OCTOBER challenge: Living Off Of Your Stockpile. WINNERS declared!

[saving-n-va]

Oh yes! We share recepies and menu plans and who irritated us that day.

Oh so we discuss our DH's a lot on here huh? ROFL

Well I admire those of you who have young children and are doing the stockpiling and saving. Oh I wish I had done it when mine were young, what a difference it would have made. So now I guess I can just pass what I've learned on to the "younger" moms on here and hope to be a help to them, like I wish someone had done for me way back when. (ok I'm not THAT old, just started our family right away and we married fairly young).

[jenrose]

Oh so we discuss our DH's a lot on here huh? ROFL

Well I admire those of you who have young children and are doing the stockpiling and saving. Oh I wish I had done it when mine were young, what a difference it would have made. So now I guess I can just pass what I've learned on to the "younger" moms on here and hope to be a help to them, like I wish someone had done for me way back when. (ok I'm not THAT old, just started our family right away and we married fairly young).

Oh Wise one, Give us your knowledge.

I think I'm in a strange mood today.

[sweetsurrender]

You girls are making me crack up.

I'm not much for actual meal planning because then I usually don't feel like eating what I had preplanned for that day so I rather just make a list to get ideas from and remind myself what I need to use up. Without actually opening the freezers I reminded myself of things I have on hand with this list:

Breakfast

Waffles
Homemade bread
Muffins (to make)
Cereal
Cream of wheat
Oatmeal
English Muffins



Lunch

Roast beef sand.
Ham Sand.
Hot dogs
Lean cuisine
Celeste pizza
Velveeta shells
Mac&Cheese/Wacky mac
Egg rolls
Chili (to make)
Baked beans (to make)
Soups, soups, soups! (Canned and to make)
Leftovers

Dinner

Upside down beef or turkey casserole
Pasta
Pork roast
Pork chops
Chicken breasts
Fish sticks
Salmon filets
Barramundi filets
Beef roasts
Beef tips
Filet mignon
Vegeburgers
Burgers
Ground turkey, see what to make


Snacks

Fruit fresh and canned
Yogurt
Fruit snacks
Granola bars/breakfast bars
Pretzels
Roasted peanuts
Cheese and crakers
Cheese and apples
Apples and peanut butter
Chex mix
Goldfish

Dessert

Cookie mix, use up
Warm delights
Pies in the freezer
Rice Krispies squares (to make)

[saving-n-va]

Oh Wise one, Give us your knowledge.

I think I'm in a strange mood today.

Well I don't know about "wise one" but... if you want to learn from someone who has made A LOT of stupid financial mistakes i can definitely tell you what NOT to do. (you know that "hindsight is 20/20" phrase..lol) I mean I'm one of those that used to shop at CVS WITHOUT a CVS card.

Strange mood? Blame it on the weather..LOL Its a beautiful day here- in the 60's - I love sweater weather. (after living in sunny Florida for over 20 yrs, loving the autumn weather that you don't get down there).

Ok off to get some work done...looking forward to starting the challenge tomorrow and getting to know more fellow couponers in this challenge.

[cody82414]

Is that a typo or do you really plan on 30 months with no OOP? If it's 30 months, are there pictures available of your stockpile? I am in awe.

I don't want to go too OT but maybe just a little bit of fresh air would be a good thing. No shopping, just getting out, even if it's just to get the mail.

No. Not a typo.

I feel that I have the skillZ and self-control (e'hem) to keep up my stockpile,
while keeping the spending under the 10% rule.
I also plan to grow a much larger pumpkin patch next year to sell more pumpkins.
It was a great success this year in my vegetable garden,
and by utilizing some weeded areas, I will be able to build that wealth.

AND thank you to the nudge I got from roxygirlie this month,
I am going to attempt to sell enough of my stockpile each month to make up for any spending over that 10%.

Stay tuned...

[texxie]

Count me in! this is my first challenge so...baby steps.

We are a family of 4. Myself, DH, DD (8) and DD (2), a pup, two cats and a fish lol

my goal is less than 150.00 OOP.

quick question though, i have a seperate "play money" budget, outside of grocery money, that pays for any take out food, do i still count it anytime we eat out?

[nateNnatsmommy]

I have some cans of pineapple chunks - any suggestions on how to use these up?

[sweetsurrender]

I have some cans of pineapple chunks - any suggestions on how to use these up?

Upside down pineapple cake?

[jenrose]

I have some cans of pineapple chunks - any suggestions on how to use these up?

I Use the juice from them and mix with some brown sugar over the stove until well desolved then inject a ham with the juice before cooking. Then place some of the chunks over the ham for extra flavor. The chunks that are left over DS's eat like candy LOL.

[saving-n-va]

quick question though, i have a seperate "play money" budget, outside of grocery money, that pays for any take out food, do i still count it anytime we eat out?

We have a separate budget for that too. Hubby set up an "entertainment" budget that includes eating out and what few activities we do. I am only counting my grocery account money. We actually set up a checking account just for groceries. I didn't feel safe carrying cash around so I use my debit card. We will put in the regular budget amount for the month ($250) and see if I can stay at $100 or under. I will also put any rebates in that account.

Now hubby says tonight "oh I want to see if you can stay at $100 and NOT add in the rebates....." I just said we will see. I just got a new BIG freezer and am still looking to stock it up more, that was the plan for the rebate money.