9 Diet Cokes 2 liters
4 12 packs
3 packs of Diapers
1 tub of toothpaste
Total Spent $27.57 Total Saved $57.77 or 68%
I did a total of 3 transactions rolling the ECB each time and started with 10 ECBs from last week. I also got a rain check for Men’s Dove body wash which as a money maker this week!
I decided to do a version of this today. Not much going on in our world today but it is a perfect day of why it will appear that I accomplished nothing while I was a stay at home mom! Today is special because of the remaining snow on the ground, Haley is at home today again. So far this morning, I cooked breakfast of eggs, sausage and biscuits. I soaked several pans to try and get rid of gross curd in them and loaded the dishwasher. Haley has already emptied it. I did wake Haley up early (around 9am) because she was talking a little loud on her phone last night so I had to get up twice and tell her to be quiet! I have folded and put away 2 loads of laundry with the remaining 2 in the washer and dryer. Since we can’t have home school because of the snow (ha ha) I pulled out the puzzles and both Lily and Kendall worked at the table on puzzles. Kendall is so cute she is doing a 8 piece inset puzzle and requires a lot of help but after getting the pieces back in she would clap and we all praised her. Kendall lasted with the puzzles for about 15 minutes. Lily had received a 50 piece TINY Tinkerbell puzzle that Haley and I helped her with. It took about 40 minutes to get this puzzle together. I was so impressed with Lily because she is beginning to be able to pick up pieces and place them alone! This puzzle was HARD! Zach has also been feed twice and changed and is currently asleep! Lily and Kendall are watching Seasame Street and playing tea party. I have also went to JCP and ordered new towels and washcloths for us. I spent $87 and saved $84. I am going to pay for these with the money I will get from working the past 2 weeks as well as this week and next week!
The rest of the day should include finishing the laundry, lunch naps, cleaning and straightening the Hall closet, as well as dinner!
The Murphy I am referring to in the title is in no way related to my sister in law! I am talking about Murphy’s law that says things usually go wrong in set of three and always when you can’t afford to fix all of them! Yesterday when Matt was checking on things under the house he discovered that our chest freezer had stopped working. After thinking back on this it was probably last Sunday when the motor actually died. This freezer is probably 25 or more years old. I had purchased it at a yard sale with Amanda and Haley’s dad. I paid $20 for it 12 years ago and it was old at the time. Luckily, we only lost about $5 of meat (Angel Food popcorn chicken) but mostly it was vegetables and stews that I had frozen last summer. I was slowly using this food in anticipation that I would restock it this summer with things we grow from our first real garden. The bigger issues will be first of all emptying and physically moving the freezer to the dump, followed by replacing it. Most likely, we will keep an eye on both Matt’s boards and craigslist to find an inexpensive chest or stand up freezer. I really like having the freezer but it is definitely not worth the expense of a new one! So now are you wondering what the other 2 broken things are in January? They both occurred on the same day. First the transmission in my van started acting up. Luckily, we used a transmission fix and that has solved the problem for at least the present but we are going to have to seriously ponder a decision on whether we have the transmission repair or replaced or we purchase a new vehicle for me to drive. Lastly our cable and phone connections messed up. They are currently working well 🙂