Yesterday Tony priced Lexus lug nuts
at NAPA for our car.
They want $86 for a set of 20!
($4.30 a lug nut!)
Plus you might have to wait
4 weeks for them to order it
since they have none in stock.
My solution to getting something cheaper
is always check Ebay!
I found new ones on there that are
factory lug nuts for $17 with $5 shipping, $22 total.
($1.10 a lug nut!)
That's a savings of $64!!
Ebay also came to the rescue when
we needed cell phone chargers and batteries.
I priced them at Sprint for $20 - $50.
Ebay, $2-$3!!
Another example is Tony wears
diabetic socks. Those are ridiculously
expensive in stores, like around $3-$5 a pair!
($72-$120 if I bought 24 pair)
One year I got him 2 dozen new socks for about $25
on Ebay!
Oh, Tony was able to get both calipers unfrozen, yeah.
If not, 2 new ones would have cost $160!
So there was another $160 saved!
Well I've gotten my grocery list
about 95% done.
Still need to go over my list
and see what I really need and
what we could do without.
Just because something may be
a really good deal does not mean
you should get it.
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Mom's dentist appointment went
much quicker today!
The appointment was for 11:00am.
We got there at 10:35 and was out
at 10:50! So glad it wasn't as long
as yesterday!
We go back Thursday at 10am.
I decided I would also get some adjustments
made also while there for $20.
Ooh goodie. I get to take me a nappie today.
I haven't had one in about a month it seems.
I so need one to get caught up with my sleep.
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4:00pm
I've been cranking the heat back to 69 degrees
during the day then back up to 72/73 in the evening.
I'm hoping to cut back on gas and electric some.
Supper has been in the crock.
I've got pork chops with leftover sauerkraut.
Then for sides will have mac & cheese and corn.
Pork chops $2.73
corn .35 cents
Mac & cheese .60 cents
sauerkraut (leftover) free
Total $3.68
Serves 5 @ .73 cents a serving
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4:45pm
Ever get cold chills without a cold or fever?
That's me right about now, brrr.
I can't seem to get warm.
I turned the heat up to 73 degrees
and put a sweater on.
Now my muscles hurt from shivering
so I popped a couple ibuprofen.
I think I went over my grocery list
about 4 times trying to get it down to
a price amount that I liked.
Well to the point my head is hurting anyway!
It will still cut into next weeks grocery money.
The most expensive item I need to get
isn't food anyway, it's heartburn medicine
which could run $7-$10 by itself for store brand.
And also I need birthday cake mixes and ice cream for
two birthdays this month.
So those 5 items are actually extra expenses
that I don't get all the time.
So that's where I am running over with my budget.
What I'm getting tomorrow along with
what I have in the stockpile should get us
through til the end of the month.
I also made a meal list so I know
what to make with what I buy and
what I have on hand.
I think the only meat I am getting tomorrow is a
pound of ground sausage. I'm pretty stocked
up with meat for the moment.
And even then I plan to stretch that sausage.
I want to make tacos and taco salad.
So I will use only a half pound of sausage
for each meal and mix it with some
rice to stretch it. Rice goes with
Mexican meals anyway.
