Cheap Eats

Our new furnace/hot water tank/AC is almost paid off. It was installed back in April and it was not cheap. Fingers crossed it will all last until we're 60 and can get some senior discounts :-) With the end finally in sight, it was time to get organized again and find some hidden dollars. For too long life has been very seat of the pants and it was causing me some unhappiness.

For some time I have been taking oatmeal to work (because it's easier to eat breakfast at work than argue with my bird over oatmeal) and a big bag of plain oatmeal is pretty cheap! But I had to do better. I bought a giant Tupperware set from my friend that included five 2 oz containers, ten 1 cup containers, five round containers and five divided sandwich boxes, all in five fabulous rainbow colours! It's an organizational miracle.

So far I have started small with the 2 oz containers for cashews and the one cup ones for uncooked oatmeal. We went grocery shopping after making a meal plan on Sunday and I bought grapes, cheese and three different kinds of crackers to make my own SBUX style bistro boxes. I love them, but at $6 a pop I can slice my own darn cheese :-D