tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post7031817588496098100..comments2024-03-29T00:10:51.155-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: In My Home: Holiday Savingsterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-26993428488020515742016-01-04T16:52:49.686-05:002016-01-04T16:52:49.686-05:00I like the saying you started this post with too. ...I like the saying you started this post with too. Very timely!<br /><br />I always make pizza crust from scratch. It takes me no more than 5 minutes to stir/knead one together . A wonderful savings but also, it tastes so much better. I make my own pizza sauce from garden tomatoes in the fall and can it so pizza is "pennies a pizza" for us. So yummy. <br /><br />So, I'm wondering, what is "cool" to you? I'm sure your southern cool and my northern cool are two entirely different cools! Smile. We have sun today and 30 degrees. This is lovely for January. One hardly needs a coat. Smile. <br /><br />I'm impressed with your earnings. You have your fingers in a lot of pies you make pay off. Good for you!<br /><br />I'm so glad my hubby does not mind leftovers! This is a big area of savings. I know some who will not eat a leftover. People look in my fridge and think it is bare but that is because I use my leftovers. I rarely waste any food because we use it up. <br /><br />I made myself a budget sheet for this month to try tracking my spending. I've tried in the past but it wasn't working. I'm trying a new idea. I need to watch each category to make sure I'm on budget and this seems the easiest way. Guess I'll see. Hope it works. <br /><br />I've been organizing the garage shelves. I put DVDs in a book as they take up so much less space this way but I don't want to get rid of the cases just yet. So I'm putting the cases in boxes and putting them on the very top shelves in the garage that are hard to use. <br /><br />Fresh beets - have you ever thought about planting some seed in a pot and growing them? They are so easy to grow and young beet greens can be used in salads. Just a thought. <br /><br />The living room pic looks cozy. Someone said a nice place to curl up with a book. I agree. Smile I like your drapes and sheers. <br /><br />Some of my savings is just plain staying home - no gas, no spending. Using what I have, I've been enjoying putting puzzles together and reading. I also found that I can watch a lot of shows, including Hallmark movies, on YouTube for free. What are some ideas you've gleaned from Confessions of an Organized Housewife? PamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-12462255073407519792016-01-02T12:10:37.673-05:002016-01-02T12:10:37.673-05:00Terri, what wonderful bargains and savings you fou...Terri, what wonderful bargains and savings you found.. And I love your quote. Just perfect.<br />Your living room looks so nice.. Just shows........... we have so much stuff to work with in our homes, if only we look before buying. Happy new year.Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]https://www.blogger.com/profile/15474519379303505290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-26889482795340783722016-01-01T21:52:10.815-05:002016-01-01T21:52:10.815-05:00I like blues and greens together, too. So very ca...I like blues and greens together, too. So very calming.<br /><br />We have worked on getting our big kitchen project going over the last few days. We went to order the counter tops and found that they were 10% off! That was a good deal of saved money. We bought the paint for the kitchen ceiling and it was on sale. Those savings paid for 75% of the new kitchen sink which we bought today. When I paid bills and did the January budget on the 31st I went through the budget ledger and pulled extra funds from every place that I could. I have enough cash on hand for the entire kitchen project. We will save $500 by taking out the old counter tops ourselves. I am so excited to get this all done.<br /><br />Our free Christmas ham from my husband's employer covered Christmas dinner for four, 15 sandwiches, some of which are in the freezer for lunches, 12 packages of chopped ham for eggs and omelettes, a pot of soup with the bone and some chopped ham and 2 large pkg of chopped ham for main dishes. Not a bit wasted. Milk that went past date has been used in a buttermilk bread recipe that we enjoy. Leftover Christmas cookies were packaged up and frozen to pull out bit by bit. I also froze 2 containers of fajita meat and one of taco meat from Christmas Eve. Leftovers were eaten and no food was wasted from the week which I cannot say for other years.<br /><br />I am glad to see some cooler temps and less rain for the next week. The weather just feels wrong. Have a good week everyone!Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-86427603821490543692016-01-01T21:08:57.796-05:002016-01-01T21:08:57.796-05:00Wow, what a chock full of information post. I'...Wow, what a chock full of information post. I'm going to go back and reread it. <br /><br />About CVS, I think you are just dealing with an anti-coupon manager. The deals you describe work at my local CVS and I've done similar transactions at OKCity CVS. Is there another CVS you can shop? I don't know any answer except to try to use a different cashier or store.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898829593961271218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-27810583946832267212016-01-01T21:01:54.215-05:002016-01-01T21:01:54.215-05:00The pretty colors in the room you redid look very ...The pretty colors in the room you redid look very nice. That big comfy chair would be the perfect place to sit down and read a good book.<br /><br />Doesn't it feel good to start a fresh new year. <br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />Susie D.susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.com