Ok, I have done really well this week with not buying groceries. It seems silly, but I shop a lot. Since I haven't been letting myself go shopping lately, I find myself at the grocery store. I have no idea why! Isn't it funny though ...

So, other than the veggies, alfredo sauce and chicken I picked up the other day, I haven't set foot in Publix.

On Monday, we had a chicken/pasta dish. It was made with leftover veggies I cooked over the weekend, pasta, and some chicken all mixed with some pesto sauce. It was really good.

Tuesday - I made spinach pizza. I used the alfredo sauce, mushrooms that were close to being bad, spinach that was close to being bad and chicken on a whole wheat crust. It was REALLY good and great for using up stuff that was about to be "eeww". I need to look into a recipe for pizza crust, b/c even though this was labled "thin" my daughter hated it.

Wed - My parents made steak since my brother is in town and invited us over. Free food!!!! Free food is the best, incase you are wondering.

Thur - I made chicken nachos. I made black beans and rice with it. Julie didn't really care for this, but she's getting her two year old molars in, so she's not eating much lately. I don't know what to think about that. The chicken I let soak in the taco seasoning for a couple of days, then I used some shredded cheese I grated, some sour cream, and some home made salsa. They were pretty good.

Tonight - I stopped at my mom's b/c it was pouring on the way to my house, and I didn't feel like dealing with it. She'd ordered chinese. So more free food! Then she sent my brother out for ice cream, which I ate a couple of bites of, and let my sister have the rest. Even more free food!

AND - she's taking Julie to Universal Studios tomorrow, so she wanted to watch her tonight! YEAH. It's been a good week. I only need to withdraw a $20 from my bank account to pay for rent, though I can probably wait and just mae the $20 at work tomorrow. I wish I could to to US with them, but I'll just save the money.

So, now I just have to organize and clean my house tomorrrow. I am going to come up with a list of menus out of what's left in the fridge ... though we could just go back to my parents for dinner.

I asked my roomie to pick up a gallon of milk this week (For some reason, I've been buying ALL the milk for the past two months, not fair!) and other than that, I don't have to buy any groceries. I am going to see if I can last two weeks without going to the grocery store. I went today and picked up some veggies, alfredo sauce and chicken. I didn't really need the chicken or veggies, but they will let me hit the two week no grocery bill.

I MIGHT have to pick up some bread, but I am going to try to go without it. I might either get creative and use tortillas, or not eat sammiches. Either way won't kill me.

Money is REALLY tight this week, so tight I may have to ask my mom to cover a bill. I hate to ask for her help, but I'm glad to know she is there if I need it. If I had another week, I could come up with the money, but I don't have the other week.

My plan is to get at least half a month ahead, so I will be able to take the full week off to take my sub training. The pay is really min., however, it will look good on my resume, and be good to have the little bit of money "extra" that it will bring it.

Other than that, the same old same old. My brother is in town this week, before he goes back to Iraq, so my mom wants to go to Universal Studios with him. I told her I didn't have the money to take the day off, so they said they would take Julie with them so I could work extra. I hope they do this ... I would like to get ahead one month.