I came across an interesting dilemma today which I will put to a vote just because I'm interested to hear all of your opinions on it. Today I had a coupon for a free serving of Thai Cashew Chicken from Panda Express: I am of the opinion that it would be wrong to go into…
I headed to Safeway on Wednesday to take advantage of the one day General Mills overlapping promotions. This is what I purchased: 2 boxes Apple Cinnamon Cheerios 2 packages Nature Valley Nut Clusters 1 box Nature Valley granola bars 1 dozen eggs 1 cup Fage yogurt 2 green bell peppers 1 stalk celery 1 garlic…
I was talking to some friends about this Eating Well On $1 A Day challenge when the following conversation took place. Friend 1: “So why do you think that the blog has captured the attention of some people? I mean, there are others that have done things like this before you.” Me: “I'm not sure.”…
When I arrived to house sit, the next door neighbor had a tree full of apricots. Literally hundreds. When you looked up, it seemed there was more orange than there was green from the leaves. There were so many apricots that the squirrels had plenty of them to mock me with, but that is no…
hile I don't expect to have too many friends after my admitting I eat squirrel leftovers even after being mocked by them, it would be nice to not be completely alone over at Facebook ;
In addition to the CVS MoneyMaker deal, I also did some shopping at Safeway (I had to drive back to my sister's house because I forgot to give her credit card back to her which she asked me to hold during the birthday party. Since I was already there, I went to a Safeway near…
I have been asked to give step by step examples how I do my moneymaker scenarios to help people understand better. The first one I did with CVS didn't involve using Extra Bucks, but the one I did today did. This is what I did: 1. I had a $5 off a purchase of $30…
While we had a birthday dinner for my niece's 5th birthday at Red Robin for the family on her actual birthday, today was when she was having her birthday party with all her friends invited: This was another event where the food was all paid for so I could take advantage of it (especially since…
It has been long overdue that I updated what I actually still have on hand. I am hoping to add some more veggies in the next couple of days if I can manage to find some more grocery stores in my new area. Any thoughts on recipes with that include all the ingredients I already…
The house next door to where I am house sitting has a large apricot tree in the back yard. As I was looking up into the tree at all of the lovely fruit, a squirrel casually sauntered by on the fence, hopped into the tree, grabbed one of the apricots and started eating away: What…