Bargain Mom Saved or Spent Weekend Report for June 23-24

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I would love to hear from you.  You don't have to be super detailed, but I would love to hear how you're saving money on the weekends.

Weekends are usually a quick way to drop a lot of money then we may suffer in the week.

If we keep it in check, the week is easier.  Am I right?

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKENDS WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY FOR A TRIP WE PLAN TO TAKE SOON -- SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY BEING SPENT ON MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT ETC.

Here's how my weekend spending went:

Saturday - Breakfast was cereal and waffles for a few of us and eggs for the adults.

We stayed home to do some gardening and house projects.  Trying to get ready for a yard sale and consignment sale.

Played with the kids and swam some.

Lunch was light -- it was so hot no one was hungry.

Afternoon -- I ran down to Winn Dixie to get a few things and rented a Redbox.  The code I had didn't work so I paid $1.25 to watch Red Tails.  Good movie.

Total at Winn Dixie before coupons and reward card $63.   Total after - $20.13.

Saturday night for dinner cooked left overs.

I had leftover corn on the cob, bread, hot dogs and barbecue chicken + new potatoes grown in a trash bin (clean)

Grilled everything and it was tasty.

Made grilled smashed potatoes.  Covered the skins in salt and butter before I roasted them on the grill.  They cooked super quick and the skins were nice and crispy -- like a potato skin.  I'll do that again for sure.

Dinner -- no cost.

Total out of pocket for Saturday -- $21.38.

SUNDAY --

No expenditures all day until we had to run an errand later that evening and stopped by a new Mexican restaurant we had never been too.

We spent $33 for a family of five including tip.

I did pick up a second movie -- after returning Red Tails (which was good)

Picked up Journey 2 Mysterious Island.  It was good.

$1.25.

TOTAL OOP for the weekend:  $55.63

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