Did some grocery shopping today. I spent about $95 and still need to go to the farmer's market on Wednesday for produce. I know I could be saving a significant amount of money by making things from scratch and foregoing a lot of the convenience foods. Even at Trader Joe's,where I feel like prices are fair and the quality is usually pretty good (although I don't like to buy my produce there anymore), the premade pizzas, chow mein, etc really adds up. I keep reminding myself that eating convenience foods at home is cheaper than going out to eat. This is a journey; I'm just not as far down the road as I'd like to be. I also don't want to be solely responsible for the meals my family eats. But that's an entry for another day.

DD and I need to go to the library this afernoon and return some books that are due today. Too bad they aren't due tomorrow - we'll be within blocks of the library tomorrow morning. I don't want to pay late fees, however.

Dh and I have been talking about investing in a new refrigerator. The one we have works fine, but it's 10-11 years old and we figure the newer models have got to be more energy efficient. We could sell the one we have - or list it on freecycle for that matter. We think we might like one with a freezer at the bottom instead of on top.

DH and I are also back to talking about what home improvements we can do around here on our own, for a relatively low amount of money. My dad is going to build all new kitchen cabinet doors, and I had samples of hinges and hardware sent to his house, so hopefully that project will be underway sooner than later. About a year and a half ago we were getting quotes for cabinet refacing, among other things, and then our dog needed surgery. So we talked to my dad about making new doors for us, and he said he would.

We also still need to finish up the guest bathroom - take off the old tile surrounding the tub, putting up new wall board and tiling the walls - so that we can feel like it's finished and move on to thinking about our bathroom.

We loooked under the linoleum in our kitchen to see what kind of subflooring we had, hoping it would be some sort of hardwood like our neighbors found across the street. No such luck, so it looks like we'll be putting in some sort of new floor in there down the road - tile, or something else.