Homemade popsicles

I'm still sick with a cold. I've had this cold for a week now. My throat is quite sore. I thought about buying some popsicles but then i remembered our popsicle mold. I've tried several molds and this one is the best so far. The ones I bought from the dollar store never worked well. I can not remember where we found this one but i think it was between $2-$4.

We used lemon aid mix for the first batch. J followed the mix's ratio of powder to water. Those popsicles were not very flavorful. They still felt good on my throat. This time i took my Mango drink mix, bottled lemon juice, and far less water then the recipe asks for. This made the drink super concentrated. So much so that it would taste terrible to drink. But it made delicious popsicles.

I'm going to keep playing around with the mold to see what makes yummy popsicles. I have fun playing mix master, and i enjoy the finished product. Not to mention its a great way to use up groceries. Like a lemon aid mix purchased in bulk that is only halfway used up. . .

Sorry revenge card game review

Last night hubs and I spent 2 hours playing our new Sorry revenge game. It was awesome, fast paced, competitive and fun! I recommend the game for people who can do math quickly in their heads, otherwise the game would be slow. We had a blast playing our $2 game.

If you haven't bought yours yet, get on it! I heard the coupons have been reset, i might pick up a few more for gifts. . .

Last night my husband and I were hunting the thrift stores for a book. We were not able to find the exact one we needed but the last thrift store yielded some wonderful treasures. A used but in perfect shape Battle ship game for $2, this game for $1, a 1.99 first aid book (originally $10.99) and the best find a CLEP study guide for $1.99. (marked $23!)

My hubby and I had a lot of fun playing two rounds of Battleship last night. Sometimes I forget in this technology age just how much fun a low tech board game can be. For $2 no less! Its also quite interesting playing your spouse. My husband goes for a logical search grid pattern when hunting ships. I do a sort of pattern but mainly use my spacial sense to figure out where the ships are. The first game he barely beat me, but the second I whooped him. We laughed, talked and teased the whole time it was great!

How do you manage your spare change?

Dh and I use a cash budget. Coins accumulate quickly and are quite heavy in my purse. We keep a glass vase in the living room to dump change. When full the vase is equal to $50-$60. Usually its filled up once a month. We could roll all that change and put it in savings. But we don't. We use that as fun money. Coinstar charges 8% of your coins to use their service. In less you buy a gift certificate with your coins. Which is exactly what we do. Sometimes we use it to buy a movie gift card, sometimes old navy, or amazon. Frequently we use it to fill up our Starbucks card. Hubby and I decided if we don't need the coin money for something (clothes, bark collar refills, or a Lowe's project gift card etc.) we will spend half the coins on Starbucks, and half on something else. I'll do a post on how we keep our latte love somewhat frugal, but a latte is a nice treat. Even if you have a latte machine at home. . . .

That is our method for coins. Buying a gift card saves us the time of rolling the coins, and it allows us a little extra luxury. A little bit of fun. Other people will choose to spend their coins for savings, debt, or needs. That is fine too! We use ours for fun because it helps keep us from feeling deprived, and lattes are YUMMY!