Thursday, God save the Queen

I have always been somewhat of an Anglophile, and I was so sorry to hear about the death of Queen Elizabeth.  She has always fascinated me. Now she is back with her beloved husband and the monarchy moves on.  She had such an interesting life. God bless her and her family as they mourn.

My sister-in-law is recovering from her surgery where the doctors were able to remove 90% of the cancer in her abdomen and are confident that they can get to the other 10% with chemotherapy. They originally were going to do chemo and then surgery, but at the last minute decided to go this route and they were happy they did. I don't have many details. I was just relieved to hear this and took it as good news.

I got that wedding dress done and out and also ripped a few dresses that I will do today.  Did not get to the hunting pants, also a job for today.  I want to pull three more wedding dresses for next week. One is for the 24th and the other 2 for Oct.1st.  I need to get those out, so I don't get overwhelmed with homecoming dresses. I am actually looking forward to business dying down, please remind me of this when I am complaining in January of nothing to do. 

I do plan on moving my shop into the bigger of our two spare rooms in January.  I want a linoleum floor and get rid of the nasty carpet.  Also, the room I am in now gets full hot sun and is the hottest room in the house.  It will be nice to get out of the tinder box. I will need to paint and reorganize, and I am hoping to have Sissie here for the move, as she is great and this kind of thing.

Four homecoming dresses came in yesterday, along with a pile of alterations.  I just want things to slow down a bit.  I am tired.

Thrifty Thursday:

1.Saved all my spare change

2. saved all my $5 bills, now have $1095.00, so $50.00 in 5's this last week

3. saved a $1, $5, $10, $20 bill now have $720.00 

4. stayed on budget during trip to Twin Falls

5. eating out of garden as much as possible

6. purchased 12 pounds of butter for $2.50 a pound.  

7. got a really good deal on chicken hindquarters using points and 50% off sticker

8. got a really good deal on burger using points and a 50% off sticker

9. using our sip and save promo, but it is a pain as the computer keeps going down at the station

10. Used my Albertsons card in Twin falls to help daughter save on groceries.

11. brought home some produce from mom's garden that she would not be able to eat.

12. eating out of freezers and pantry

13. downloaded all receipts to fetch

Not much this week as we were traveling.  I always take cash for spending on things I want when traveling and when that money is gone, I am done spending.  But I also save the change and the 5's so that is part of my savings plan and keeps me accountable.  I like to shop, and I needed nothing but a new bra, but still managed to spend my quota. I amaze myself, with my not so frugal ways! 

How do you manage your travel budget for unnecessary things? 

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

Kim