(I have designated three days out of the seven to be "Spend Days"... Wed, Thur, and Sat.)


Today I've got to assemble a retirement basket for my husbands coworker. My objective is to spend less than twenty bucks... lets see if I can make my goal

I've added a few bills into my budget and taken away a few savings goals since it would severely cripple my chances of financial aid

I'll update the totals when I return...

AW

----- Update... 10AM------

WOW!! Instead of going to the usual lengths of buying something prepackaged and expensive.. we opted to go to a local 99 cent store... and I am happy to report that our lovely lil farewell basket complete with ribbon, plastic wrap, card and bag came out to......

9.00!!!

The objects in the basket are as follows:
Two novelty beer bottle candles (one like budweiser and the other like heineken)
A 5oz sterling silver liquor flask (reminds me of the Outsiders lol)
A 2005 must see movies calendar (so it's March... still got a few more months going
A bag of california pistachios
A bag of hershey miniature chocolates

For filling I used recycled filler from another project I made last year. I wrapped the basket tight and placed a pretty navy blue ribbon on top. We spruced up the basket and placed it in a matching blue bag... voila!

Not bad... considering we made it in less than 20 mins