Breakfast- Kids had the last of the instant oatmeal and shared a breakfast sausage. Hubby had a veggie burger. I had a piece of toast. (I'm doing much better at eating breakfast!)
Lunch- Little Guy and I had scrambled eggs with cheese and buttered toast. Apple Juice.
Dinner- I am seriously craving take out Chinese food. And I can never manage to recreate the same dishes when I try at home. So, I don't know if I'll end up having Hubby pick up dinner or not. Maybe we have a coupon. Maybe I'll just cook some noodles and throw some broccoli, peanuts and hoisin sauce on them and pretend.
(p.s. I made dinner after all. This is the end product.)
Whew. Tired after multiple errand stops this morning. I don't have my receipts handy so I'll have to guess at how much I spent.
Shop N Save- spent about $34 on the gift card we bought last November with our Entertainment guide coupons. Bought eggs, milk, clearance apple sauce, cheese, Gatorade, light bulbs, pain reliever, bread, a sale book for a gift, contact lens solution, and a new contact case. I had coupons for the pain reliever, Gatorade and contact solution.
Deal$- two bags of candy for b-day goody bags and a pack of Diego sandwich bags for the lunch box- Spent $3
Famous Footwear- We had our first desire for a popular fad clothing item- Skechers Twinkle Toes shoes. While I don't think I need to buy my child everything she wants (in fact I plan not to) I made a decision to please her. I spent part of yesterday shopping online doing research on prices and I checked our shoe inventory to see if we needed shoes. She asked at the right time as she is starting to outgrow the shoes we bought her for the beginning of the school year. So, I handed over my rewards card and spent 29.00 on her new shoes. I hope she likes them.
Michaels- Another birthday party invitation came this week. My budget limit for kid's birthday party gifts is $10. I typically spend around $7.50. I put my 40% store coupon in my pocket and went in search of a present or goody bag favors. I found a toob of pirates and a copy of Robinson Crusoe for the birthday boy, two plain gold after Christmas clearance baskets (for Easter), a .50 cent fridge magnet to do list/calendar for me, and a $1 clearance flash light for Little Guy's Easter basket. I love the "Toob" toys. I found Jamestown settlers along with Egyptian Pharaohs. I'll be going back with another 40% off coupon to get some for Big Girl's Easter basket.Library- Our standard books and dvds for the weeks entertainment. I also spent $3 on books and magazines from the sale table to give as a gift.
And now we're home and I plan on doing some housework before I settle down with a fresh library book.
4 comments:
Yum, that Chinese food looks way better than take-out!
I can tell you the secret to Chinese take out sort of noodles, but it will upset you!
1. LOTS of oil, like, cook your noodles and then fry them in like, 1/4 cup of canola oil.
2. LOTS of soy sauce, like 1/4 - 1/2 cup. I'm serious.
3. Cabbage. Seriously! It's cheap, so take out places use it a lot.
This is a really yummy sauce combination: 2 parts soy sauce, 1 part sesame oil, 1 part molasses, 1/2 part mustard.
WTG on your pantry! I'm catching up on your posts!!
Ruthie, You're right. I don't think I could use that much oil. I used about two tbs. of sesame oil in the wok and maybe a tsp. of oil in the noodle water.
Cabbage is a good idea. I never buy it because I always think of boiled cabbage and no one will eat that but me.
Mmm make it on a weekend to avoid spouse being farty at work :-D
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