I've decided to participate in Jennifer's weekly wrap-up over at Getting Ahead. Here is my weekly update on living frugally (and simply for me)...
I'm going to start by saying this was NOT a very frugal or simple week for us since the annual New Year's eve celebration was at our house, but I did try to cut some corners to make it a bit less expensive. We had ham on Christmas and I had a ton of leftovers, so I used 2 new recipes to stretch the ham into the NYE celebration. I made scalloped ham and potatoes for a side and breakfast enchiladas for breakfast. I also used a dessert (brownie pie kind of thing) that I bought in October from Costco and froze for this very purpose (huge, yummy and only $9).
Other frugal things this week... I revamped our budget for 2009, set my goals for the year and I'm working on my January goals. I ordered a gift card for TGI Fridays from my Discover rewards to use on a night that I'm suffering from burn-out. After talking about some of the items we need in our newly finished basement (trash can in the bathroom, paper towel holder and other little odds and ends), I ordered a gift card for Home Goods off my Discover rewards. When that comes in we'll go shopping with free-to-us money since we pay off our Discover bill each month.
We've been turning the heat down at night, turning out lights when we leave the room, running full loads in the dishwasher and using all of our leftovers instead of letting them go to waste.
Thanks to Jennifer for reminding me that the little things in frugality count!
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Hi Stacie, thanks so much for participating! Would you mind linking back to my blog? thanks!
You are doing a great job, way to go using up leftovers to create new dishes. I like to think that we are frugal in certain areas or for most of the year so that we can afford to splurge on special things, like a holdiay. Thanks again for participating.
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