Neither parent had made plans. One commented that she might order a pizza, though they'd had purchased sandwiches the night before. She had also commented to me earlier that she hated McDonald's toys. My plans were made and dinner was ready less than 15 minutes after we got home - leftover goulash from the night before, oat bread I had baked that morning, and steamed green beans and kale. I estimate that the batch of goulash cost $16 - made with grass-fed beef - and that made 7 servings, or about $2.30 per serving. So the meal was under $3/person - far less than any purchased "fast" meal, not to mention far healthier and tastier. And a better environmental option as well, compared to the vast amount of disposable wrappings that are used.
Well. my dh and my 'Valentine Treat' of take out Chinese food gave us 7 meals. At $35-that isn't too bad for an 'extravagance'!
Here is my big frugal. Esprit (I LOVE that store) is closing a shop at a mall here. And everything was like 80% off. And I didn't even walk into the store. Because I knew if I went in, I would walk out having spent a few hundred dollars. Which I do not want to do because:
1. I have enough clothes
2. I have gained about 10lbs since Xmas and refuse to buy clothes at this weight
3. I am part of the SLN
Thanks Rosemary! I hope your DD feels better too!
Mighty, I think your splurge sounds pretty reasonable. Good job on resisting temptation!
We are crafting with recycled materials today. It all started when we were looking at these kits as a possible birthday present for Cheyenne. We got the idea from the gallery of making tubes out of rolled up junk mail paper and building with it. Bella and I dismantled a magazine and decided to make a marble run. Meanwhile James got in on the action and started trouble. He loves pointing at pictures of stuff in books and telling people what it is, so we made him a "James' favourite things" collage with pictures of cars, puppies, kitties, a watch and a ball. He is wandering around excitedly barking and meowing at his collage. Then a glue stick ran out and Bella wrapped it in paper to make a "Larry the Cucumber" doll. She's going to paint it green and stick google eyes on it.
Feb15
--Groceries today that only came to $12.00...buy one get one free frozen veggies again already on sale for @2.47 a bag
--mostly still eating from freezer and pantry and only buying extras to fill out meals.
--making calls and filling out forms to see what may pension, Old Age Security and CPP will all work out to for when I turn 65 in 8mths. not great amounts but enough to get along with...good to know
--still thinking about and looking for a small part time job..
Just a quick hello. Not feeling too frugal this month as the money just keeps funneling out and out and out with the house. Moving Friday, so the big expenses will settle down. If we can stop spending on huge stuff for even a few months, we'll replenish pretty quickly.
We have been doing a pretty bully job of eating down our stores and we'll have a bit to move, but that's good. We won't have to restock right away, and since we're moving so close, there's really no point in starting over with food. I'd say that's our biggest one!
Oh we did put money toward a dining room table and 6 chairs off Craig's List for $200. It's a 1935 table and the chairs are original to the set. Some surface water damage, but can be repaired. For $200, you can't go wrong. Even if we find one we like better down the road, we can easily resell. It's rectangular, which I REALLY like, because we can easily butt a square card table or two up against the ends to expand if needed at holidays. And it will seat 8 even without that. So in the immediate future, it will meet our needs well.
Rosa, thinking good thoughts for you and DH. Congrats on the quitting and hope it's going well.
Stella, hope everyone is feeling better now. What's the story with the bread? Sorry if I missed it. Are you off carbs or just not sitting well? Sorry if too nosey but wondering if I have another GF associate here on the boards! "Associate!" Ha, that one just tripped off the fingertips!
G'night, all. Wish us good luck on tomorrow's marathon of finalizing packing and scrubbing our new bedroom. One final splurge for Friday: MOVERS!!! Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Yayyy!!!!!! Fidgiegirl your house looks great and it was very right to do all that work before you moved in. Hope you plan something for you and your fella after you're completely moved in and before you collapse exhausted on the bed! ;)
Wow! Everything is looking sooo nice!
Kelli, the bread thing is because I have gestational diabetes. I really want to stay off of insulin, so I've gone really low carb for the most part. I feel so much better when I'm not eating a lot of bread and sugar that I might try to make this a more permanent change.
I posted this in another thread, but I got my eggrolls today and got a surprise gift from a friend of $20 to take the kids out for something fun this afternoon. I have the boys down for an early nap and we are getting things cleaned up, so we can have some guilt-free fun. Zach should be home in about an hour.