Comments on: Weekly Frugal Challenge and Some Updates http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/ Saving money and getting out of debt from a Christian SAHM perspective Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:54:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: We did it! No eating out for a month! | beingfrugal.net http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-650 We did it! No eating out for a month! | beingfrugal.net Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:54:42 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-650 [...] of challenges, I’m repeating my weekly challenge from last week.  I made absolutely no progress on organizing my emails or finding online product manuals.  So [...] [...] of challenges, I’m repeating my weekly challenge from last week.  I made absolutely no progress on organizing my emails or finding online product manuals.  So [...]

]]> By: Lynnae http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Lynnae Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:56:32 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-579 I kind of like the little support group we have going here. :) And Hilda, we probably did save enough money to pay for the TV by not eating out! I kind of like the little support group we have going here. :)

And Hilda, we probably did save enough money to pay for the TV by not eating out!

]]> By: Heather http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Heather Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:33:34 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-577 Lynnae you are doing great! Everyone here is accomplishing so much and y'all should be so proud. When it comes to appliances and electronics such as t.vs dh and I prefer to buy new, with the luck we have had in the past this works out better for us lol. We, like you also pay cash, it is a G-R-E-A-T feeling knowing that there will be no monthly payments whether to a finance company or credit card :) Lynnae you are doing great! Everyone here is accomplishing so much and y’all should be so proud.

When it comes to appliances and electronics such as t.vs dh and I prefer to buy new, with the luck we have had in the past this works out better for us lol.

We, like you also pay cash, it is a G-R-E-A-T feeling knowing that there will be no monthly payments whether to a finance company or credit card :)

]]> By: Hilda http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Hilda Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:11:25 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-481 Good job on not eating out! I bet the money you saved is more than the price of a new TV! Good job on not eating out! I bet the money you saved is more than the price of a new TV!

]]> By: louise http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-480 louise Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:43:33 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-480 buying takeaway was one of our biggest money wasters, it was just easy after a busy day at work. We have saved a lot by giving it up. buying takeaway was one of our biggest money wasters, it was just easy after a busy day at work. We have saved a lot by giving it up.

]]> By: Kyle http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Kyle Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:28:41 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-476 Great self-discipline to not eat out this month, that is awesome. I know it is really hard when you are out and about and short on time to not just grab some fast food. Well Done! Great self-discipline to not eat out this month, that is awesome. I know it is really hard when you are out and about and short on time to not just grab some fast food. Well Done!

]]> By: Paula http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Paula Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:14:38 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-473 My goal this week is to clean the dining room. I usually cut coupons, pay bills, balance check book, etc at the table. The kids also do their homework and we eat dinner there, so it's a bit cluttered. I need to get some sort of system for the homework/bill paying clutter though. My goal this week is to clean the dining room. I usually cut coupons, pay bills, balance check book, etc at the table. The kids also do their homework and we eat dinner there, so it’s a bit cluttered. I need to get some sort of system for the homework/bill paying clutter though.

]]> By: Leah Ingram http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Leah Ingram Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:28:04 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-474 Last night, after one daughter's soccer game and right before my other daughter's swim meet, I threw together chicken quesadillas for dinner (made with leftover chicken from the previous night's dinner). As I was cooking it dawned on me: we'd gone more than a week without eating out. I was just amazed. Before we adopted our frugal lifestyle, we would eat out at least three times a week. I think that the thing that has helped is menu planning, including writing on our calendar what we are having for dinner each night, and then food shopping based on the menu. This way you never run short of food when you need to throw together something fast. Seems obvious and simple, I know, but it really does work. I hope that I, too, can report in a few weeks that we will have gone a month without eating out. Leah Ingram http://suddenlyfrugal.blogspot.com Last night, after one daughter’s soccer game and right before my other daughter’s swim meet, I threw together chicken quesadillas for dinner (made with leftover chicken from the previous night’s dinner). As I was cooking it dawned on me: we’d gone more than a week without eating out. I was just amazed. Before we adopted our frugal lifestyle, we would eat out at least three times a week.

I think that the thing that has helped is menu planning, including writing on our calendar what we are having for dinner each night, and then food shopping based on the menu. This way you never run short of food when you need to throw together something fast. Seems obvious and simple, I know, but it really does work. I hope that I, too, can report in a few weeks that we will have gone a month without eating out.

Leah Ingram
http://suddenlyfrugal.blogspot.com

]]> By: Annie Walker http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Annie Walker Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:04:14 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/09/24/weekly-frugal-challenge-and-some-updates/#comment-472 I've organised my kitchen workspace to make room for a plastic storage box that houses all the things that I need to Ebay. My plan is that if I see them there every time I do a task in the kitchen, I will be more motivated to photograph and list an item in a spare five minutes. It also looks a lot tidier! I'm determined that as something comes out of the box (ie. is sold and posted), I am going to add something else, keeping my Ebay listings on a nice even turnover. Well, that's the plan, anyway :-) I'm also trying not to get takeaway food - doing pretty well after a lapse 8 days ago! I’ve organised my kitchen workspace to make room for a plastic storage box that houses all the things that I need to Ebay. My plan is that if I see them there every time I do a task in the kitchen, I will be more motivated to photograph and list an item in a spare five minutes.

It also looks a lot tidier! I’m determined that as something comes out of the box (ie. is sold and posted), I am going to add something else, keeping my Ebay listings on a nice even turnover.

Well, that’s the plan, anyway :-)

I’m also trying not to get takeaway food – doing pretty well after a lapse 8 days ago!

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