I worked two days last week and now we are off for Christmas break for eighteen (18) days. I've already gotten several things done from my to do list and also have several more things I want to accomplish on this break. One of those being a pile of clothing that my daughter has requested I repair.
Today I finished my Christmas shopping. I have another blog post detailing our Christmas this year, which I will be posting later this week.
I started the week thinking that we needed bread. By the end of the week we were gifted with multiple bread items and had this to be thankful for...several loaves of bread, hamburger and hotdog buns.
Since we had hotdog buns, dinner tonight was a recipe for Butter Dogs from The Kneady Homesteader. They were fantastic too! Not the healthiest of dinners, so we won't be having them very often, but everyone really liked them.
I stopped in at CVS one day this week because I had a coupon for a free full size CVS brand body wash for liking their Minute Clinic on Facebook. Turns out they were having a sale on the bodywash. If you spent $10 on body wash you earned a $3 extra care bucks. I already had a $10 extra care bucks from CVS, so we didn't have to pay anything out of pocket for these...
I also stopped in at Publix this week to buy a gift card and some Scrubbing Bubbles cleaning spray and Truvia. Both of these were money makers for me at Publix this week, so no cash out of pocket for these items either.
Gas is down to $1.89 a gallon here, so I was able to fill my car up for only $21, which I am loving! We ran our usual errands yesterday including taking the garbage and recycling off and are planning on spending as much time at home as possible these next two weeks.
How is your weekend shaping up?
Belinda
CFO ~ Chief Frugal Officer
Professor Penny Pincher
© Belinda & Frugal Workshop, 2011 and beyond.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without”
"Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle ~ It will help you save money"
My daughter received a Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker for Christmas this year. The gift giver said she could take it to college with her in a few years.
The idea behind this machine is that you can make a fresh sandwich for breakfast quickly. You pick your bread, cheese, egg, and precooked meat to make a sandwich or any other ingredients you want to use. This appliance cooks the sandwich for you, including cooking the egg, and you have a hot, fresh sandwich in less than 5 minutes.
I bought her ingredients to make sandwiches for when she goes back to school next week and is in a hurry getting ready for school in the morning. She has been trying it out this week though making eggs for breakfast. I have to admit this does cook eggs quickly!
Ingredients I bought include:
Package of 12 English Muffins: $2.28 - 19¢ each
18 eggs $2.78 - 15¢ each
24 slices Cheese $2.48 - 10¢ each
16 slices Ham (will have to cut in half, so 32 slices) $2.99 - 9¢ each
Total: 53¢ per sandwich
Of course, your cost of the sandwiches may be more or less than mine depending on the cost of your ingredients at the time of purchase, and you definitely don't need an appliance to make one. But either way, this homemade version of an Egg McMuffin is definitely cheaper than the original version at McDonald's, which currently cost $2.89 at my local McD's.
Belinda
CFO ~ Chief Frugal Officer
© Belinda & Frugal Workshop, 2011-2014.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without”
Recently I joined the e-mail club from the King's Hawaiian bread website and received a coupon good for $2.00 off one of their original sweet round bread.
This is not one of those coupons from a website such as Coupons.com where they might run out of coupons, but rather signing up for an email club directly from the company and receiving a coupon in my email box.
This is another example of ways to get coupons for the products my family enjoys.
Belinda
