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Day 5 of the no spending month and diet

VintageTink — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:24:28 GMT

Ok so ive been REALLY GOOD so far. Its day five of the month. So far i havnt spent any money except for the gas and the wedding presents.

As for the diet ive been pretty good. I actually turned down a Frosty tonight. YAH

I also spent 15.00 today and got a excercise bike at the church yard sale. So hopefully it will work.

The rest of the week the only things i need to buy are:
Milk 1/2 gallon, some fresh fruit, some veggies and a few things of ground turkey for dinners.

Im going to hit up wags on tuesday with some RR i need to use and ill use my Gift Card from the rebates to pay any thing that the RR doesnt pay. I also need to see what coupons i have expiring between now and the 24th and if there are any i want to use and if not then im going to put them in the auction i guess. I do need to buy up some more lunch meat for the hubby as he takes a sandwhich to work now at night.

So far my total is 50.00 for the month oop. My mom gave me 40.00 bucks for the gifts ( actually she took it off the total i owe my brother lol) so thats good.

Ok im off now! i hope everyone has a wonderful week

<3 xoxox
steph

April's no spending month

VintageTink — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:41:48 GMT

So i have decided to try not to spend much on things during april. Like gas, going to the store etc, as i have so much in the house except for stuff like milk, veggies and fruits. Ill buy those.

I spent 10.00 on gas
81.00 on wedding presents- this was something that had to be done. My mom chipped in for half so really only 40 bucks not too bad. Included taxes and shipping as well.

Im also on a new diet. Im trying to just cut out lots of junk food and soda and fast food. And keeping my calorie intake to 1500 a day.

SO wish me luck!

My Walmart Total

VintageTink — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:45:31 GMT

Ok so i got to walmart and decided id go ahead and get my stuff for my Easter Exchange on here with my Secret Bunny hehe.

So i ended up spending oop- around 30.00 but i put 20 of it on my card and the other 10 was on the debit card.

I need to go back and redo my totals and see how much i have left.
Today im going to be price matching a few things but i hope not to spend more than 20 bucks OOP at all

Its hard not to spend money sometimes i have noticed.

Well i thought that id get away

VintageTink — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:29:01 GMT

without going to walmart this week to buy something but i ran out of packing tape and i need it. So im off to walmart.

I put 10.00 in the car earlier this evening so im hoping that i can make that stretch through to sunday. Im going to do all my shopping on friday/saturday of this week really and i hope to not spend more than 50.00 oop on everything.

Its been a really long day and im so exhausted but every time i go to lay down i just lay there. I dont know what my deal is.

Ok im off to walmart. Ill recap my totals at the end of th eweek to see how much i have left to work with for march!

Doing Good so Far!

VintageTink — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Im actually really proud of myself as the only thing i spent yesterday was:

4.60 at the gas station
20.00 at the post office ( of this one item counts towards my spending and that was 4.95) The other item was from an auction and shipping was paid for.

So total oop is 9.55

Today is a different story as i have got to get gas this morning im on empty. Today is no shopping i was going to start going to walgreens today but honestly i just dont feel like shopping at all. Im going to do a bit of shopping later in the week. I MIGHT drop by wags today and just see what they have. Im thinking of just doing the Dove MM and then finishing the rest this week. I was hoping to have my giftcard reloaded but yeah not showing up so pooh. Ill see if its reloaded in the morning and if not ill decide then if i wanna go do some shopping.

My friends signed the lease on the house today so im getting stuff ready for them to move in on the first. I want to make sure they have as little OOP so they can save money without spending it all on new things.

Budget Day Take 2

VintageTink — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:10:18 GMT

Ok so today i have managed to not spend a dime! seriously nothing.

The only thing ill be spending today maybe is what i do at the post office later on tonight. I have 2 boxes that need to go out but thats it. And that cant be avoided but the shipping was paid on them so technically im not spending anything oop

Now my husband spending is a diff matter , however he has another bank account that he uses for whatever he needs. He has a monthly allowance although this month im going to tell him he needs to really cut back. I usually allow him 300- 150 for savings and 150 for spending.

I really do need to get my rebate check in the bank from the bayer deal and also another one as well. I got back my Pepsi one saying i didnt send in the reciepts so ill be sending in the reciepts tonight as well so we shall see. Im still waiting on my olay one. Its been a month so here's to crossing my fingers it gets here soon.

