Frugal In Florida

Ahhh, I'm in for such a RUDE awakening tomorrow afternoon. My boss comes back from being OUT for over 10 days. The other boss has been gone since last Thursday. I've really enjoyed the QUIET time (at the office no less!) and have gotten a LOT of work done without interruptions ... ahem. Seriously, lots and lots of work. It's been nice to see progress. And of course, I've been able to leisurely surf the net and browse at my convenience. And I found a pretty neat, informative, motivational and inspiring blog ... I'm only on page 14! Mom On A Mission . Seriously. The chickens. The camping. The cooking. The FREEZER cooking. The recipes. And on and on! I want to go home, whip out the stockpile of ziplocs and have at it! Woohoo!! Yes. I know. We all do little things with the freezer to get a little ahead of the game. Yes, I am having Tacos tonight. It's in the fridge, thawing. But she has a PLAN! A real bonafide plan! :) I'm thrilled .... I...

As you already know, I use I Heart Publix to set up my Publix shopping trip. Michelle does an excellent job of listing all the corresponding coupons to the current sale with Publix. And it's all free (and I think easier to deal with than that other site, The Grocery Game).  If you have a Publix and you haven't checked out the site, you MUST. Every Monday afternoon she has a sneak preview of the sale ad AND matching coupons ... it's pretty cool that you can set up your list a few days in advance (as opposed to 4 days into the sale period!) Ok. Anyways, now that I've sold you on Michelle's site ... she also has a few guest bloggers come along and post recipes, etc. One of the newer features is Big Taste Small Budget which of course, is RIGHT up my alley! Our Family Eats  ... I can't decide which recipe to do first, the Shrimp Po Boys (seriously thinking of taking this with me up North to feed the extended family for day after Christmas) or the Rocky Road Brown...

I found a new site yesterday that I just fell in love with ... and unfortunately, I was at work and got a wee bit side tracked... Pennies on a Platter Totally dedicated to Food. Yahoo! Excellent recipes. A few are trying to be a little more healthful. I think the thing that did me in was the homemade tater tots . Yeah. HOMEMADE. I could definitely earn Mom of the Year with that recipe. Not that I NEED to earn Mom of the Year (cuz we all know that I AM Mom of the Year!) ... but the question now comes up ... do I wait til January 1st to make these to drag out the award? Or should I finish off the year with this on New Years Eve? Whichever I decide, I must remember to do the Napoleon Dynamite line! Anyways ... back to the real purpose of this post! I have no idea WHO runs this site. I did gather a baby under one year and a hubby were in the picture (oh how sweet!) ... but really, it doesn't matter as I'm about to glean as much as I can from that site ... I'm ...