I am broke but I need a WDW fix

[stahshee]

Ok .. I am back to planning my trip .

Things I need help with

What should we do about food in the airport while waiting?
I have drop ins for the water so that saves on drink.
I have no idea what we could eat?

How about on the plane? I have some of my free stuff ( I love the challange of seeing what we can bring for free)
I have to think of something good. We arrive at dinner time. Should we plan on going out to eat when we arrive??

 

[stahshee]

Well I will use the sub gift card for the airport.. so that takes care of lunch

To eat on the plane well that will be everything that I have gatherd up from my free stuff

when I arrive I am thinking more fast food. Wendys .. I am going to try and save my left over $ and change for the 2 months befor we go to pay for this dinner so it will not be out of the "budget"


I am thinking about makeing for dinners
pasta salad and ?
potaotoe salad ?

 

[angeluna]

Can you ship the crockpot and George Foreman, ect. down ahead of time? I know people ship things to resorts all the time, but not sure of non Disney locals.

 

[stahshee]

I am really thinking about getting a George forman. I would love to have hambergers , hot dogs and mac salad ect.. Just it will be so hot when we go

 

[stahshee]

well I added more to my Walmart gift card now I have 65$
I am thinking if I am going to use the grill I will need more food money(on the gift card)

I am thinking about 100 min for food (stuff that I will have to purchase and I can not bring)

2pksHot dogs
2pks hot dog rolls
2pks Hambergers min
2 pks hamberger rolls
cheese
chicken
poatoes _salad
macaroni salad pre made dh loves it
some fresh veggies

Yeah I am thinking I will need more....However I do grow my own summer squash and zuccani I could bring some, but It might get mushed

 

[stahshee]

ok a friend of mine gave me a Pepsi lid bogo 20 oz soda.. Well you do know I am saveing that for my trip .. This is getting to be a game of what Can I get and bring for free.

also I added more to my free airport/ airplane eating... I did get 2 free boxes of Curves cereal. So we can snack on that also a free Chips a hoy cookie bar. I will bring that to

 

[stahshee]

I just earned 20$DD for my trip thanks to SR..

 

[stahshee]

I just got in the mail 2 coupons for pretzels .. I will save them and use them in our condo

 

[disneychard]

I would love to hear more about your discounts and savings.

 

[stahshee]

Ok change in plans. My neice is comming with us so now we have 7 people( she is paying for her stuff)


Now I have 72$ on my Wal mart card to use for food .. I am thinking I will need 100..

I also bought a Wendys gift card for us to eat out with.. We never really eat fast food, so this is a treat.. I have a 40$ gift card.

I taked with dh and we have 2 meals planned

I am going to make my fav potatoe salad ( I hardly make that because I love it so much I will eat it all up).. We will have make your own subs with it and some fresh cold fruit salad.

also One night for diiner I am going to make Pasta salad again make your own subs and fresh fruit salad



now I have pre bought many items and I have hid them from the family

well now the airline is chargeing for a second bag .. so now I am going to lugg a ton of carry on bags I am not paying the extra fee and I am not shipping anything down ahead of time (due to I am on a thin budget)

 

[stahshee]

here are the eating planss (things could change)

Breakfast we will eat in our room with stuff I bring from home

Lunch.. pbj and chips.. again bring that from home...I will pick up some string cheese and grapes to eat to for lunch.. (that will come out of my Walmart gift card).

dinner.. 2 nights pizza hut=0 earned from mypoints
one night Wendys=0 gift card
2 nights counter service= 150 out of my budget ( I am rethinking that).. maybe just one night..
2 -3nights in our house I will make dinner=0 money off the gift card.. I have 72$ . I plan on cashing in more of my cans to add to the gift card ( I need at least 100)

I also have 25 DD to be used for Ice cream treats for us in wdw.. We usually spilt a ice cream cookie.

 

[stahshee]

well now I have 81$ on my walmart gift card
and I have decided to only eat out one time in wdw.. so now I will put aside 75 for all of us.. (we should use a l bit less than that amount..the kids split meals and we do not order drinks)

 

[Leonsmom]

Ok .. I am back to planning my trip .

