Hello…..today was my first day off!  Yeah…..though I was busy all day.   I got up and got Erik off to school.  Than I realized that hubby got paid early since tomorrow is a holiday.   So I paid bills and worked on our budget.  

I took Tommy to preschool and he separated really well from me.   He knew we were out of apple juice and I told him I had to go so I could get groceries and he was fine.  LOL!!  He wanted me to buy apple juice!   I stopped at the bank and picked up cash for groeries,  the kid’s allowance and Christmas Shopping tomorrow.   I like to use cash in envelopes for groceries and Christmas shopping….when it is gone…..it is gone.   I have a better understanding of how much money I have left when I use cash.  I absolutely never charge anything for Christmas.  I don’t want to ever be paying for Christmas in the new year. 

I came home and went through all the Christmas gifts I already have bought.  We buy gifts for about 30 people.   I have about 1/3 of the gift all done.  I made a list of the gifts we need to buy yet and should be ready for our big shopping day tomorrow.   I can’t wait to be done with all my shopping. 

Then I made my grocery and menu and got groceries.  I had budgeted $119 for groceries since I hadn’t made it to the store in two weeks.  I only spent $101.00 so that was pretty good.  I would like to get to where I only buy groceries only twice a month, but with the amount of fresh produce we like to eat, I dont’ think that will work. 

Time to make supper and get going on with our evening.  Tommy is napping…ooops!