Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Diet & Savings

This is one of my first posts so I am attempting to coordinate the posting software, etc. So please bear with me!

 
 

At this point I am very proud of Jen and her efforts to save us some time, money, and make our family "healthier."

 
 

We have significantly cut down on eating out which has a multitude of effects. We're not spending an inordinate amount of time out of the house and our evenings are simplified. It is very nice to just have a quiet evening at home with Jen and Ryleigh after a long day at the office. Big picture is that we both have more energy - and more dishes - but we'll save that for another day! :)

 
 

By taking leftovers I daily am more productive at work and don't have to worry about going somewhere, driving there, determining who is going, etc. A huge stress relief. Jen has really taken care to get interesting and tasty meals from the blog that she is using.

 
 

I find our time well spent and I enjoy working with Jen on the meals once a week when I am actually home.

 
 

More to follow but stay posted!

 
 

Try commenting so I can see if it works! Clint

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Let's get ready for...

... SAVING!

Got some more that catch up...

A couple weeks ago we took Clint's family out to dinner after church. 'Ol South in downtown Fort Worth offers a 20% off your entire bill if you show them that you checked into Yelp while at their restaurant.

Store: 'Ol South
Quest: Enjoy dinner with family

Purchases: dinner for 5

Savings: 20% off the total bill = $8 and change (I don't remember the cents part so I'll just count the $8 to be safe)

THEN... about a week and a half ago Clint and I stopped off at Sonic and used a coupon to cut our bill down...

Store: Sonic
Quest: LUNCH!

Purchases: 2 chili cheese coneys, 1 drink, and 1 tots

Savings: I had a coupon for a buy one get one free chili cheese coney dog; I already had a caffeine free vanilla diet coke (my fav!) so Clint got his own drink and side. Saved $2.99 plus tax and had a very cheap lunch = $3.24

Then... Clint and I went on our first date night since our sweet little blessing joined us. Nina and Papa watched our little Ryleigh while we went to Genghis Grill, strolled around the mall (scoring free his and her travel pillows from Sleep Number just for finding our "number" - like them on facebook to get your coupon for a free travel pillow), and then enjoyed some ice cream.

Store: Genghis Grill
Quest: date night

Purchase: 2 bowls

Savings: Our buy one bowl get another bowl free coupon saved us $9.99 plus tax = $10.81

TOTAL SAVINGS: $22.05

GRAND TOTAL SAVINGS TO DATE: $275.06

progress so far: 27.5%

Friday, July 1, 2011

Starting off July with getting caught up!

So... I haven't updated in a bit, so let's see if I can remember!

Store: El Chico
Quest: Lunch with Clint

Purchase:
2 entrees

Savings:
buy 1 get 1 free entree coupon by signing up for their online email program made our 3-course meal very cheap! Each meal was $10.49 with a buy one get one we saved $10.49 plus tax - $11.36

Then, to celebrate the completion of all my graduate coursework, we went to Red Lobster and I took my $4 off the purchase of 2 entrees coupon

Store: Red Lobster
Quest: celebrate!

Purchases:
Two 4 course for $15 specials

Savings:
$4

I keep feeling that there was a third update, but... pregnancy brain does NOT go away after the baby arrives... :) If I remember, I'll update then...

TOTAL SAVINGS: $15.36

GRAND TOTAL SAVINGS TO DATE: $253.01

Progress: 25.3% - a quarter of the way there!