tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054827990287178366.post3800181256035231008..comments2023-09-06T10:46:38.888-06:00Comments on A Quiet Country Life: Frugal Accomplishments as we finish 2015Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02480853709492521200noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054827990287178366.post-8056625934524813942016-01-05T06:05:52.552-07:002016-01-05T06:05:52.552-07:00I love at you and daughter have been doing. She i...I love at you and daughter have been doing. She is so creative that I would be surprised to hear the 'I'm' Bored complaint from her ever!<br /><br />Our free Christmas ham from my husband's employer covered Christmas dinner for four, a leftover meal for 2, 15 sandwiches, some of which are in the freezer for lunches, 12 packages of chopped ham for eggs and omelettes, a pot of soup with the bone and some chopped ham and 2 large pkg of chopped ham for main dishes. Not a bit wasted. Milk that went past date has been used in a buttermilk bread recipe that we enjoy. Leftover Christmas cookies were packaged up and frozen to pull out bit by bit. I also froze 2 containers of fajita meat and one of taco meat from Christmas Eve. Leftovers were eaten and no food was wasted from the week which I cannot say for other years. There are still some produce bits and ends that I will put in a stir fry this week.<br /><br />While we were at Home Depot finalizing our new kitchen counters we shopped the Christmas markdowns since they were down to 75% off. We were able to buy LED lights for our tree for only $16. I have wanted to do this for years and the price has finally come down. I think these will pay for themselves in a year of use. When we got back to the kitchen dept we found that installed counters were 10% off! This saved enough to pay for 75% of the new kitchen sink. <br /><br />We had considered going out for a nice steak dinner after seeing that we have a new Texas Roadhouse but instead we bought a T-bone on sale and a loaf of French bread and had a nice meal at home. We signed up to receive texts from Subway and each got a free 6 inch sub w/ a drink purchase. For entertainment we rented a movie from Amazon with the 75% off code and used promotional credit from choosing slower shipping to get it for free.<br /><br />Yesterday I cut up the fronts of our Christmas cards and punched a hole and attached red and white twine that I got for free. This yielded 32 gift tags for next year.<br /><br />Have a good week! We have a few days of sunshine before the rain comes back.Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.com