SO DIG THIS ...

So dig this.. today I'm shooting my first Aldi vlog. Now ... I say that but once I get in there (leaving after this post), I don't know how busy Aldi will be or if I'll chicken out. Hope not because it's about how I make pizza sauce in the electric pressure cooker and lemme tell ya', it's dead easy, crazy good and fits my budget. 

All things I love. 

In other news, I'm also shopping for ingredients to make homemade make-up remover. I already sew my own reusable makeup remover pads, be fun to make homemade makeup remover to go with. 

In other, other news, the last photo is a BTS (behind the scenes), shot for an upcoming lemon post. Keeping them jarred in water extends the life so I thought, that'd make a good video too. 

All of these little ways to save money add up nicely. 

And with that, I'm off to answer comments (from my last post), and then hit Aldi for my first ever foodie-style vlog. Probably do a Big Lots one too if the store wide 25% sale is still going. 

I'll catch you beautiful Boogerbutts on the flipside. 

SPENDING LESS ON FOOD AND LOVIN' IT

Hello Boogerbutts and Happy Weekend! 

So ... tooth/teeth thing. Few hiccups. One tooth they couldn't yank and requires a specialist. Other tooth was stubborn and came out in bits and bobs, with a sliver remaining. Sorta like a splinter that may or may not work itself out. 

At first, no real pain. Just tender, sore and swollen. Then one morning I woke and it felt like a truck ran over the left side of my face.

Good times. 

In other news, I'm happy with how we spend less on food. Smoochie Face rarely eats out during work. Then last summer we stopped buying weekend pizzas and I went back to making homemade pizzas.  And dig this, we've also stayed to 300 bucks for every 28 days with the grocery food budget. 

Love it. Love it. Love it. 

In other, other news, I went back to filming food videos. None of which I've yet to edit and upload. However, looks like I'm giving YouTube another go. 

And that my Boogerbutts, is all that's fit to print. 

I CAN ALREADY TELL ....

Who's ready to kick some serious butt this week? I am. Then on Friday, two teeth get yanked from my head. 

That'll be fun. 

Even still, I can already tell ....

TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY

HOW I SPEND LESS MONEY ON FOOD (44 bucks at ALDI)

Dig this Boogerbutts. 44 bucks on the dot for the lot at ALDI. Tim's cheeses are a buck fifty each. My red, orange and yellow peppers were less than both his cheeses at $2.55 for all three beauties. The coconut milk and tinned tomatoes (each $1.49), are both new to me. Turned the toms into a chunky salsa and the coconut milk into non-dairy ice cream AND homemade salted caramel.  

My goodness I love me some ALDI deals. 

Though ... for the coconut milk, my location charged me tax and then when asked about it, they kindly removed the tax. Not sure what that's about. Upon first opening, I did not love the coconut milk though it served well in homemade non-dairy ice cream AND homemade salted caramel. 

For $1.49 a tin, I'll rebuy. There's just so many things to make with coconut milk. Truly endless. 

The pumpkin rang in higher at $1.79 and I'm okay with that (for now). Made two non-dairy, egg-free pumpkin pies recently and once I added the other pie ingredients and a homemade crust, we enjoyed the bake. That said, if the pumpkin goes over 2 bucks, I likely won't rebuy. It's good. Just not over 2 bucks good. Same goes for the coconut milk. 

In other news, here's the back deck in progress. Saying goodbye to the Annie Sloan purple that I made from her other paints. Lemme tell ya' it was really, really hard to get off the spindles. Nearly there. 

I'm like, this close. This close I say, this close. 

With the on and off rain all week, staining will wait. Pictures to come of the completed project. 

In other, other news Blogger still isn't populating blog posts as they publish in my reader and a few of you had new posts published today that didn't show on my blog roll page either. Weird Blogger thing. Honestly though, I'm just happy Blogger is still up and running. Half broken and I'll take it.  

And that my lovely Boogerbutts is that that's fit to print. Thanks for reading and I'll catch you on the flipside. Or is it flip side? Either way. Chat again soon. 

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