March Frugals

[Yppej]

Will be going for groceries tonight. I stretched it from my usual week to a week and a half. One thing I brought to work is a jar of peanut butter I am eating by the spoonful. May as well use up what I have on hand with food prices what they are.

[rosarugosa]

I never liked peanut butter all that much, but in recent years, it's become one of the staples of my diet, for breakfast, by the spoonful, preferably Teddie!

[Yppej]

I could see I was finishing my month under budget so I got three pairs of more commodious jeans. Although I am fairly confident I will continue to slowly lose weight I have worn the three pairs I have that fit so much one is fraying at the seams and not presentable for work and I am tired of wearing geeky dressed up pants other days. Now I have a good pair for every day of the work week and I will wear the worn out pair doing yardwork.

Looking ahead next month my expenses will include real estate taxes and car inspection for which I don't anticipate any repairs but you never know, sometimes they say wipers or lights need replacement. I still have half a tank of oil I am hoping will last the rest of the season since it's now over $5 a gallon.

[rosarugosa]

I don't think our oil company always necessarily has rock-bottom prices, but they do offer a cap each year that they always honor, and this year we were capped at $3.05 per gallon, with the current going rate being $5.00 per gallon. We were very glad for that cap last week when we got a delivery that cost $457 instead of $750.
We came in under budget for groceries. We sent flowers to a friend who had surgery, but my dog-walking for the week covered the cost of the flowers. I don't factor the dog-walking money into our budget since that income has been pretty variable.