I think we are continuing our version of frugal through mid February. That is when tuition is due, so I want to keep the spending to a minimum. My husband and I discussed greatly reducing our alcohol intake primarily for health reasons, but that would be very good on our budget. I will let you know how that works out.
I just ate leftover mushroom barley soup for lunch today. I pulled that out from the freezer. It was probably two servings, but I ate them both! So yummy and really not very caloric. I think I may be having soup all week, as I have a can of soup in the pantry and another soup in the freezer (Moroccan Lentil).
I will need to grocery shop today. I need apples and crackers for my daughter's lunch tomorrow. I made a list of other items to cover the rest of the week. I will buy today, but count the purchase as a February expense.
I checked our bank accounts this morning. The tax refund and my husband's paycheck are both pending for deposit tomorrow! I plan to redeem shares from my daughter's Educational Savings account tomorrow to cover a portion of the tuition bill. At this point we appear to be about $600 short of what we need. As I have said all along, I will use our regular savings to cover the shortfall and pay ourselves back. No loans for her or us this semester is the plan, and I'm sticking to it!
Oh, I saw
Continuing Frugal
January 31st, 2017 at 04:42 pm
January 31st, 2017 at 10:21 pm 1485901280
Really like the secret blue butterfly idea. Thanks for sharing it!
January 31st, 2017 at 10:53 pm 1485903220
February 1st, 2017 at 12:49 am 1485910177
I still remember from 2 years ago, I think, when a man saw me struggling to lift 40-pound boxes of cat litter into my car in the BJs parking lot and came over and helped me. I was SO thankful.
He didn't have a butterfly.
February 3rd, 2017 at 01:53 am 1486086821