I Wonder If They Will Relist It?

Well I missed my chance to own a major American city, dagnabbit!

And it was going cheap.......real cheap!

Sluggy
 

Oh I Forgot Something.....

When I was showing y'all the detritus Firstborn had bagged up to throw out from his old room last week or so, I forgot to include a picture of this "gem" I dug outta the trash.



And come January, I'll be wearing this lovely item......

 Sluggy

Talking Sexy Grocery Talk

Well I didn't get by on groceries this week with spending $25 but I did only spend $42.19 total.

I got the few things I needed for this week's menu(milk, ricotta, deli meat, lettuces), but Weis(PMITA)Markets had a $5 off $50 Coupon in the flyer so I figured I'd pick up a few more things we can use soon(and that were on sale this week) and get to the $50 mark(before coupons)so I could get that extra $5 discount.
I ended up buying $81.86 worth of groceries for $42.19 after Qs and discounts used.
That's a 48.50% savings rate. ;-)

Here's what I got....

Weis Ice Cream for #2 Son...$1.49 wflyer /Q
Cheez-its for #2 Son....$.99 w/flyer Q
2 Bagels....$1.18
2 containers of Ricotta Cheese....$5 on sale
1 bag of Salad.....$1.95 w/50% discount sticker
1 loaf garlic bread....$.99 w/50% discount sticker
chicken deli meat.....$5.99 on sale
container of milk....$1.83
2 diet drinks.....$2.00 on sale
8.50 lbs. of chicken breast.....$6.98 * on sale w/$6 in instant Q
large bag of dog kibble......$9.99 on sale & w/$1 IPQ
6 large cans of wet dog food.....$6.00 on sale

Subtotal before all Qs was north of $60.
After all Qs the subtotal was $39.39 and the tax brought it to $40.52.
I also bought a head of green leaf lettuce this week at a different store on sale for $1.67.

* The chicken was a great deal.  Reg. $2.99 lb. split chicken breasts were BOGO free this week.  I walked into the store to find some packages were getting close to the sell by date so they had $3 instant discount stickers on them.  I found 2 packages within .63¢ of price to each other and paid the higher $12.98 price for 8.50lbs. total.  Then 2 x $3 discounts came off at the register making my chicken $6.98 for all.  That's .82¢ lb. for chicken breasts.
The packages got broken down at home and smaller portions packed into the freezer for use later next month.

Basically by buying some things ahead & a couple of treats real cheap, for #2 Son using store Qs in the flyer,  I saved an extra $5 on stuff I would have bought in the next 2 weeks anyway.

I am left with $98.50 in my July food budget for shopping the 22nd through the 31st.
10 days and we have lots of stuff here already so this should be a walk in the park to stay under budget in July.  I'll be making my menu up this weekend for those 10 days using proteins & grains/bread already on hand.  The grocery monies will cover fresh veggies and fruits I find at a good price and in season this coming week.

Sluggy

A Rare Occurance...Enjoy The View While You Can!

I can't believe I forgot to mention this before now!

Lookie at the view out my front door I've had all week.....

If you are new here and you have no clue why I am showing a picture of my neighborhood, looking down the street, here is what is usually parked across the street from my house.....

We call it the "Behemoth".
Well that is the polite thing we call it.

8-)

No clue how long I can continue to bask in not having that eyesore parked there.
But I'll enjoy it however long it lasts.

Hey!
I got nothing against having a huge ass travel trailer.
Just don't park it in your driveway all year, especially if your driveway is barely long enough for it.

Sluggy

I Scare People

Ok,
I can't help but feel "painting envy" when I go over to Alex's Blog and see that the guy painting her living room is almost done and by the end of the weekend, Alex will have put back together her room for the grand reveal.
So jealous.....

It's been over a week(9 days to be exact)since the local handyman franchisee came over to our house to take photos and take down all the information on all the projects we want/need doing over here at Chez Sluggy.
A week and not a peep outta these guys on an estimate of what it will cost us.

We ended up with 7 separate "projects" that need doing here, when the handyman was finished writing them all up.

1.  Repair/patch ceilings/wallboard/doorway edges in assorted rooms.
2.  Paint entire downstairs and upstairs hallway.
3.  Finish crown molding in living/dining rooms.
4.  Fix and rehang hall closet bi-fold door.
5.  Rip up carpet and install bamboo flooring in living/dining rooms.
6.  Replace trim around garage door and replace decorative shutters on 3 windows on front of house.
7.  Clean and paint(or replace with metal/vinyl) decorative attic vent on front of house.

Do you think I scared him away?
I do.

Maybe I should have eased into this by only letting them know about 2 or 3 projects.
And then when those were completed we could contract with them to do the others.
Yah, maybe I should have done that.

But I didn't.....because I have NO PATIENCE dang it!!
I want this stuff done and I want it done, like yesterday.

It's been so long since I've had an actual living room that looks and is used like a living room.
I just can't help myself.

So I sit here trying to not glance furtively at the telephone and by using my mind control abilities WILL IT TO RING!
Grrrr......AAArgh......sigh loudly......*drop head on desk and whimper softly*.......

And someone please if you see my Hubs in real life, remind him that I am waiting for him to take the pile of broken electronically crap out of the center of the living room and drop it off at Best Buy NOW.
Doing it yesterday would be even better.

Do you believe me now when I said I am no patience?!

I swear, if I could lift that TV it would be sitting out on the curb as of 2 months ago.
So tired of it.

So what do you think?.......did I scare him off?

Sluggy