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sabrina

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I'm doing 27 things
  

sabrina's Life List

  1. 1. Minimize existing clutter and excess possessions
    20 entries . 5 cheers     		388 people
  2. 2. save 3 months salary
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		6 people
  3. 3. live within my means
    4 entries . 4 cheers     		146 people
  4. 4. Save money by playing the Grocery Game
    7 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  5. 5. get a pedicure
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		335 people
  6. 6. open an IRA
    1 cheer     		57 people
  7. 7. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
    1 cheer     		1,106 people
  8. 8. Create a fund to amortize irregular expenses over a year, to minimize financial strain
    2 entries     		1 person
  9. 9. Donate excess food items to the Greater Chicago Food Depository
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  10. 10. take a real vacation
    5 entries . 7 cheers     		91 people
  11. 11. Improve French speaking
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		84 people
  12. 12. take classes at Alliance Française in 2008
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  13. 13. take classes at the Goethe-Institut in 2008
    2 cheers     		1 person
  14. 14. crochet an afghan
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		37 people
  15. 15. donate more to charity
    1 entry     		83 people
  16. 16. knit a sweater
    1 cheer     		624 people
  17. 17. Knit MS3 -Swan Lake
    1 entry     		2 people
  18. 18. Learn entrelac knitting
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  19. 19. own a kitchenaid mixer
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		8 people
  20. 20. blog more
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		408 people
  21. 21. move to UK for a year
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		3 people
  22. 22. Learn to speak Spanish
    3 cheers     		2,008 people
  23. 23. exercise three times a week
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		268 people
  24. 24. go back to school
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		1,971 people
  25. 25. Lose 10 pounds
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  26. 26. Jump for joy on January 20th, 2009, when Bush leaves office.
    1 cheer     		25 people
  27. 27. watch the entire run of X-Files.
    1 cheer     		2 people
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Save money by playing the Grocery Game (read all 7 entries…)
Score 1 week ago

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! :)

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Save money by playing the Grocery Game (read all 7 entries…)
This week's grocery shopping 2 weeks ago

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!

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Learn to can preserves (read all 2 entries…)
Phew 2 weeks ago

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. :)

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Learn a third language Princess K is Back Again...again! wants to Stop comparing myself to other people get another tattoo buy a bike learn to sew Learn to surf watch all CSI episodes stop living from paycheck to paycheck learn how to use photoshop Sell stuff on ebay have a flat stomach customize my car become a runner be able to fake an Irish accent juicebox88 wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) watch lost season 3 until the fall finalé Hug Patrick Stump for a really long time talk less, listen more sail rock climb Let things go track my menstrual cycle be a better employee tahti wants to take more pictures...better pictures meditate more get my bac! Spend at least 15 minutes a day doing something on this list do my homework