This was the best month so far on managing our grocery budget. Today is the last day of the month and I still have $5 left for groceries! Of course this is a short month. I will be buying some special things this week since my Brother is coming to visit. So excited about that. Have to make homemade cinnamon rolls! Maybe some blackberry pie.
I haven't gotten the sheets from my doctor yet about his okay for me to donate plasma yet. Hopefully in next few days.
I bought a new magazine called: All You about enjoying life for less with articles on spending less on everything and it contained $81 in coupons for things I actually will use them on. So it basically pays for itself. It costs $2.49. Lots of helpful hints in taking care of your home and doing many other things for less.
Yesterday was my husband's birthday although we celebrated it a week ago. I had made cake with a pudding filling and made a ton of frosting, because I usually run out. Well this time since I used the pudding filling my icing wouldn't stick to the sides of the cake. I battled it for quite a time til I just threw in the towel. But then I had all of this excess frosting on my hands! Didn't have any graham crackers for cookies, but I had saltines. So I made frosting sandwich cookies with the saltines. Heidi loves those, but I went a step further and used candy quick to coat them with chocolate. I sent one batch home with Heidi and Travis and sent another batch to work with Bob. Used up the frosting (and the chocolate coating) and everyone said they loved them.
We are paying off another bill this month, another visa. We are making great strides in paying off our debt snowball. It is gathering momentum!
Here's to carving the fat off our budget and my waistline! Have a good day!
A year of living like college students. Basically like living on nothing.
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