Update on 30 Days of Nothing

At the beginning of September, I set out to do Owl Haven’s 30 Days of Nothing.  I made a goal to eat more at home and spend less.  I made a monthly menu, purchased food for the month, and began.
It all went well the first half of the month.  Breakfast, lunch, and dinner came from [...]

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More on Brownies…

Recently, I’ve posted about making brownies with beans, as well as making regular brownies with chocolate chips (see the recipe at the bottom of the second paragraph).
I also made a double batch of brownies about 2 weeks ago, which I used as gifts for co-workers (end of the school year).  After the brownies cooled, I [...]

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May 28

I went to CVS to purchase deodorant and shampoo.  I had $1.50 in coupons.  After seeing the $5.49 price for deodorant, I left, thinking that I would try HEB for lower prices.  At the library, I realized that I had $6 in Extra Bucks from my previous shopping trip ($3 was if you spent $15). [...]

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Swimsuit Cover Up

Over the winter, I wore a blue sweatsuit and blue flip flops after I swam.  Now that it is in the nineties every day, I’ve been coming home wrapped in a hot pink (not in a pretty way) beach towel.  Last week (or the week before?), I wanted to go into the grocery store after [...]

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Organizing Coupons

I’ve tried several methods of organizing my coupons.  A store-bought coupon-specific organizer didn’t work, because I couldn’t view the coupons.  Plus the organizer’s categories didn’t match my personal categories.  It made it difficult to filter out coupons when you wanted to see what you had at the store (shuffle, shuffle, shuffle every time to get [...]

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