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Frugal plans for today

January 2nd, 2007 at 04:29 pm

I've washed a load of clothes and have them hanging up. The towels are in the washer now and when they're finished, I'll hang them on the line.

I've kept my eyes open today for change lying around the house to add to my $20 challenge fund. So far I've found 23 cents and a jar of pennies I forgot about! I don't know how many pennies there are but I'll count them later today or tonight.

DH and I are in our yearly winter thermostat war. Rather than get dressed and even wear thermals if necessary, he usually sits around the house in shorts and short sleeved shirts and of course, he's cold so he turns up the heat. I'm fully dressed wearing some warmer clothes and I'm comfortable. In an effort to help with our ridiculously high electric bills, I want to turn the heat down to 68 or so but he wants it up around 72 or higher. Last night before going to bed I checked the thermostat and it was on 76! I turned it down to 68 since he was already in bed and I was headed there. We have a wonderfully warm down comforter and stay toasty warm with the heat down. But he gets up earlier than I do and he's cold when he gets up so this morning when I got up it was on 72. He just left and I turned it down to 67. In his defense, I'll say that he's been wearing thermals the last few days and is still cold. That's odd and very unlike him but he's at least trying to help by wearing the thermals. And I'm thankful for that.

Okay, I'm off to vacuum and dust and hopefully find more change. Wink

Posted in General Expenses, $20 Challenge | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Frugal plans for today”

  1. Frayed Buckeye Card Says:
    January 2nd, 2007 at 06:52 pm 1167763969
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    Reading your blog made me laugh heartily. My husband
    and I would follow each other around, he turning it up,while I turned it down. He just sat while I was running around like a chicken without a head.( Sorry, that is not a pretty sight.) It does make a difference.

  2. nance Says:
    January 2nd, 2007 at 07:52 pm 1167767542
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    I wish I could hang laundry on my lines, but we have about 15 inches of snow on the ground, and things don't dry very will when it is cold and snowy!
    Good luck on your saving "mission".
    It sounds like your husband is coming around to your way of thinking, at least a little.

  3. Ima saver Says:
    January 2nd, 2007 at 08:31 pm 1167769897
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    I keep my house set at 60 and my husband complains too!

  4. denisentexas Says:
    January 3rd, 2007 at 04:04 pm 1167840245
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    It's good to know I'm not the only one who engages in the thermostat battle! Psst, don't tell him, but ours has been set on 69 since yesterday morning. Wink
    Nance, have you thought about one of those indoor lines for drying clothes? They work great, I hear.

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