Thursday, busy and Thrifty Thursday

 I am just chained to my sewing machine here and more work keeps coming in.  I have all the wedding dresses for June done and out, and in the last 24 hours I have had two calls for July dresses.  SO I have pulled them and I really need to concentrate on those as some of them are for the 10th of July which is coming right up.  Ugh! It just never ends.  I really need Sissie here to keep me on track.

I have three bridesmaid dresses, cut, serged and ready to hem and steam waiting for me in the shop.  I have to complete a wedding dress today for pickup tomorrow at ten and then I swear I have to attack the piles they are getting out of control and that makes me buggy.

Hubs took off for the mountains today.  He was getting antsy with not enough to do.  I wish that were me, but then I would be cleaning or doing laundry. Speaking of laundry need to go switch it over. Yeah one more thing done but alas the ironing basket grows by leaps and bounds.

Daughter just called (eldest) and has an opportunity to go to Hawaii, but her hubby can't go so she wanted to know if I would go with.  It is a beach house for two families and the other family  invited her when they had a cancellation.  So free beach house?  I said I would be glad to go. There will be a total of 7 kids and 4 adults, so I can be chief cook and bottle washer, but I don't mind as I get to go to Hawaii!  It will be in November. Boy Kim is just going to be a traveling granny soon.

I need to run out and pay the taxes today, can't forget that.

THRIFTY THURSDAY:

1. saved all my spare change

2. saved a $1,$5,$10,$20 bill.

3. saved money in my 100 envelope challenge

4. saved all my $5 bills now up to  $1255.00

5. picked up change numerous times in Mc d's drive though and found money while shopping, total for the week, $2.71 cents it was a good week.

6. did not buy groceries last week as no loss leaders and we would be gone.

7. ate our first harvest from the garden (summer yellow squash)

8. Bought Hubby new suits and sport coats all on good sales, CLOTHES HE DID NEED

9. used a $20.00 off coupon at Talbots for clothes I DID NOT NEED!

10. Used lace I already had to fix a bride dress and made money on it!

11. had the air turned off while we were gone and will have to turn it on today

12. touched up my roots with kits that were gifted by Sluggy (I haven't had to buy hair dye for several years now thanks to Slugs right aid fetish)

13.cooked at home from stock all meals I could finally used up the peppers that were starting to turn in fajitas last night.

14. Picked up a few free items at Albertsons, mostly crackers but free is free

15. made my own mixes like taco, fajita and shake and bake, so simple and much tastier and cheaper.

16. daughter brought over produce that she knew they would not eat and we ate it.

 What things did you do to save money this last week?  Any good ideas? Some of you have said that you are going to start to think about not putting off travel and fun for a later date.  What have you decided to do to enjoy life and not wait for the perfect time?  The perfect time never comes my friends.

Say a prayer for Slugs as she drives to her cousins funeral.

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

Kim