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Another “Slow Month” – January 2013

January 17, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 8 Comments

Last January I embarked upon what I referred to as a “slow month”. You can read about it here. Essentially it involved making use of what I already have on hand, learning new skills, being creative and very minimal buying. I found it to be a good challenge for me, so much so that I…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: A Slow Month, Californication, Downton Abbey, frugal, groceries, No Buy January

March Slow Month Report

April 2, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

This is probably not of interest to anyone but me so feel free to ignore. 😉 March 2 Apple Market: grapes 5# bag of Cuties bananas lettuce green onions 1/2 gallon organic milk (for yogurt) mayonnaise Dijon mustard chili sauce (for a homemade dressing recipe) large jar of pickles (to make bread and butter pickles)…

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February Slow Month Final Update

March 3, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

I can’t believe it’s already March! Even with an extra day, February just flew by. Guess it’s time to post my final figures for the month. As of the last update on February 12th, I had spent $204.19. Here is what I bought for the rest of the month: February 15 Azure Standard Co-op Order:…

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February – Slow Month #2

February 13, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

I meant to write more about this but got caught up in the Grammy Awards…and Facebooking and Tweeting about it. But since I have plans for another post tomorrow I’m going to go ahead and post this barebones version of an update tonight. Below is what I’ve spent on groceries so far this month. This…

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Slow Month Update – #2

January 23, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

I meant to do this earlier so I do hope I can remember my purchases. One evening after work David was in town and asked if I needed anything. We were low on milk but since he didn’t have cash and was going to have to write a check, he asked if there was anything…

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Pineapple Ham and Rice ~ Easy and Frugal

September 16, 2009 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

In my menu for this week I included a new-to-me recipe for Pineapple Ham and Rice. I had leftover ham that I needed to use up and also had all the other ingredients on hand. It sounded relatively good but I only had moderate expectations for it. Imagine my surprise when David raved about it…

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: frugal, recipes

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