I paid $1.21 out of pocket today (not counting $2 in extra-care bucks paid out) for over $30 worth of stuff at CVS, for over 96% savings today. (I also did better at saying no to buying things just because they were a good deal.) Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! :)
sabrina's Life List
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1. Minimize existing clutter and excess possessions
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2. save 3 months salary
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3. live within my means
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4. Save money by playing the Grocery Game
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5. get a pedicure
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6. open an IRA
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7. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
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8. Create a fund to amortize irregular expenses over a year, to minimize financial strain
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9. Donate excess food items to the Greater Chicago Food Depository
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10. take a real vacation
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11. Improve French speaking
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12. take classes at Alliance Française in 2008
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13. take classes at the Goethe-Institut in 2008
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14. crochet an afghan
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15. donate more to charity
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16. knit a sweater
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17. Knit MS3 -Swan Lake
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18. Learn entrelac knitting
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19. own a kitchenaid mixer
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20. blog more
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21. move to UK for a year
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22. Learn to speak Spanish
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23. exercise three times a week
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24. go back to school
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25. Lose 10 pounds
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26. Jump for joy on January 20th, 2009, when Bush leaves office.
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27. watch the entire run of X-Files.
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I honestly shouldn’t have shopped so much as I did this week. I don’t have a pressing need for most of the stuff I got. Still… my cupboards are so full now, I really won’t need anything but fresh produce for probably the rest of the month.
I spent about 95 out of pocket on 190 worth of food, so I saved almost exactly 50% (I was three cents short of exactly 50% :-). I bought exactly one full price item (espresso powder, for baking). I scored on one particular item (73% off), and even got some treats I hadn’t really planned on (steaks) but which will be nice dinners.
I think my next challenge for the GG will be, now that I’ve figured out how to deal with my coupons and use them with the List and stuff, figuring out how to manage List temptations. Like, when to turn down a good deal because my main reason for getting it would be “what a good deal, I can’t pass that up.” I can’t say that I haven’t branched out a little bit in my eating habits now (in the week I’ve been shopping off the List, heh—it’s true though, I am trying new things) but I never used to buy meat marinades. It’s true that all the marinades myself tended to be some variation on “olive oil + some flavor of vinegar (+ soy sauce) (+ lemon juice) + herbs” and I never tried making teriyaki or jerk marinades, and now I can try them out since I don’t have to learn how to make them, but if I was happy before I’m not certain how wasteful/non-frugal it is for me to use more products. Anyways, it’s a point to ponder, when next week’s Jewel List comes out. :) I am looking forward to tomorrow’s CVS List, though! Last week’s was just plain fun. So much free!
Canning is hard work!
I now have 4 pts. of cherry preserves, 3 pts of strawberry, and one pint jar which is 3/4 strawberry and 1/4 cherry. Hard work! Hopefully it will all be worth it when I get to have yummy farmer’s market cherries and strawberries when it’s snowy and awful in January. :)