Hugs to all

March Madness Budget Begins Today

VintageTink — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:25:36 GMT

Ok so i have put myself on a very strict budget for the month of march.

I have Started off with 200.00 and im going to see how far i can stretch it
This is for ALL my purchases ( this includes gas except for when my friend fills my tank bc i take him back and forth to work) This includes any money i spend OOP anywhere. This does NOT include my bills.

So we start off with 200.00

Day 1- Spent 10.02 in gas ( yeah yeah yeah went over 2 cents lol)
18.63 at walgreens

I dont plan on doing anything else today as im staying home and sorting coupons later and taking a loooooooooooong nap today.

Im really going to have to see how far i can stretch this lol. There are some great deals coming up and i hope i have my giftcard reloaded for wags so i dont have to spend oop and can use that towards the deals.

Another week goes by

VintageTink — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:58:59 GMT

This week has been busy busy busy. Besides trying to get my coupons organized ( which i have most of them cut lol but not all organized lol) so i can do some shopping next week for Kmart doubles, to trying to organize my stockpile, im exhausted.

Im getting ready to go look at my options of storage for the garage. Im trying to hold off just a little bit till it gets a bit warmer so i can clean out the garage completely, put up shelves and get everything out of my house. Id really like it back lol

I hope so much that i find some great deals at kmart tomorrow.

Im also going to go to walmart and get a prepaid visa this week and put 300.00 on it. And then im going to see how long i can make it stretch. Im hoping that i can go past a month. This would include ALL of my shopping and gas for the month. Not bills. Just anything else.

Ok im off to finish my coupons and get ready to hit up some sales

Have a great saturday

What a week!

VintageTink — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:53:55 GMT

I tell you this past week has just been incredibly busy and go go go style. Mainly b/c i think i was out at walgreens more b/c my fave cashier and SM are there this week. They alternate they work tuesday to tuesday and then are off for a week. Which is pretty cool in my opinion but its hard b/c then i have to shop at other stores for the time they are off lol.

Ive been working on getting my hair scrunchies made im trying to do a vast assortment of them in different materials and prints so i can let everyone see the different kinds to be made. They arent hard just you have to take the time to figure out how to make them and get them to look right. That was the hardest part.

I also have to work on making some new garters. I have this idea for a really cool Playboy Bunny one that someone asked me about and then also a few military ones im working on.

Then im going to start teaching myself how to make pet beds. I have some great patterns ( i cant read patterns at all) so im going to make myself learn from my grandma so i can not have to rely on someone else to show me how to cut out and read the pattern etc.

Im hoping its nice tomorrow and tuesday so i can get the garage cleaned out. Its in dire need of it. That way i can start moving things out to the garage and clean up the room that is SUPPOSED to be my office and move my table for my laptop in there and have a place to do my coupons and my sewing and my stockpiling etc all in one. A girl can dream right? lol

I hope everyone is having a wonderful sunday evening :D

What is the deal with lightbulbs???

VintageTink — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:55:57 GMT

I dont understand how they go out soooo dang fast. I mean lord. I swear i just put them in my dining room and i have one left. ONE. I just bought the new bulb ( freaking amost 4 bucks) for the track lighting in my living room so it better last. Our living room light doesnt work. Its the switch apparently but i dont know how to fix it. It would be nice to have a living room that has light and not just the track lighting over the fireplace. I rely on that and the dining room light at night. During the day all of them go off. Its not necessary to have it b/c we have 2 huge windows at the back of the house and it lets natural light in. Not today b/c its all cloudy and stormy but yeah.

So i just finished my breakfast- fiber one chewy bar and some brown rice. The rice im sure would be much better for me if it wasnt the stuff in the microwave bowls ( it has butter in it and stuff) but i dont have time to boil rice every day. Oh well lol.

Today is a dreary day indeed. Its raining off and on. Its dark outside. Just makes me wanna not be motivated to do anything. The only thing i have to do today is make a run to the post office and mail out a few packages and thats really it. I wanna go to the commissary sometime today before noon so i have some time to really spend in there and look around. I usually get there 2 hours before they close and its busy and im in a hurry.

