Posts tagged Cheap

This Makes My Cheap Little Heartstrings Go ZING!

January 14, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged ,

I believe I may have mentioned that I am a tightwad like to get a good deal on things…

Well  Oh My Goodness – listen to this news!

Today and tomorrow everything at all the Goodwill stores in my town will be 25% off!

TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OFF OF GOODWILL, PEOPLE!

This could not come at a better time, as recent weight related developments have left my khaki pants (which are a size 12 and I have been wearing even though I wear a size 8 and “they don’t actually fall off” is, for me, an actual fashion plus) um, well, loose enough that they may, in fact, start falling off.

So… I need some new pants (well, new to me, anyway), and Goodwill is having a SALE!

So I guess I’ll be checking that out tomorrow.

And, ok, I know it’s not always possible to find “the thing” at Goodwill – but a lot of times it is.  If I can’t find it there, I may be reduced to going to the mall, because while I don’t mind my pants being baggy, I draw the line at potentially losing them while walking down the hall at the office.

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You would seriously think I had lived through the Great Depression

November 20, 2010 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , ,

I made some brown rice last Sunday.  I like to add a half cup of it to my dinner now… you know… now that I am “Post-Creamer” and am having to figure out ways to add more calories to my day that are not comprised entirely of modified corn syrup solids and hydrogenated oil.

So anyway, I made a cup of rice, which is a little bit more than was needed for the week.

So this morning, I’m sitting here thinking about the last half-ish cup of brown rice sitting there in the fridge.

We don’t eat dinner at home on the weekends, so I know I’m not going to get a chance to eat it before it gets too old.

But the thought of tossing it was all “WHAT!?  YOU ARE GOING TO WASTE A HALF CUP OF PERFECTLY GOOD RICE!!???”

Don’t even get me started on the starving children in Africa – as if I could send them my half cup of rice.

So it also happens that I had one single lonely packet of apple cinnamon instant oatmeal left as well.

Of course, I did what any good depression-era house wife would do… I made the packet of oatmeal with twice the water, then I added the rice to it.

It actually made kind of a tasty breakfast… kind of not too sweet and nutty.

So now you know… if you run out of oatmeal, you can always add in a little brown rice.  Or, conversely, if you are desperate to use up that last half cup of rice… add it to some oatmeal ;)

That’s my tip to you from the part of my brain that lives in 1930.

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