About Me

Denise

45, married with no kids at home and meeting the challenge of paying bills and saving. I work retail and my husband owns a new eyeglass repair shop. We have no current debt but do have old debt to handle. One thing at a time, one day at a time!

Words to remember: "The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment."

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2008 Goals
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Increase emergency fund to $2500
Quit smoking (Quit date January 31, so far so good)
Save ~~$25~~ half of each of my checks
Waste less
Eat more meatless meals

$20 Challenge balance as of April 14, 2008 = $335.98
1 old debt paid - $47.42

Booooring dinner - but cheap!

January 25th, 2007 at 06:50 pm

Well, we ended up having a very boring but very cheap dinner. When we got home from running errands DH had two pieces of bread with two turkey franks and some dill pickle relish. I had the last of the taco soup from last night and it was very good with a few fritos in it.

DH then left to go pick guitar with some people and I've been lying around doing nothing but watching movies and being a bum.

Oh yes, I did record today's spending in my log and updated the January records. Hey, I might be getting the hang of this!

Posted in Cooking and Recipes, Daily Spending, Just Life | 9 Comments »

9 Responses to “Booooring dinner - but cheap!”

Nance Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 06:57 pm

I did pretty much the same, today. I watched a good movie, "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio". Really liked it.
Hopefully, tomorrow, I will be more productive!
denisentexas Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 07:00 pm

Nance, I haven't heard of that. I'll have to see if Netflix has it and if so, put it on my list.
paulettegoddard Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 07:02 pm

Tell me how Netflix is for you. The people I know who use it love it.
denisentexas Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 07:04 pm

Nance, I just read the Netflix synopsis and it sounds like a good one! I have it on the list now. Thanks!
denisentexas Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 07:05 pm

Oh, we love Netflix! We've been members for about three years now and it's saved us a lot of money. We were the kinds who paid late fees because we forgot to take movies back. Since that isn't an issue with Netflix, it's great! We have the 3 at a time plan and it works very well for us. And we get movies the day after they're sent usually, but sometimes two days after they're sent. All in all, it's money well spent to us!
JanH Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 08:40 pm

I read the book. Didn't know there was a movie....maybe I'll have one of those nights on this rainy forecasted saturday. The logging of expenses gets addicting.....
robex Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 09:33 pm

Oh, I read that book! Highly recommend it...I'm going to see if the movie is available on DVD.
Nance Says:
January 26th, 2007 at 06:02 am

I read the book too. Loved it. The movie is on DVD, and was as good as the book, which is amazing.
LittleGopher Says:
January 26th, 2007 at 02:52 pm

I enjoyed the book too. I'll have to look for the movie at the video store. I could really use a relaxing in front of a video sort of evening - soon!

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Booooring dinner - but cheap!

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