Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[sparkles2307]

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Yeah no kidding.

Altho, I know that if I didn't need to go to Wyoming every 6 months and if I hadn't let Dh talk me into a camper I'd have a lot more cash. So I'm aware of the issues, but for gosh sake we already have the most basic cell phone plans, and tv package that we can get, NO computer/internet at home, and never go out to avoid paying a sitter, so I don't know how we can trim our living "luxuries" down any more without just eliminating one, but can you really see me surviving a MN winter without TV? And we need phones to function....

 

[Orchid]

We don't have a dish or cable subscription, but we do pay for internet and Netflix so we can watch movies through the Wii. Movies are our lifeblood from December through March.

Groceries are KILLING me.

 

[sparkles2307]

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i do appreciate having our own meat. that saves a lot. And kids that arent hitting puberty yet....

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

We have cable and internet. And buy entirely too many PPVs. Actually, we only have cable to buy the PPVs in the first place.

I'd happily cut the cable, but yeah, that won't fly. And reality is I think these days, after the early grades, once kids hit junior high age or so, they really need the access to the internet for research.

 

[Southernbelle]

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Shopping. I hit Walmart, Target & Sams and had lunch with a friend.

I hear you about the no-money situation. I spend $160 every week on groceries (which is significantly less than the USDA's Low-Cost Food Plan for a family of 6) and bought enough for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 7 days for my whole family. The kids and DH pack lunches from home. I have to plan out meals, make a list and write down the cost of every item I put in the cart to make sure I'm not going to go over budget. *sigh* One day I want to be rich enough to walk in the grocery store and buy whatever I want without worrying about how much is costs.

 

[sparkles2307]

its really, really grey out today.

bleck

 

[Orchid]

We are on a 30-day "no eating out" plan to save some money before Christmas. I don't mind not eating out at all, ever, but DH likes to grab lunch now and then so it's going to be significantly harder on him than me. I pack the lunches so I don't know why HE thinks it's a pain.

The kids do eat school lunch because as cheap as it is, there's no way I could pack it any cheaper. For breakfast AND lunch every day of the month at school it's $95 for two kids. Most days they don't eat school breakfast but I almost wish they would, it's cheaper than what they eat at home!

 

[Orchid]

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It was raining and sleeting here a little bit ago.

 

[sparkles2307]

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It was raining and sleeting here a little bit ago.

You just keep that crap down there missy!

 

[Southernbelle]

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I would love for mine to eat school lunch and they did for a few years, but not now. My older 2 kids take ADHD meds and it takes away their appetite a bit in the middle of the day, so they used to buy lunch and just not eat it. I'd rather they pack a lunch and bring home whatever they don't eat. I hate wasting food.