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Potluck and reflections

October 10th, 2012 at 03:41 am

The potluck dish I made was a big hit. I just improvised a dish...and called it enchilada pie. Layers of white corn tortillas cut into bite sized pieces, shredded chicken, cheese, salsa verde, refi and black beans, olives,corn and green chilis. Three of the layers were the tortillas and the other layers were just random. I hope the kids at the shelter enjoyed it as much as the people I work with did.

I need a haircut. For the past couple of years I have been going to a friends salon, but she shut down and went to work at a bank to get a more steady income and benefits. My last haircut was in May before I went to Boston/NY. I have trimmed the bangs, but have just worn my hair up in a clip since. I just hate going to a new stylist..I predict I will just make an appt at JC Penney...but until then, I will trim my bangs again and try curling the hair or keep putting it up. The longer it gets the heavier the hair is on the clip- which doesnt help the headaches. However, even though I didnt stop for the cost, I was paying for color and cut every 8 weeks...so I figure I have skipped 2-3 cut/color appts...if I take off two boxes of do-it-myself color, it is a savings of about $150 the past 5 months.

I have noticed a few commercials for a new show- Extreme Cheepskates. It looks interesting- albeit extreme, but I have set the DVR to record. It will be interesting to see just how extreme folks can go.

Hmmm...makes me think about what extremes Ive gone to. At times, I did extreme things simply because I didnt have much choice...like the time I had one working light bulb and no money, so I just moved the light bulb from room to room at night as I needed to. Or the time when I was first married and we had no money and we ate hot dogs for a week...that was not good on the tummy.

Other extreme things I have done have been from choice rather than necessity...one year a I went a full year without a haircut so that I could give the money I saved to a single mom. Or all the things I did the two years I stayed home and helped my parents....My goal for much of that time was to feed my family (and sometimes my parents too) on $5 per meal. Not exactly extreme, but definately helped stretch the dollars.

The hub and I have come a long ways in our earning ability...and I have often strayed from the frugal choices I was making when things were tighter. However, I have that experience to pull from and am getting re-motivated to see how far I can stretch our dollars. This site is an excellent source for motivation.

Not sure whether Extreme Cheapskates will motivate, humor or entertain...but its worth a visit I suppose.







4 Responses to “Potluck and reflections”

  1. wowitsawonderfullife Says:
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    Wow, you really know how to stretch a dime!

  2. Ima saver Says:
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    I am looking forward to that show too! Yesterday I made an appt. to take my puppy in for her rabies shot, so I will miss the first show. Let us know what it is about!

  3. creditcardfree Says:
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    One lightbulb! Impressive. I hope the show will at least give some of the people some ideas on ways to stretch their money if needed...even if they don't go as extreme as the show.

  4. North Georgia Gal Says:
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    I will have to hunt for that show. It sounds interesting.

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