Ok im off have a wonderful day everyone

Do you ever start a project

VintageTink — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:51:48 GMT

and realize that once you start about halfway through it its either

A. Too much for you to handle
B. Too much to do in the amount of time you THOUGHT it was going to take
C. Your bored with it and just want it to clean itself lol

I have started several projects that i really need to finish. One of them is cleaning up the back bedroom that used to be my office that turned into a catch all for everything under the sun. I also really need to clean out the garage and put in shelves like i was going to awhile back. yeah that never got done lol.

So today its strictly staying home and working on things. Ill start shopping later this week everything can wait for a day or 2. I really need to work on finishing organizing my coupon inserts and cutting and then putting them up today. And cleaning the living room and also the dining room. I have so much i WANT to do.

Another big project i reallllly wanna do is redo my bathroom. I want to paint it and redecorate it and all that stuff. Its not a large bathroom its actually the guest bathroom so its smaller than mine. So if anyone has any ideas on websites it would be truly helpful.

Ok im off to work on my to do list :D

Shop till you Drop

VintageTink — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:34:18 GMT

So today is my shopping day. Here's my agenda:

Walmart
Walgreens
Target
Commissary
Kroger

I have got a ton of shopping to catch up on today. Then im going to come home and make homemade ravioli ( or attempt it)

Oh and i need to go get stamps again too. YAH lol

And then tonight im going to come home and finish cutting coupons lol yah

I cant believe that this month is already started to go by so fast. I cant wait till we get our tax return so i can pay off a few bills and start my challenge.

Tgif

VintageTink — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:11:01 GMT

Im so glad to see the weekend finally here.

Ive been up since last night around 9 pm. I have so much to do this weekend that i know i probably wont get done but im going to try. Here's my agenda for the day!

Finish Clipping Coupons
Organize Coupons
Send out expireds
Make doggie biscuits
Make cookies
Fix dinner
Abstain from soda
Clean the dining room

I probably wont get a few things done all the way but ill try

I cant wait till it gets warmer so i can clean out the nasty garage. Its a mess and needs to be cleaned bad. Plus i want to make it my storage room for anything stockpiled that wont freeze or wont spoil if it gets hot until i clean out my back bedroom and turn that into my pantry.

I also have decided when i loose 50 lbs ( i have a bit to loose) im getting a new tattoo. LOL i know weird huh. Im also going to buy a whole new wardrobe when i loose that. Until them im going to make do as best i can.

Have a wonderful friday!

Mmmm Homemade Banana Pudding

VintageTink — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:04:03 GMT

Ok so for the first time in my life i tackled making homemade banana pudding. It came out FANTASTIC. Other then the pudding splashing up on my arm and burning me all in all it was easy and didnt take long.

Today starts my week of no soda. Im going to try to keep myself drinking water and some milk and juice. Im also going back on my diet this week. At least trying to stay away from fast food and junk for the week. One week at a time. And going back to the gym.

So Day one is today its 12:03 am. Im drinking water. So wish me luck in THAT endeavor lol

I hope everyone has a great day :D

Very Merry February!

VintageTink — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:33:33 GMT

Well its the first! My how January Flew by. I just want to say a big CONGRATS to all the members of the month. You guys are awesome and i hope you know that. So are all the other wonderful members on here.

2nd- im so happy to have some new mods on here. Yah!!!!!!!!!!!

Third- im already tired lol and all i did today was go to walgreens and walmart.

I hit the clearence jackpot at walgreens on 75% off toys. I bought a lot of Hannah Montana stuff for really cheap. And some HSM stuff as well. Got also some stuff priced matched at walmart and im thrilled with my outcomes.

Tonight is a run to walgreens to do some deals and build up my RR as i have one left lol. I like to have at least 20-30 in RR on my at all times just in case lol. You never know!

Tomorrow is a huge run to the post office to get everything out. and also clipping coupons to go back to kroger to do some more deals before the sales are all over with. And kmart to finish getting the cat food thats so cheap! Walmart has theirs on sale as well for a penny more so if they are out ill head to wally world.

So im putting back money to be able to put on a gift card starting march 1st. And then ill document my 500.00 Challenge from then on out. Im excited to be honest. Yah.

Ok im off to finish up everything before heading to walgreens.

HAPPY FIRST OF FEB LOVE YOU ALL