{"id":4843,"date":"2016-11-05T17:43:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2016-11-05T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T21:43:13","slug":"saving-on-saturday-11052016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=4843","title":{"rendered":"Saving on Saturday-11\/05\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The weather is continuing to cooperate. We have not used heat or air in 45 days! This may one of the longest streaks ever! I am very hopefully to make it till the 15th of November.<\/li>\n<li>I washed and hung out to dry 4 loads of sheets today. That saved at least 4 hours of dryer time. Matt was able to wash and hang out a load of my uniforms earlier in the week as well.<\/li>\n<li>Eating left-overs, I am in charge of cooking on the weekend and I usually enjoy cooking at least 3 meals in a two day period.\u00a0 This weekend, beginning on Friday, we are eating out of the fridge.\u00a0I will make a pot of soup for lunch tomorrow before our pictures but otherwise this is food that will go to waste if we don&#8217;t eat so at least four or meals it is. I did make one change to our rules this time. You can only eat breakfast foods for breakfast.<\/li>\n<li>Trimmed and polished our nails at home instead of getting manicures before our family pictures on Sunday. This step alone saved at least $75.<\/li>\n<li>Found a local photographer who is willing to travel to my brother&#8217;s house. None of my family does well in a crowd but we all LOVE pictures. Over the past several years, we have discovered it is much easier for all of us to hire someone to come take family pictures. I also think in the end it saves money and allows a less stressful time.<\/li>\n<li>Combining online deals. Zachary&#8217;s sheet have a mysterious hole in them. They are unfortunately the only set of &#8220;boy&#8221; twin sheet we have. I was able to combine a doorbuster deal at JCPenny&#8217;s along with a coupon they set to me. I was able to purchase 2 sets of sheets for his bed, a set of flannel sheets for Lily&#8217;s bed, a hoodie for Kendall and 4 shirts for me all for $113. I will receive back $10 in JCPenny Rewards in addition to $7 in Swagbucks.\u00a0 Sheets are normally expensive so I counting all the clothes as free!<\/li>\n<li>Meal planning- we have spent $100 at Costco so far this month and I hope that will be the extend of our grocery spending. In order for this to happen, meal planning is a must. We currently have enough meals planned for the entire month of November!<\/li>\n<li>Matt and I both are continuing to make an effort to earn money via apps. Our current goal is to make between $150 and $200 a month. We are on track already for November with $50 this first week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather is continuing to cooperate. We have not used heat or air in 45 days! This may one of the longest streaks ever! I am very hopefully to make it till the 15th of November. 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