Decorating With Garage Sale Finds Signed Numbered Cat Prints Hasso

I love to garage sale and go to auctions and estate sales. This is a perfect way to decorate

your home on the thrifty side

So much better than shopping the large box stores where there are several of the same prints in piles.

Chances my friends will not have the same pictures hanging on their wall.

Hubby and I found these two prints that are signed and numbered last fall and today we got out the

hammer and found the perfect place for them.

They are near the front door and visible from my desk in the office. Every time I look up

they are what I see.  Purchase price $20.00 Meow to saving dollars.

Artist name looks like Hasso

Using up Pantry and Freezer Food to make some Soup

The last few months we have been away from the snow.

This is our first winter out of the cold freezing weather for several months.

Our time is nearing to head back to Minnesota and nearer to the family.

Problem is our cupboards are full of pasta and freezer full of chicken breasts.

Time to make make some home made soup.  Click on the link to see all my

pictures and my recipe.

Some chicken, carrots, celery , chicken broth, pasta and frozen mixed vegetables

and we have several fast  dinners

Reading Books Free with Amazon Kindle App

I finally joined the group of reading books on my phone and lap top by adding the

Amazon Kindle app

I have found some free books plus now for $9.99 a month I can read certain books free.

They do limit me to only 10 on my kindle at a time.

The following books are some that I will down load on my kindle.

I can lay in bed in the dark and read while hubby sleeps.

One free mystery is The Numbers Game

Or Claudia Must Die

Scroll through the most popular books on kindle at this time. See what you can read for a

small price or even free

Thanks for stopping by I need to get back to my book

Buying Clothing At A Thrift Store ~ Balancing Your Budget Shop Used Rather Than New

I have decided to add selling good used clothing to my eBay store. So off to the thrift store I went.
We were on a small road trip to spend time with some of the family and on the way there are 6 different thrift stores.
This is some of the tips I will share with you.
1. If they have a frequent customer card get one and remember to get it punched when shopping. This month I have received $20.00 in free merchandise at two different stores.
2. Most of the store will have a certain color tag on sale, look for clothes with that tag to save you money.
3. Be sure to check out the clothing carefully before buying. Stains , holes and it does not go into my shopping card.
4. If you are going to resell on the Internet research it is important to learn what brands are worth buying and what you should pay to make a profit. I only buy what is on sale unless it is a treasure.
I am just starting this new niche to sell on eBay and have joined a face book group to learn from those who have been doing clothing for some time. And as a bonus I am finding out about other treasures that can be found that can be worth some nice money.

Here are a few of the items I have found this last weekend.
Jesse James work shirt great condition. Ralph Lauren and last is Tommy Bahama  ladies Hawaiian style blouse.


Great treasures can be found for a few dollars. Give your budget a break and check out your local thrift store to see what is waiting for you.
Thanks for stopping by. Grace

EASY DROP DANISH USING BISQUICK SO YUMMY AND EASY

Change of pace from normal egg on toast for breakfast. Made Easy Drop Danish with Bisquick and orange marmalade. Did not have enough marmalade so hubby loves peanut butter so tried that in a few. He said okay but won't use again.
2 Cups Original Bisquick, 1/4 cup butter or margarine soften, 3 T sugar, 2/3 cup milk, 1/4 cup of preserves of your choice.
Glaze is 2/3 cups powdered sugar, 1 T warm water , 1/4 t vanilla ( I did not have vanilla so substituted maple syrup.)
1. Heat oven 450 , lightly grease cookie sheet. Stir bisquick , margarine and sugar in medium bowl until crumbly. Stir in milk until dough forms; beat 15 strokes.
2. Drop dough rounded Tablespoonful about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Make shallow well in center of each with back of spoon; fill with 1 t of the preserves.
3. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. While warm drizzle with glaze. Makes 12 Danish each 175 calories.

 

 

Grocery Shopping and Meal Plans 4/18/13

Snowing again and feeling the desire to just cook, read and stay warm.  Prepared grocery list, found coupons and headed to grocery store.  Made one small trip yesterday for eggs, milk, butter and ice cream . Today did the main shopping trip at Cub foods.
Got all of this for $91.24 saving 24 percent.

 

Largest dollar amount was meat. We have a pot roast that will give us several meals, buy one get one free chicken breasts, 3 pounds of ground beef and bacon to top of the meat purchases.

We will put a pot roast in the crock pot tomorrow morning. From this we will get dinner and have left overs for hot beef sandwiches, maybe some fiestas and if anything left will turn into barb q beef sandwiches.
Hamburger will make meat loaf with left over being used for hash for breakfast. Beef and Bean enchiladas and calico bean hot dish.  Chicken will give us at least 4 meals, planning on chicken and vegetables for one meal and planning on trying a new recipe with some of the chicken.
Breakfast will be eggs and toast with bacon, pancakes and maybe French toast. Lunch is sandwiches and soup or left overs.
Most of what I bought should last over a week with only needing some milk, eggs and fruit to round of our meals

MEAL PLANNING FOR THE BUSY FAMILY

Do you ever get bogged down with trying to come up with ideas for dinner. Dinner does not need to be take out or frozen packaged food from the grocery store.
 Make a list of about 20 favorite recipes. Write this list on a piece of paper out of a note book
or on the computer and print out. Post this on your refrigerator.
Decide which of these would be good for double batches to freeze when a quick easy dinner is needed.
Make a list of ingredients you need for these meal ideas.
Check your pantry and refrigerator for what you all ready have.
Plan the weeks menu around this list, what is in the pantry and what is on sale at the grocery store.

One dinner idea in our home is meat loaf. I can have two meals out of one meat loaf since there are only two of us. Bake some potatoes with the meat loaf. Later in the week add potatoes to the meat loaf and you have home made hash. Double recipe if you have more than two in your household.