Well yesterday was my birthday and the wife kept it frugal. She made me Beef and Barley soup. We get the mix at the Amish store about 45 min away. Super cheap and just add beef. Scallop Potates we had in the cupboard and some peanut butter chocolate chip oat bars. We then went out dancing for abit at the local Wednesday night Salsa joint while the MIL baby sat the little one. This was our first outing since he has been home that he didn't go along on.
Total Cost $4.50 for a drink at the club that turned out to be the worst Margarita I have ever tasted, didn't end up finishing it. All in all it was a blast to get out for a short date.
Rainy here today and cold so I got off early.
Will be running to Aldi's to get soem groceries as we haven't gotten anything and we are out of bread. We shop about every 1.5 weeks for milk, bread, eggs, etc. Our deep freeze is getting empty but that is good as I want to defrost it before winter arrives. We can then cook another large batch of food and stock our freezer back up.
All in all things are looking up.
Craig
Frugal Birthday evening.
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Sounds like a nice balanced evening that was good for the soul & wallet both!
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Jerry
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5lbs taco meat split into 1lb servings
Lasagna split into 4-6 Dishes
Tuna Casserole split into 4-6 dishes
Hamburger Casserole only a couple dihses
Chicken and wild rice couple dishes
Various meats - Steak, chicken, pork for grilling, stir frys, soups, etc
Plain ground beef for easy to fix meals a few lbs.
Usually a few frozen pizzas, fish from my fishing trips in the spring and fall, deer from the FIL's hunting season (we clean and package all the meat ourselves), etc.
Some desserts such as various berry adn fruit coblers, frozen cookie, brownie and cakes ready to heat and serve.
Frozen mashed and twice baked potates I get a 10-15 lbs at a time and do them all at once.
We purchased a bunch of glass pyrex dishes in a few sizes (actually about 35 of them from walmart tehy came in 3 packs for $15 and then some extras for certain sizes) this allows us to take meals straight from the deep freeze to the oven and have meals ready to go in a couple hours time. It is a huge time saver as I can do all my cooking in one day every couple of months.
So the $300 for hte upright 7 Cu Ft deepfreeze on sale for $100 off and about $300 in pyrex has saved us a ton of money in the long run as we hardly eat out except for special occasions maybe one or twice a month and teh pyrex should last forever.
Link to the Pyrex we purchased:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11966166
Time to write a blog about this.
Craig