After a solid month
of go, go, go (actually we've been on the go since mid August) we ran out of
steam. The BIG band competition wrapped
up on Saturday night, we got home at 10:00 that night and I woke up Sunday
morning feeling wrecked. We took the day
off and I mean OFF. None of us got
dressed all day and we didn't do anything but watch TV and eat reheated
leftovers. We were all done in. I thought of a million things I could and
should be doing, but I didn't do any of them. Late that afternoon the youngest and I did
manage a quick little Christmas project we had planned to do (details to come),
but that was it. By Monday morning we all
seemed to be back on track and feeling pretty chipper.
Monday I came
straight home from work and pulled chicken, sausages and salmon out of the
freezer to thaw in the refrigerator. We
polished off the leftovers that night for supper making it pretty easy. I made some coleslaw and my oldest put a pan
of seasoned broccoli in the oven to roast.
She loves roasted broccoli.
Tuesday I picked up
you young one from cheer practice and we stopped in at Albertson's to stock up
on sirloin steaks that were on sale for $2.88 a pound. I bought two large packages along with a
gallon of milk and some asparagus that was buy one get one free. It's a little on the pricey side even at
that, but I really enjoy it so I do splurge from time to time. After a quick supper we were off to the high
school for a marching band wrap up concert and awards ceremony and that
officially put an end to my oldest's high school marching band career. Now onto pep band!
Wednesday was
Halloween! We stayed home and pretty
much just hung out. It made for a nice
quiet evening for us, which has been lacking around here for quite some time. We watched Michael Jackson's Thriller video and called it a night.
I reorganized my
home office space so I can get back to paper crafting and other crafts whenever
I want to. Feels good to know I'm all
set and now know where everything is should the mood strike. I also know I have more than enough supplies
and probably shouldn't buy anything for a while. I also gathered up and sorted some photos and
got them somewhat organized. That is
another project I'd like to work on and get finished up this winter.
Thursday was
deadline day for my daughter to complete the second round application process, (she
is a finalist) for one of the scholarships she is applying for. Fingers are crossed that she gets it, but we
are realistic in that there are a lot
of people vying for this one. She has
been working extra hard on this phase of the process for the past two weeks.
I gathered up all of
the Halloween decorations and got them put away. A couple weeks ago I purchased a large orange
storage tote at Walmart for $5.88 and I was able to get everything inside of
that and the one I already had so my largest jack-o-lantern no longer sits
alone in a plastic bag. I still have
plenty of room inside both totes for the rest of our Fall/Thanksgiving decor as
well I set out my new ceramic pumpkin
set I picked up on clearance at Bed Bath & Beyond. Now we are officially decorated and ready for
the next holiday.
Friday evening we
all got to come home and just relax.
Once again I felt the week just zoomed right on by although it seemed we
had a little bit less to do. I made the
girls corn dogs and tater tots for supper, they thought they had died and gone
to heaven, and we watched some or our Fast & Furious DVDs together.
Still dark outside when we headed off for the parade |
Saturday ended up
being our busiest day of the week. My
youngest marched with her cheer team at the Veteran's Day parade. I had to have her at her school to ride the
bus at 7:45 in the morning. Denny's had
their Grand Slam breakfast's on special for $5.99 so the oldest and I had
breakfast there and I also used my AARP card to add on a 15% discount. I brought my pancakes home for the girls to
have with their breakfast another day.
After breakfast we ran a few errands before it was time to pick up the
young one.
We did some pawn
shop shopping and came home with a treasure.
I'll be doing a post on what we got coming up in a couple of weeks. Super excited to share that with you all.
I collected some
more pinecones at work and also at our neighbor's house for Christmas crafting. Free pinecones are a great thrifty find! I can't believe what they charge for them at
the craft stores when they are all over the ground here.
Markdowns |
I squeezed out every
last drop of toothpaste in the tube before I tossed it.
I brought home a
large bag of stale hotdog buns left from our company BBQ the week before for
the chickens. We didn't have a lot of
kitchen scraps to share with them this week so that worked out quite nicely.
How was your thrifty
week?
My husband likes to throw toothpaste away. I've started having him put the old tube with my toothbrush instead and then he gets a new one out. I'll use that tube for at least a week longer.
ReplyDeleteMost people do toss them, but I just have to use it all. LOL
DeleteThat's a great thrifty week! Good luck to your daughter with the scholarship, I'll keep my fingers crossed. Those do-nothing days are SO nice and necessary sometimes, right? My youngest daughter is 4, so it's still go-go-go all the time with her, but I'm REALLY looking forward to some chill weekends when she's older. :)
ReplyDeleteI picked up some Christmas gifts for the kids from a yard sale this week, AND I discovered a way that I really, really like eggplant at home. I love it at Indian restaurants, but couldn't ever seem to replicate an eggplant experience that I enjoyed in my own kitchen. No more, so I can definitely take advantage of sales on eggplant now. Huge win for me, and the best part is that the eggplant I got were already marked down, three for a dollar! (It's funny, the things we find exciting as adults...)
It has been a lot of work on those scholarship forms. I sure hope with all of her hard work she gets something.
DeleteI am not a big fan of eggplant myself. Probably because I can't make it taste good. Ha! I'm glad you came up with a yummy recipe you like.
I look forward to seeing how you transform the pine cones. We have lots of pine trees in our backyard, so I'll start collecting them.
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait to do those projects. :)
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