My bosses gave us each a box of Hershey's Pot of Gold chocolates today at work. It was so nice. I told Tim not to get any chocolates so we can save a little bit of money, and I ended up getting some from work :)

I got out early today from work so Tim and I could spend at least a few hours together before he goes to work tonight at 9. He called me at 3pm today and let me know he just woke up (he accidentally set his alarm for 12am, not 12pm lol). He hurriedly did the dishes before I came home, which was SUPER NICE. We decided on not getting each other anything this year because we had spent so much money for the supposed-to-have-happened-but-didn't concert this past weekend (see previous post). I made valentine sugar cookies, which I would gladly post a picture if I hadn't just got done exercising when I made them and looked like crap :), and Tim made grilled cheese and tomato soup, one of his specialties.

We started talking about our finances today. Tim owes some money that he wants to pay off right away, thus stretching our budget to the max. We both decided to use our income taxes to pay this off, along with all the other money we've saved up (minus a little bit for emergencies). We also sat down and figured out our meal plan for the next two weeks. One major thing for us is to eat leftovers. We rarely eat leftovers, which is such a waste. We're also planning on, for example, making our own garlic bread, eating salads to helps us fill up, loading up on ramen, and I'm going to do my darnedest to use up our groceries/canned goods we have in our cupboards. It definitely sucks that we have to use our income taxes as, trust me, I had PLENTY I was going to do with that money, but Tim will feel so much better once he's debt free.

I felt a lot better because my main problem is Tim not helping make dinners. We decided that Tim would make two dinners a week for starters, and we'll go from there. Coming home from work at 6:30pm and having to cook dinner gets old when you do it everyday. I think this'll make me a little bit less stressed.

Does anyone have any cheap meals they'd be willing to share? Or any good websites with cheap recipes? Or any good websites for coupons? I'm looking to start clipping coupons, but I'm not sure where to start.

I'm listening to this today: http://noisetrade.com/katieherzig. I absolutely LOVE noisetrade. If you've never gone to it, DO IT! It has free music on it, and Katie Herzig is awesome; however, this song is ONLY available today!