Frugal Accomplishments/ Menu Plan.

Yikes! I haven't posted in almost 3 weeks! It's been so busy and crazy( and not so frugal) That I haven't posted. But I'm back!

Christmas

We enjoyed a family night with all my husbands brothers and sisters building (homemade) gingerbread houses.

We spent too much money on Christmas for our families( because they're huge) But I am happy with the fact that we can be frugal in certain areas to be able to afford things like that. 

We were all gifted nice practical gifts for Christmas. Including dishes, pyrex (YAY!), clothing for all of us, etc. Very frugal because it was all needed and I didn't spend a dime!

Frugal Accomplishments

I work one day a week and my boss gave us all 40$ giftcards. I chose Walmart. I should've picked one from Aldi's. I don't know what I was thinking.

We enjoyed a nice meal at Olive Garden due to a giftcard. I have enough left for a bowl of soup for me one day!

At work, a customer gave me a free 6 inch sub meal coupon from Subway.

I received a free large bag of dog treats in the mail. 

I uploaded two free items onto my Kroger card.

Meal Plan

Monday - Chicken Alfredo

Tuesday- Sausage and onions

Wednesday - Pancakes

Thursday - We have a birthday party!! My baby brother is 6.

Friday through Monday - We will be at the Beach!!!

Menu Plan. First Week of December.

I ran to the store this morning just to grab a few things to supplement what we already have. I didn't get a lot last week because we would be eating multiple Thanksgiving dinners with extended families.

This week we will be having:

Monday: Baked potato bar with fruit.

Tuesday: Pasta & green beans

Wednesday: Snacky dinner

Thursday: Italian Chicken, broccoli and cheese, fruit

Friday: Taco Salad

Saturday: Beef chunks with gravy over mashed potatoes

Sunday: Dinner with family

What are you having this week?

Update!

Bentley putting up our tree! Notice how he hung everything off the bottom.

and notice our ancient t.v.

 

 

This week was not very big in the frugal department.

 

The biggest thing was probably not eating at home all week!

We had multiple family dinners for Thanksgiving and lots of leftovers so I didn't cook all week, so I didn't use any groceries.

 

I also scored two more bottles of free shampoo at walmart. I'm getting quite a stockpile.

 

I took advantage of a few Black Friday deals to get gifts at a good deal.

 

I've been cutting the heat down at night, I think it's helping. Our electric bill dropped a few dollars.

 

Our vacuum broke, so we have to figure out something about that because I am a vacuuming fanatic!

 

What did you do this week?