WIS, WWA | Black Friday

I kind of hate Black Friday because I dislike crowds and limited-quantity offers. 

So typically, the only brick-and-mortar store I go to the day after Thanksgiving is a grocery store. Grocery stores are wonderfully empty right after Thanksgiving!

If you are braving the retail crowds, godspeed to you. 😉

But here in Frugal Girl world, it’s business as usual. We did Thankful Thursday on Thanksgiving, and today we’re doing WIS, WWA on Black Friday.

What I Spent

I spent:

• $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
• $34 at Safeway
• $15 on fried chicken

So, $79 for me.

What We Ate

This was a week of some serious phoning-it-in at dinnertime. I kind of regretted that I hadn’t ordered another Dinnerly box for this week!

Saturday

I made whole wheat blueberry pancakes because I had been craving them, but my morning had been too rushed to do something like pancakes.

I love blueberry pancakes!

Sunday

I had eaten a late lunch so I don’t think I even actually ate an official dinner. And Zoe picked up some dinner on the way home from work.

Monday

I had a free frozen pizza from Safeway sitting in my chest freezer, so that’s what we ate!

Tuesday

Butternut squash soup, plus grilled cheese sandwiches.

Wednesday

We had cheese ravioli with tomato sauce and Parmesan, plus some fruit.

Thursday

Last year, we got fried chicken, which we ate with waffles (since no one here likes turkey!) So, we did that again this year, except I made honey-glazed pan rolls with cinnamon butter in place of the waffles.

At class last week, the professor asked what the best part of a Thanksgiving meal is, and my friend next to me was surprised that I said, “Rolls”.

But I stand by that; if the rolls are fresh and homemade, there is nothing on a Thanksgiving table that I’d rather eat. 🙂

Rolls > turkey. PERIOD.

Friday

We’ve got leftovers, so that’s probably what we will eat tonight.

What did you have for dinner this week?

P.S. After I published this post, I saw that Amazon has a page of gift card offers for various brands. For example, you can buy a $50 Bath and Body Works gift card for $40. Obviously, you could give the gift card as a gift, but you could also use it as you buy Christmas gifts.

There are some restaurant options and quite a few retailers, including Apple.