Things I need help with

What should we do about food in the airport while waiting?
I have drop ins for the water so that saves on drink.
I have no idea what we could eat?

How about on the plane? I have some of my free stuff ( I love the challange of seeing what we can bring for free)
I have to think of something good. We arrive at dinner time. Should we plan on going out to eat when we arrive??

You and I seem to be in a simular situation, money wise.
I am doing alot of the same stuff you are, collecting samples and coupons, planning meals in our room, I just started my PTR too - but I haven't gotten that far yet to explain how I am doing all my saving. Feel free to take a look.

As far as what to do about food on the plane. Something I do whenever we fly is buy those Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly Pockets. I keep it frozen untill we are ready to walk out of the house. This way they are still pretty solid when going through security and they don't question it (i know someone who had her PB&J taken away because it was too gel like). When I get on the plane I take it out to defrost some more and 30 min later we've got lunch.
How long is your flight going to be? Mine are just under 3 hours each way - so one the way out we will fill up on bagels for breakfast and going home the flight is well after dinner time that I hope to sleep on the plane.

 

[stahshee]

You and I seem to be in a simular situation, money wise.
I am doing alot of the same stuff you are, collecting samples and coupons, planning meals in our room, I just started my PTR too - but I haven't gotten that far yet to explain how I am doing all my saving. Feel free to take a look.

As far as what to do about food on the plane. Something I do whenever we fly is buy those Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly Pockets. I keep it frozen untill we are ready to walk out of the house. This way they are still pretty solid when going through security and they don't question it (i know someone who had her PB&J taken away because it was too gel like). When I get on the plane I take it out to defrost some more and 30 min later we've got lunch.
How long is your flight going to be? Mine are just under 3 hours each way - so one the way out we will fill up on bagels for breakfast and going home the flight is well after dinner time that I hope to sleep on the plane.

my flight is 3 hours.. but I have to drive 2 hours to the airport

 

[stahshee]

I would love to eat at the rainforrest cafe. It would be major money for our group .. my goal is to earn a 25$ gc to RF from my points.. Ohh I hope I can get it. Then I could possibly dip into the 500$ cash ( using 50$) to pay the rest at RF.. this is a goal. I hope to make it.. I sure like eating here better than cs at mk..
of course we all order water and we will split 2 out of 6 meals so we would only have to do 4... we always spilt meals anyway

 

[stahshee]

For mother day Dh bought me a 20$ Walmart card .. well that goes to my WDW funds .. now I have 101 for food

my children bought me a 25$ dunkin donuts card.. That I s going to be used for Disney also

 

[stahshee]

ok more up dates
I do not have to put any more money on my walmart card I have reached my goal of 100$

now I can save my cans for something= some ice cream

I just made 20dd$ from sr and that is going to my dd for spending money

I am working my way to earning a rf gift card.. maybe anothor 1,000 points

my change jar is low. I have about 27$.. I am not getting much change due to watching what I am spending and shopping on line. so as it stands I have an extra 27 and that could go towards the rf .(I hope so)

 

[aimee11621]

YOU GOOOOO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gisele]

I have most definitely enjoyed reading all of the posts here, I can only imagine what planning a trip for 6 people, with another coming as well, is like, especially when you are on a tight budget, on the one hand, one tries to save money as best as they can, however on the other hand, one does not want to feel deprived either, so there is most definitely a fine balance and line to be made.
You are doing a wonderful job saving and planning for your trip, and thank goodness that your DH, is paying for the condo! a most definite whohoo!
I love my baby foreman grill,it is wonderful! you will enjoy him (as it were) one can cook just about anything on it.
Crock pots are a wonderful thing too, I do not have one, but I enjoy watching QVC's cooking show, and on more than one occasion, crock pots were being demonstrated, oh how it truly is a thing of beauty, you can cook just about anything in it, you can even bake a cake in it! now that just blew my mind!
So as you are cooking tasty hamburgers on the foreman, in your crock pot you can be baking dessert too!

here is a link from google that has many tasty and tempting links to click upon:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=crock+pot+recipes&spell=1

I don't know when you are leaving, but if you are not working outside of the home, you might want to consider a temporary job, that way you could make enough money to add nicely to your budget.

