This weekend Bryan is on his much-anticipated, long-awaited hiking/fishing/doing-manly-things-with-his-brother trip, somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, near Mt. Rainier. (I am hoping I'll be able to give more concise information to the Search and Rescue team if the need arises.)
This means that Zoey and I are home alone for four days, trying to come up with creative things to do for very, very cheap. So far we've pulled off a swimming trip to the Y last night, followed by popcorn and staying up late (very fun) and a trip to Winco for major grocery shopping today (not so fun).
It's been a quiet week, mostly spent working and focusing on how to stay on this budget. My enthusiasm is fading a little and I'm having a hard time with the whole work 10 hours, come home, prep/cook/clean up after a healthy, budget-friendly meal, then get ready for the next day of...the same thing.
However, after a thrifty visit to white-trash-Winco, I did manage to pull off an iced tea from Starbucks. And it was the best thing I think I've ever tasted.
2 comments:
Seriously, go get boxes and have your little one decorate them, then have a box monster day. Any store will GIVE you boxes. This is what we do at work. we're adults and it amuses us.
I know how you feel. I was all into it the first week and now I'm all..."But why can't I buy this cute calendar?? It's FIVE DOLLARS. And I need to run by the grocery store. And I don't FEEL like cooking tonight." Sigh. Stick with it, I will too, and then next week we can talk about how fab we are. Sound like a plan? (PS, the pocket calendar I found starts in August...so I put it back and will wait until then to see if I still really want it. I hate bargaining with myself, but someone has to do it I guess. Because 10 things for $5 is a lot of money!)
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