The Weekend Wrapup

The weather has been mild here this week and we've not had to have the air or heat on, which will save on the electric bill. Usual frugal things we did included packing our own lunches, bring our own drinks (water), combining errands, keeping the lights off, etc.
We also...
Listened to free music on Pandora Radio.
Researched new tires for my car and will include that in another post at a later date. 
Closed my savings account. The bank that I have been with since 1999 began charging me $9 per month for my savings account. So, I moved that money into a free online savings account and closed my old account.
I will also be closing my checking account with them this month as they are charging me $8 a month for that service. So, I will also be closing my checking account and opening one at the credit union that offers free checking. That move will save me $96 over the course of one year. 
We recently watched two movies on two separate Family Movie Nights. We watched Middle School: The Worst Years on My Life that we borrowed from the library and we rented The Great Gilly Hopkins from Redbox using a coupon, so we paid 55¢ to watch it. The Middle School film was OK while I really like The Great Gilly movie. I would recommend it.  
My daughter and I were talking about pot pie the other day and how much she enjoyed it. Then she made a comment that gave me an "aha" moment. She said that she didn't even need meat in a pot pie, it was all the other stuff she liked. I knew then that I had to add a vegetable pot pie to our menu for the month and that would be cheaper than making a pot pie with meat and just as good tasting. 
I placed the leftover vegetable chili and Cajun soup beans from the refrigerator into individual bowls and froze them for lunches at a later date.

Breakfast today was homemade waffles since I usually have extra time to make a more involved breakfast on Sunday. 

We turn our bottles upside down to get the last little bit out of the bottle.

For dinner I will be using one of the packages of ground beef I put in the freezer last weekend. I have some Campbell's beefy mushroom soup that I will use for gravy to serve over the Salisbury Steak.

I'll serve it with rice, since we are out of potatoes, corn, and a slice of bread with butter. The bread was on mark down at Walmart for 50¢. 

I did an inventory of my spices this weekend to see what I had on hand and what I need. I know I need Lawry's seasoned salt and some vanilla extract. It will definitely be imitation this year as the cost of vanilla extract has skyrocketed according to the news. 
These are the spices that I have on hand:

Spices

Accent

Allspice, ground

Alum

Basil

Bay Leaves

Black Pepper

Celery Seed

Celery Salt

Chili powder

Cloves, ground

Cloves, whole

Coriander

Cream of Tarter

Cumin

Curry

Fennel

Garlic powder

Garlic salt

Italian Seasoning

Lawry's Chicken/Poultry Rub

Mustard Seed, ground

Mustard Seed, whole

Old Bay Seasoning

Onions, dried, chopped

Onions, powder

Oregano

Paprika

Paprika, Hungarian

Paprika, Smoked

Parsley

Red Pepper Flakes

Sage

Salt

Taco Seasoning Mix

Thyme

Turmeric

That's all the news from here. 
I hope you have had a great weekend.  :)
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~