Fallen off the Bandwagon

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas.  Mine was very nice.  I made a good meal, which I will share pictures of at the bottom of this post, and perhaps a couple of recipes, and spent lots of time with family and friends.

I know my posting has been sporadic at best and I apologize.  I've fallen off of the frugal bandwagon.  Since Christmas is behind us now and a new year is approaching, I'm going to try to hop back on the frugal horse.  The plan as of now is to start posting menu plans again, grocery shopping trips, frugal tips and recipes.  My husband and I are really planning on buckling down in 2012 because we're sick of our living arrangement now and are in a hurry to buy a house.  With a 20% downpayment.  And i'm hoping we can save some extra money for some new furniture as well.

First we'll need to save for our emergency fund and pay off/down our debts.  Not including my car, I have roughly $5000 in debt (credit cards and medical bills).  I've not thought of the exact plan of attack for saving/paying down the debt other than just being as frugal as possible.  My husby and I are going to sit down and budget in the next few days and I think that will help immensely.

On to the Chrismtas Eve Dinner.  I made: spiral ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, copycat Cracker Barrel green beans, yams, deviled eggs, Red Hot hot apple cider, and Dutch apple pie.