October's Menu!

I pretty much am only planning out the Month of October's dinner menu.

For breakfast and lunches we will have a variety  of granola cereals, smoothies, yogurts, toaster pastries, banana breads, pumpkin breads and muffins all made from scratch.

 Dinners:

Sat. Oct.5 –   New England Dinner Gratin

Sun. Oct.6-   Brussel Sprout, Chicken-Apple Sausage Bake

Mon. Oct.7-   Twice Baked Potatoes with Broccoli and Arugula Salad

Tue. Oct. 8-   Chili

Wed. Oct. 9- Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes and Fried Cabbage

Thur. Oct.10 Tuna, White Bean and Red Onion Salad

Fri. Oct. 11- Homemade Pizza

Sat. Oct. 12.  Chicken Nuggets with Watermelon and Arugula Salad

Sun. Oct. 13- Blue Cheese Mushroom and Onion Potato Gratin w/ arugula salad

 

Mon. Oct. 14- Waffles and fresh fruit salad

Tues. Oct. 15- Black Bean Burgers

Wed. Oct. 16- Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, green beans (Hubby B-day)

Thurs. Oct. 17- BLT Pasta

Fri. Oct. 18-   Leftovers

Sat. Oct. 19- Split Pea and Ham Soup

Sun. Oct. 20- No Mayo TunaSalad with twice baked Sweet Potato’s

Mon. Oct. 21- Creole Rice, Sausage and Cabbage Soup

 

Repeat Menu

 

Happy Fall you all, what is on your menu this month?

Not Much New Happening!

There has not been a whole lot to report on my end, sometimes one thing about being  frugal is that things can get downright pretty mundane!

We have simplified dinners to where each family member shops for their own food. They each get $50 to buy 2 weeks worth of  food at a time. They buy it,  they prepare it.... this goes on Monday through Friday which is a reason I have  not been posting any new  recipes lately....... I have  not been cooking! Saturday and Sunday I provide them with free meals either by cooking something simple or sometimes on a bad health day I cheat and order pizza or something like  that.

We did take the family out to the theatre not too long ago to watch World War Z, this is the second time this year we were able to enjoy this pleasure after not being in a theatre in  around 7 years so has been really nice.

We were also able to stop in at a cider mill with our daughter not too long ago after a chemo session. That was a new oh so wonderful activity for us! I bought some rhubarb jelly and yummy apple bread from their bakery!

Pretty much our days are filled with just hanging out at the house, going  to chemo, going to get blood work for chemo done and our bi-weekly grocery shopping. This is due to right  now ALL our extra money that comes in has been being used up in all the gas it takes  to get me  to my treatments.

Gas for our truck most months are equaling or coming very close to what our monthly RENT is! YIKES that  is a lot of gas BUT still pretty much staying on budget. It is making saving for our next propane fill up a little scary but I know it will work out. I don't have to start really worrying too much about that just yet so am hoping I can save my butt off in July for what we will need.

On another note it can be hard to think of what to write when each day is pretty much the same! We are living by the budget that is posted here  and using all extra income that comes in for Gas for the Truck. Even though I had envelopes I wanted  to fund, at the moment is not happening due to how much these hospital trips are costing us. BUT that  means I am still making all my needed trips and working in getting HEALTHY again! So  it is all good baby!

We just had my 45 birthday where last year the theme was 44 and still poor so this year was 45 Staying Alive!

Me and hubby have our 14 anniversary coming up this month!

And that is about all the news at my home!

Any plans for July? Share in the comments!

Sold on Sam's Club: NOT

We went to Sam's Club the other day and while we did find some good buys, I am not sure I am really sold on Sam's club by the time we factor in the $15 in gas for one trip and then the $40 membership fee.

It is certainly set up to entice the shopper to overspend in large quantities in the least amount of time. Many products are overpriced and the sample stations everywhere further encouraging buying when you taste the products. One of these sample stations had hubby putting a barbecue sandwich box into the cart!

Now granted I have never stepped foot in a warehouse store before, so we were very unorganized and not sure what to expect or what to buy. To top this off, it was a regular shopping day we needed as we were out of many things and did not have time to go to 2 stores on that day. We were exhausted due to a week of company with friends, adult daughter, family visits and our grand kids who stayed 4 days. This all contributed to way overspending yet quite the learning experience as well.

In the future I can see buying spices, the large frozen bags of fruit, toilet paper if a good buy and some large cans of certain things, oatmeal and perhaps some grains and pasta but beyond that, nothing really as everything else seemed to be cheaper at the local Walmarts.

I did get what seemed to be good buys on produce until we got them home and actually tasted them. They truly were awful, the oranges were tasteless, the grapes where tasteless AND dry! The plums were tasteless and going bad before they are even ripe.........YUCK, YUCK and YUCK! Never again will I buy fresh produce there! Horrible stuff yet gorgeous in appearance........totally misleading on what you get!

The best buy is truly the spices as our local Walmart sells spices in tiny tiny little things that cost as much as the bulk ones at Sam's club. If we combine this trip with other things we like to visit in that town 25 miles away then the gas won't be as bad either.

My verdict on Sam's Club? NOT IMPRESSED IN THE LEAST