During my lunch break I headed out to Rite-Aid to buy two boxes of cereal. I saw an ad on the front of the weekly sales circular for Lucky Charms and knew I had to buy some. I haven’t eaten the stuff in ages, but as soon as I saw the ad I began to […]
Giving Challenge
Day Ten & Eleven: Reusable Grocery Bags & Bridesmaid Dresses
My husband thinks I should stop blogging about the 29 day giving challenge and get back to blogging about personal finance, so I’m combining days ten and eleven here. My tenth gift was a gift to the environment. For the first time ever, I used all four of my reusable totes on a trip to […]
Day Nine: Birthday Gifts for My Mother-in-Law
It just so happens that May 31st is my mother-in-laws birthday, so yesterday’s gift was a birthday present for my mother-in-law. I bought a very cute serving tray that can be used to serve chips and dip. As usual I put off the shopping trip until the last possible second. Not only did I wait […]
Day Eight: More Time with My Mom
My mom is a whiz at the daily jumble, so I found an online version of the game and played with her for over an hour. The jumble provides four scrambled words that must be unscrambled by rearranging the letters. As a kid my mom and I played this game together on Saturday mornings and […]
Day Seven: Dinner for My Family
For my seventh gift, of the 29 day giving challenge, I prepared baked ziti, a large garden salad, grilled chicken and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. I shared the meal with my parents, in-laws, close family friends, and my husband. It wasn’t anything too special, but it was a really tasty meal.