A week into it...

Well, last week we did pretty good with everything.  I managed to stick to my plan of eating out only once for lunch and then made that meal into two and saved myself the trouble of packing lunch the next day. 

As I thought, dinner was the hardest thing for me.  Because I had made up some casseroles early in the week, we were able to not eat out all week long with some cooking in between to supplement the pre-made stuff.  I also found at Wal-Mart some marinated chicken breasts that I threw on our Foreman grill one night and that was simple and easy.  I used the remaining chicken from that meal to make a delicious salad for lunch the next day for myself and my hubby.

I also saved myself the cost of dry cleaning for the week by washing in delicate mode my sweaters, etc. and then laying them out to dry and throwing them in the dryer for five minutes (on low) to get the wrinkles out.  I used the Dryel stuff on a couple of other items that didn't need to be laundered but just needed "refreshing". 

I started making my holiday presents.  I got a beautiful bracelet done for my sister.  I know she'll really like - it looks just like something she would wear.  I also came up with an inventive idea for a present for my hubby:  he loves music and he loves to hear me sing.  A friend of ours has built a recording studio in his home and I called and asked him if I could "record" an album of my hubby's favorite songs to hear me sing.  We will work on getting the music and our friend will do the background vocals for me.  I hope it will work!

I also did very well with leaving my car at home and taking the train or getting a ride with my husband.  I will admit that I miss the extra 45 minutes at home every day but I do enjoy saving the $40 for the week.

So, for last week's work that my entire family did, I think we saved about $100 or more.  We're waiting until the end of the month to see what we have left in the checking account and then will move at least $334 over from that.

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