well...i have to say that i'm enjoying this month of "no spending". what is becoming surprisingly fun is discovering how to create meals from "scratch". i know this is normal for a lot of people, but it's just not typical for me. i learned bread-making some time ago and have picked up how to make some great meals...but there's just an ocean of possibilities for making foods that are massively cheaper than i ever realized. take my challenge for today...making a dessert for tomorrow without running out to buy any additional ingredients. holy crap!!...it's HARD, but it lead me on a great search. i found a recipe for making a "yellow cake mix". a recipe for a boxed recipe...funny. BUT...it turns out that what i could have paid around $4-5 for plus the additional ingredients like oil etc. is now costing me pennies using the stuff i already have in my pantry. goodness!!! that's $4 i'll now have at the end of my month along with the other nickels and dimes and DOLLARS that i'm saving from all of the other sneaky ways of living with what's in the cupboard.
fyi...i'm still wondering how in the heck i ended up with a box of dry milk flake thingies...i'm thinking mom is somehow in that equation. :)
so...week 2 is well on it's way to a great ending! :)
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