Great weekend/Busy week/Money Saving

Well it's been a very busy past few days. DH's birthday was last Friday, and the power went out at work that afternoon so I got to go home 2 hours early. I took full advantage and used that time to do most of my prep work for his Saturday surprise party. I made beer bread, spinach and artichoke dip, and homemade salsa. DH came home and we went out to dinner and then to a few wine bars and sports bars in our area with friends. Unfortuantely I didn't get enough done Friday afternoon so I had to get up at 7AM on only 4 hours of sleep to make the cupcakes, the nacho cheese dips, buffalo chicken dip, & marinated chicken. Luckily DH slept late. We had a surprise party for him at a boat dock- I took advantage of him sleeping late and met a few friends to go set up and drop off food/beer/sode and of course games to be played while we bbq. The BBQ was a success the party lasted from noon until 1am. Needless to say DH was so pleased, and I literally fell asleep the second I got home.

I'm doing awful at bowling, DH forgot to tell me we're celebrating father's day with his family tonight, and it's Wednesday so I need to go to the grocery store to get the last of the deals for this week. I have a feeling it's going to be a very long day. I still have so many things to get done.....including bills, couponing for the 3 pharmacies to get this week's deals, I've got to get back to meal planning,and of course fill out a few beer rebates and mail in.

Somehow we did something right-Our electric bill for May 2008 was $150, May 2009 was $145, May 2010- $62.50. June appears to be about the same based off current useage.

Water bill- We budget $20-$22 is average for us. I've had more laundry lately since DH is in 2 volleyball leagues and we're just working out more. But somehow I'm doing something right because it's been $15-$17 the past 2 months.

Cable-Time Warner was really sticking it to us with our bill. We negotiated a 1.5 yrs ago a contract for 2 yr discount. Well they started trying to add fees, and other charges and increase our bill for service. It went up to $110 over 1 month from $54. Since we prepay I off course called, and the customer service was poor and so rude to the point of yelling at me and saying mean things(merely because I was calmly asking questions about my bill). I ended up switchign to DirecTV (they just resided our condo and put wires in for their service). It turned out we got more channels and it was cheaper, plus they offered a 1 yr rebate. I quickly cancelled Time Warner. We are now saving $12 a month or $144 a year. Plus we're adding NFL Sunday ticket for football season so I'll be able to watch all my Indianapolis Colts games. I'm thrilled!