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Started my Christmas shopping

August 25th, 2011 at 03:03 pm

I ran across a good deal on a Cuisnahart hand mixer and picked up a couple for Christmas gifts. That's 2 gifts off my list already.

I went grocery shopping yesterday and found some butt steaks marked down more than 50%. They are in the crockpot already this morning. Cooking them on low for 8 hrs so they are good and tender. I found a recipe on Allrecipes that has great reviews and is very, very easy.

Paying bills today. My hubby gets paid on the 10th and 25th of ea month so I will be paying the first of the month bills for Sept. I actually enjoy paying the mortgage. For the past several years we pay extra principle pymts ea month. Watching that balance go down quicker than normal is exciting. Hubby wants to cash out the 401K to pay it off, but I don't (tho it has lost almost $20,000.00 in the last few months.)

Like I said I went grocery shopping yesterday. At one local store i just got the loss leaders and paired with coupons. The cashier was shocked i got some items for free. Next I went to Wally World (not many places to shop in my neck of the woods) and price matched and used coupons. I will post later how much I saved and start my $20 challenge.

2 Responses to “Started my Christmas shopping”

  1. Ima saver Says:
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    Welcome to saving advice. You are smart to start your shopping early

  2. Jerry Says:
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    Our crock pot died and I really miss it... your slow-cooked steaks lead me to miss it even more! Good luck with paying down that mortgage and I hope that you have some insurance that the 401k will come back up soon.
    Jerry

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