Thursday, December 17, 2020

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


19 comments:

  1. That was a lot of cookies to be gone so fast. I wish I were on the cookie route! What is a cookie plate? paper plate, plastic plate, what?

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    1. They were really cute plastic Christmas plates. Some were large and were .25 I got smaller ones that were .10. Score!

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  2. Hi Kim!
    Yay you!
    Thanks for the inspiration.
    I am semi finished,but have hit the wall.
    Being lazy!
    We order pizza on cookie day too. : )

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  3. That is an awesome Thrifty Thursday. Nice list.

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    1. Thanks greg. Send me you address to my email celtickim2@yahoo.com I will send you some of my homemade huckleberry jam. The best and coveted here.

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  4. Great list of thrifty happenings at your place.

    God bless.

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  5. Baby boomers are either going to die of the corona-virus, or will get abused in retirement homes. And you boomers deserve this for destroying your own children's future, your own children's lives. Look in the mirror. You baby boomers are extremely evil people.

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    1. Time for you to get lost, bitter, unhappy person.

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  6. Dang my friend, you did great! I hope you have a safe trip and Happy Birthday to your hubby!

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    1. Thanks, I am so happy for your new addition. We are both so blessed this year. TO heck with the virus, we got new grandbabies. 2020 rocked!

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  7. Oh how I would love to come bake cookies with you! They look so good (and difficult to make). The kids are all gone and there is no family around so not much baking gets done at my house anymore. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family!! And tell the hubs I said "happy birthday!"

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    1. Thank you. I would certainly bake with you. We would laugh a lot and then we would be running for the bathroom a lot, okay too much info.

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  8. Here's hoping you also get a chance to rest!

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    1. Rest? What is that. I will be able to nap at my daughters.

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  9. You accomplished so much!! All of your cookies looked amazing.

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