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Friday, December 31, 2010

12-31-10

WALGREENS
1/2 - 1/8

Buy 1 Coffee Mate liquid creamer
for $2.49 get 1 free.
Use 2 $1.00 off coupons HERE.
Makes it .49 cents for both!

Air Wick I Motion or Freshmatic air freshener
50% off
$4.00 & $2.00 coupon found HERE.

Cottonelle 84 count Fresh Wipes
$2.99
Use coupon for .50 cents HERE
makes it $2.49

Jet Dry
$3.49 - $1.50 register rewards
- .75 cent coupon found HERE
makes it $1.24 after rewards.

Papermate mechanical pencils 5 pack
.19 cents with Walgreens coupon.
Limit 3

Hyponex 8 pound bag potting soil
.99 cents with Walgreens coupon
Limit 3

American Seed packets
5 for $1.00 with Walgreens coupon
Limit 1o

Fruit of the Loom Sweat pants or shirts
3 for $10 or $3.33 each

Be sure to get those coupons printed since
it is the last day of the month.
Coupons will reset tomorrow.

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Being the last day of 2010
it's time to think about New Year's resolutions.
I've been thinking it over and mine would
be to declutter the house some more
and work on getting the basement
cleaned and weeded out.

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12:15pm

With temps in the low to mid 50's
today and yesterday I turned our
heat back 8 degrees to about 65 degrees
to help cut back on gas costs.
The heat hasn't been coming on as much
and has been holding a steady temperature
of 71.
I also opened up the curtains and drew
the blinds up to allow the sun to shine in
to help heat the house and not to have
to turn on so many lights.

My electric bill went stupid this past month.
I'm sure it had something to do with people
home on vacations, holidays and Christmas lights.
I also saw the electric bill wasn't a normal
month of 30 days and went over by
5 extra days so that might also contribute to it.
so are hoping it goes back to normal in the
near future!!
The electric went up $34.47 so that's
a huge increase to me.
It says last December we used 697 KWH
and this year 921 KWH
That's a difference of 224 KWH.

Plus I have that stupid cable bill to pay
where they charged me almost $40
to come out and fix their problem!

And on top of that I got those extra bills
you don't get all the time like
the newspaper and water/sewer.

So looks like I'm gonna have a fun time
this month paying bills, grrrr.

12:25pm

Currently giving my legs a work out.
So many trips to the basement hauling
Christmas stuff down to storage.
I figured since I was down in the basement
making trips with stuff I would start
the laundry to save on my legs!

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1:40pm

Yesterday when cleaning and rearranging
Jonathan's room I ended up moving
his bed over the register.
You shouldn't really put furniture
over registers because the air has a hard time
circulating around the room and gets
trapped underneath.
For years I've been doing this because space
is limited and sometimes I have to put
beds over the vents.
I took the skateboard ramp box and cut
it in half, then in half again.
Each half will be used in each boys room.
With the half that was cut in half,
I then slid the two halves into one another
and taped around the box.
This is now the new vent that will direct the air
out from underneath the bed and into the room.
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4:20pm

Mom just called from Meijers.
She was standing in line at the checkout browsing
magazines while waiting her turn.
She picked up a full sized (not one of those mini)
magazines from Taste Of Home called
Easy Breakfasts and Brunch.
She said in this magazine is my recipe
for Peanut Butter Banana Bread!

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11:45pm

Happy New Year everyone!!

Sitting here waiting for the ball to drop
and trying to fight off droopy and burning eyes
just so I can get my kiss at the stroke of midnight ;0)



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My name is Sherry, 39yrs old, from Columbus, Ohio. I am married, a SAHM, and have 3 children ages 9, 10 and 20. I have been frugal/thrifty all my life. I would like to share on this blog how we get by day to day on one income with a family of 5 with a dog and a cat. You will also hear about my everyday gripes about daily life and the cost of living. Hubby says my favorite saying is, "and that is another thing that pisses me off!"

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