If there is a Target store near you, they have good prices overall on groceries and general merchandise, and I love their $1 and $2.50 spot, their motto is SEE SPOT SAVE that is spot their official mascot, I love that dog and motto! anyway, just the other day I found in the dollar spot bins, Disney ice packs, lip gloss, notepads, zip lock baggies, possibly one or two other things as well, and a non-Disney container of 15 glow bracelets with connectors, if you do blinkie things, and if you do please not while riding the HM or POTC, that is a big pet peeve of mine, which I am sure that you don't do that sort of thing, of course!
One of my favorite things to do shopping wise, is to look for buy one get one free whatever it may be, or ten for ten items, or the like, which breaks down to $1 each item, these are things that I normally use, or am interested in giving it a try, especially if it is on sale, that is the best time to try out something new. Do you have any dollar stores near you? one can save quite a bit of money that way. Keep an eye out too, for Disney liquidators that might be selling in your neighborhood, or close enough to drive to,great price reductions to be found there. I also find that some travel size items, really can be handy and helpful, especially when you do not want to carry full sized items, unless you are going to place some of whatever it may be into a travel size or sample size container, I most definitely can see doing that.

Keep up the great work! and take and share pictures, please!

 

[stahshee]

I have most definitely enjoyed reading all of the posts here, I can only imagine what planning a trip for 6 people, with another coming as well, is like, especially when you are on a tight budget, on the one hand, one tries to save money as best as they can, however on the other hand, one does not want to feel deprived either, so there is most definitely a fine balance and line to be made.
You are doing a wonderful job saving and planning for your trip, and thank goodness that your DH, is paying for the condo! a most definite whohoo!
I love my baby foreman grill,it is wonderful! you will enjoy him (as it were) one can cook just about anything on it.
Crock pots are a wonderful thing too, I do not have one, but I enjoy watching QVC's cooking show, and on more than one occasion, crock pots were being demonstrated, oh how it truly is a thing of beauty, you can cook just about anything in it, you can even bake a cake in it! now that just blew my mind!
So as you are cooking tasty hamburgers on the foreman, in your crock pot you can be baking dessert too!

here is a link from google that has many tasty and tempting links to click upon:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=crock+pot+recipes&spell=1

I don't know when you are leaving, but if you are not working outside of the home, you might want to consider a temporary job, that way you could make enough money to add nicely to your budget.

If there is a Target store near you, they have good prices overall on groceries and general merchandise, and I love their $1 and $2.50 spot, their motto is SEE SPOT SAVE that is spot their official mascot, I love that dog and motto! anyway, just the other day I found in the dollar spot bins, Disney ice packs, lip gloss, notepads, zip lock baggies, possibly one or two other things as well, and a non-Disney container of 15 glow bracelets with connectors, if you do blinkie things, and if you do please not while riding the HM or POTC, that is a big pet peeve of mine, which I am sure that you don't do that sort of thing, of course!
One of my favorite things to do shopping wise, is to look for buy one get one free whatever it may be, or ten for ten items, or the like, which breaks down to $1 each item, these are things that I normally use, or am interested in giving it a try, especially if it is on sale, that is the best time to try out something new. Do you have any dollar stores near you? one can save quite a bit of money that way. Keep an eye out too, for Disney liquidators that might be selling in your neighborhood, or close enough to drive to,great price reductions to be found there. I also find that some travel size items, really can be handy and helpful, especially when you do not want to carry full sized items, unless you are going to place some of whatever it may be into a travel size or sample size container, I most definitely can see doing that.

Keep up the great work! and take and share pictures, please!

thanks so much for all of the support .. I love target, however my target is 15 miles away and has 10% tax so. I have not been in over a year

I love the idea about the crock pot. I am going to email the condo owners to find out if they have one. I also might try to borrow a george forman to bring.

I also love the buy one get one free items. Infact I have some free kool aid mix that I am bringing on my trip

also I have 4 free hamberger helper samples. I also takeing that with me

now I was thinking about takeing some things from home and putting them in a cooler for the plane. Like cheese and lunch meat. I dont know if this would be a problem with security.. and I m limited on the amount of bags we can bring. One per person and carry ons