Thursday, Trifty Thursday and can I please just get something done?

 

See these plates? They need to have cookies on them.  Do they?  NO!  Why? Well I just can't seem to be left alone long enough to finish anything.  Okay rephrase, I can't be left alone to start anything.  I am blessed with people who need me,  That is a positive way to put it.

 No military ball to haunt my dreams this year, but New army dress uniforms are all needed tomorrow.  So nice to find out yesterday.  I am seeing green and not because it is Christmas.

I have two sets of fatigues, to do also.  I did manage to get on full set of dress greens done yesterday and they are picked up, but we had Kelsa last night and all I got was these sets ripped.  Ugh!

D#2 is up in Spokane working for a doctor so I have to go up and pick Schmills and his buddies up from school and distribute at their proper homes. Then I have to rehearse all her dancers from 5:30 to 8:30 and do a costume check.  Which I know means the costumes don't fit and I will need to take various things home and fix them before the virtual performance Saturday.  So when can I make cookies?

But when I ran to check on Lil sis last night who by the way was feeling better, but still swollen, she was getting rid of more Christmas.  I sagged this Fitz and Floyd cookie jar.  Which is sadly still empty.

 Also scored these little candles holders, that look so pretty when the candles are lit at night.  See what a scrounge Kim is, I just wait until I get get things given to me, especially when it comes to Fracca (word for something you would value that really has no value).

Well with in a 1/2 an hour I have to go pick up kids, so let's get onto money saving or Thrifty Thursday.

1. emptied my yearly saving pig bank scored almost $50.00 for Christmas extras.

2. saved  another $20.00 in my $5 bill savings.  Total $425.00

3. cooked all meals from scratch

4. bought only loss leaders from store this week for storage and a few fresh veggies. Love to stock pantry like that even though we were limited to either 2 or 4 of said item.

5. Scrounged more Christmas decor for free

6. bought gas at reservation saved .26 a gallon.

7. Combined two days loads in dishwasher so ran it less.

8. found an old can of stain for Hubs projects he was going to buy a new one. 

9. finished a nice gift for son -in law with scraps I had on hand.

well it is time

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

 

Kim