There's nothing like a warm fire to take the chill out of the air, or roasting a hot dog over the fire. Yum, Yum! This morning our temp read 31°. I think it's time to fire up the wood stove.
Last night I had some ladies over for Yarn Club. It was a lot of fun. Some experienced Knitters and Crocheters came and some just learning. I can't wait for the next one. I worked on my second sock and hope to wear them to the next meeting of our Yarn Club. We shared patterns and helped each other a bit. The talk was about yarn and patterns and what each one was working one. Loads of fun.
I have cut out patterns and anything that pertained to knitting or crocheting for years. Last night I showed the ladies a pattern I cut out from a Woman's Day Magazine dated 9/12/00, that someday I plan to make. It was funny, my Aunt Betty had cut out that same pattern too.
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Changing the subject. I have realized lately that I'm spending way too much money on my food bill. I guess it just kind of creeps up on you. At least it did to me. I'm reading how others are cutting back and clipping coupons, I thought I don't need to do that. Yeah, right! I stopped to think just what I was buying and how much we actually ate the things I bought and how much got thrown away. Yikes!!!!!!!! I sat down and made my menu plan up and grocery list. I checked my cupboards to see what I had and didn't have. Then I had to decide where to shop. So I went back to the grocery store that we used to shop at when the kids were all home. I cut my grocery bill in half. No, more than half. Granted, I couldn't get everything there so I had to go to another store for a few things. But, the total bill together from both stores was awesome. The fun thing was, that Aldi had so much more to offer now from when we used to go there.
I can't wait to go shopping again to see what my food bill will be next time.
