We all know that payday is a great day. The problem that we have in our family is that we (quoting my boss here) always seem to have "more month than money." It isn't really about the money, it's just that we don't manage the disposable part too well. We usually spend most of it in the first 3 days-week after we get paid (on a good week). It is really fun for those couple of days, but then the rest of the time is miserable which puts us in the cycle of can't wait for payday and then spend, spend, spend all over again. I don't know if we are the only ones like this, but here I am airing our dirty laundry.
Anyway, Friday was payday so naturally we have had a great few days, soon to be followed by misery I guess :)
There was the Salt Lake Downtown Farmers Market again where this week we picked up heirloom tomatoes , peaches, pears, blackberries, raspberry freezer jam, fresh salsa, corn-on-the-cob, peppers, sage, apples, Tony Caputo's Market Viola (imported from Italy) olive oil and aged parmigiano reggiano, Crumb Brother's Bakery Whole Wheat & Sourdough breads. All of this paired with some fresh fruit grown by my dad. It has been a sensory feast around here the last couple of days. I wish every day could be like this.
Today we hit up target for the Kashi 4/$11 + for every 4 you get a $5 gift card. Kashi is healthy, delicious, and made in Utah. It is one of the best packaged foods (for the protein and nutrients) you can buy. Run, don't walk to Target to take advantage of this pricing. I have never seen Kashi this low before. We seriously stocked up. (I am known to do this when there is a really good price hence my son calling lines in books aisles and letting me know we were out of stock of cheerios at two-years-old).
We also went to an interesting BBQ place called Q4U which deserves a post all by itself so stay tuned.
Oh yeah, we can't forget the other large purchase after payday called filling up our gas tank. Crazy that!
So if you have any great FREE ideas for the next week where we have plenty of month left leave me a comment.
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Why do they call it corn-on-the-cob? That's how it comes. That ought to be called corn, and anything else should be called "corn-off-the-cob." It's as though you cut off my arm, and called it "Casey." But then if you stuck it back on, it would be "Casey Altogether."
lol, I never thought of it that way before. Braeden is also not fond of the term dusting instead he refers to it as "undusting".
Ok, I've decided to put my creative thinking cap on. Some ideas that I came up with are:
The Humes Family Film festival. You either pick a favorite movie each and make the munchies for your movie day OR Take a box of random crap and let Braeden produce a home movie starring you guys and Huxley.
This one is a bit girly, but go around the neighborhood picking autumnish leaves and such and make a decoration for Fall.
I have a recipe for Salt clay, you can make some with ingredients you already have and use food coloring and cookie cutters then let your creations dry out.
Rubbing alchohol and food coloring will dye noodles perfectly for kids crafts. You put the alchohol and food coloring in a zip lock, add noodles and shake. It dries fast and makes great necklaces for Grandmas. --We did this once and got Burger King crowns and decorated the blank side for dress ups.
Sticky shoe movies!!! (aka Dollar movies)
Macey's has family cooking classes for free and other classes too.
Its almost Pumpkin patch time...
You can always vistit the Teasdale's for game night. :)
My Grandpa had one of those tacky petrified log thingies that said "Why is there always so much month left at the end of the money." He glued an envelope to the back and stuck in $20 a pay check. That was their fun money. Of course it went a lot farther then...
lol I love your ideas Carrie, thanks! I especially love the movie one where Braeden gathers things in box and produces a movie. Sound like fun!
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