Thursday, Making progress, Thrifty Thursday

 Well the gifties are all wrapped and it was quite a job let me tell you. D#2 was here last night and picked up hers.  We 're taking our youngest daughters gifts up this evening, then it is just packing everyone elses gifts in the car.

I have delivered all my cookie plates, and I am down to just a couple of plates left which we will take with us.I feel pretty darn good about this progress. Never thought I would get here. Could I possibly be becoming more organized? I doubt it.

Hubs has finished Schmills bookcase so we are going to drop that off.  Then I will pack for Twin Falls via Nampa where we will celebrate hubs 70th birthday! I can't believe he is that old.  Even better his parents are both still alive. Amazing.

I want to get my nails done and grab one more gift for my Lil sis and then home to start gift running.

Thrifty Thursday

1. ate all meals form home except one

2. all meals cooked from scratch

3. when I did order a pizza (because we were deep in cookie baking) I got the special and used a coupon.

4.Only bought butter for $1.79 a lb this week and will go back a couple more times as it is limit two. I went through all my butter Christmas baking.

5.Saved all  my 5 dollar bills, up to $465.00 which I will use for our upcoming food and travel expense.  We have two seafood dinners to prepare one for hubs parents and one for our girls here on New Years.  I know it won't come to that much but it is nice to have the extra money right now.

6. Just looked through the fridge and found everything that will not last until we get back and I am cooking those things tonight for dinner.  I don't want to come back to a bunch of spoiled produce.

7. taking some lettuce and things to daughters to use up

8. used a coupon for a zipper at Jo Ann's

9. Did all my Christmas baking, with loss leader items, sugar, flour, butter, chips, etc.

10. Cookie plates were purchased last year at after Christmas sales for .25 a piece. 

11. In general stayed home and out of stores.  You can't spend money if you don't shop.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim