17
2010
It’s been quite a frugal year around here and I’ve been terrible about blogging it. So here I am, ready to get back on the horse again and do a better job of tracking the savings. One thing I did learn was that an event like a car accident or illness can derail the best laid plans. But enough about the past…on to the future of frugality and savings…with a NEW GOAL!
Something we were able to accomplish this year was to save enough to be able to take our first ever family vacation. We’re anxiously awaiting our departure this summer for Walt Disney World! It’s been so much fun doing the planning and plotting to make this a fantastic vacation. I’m happy to report that I found us great savings and are able to stay on property at a deluxe resort for our 5 night/6 day Disney extravaganza.
So…the new goal…now that we have a taste of what a real vacation is like – we need to plot and plan and save so we can do another vacation next year! Woo hoo!
Through a great Disney-related message board, I found a terrific budget board and joined a “Coupon Train.” Ever done this? It’s where each week you clip all the coupons you can find – set aside the ones you will use, then send the ones you won’t use along to the next person in the train. Each week you receive a lovely envelope stuffed with coupons in your mailbox. I’ve found this to be very useful as folks in other areas of the country get different coupons sometimes than we do here, so I’ve gotten some great ones to use and have been able to pass along some great savings to others.
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23
2009
Well, it’s clear things aren’t settling down any time soon so I must simply press on and try to update here whenever I can. I have all my grocery and savings receipts all in a pile waiting to be added up. A lot of the savings have been blown because of my lengthy illness and now this new curve ball.
My husband was rear-ended in his car two weeks ago. He’s injured and is not yet able to return to work. Frugality is of even more importance now. Part of what is particularly upsetting in this situation is that his car, which will sadly never be driven again, was the most frugal little car that ever was. We got it close to ten years ago, and it was old then. But it was the little engine that could. The thing wouldn’t stop. It was a 1988 (yes you read that right 1988) Mazda 323. It was not pretty, but it ran and it ran cheap. and now it looks like this:
Sad Car
So…this is what has been distracting me of late. It hadn’t yet been a week that I was finally feeling better from the bout with pneumonia when this happened. Now the kids just got out of school, I’m trying to work as much as I can, and I’m still in school. So yes, I feel terrible about missing my daily or even weekly updates. I will try to do better now.
Speaking of school, I’ll have my Associates Degree in a month, then about a year and half to get my Bachelors. I’m getting there…slowly but surely I’m getting there.
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