Christian, Wife, Mommy, Homemaker, Retired nurse, Fur-mama,living a simple and minimal life!
Late night run to Target and Walgreens tonight! I really didn’t have plans to shop tonight but my Starbucks coupons expire today and my hubby really likes their frappuccinos.
I’m running low on my coffee creamer and Target has them for 2/$3. I drink coffee everyday so I always take advantage if they’re on sale.
Hi everyone, just a quick post of my savings last week. Lowes.com had a clearance sale of their detergents and I was quick to get some before they ran out of their supply (lots of couponers in the WA area I’ve noticed). I will be sending all of the detergents to my mom in the Philippines,they are not HE type so I cannot use them here. I think this will last her for a year or two. I bought some produce too but forgot to take a picture, as I always wash and put them in the refrigerator right away. Happy Savings friends!
Hello family and friends, I hope you had a fun weekend. We watched a movie yesterday (Jack Ryan: shadow recruit) and had dinner at our local favorite Greek place. It was a quiet weekend for us. It’s been a hard week for me, got some sad news from a close friend in PI and my heart just broke for her. Praying for a good week for everybody. Anyways, I think I’m gonna start posting what we eat every week. My blog is like my food diary and I think it’s fun to see what we ate over the years. Here’s what we ate this week:
We had dinner out last night at Tantalus Greek Restaurant(Issaquah) after we watched the movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Chris Pine you’re one good looking actor!)
I’m off to look at my freezer and refrigerator so I can start my meal plan for this week! See Yah later!
It’s been a while since I posted here, we’ve been busy around here. Riley (our mini schnauzer) had an ear infection and we had to bring him to the vet. He’s doing so much better now and I’m just so glad he’s back to his normal happy self. I also started my Women Bible study every Tuesday morning, we are studying Gideon (based from the Book of Judges) by Priscilla Shirer! Zach and I also have a Bible study every Monday evening at our friends house.
One of my goals this new year is to cook more dishes at home, and to try new recipes and dishes that me and my Hubs will like. I have a lot of cooking magazines so getting inspiration is not a problem! I’ve been meal planning since last year but this new year I will really try to stick to it because it makes my life easy (knowing what we’ll be eating for the week) and saves money and time. Here’s what I’ve been cooking lately:
We also had take-outs and dine out a couple of times!
We’ve been eating yummy food lately! I’m looking forward to my meal planning tomorrow because that means we’ll probably have yummy food these coming days. We shall see! I hope you all have a good week and GO SEAHAWKS!!
I shopped at Walgreens and Fred Meyer today. I plan to send a balikbayan box to my mom and brother next month so I was on the look out for sale and clearance items. Most of the clearance items are candies and I have enough candies to send back home. So I passed on that deal. Here’s my haul today:
Happy New Year family and friends! We pray that you had a safe and fun NYE party with your loved ones. We had a casual NYE dinner with my In Laws, ordered Chinese food from our favorite Chinese restaurant,watched fireworks on TV, and as midnight approached we toasted and welcomed 2014! I bought some party favors to use like mini horns but we hardly used them because the doggies started to bark like crazy when we attempted to make some noise. I’m looking forward to 2014 and grateful for what the Lord blessed us with in 2013. 2013 was not my favorite year, and I’m just so ready to forget it. The best is yet to come! Cheers for a great 2014 friends!!!
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11).
We had my In Laws yesterday evening for some wagyu steaks we got from Costco. It was a delicious meal we prepared! Zach was in charge of the steaks while I took care of the side dishes. I made mashed potato, green beans, and the ravioli which we got from Trader Joes. I only had a little of the steaks because I wasn’t feeling very good but at least everybody enjoyed it. It’s always a pleasure to have my In laws here at home, relaxing and having great conversations with them. I’m so blessed in the In Law department:) They’re the best!
During this time of year, I really strive to just enjoy the holidays and festivities surrounding us so I try to cook simple food that me and the hubs will enjoy. For the last two Saturdays we’ve been spending our time here at home, watching movies and binging on tv shows. Hubby even suggested that it should be our december tradition from now on, lazy saturdays at home! Not sure about that suggestion:) I’ve shopped 60% of our Christmas gifts and will probably finish shopping this week. I did most of it online. Anyways, my husband had been away for a business trip last week. It was just me and Riley for a while and that gave me an opportunity to prepare some filipino food that I’ve been wanting to eat (my husband finds them OK!) so I prepared Pinakbet (Filipino dish made of mixed vegetable with lots of shrimp paste) and Chili made of ground beef (the hubs prefer chuck of beef).
It’s been a while since I posted a savings post here, but I’ve been couponing and looking for deals here and there though nothing extreme. I still coupon regularly when stuff is on sale so I can stockpile and ship it to my family in the Philippines. I already sent two balikbayan boxes last October and my family got it just this week. I had a coupon hiatus last October after sending stuff back home, but now that new year is coming up I’d like to “replenish” my pantry and stockpile. I will not buy products just because it’s on sale, I have to make sure it’s something we’ll use.I mostly shop at Walgreens and Rite Aid (rarely) if they have a good sale for products that I know my family needs. For produce I go to Fred Meyer(at least once a week),Trader Joes and Costco (at least once a month). I scored Rachael Rays bowls last cyber monday and it was such a steal (from Kohls.com). Happy Savings!
