Thing #1: Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Almonds
These were delicious. When I told Josh about them, he couldn't stop thinking about them. We ended up making them that night. I think we will be making these for Christmas stockings this year!
Thing #2: Buffalo Chicken Pasta
This was pretty good. Being my mother's daughter, I didn't actually follow the recipe. I think that I would make it saucier next time. I also added chopped celery for the last few minutes of sautéing the chicken. I highly recommend the addition.
Thing #3: Re-Purposing Old Things
This tutorial worked like a charm. Josh convinced me that I didn't need to get the matching jar for our bathroom set, and now I'm glad I didn't. I am keeping my cotton pads in this jar. The hardest part was getting the sticky stuff from the label off the jar. If you have more patience than I do, it won't be a problem for you.
Thing #4: Deep- Clean of the Apartment
I know, I know, it says spring cleaning. We are trying to do a deep clean to start off the winter season in a good way. We are hoping this will give us a good head start for the Holiday season. An additional benefit is that it gives Josh projects to do. We currently have done 4 tasks and have 9 to go. We are aiming for one task a day.
Thing #5: Homemade Laundry Soap
This stuff was WAY easier than I thought it would be to make. The Fels-Naptha soap smells amazing. When I was grating it and while it was in the "bucket" stage, our apartment had an amazing scent. The hardest and most time consuming part is getting the soap from the buckets to the bottles (not really all that hard or time consuming). We have only done two loads since we made this but it works really well. No softener needed! I think we spent $2 on the soap and used half of it, $6 on the borax (it doesn't even look like we used any from the box), $4 on the washing soda (same thing as the borax), and used old milk jugs for storage. We ended up making 5 gallons. That means 160 loads. That comes out to about 7 cents per load (although not technically because we didn't use everything we bought yet). Can't beat it!
Thing #6: New Grocery Budget
I used many different sites to help us come up with this, but what I ended up doing was adding up everything we spent on groceries for the last few months. After averaging these out, we decided on a budget that was right for us ($35/week). After getting more than enough for the week (including some luxury items) at Aldi last weekend for $30, I think we can do it. I'm hoping this will keep us on track for now (while Josh is working at Staples) and when he gets another job.
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