My frugal cover is blown! 
I actually ordered take out pizza last night.
I very diligently put dinner in the crock pot yesterday morning and went about my day. Things were quite busy and I didn’t think about dinner until, well, dinnertime.
At six o’clock I decided to stir my Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce only to discover it was still cold–cold!
I just didn’t have the mental capability after my long day to pull anything else together, so my sweet husband offered to get pizza for us. We did save money by having him drive to pick it up instead of having it delivered, and we ordered the special so two large pizzas and an order of wings cost us less than $20. It may not sound like much to you, but I would much rather have spent that money on something else!
After a little research, I found that the outlet wasn’t working. Thankfully the crock pot still is, so we’re having that sauce tonight.
And now you know I’m human. 
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Happened to me recently – I forgot to turn the crockpot on
That’s happened to me too.
Thanks for keeping it real! The last time I had a desperation pizza was when I was trying to be so frugal and make a pasta bake with some prebrowned hamburger and leftover spaghetti sauce. When I took the casserole out of the oven it slipped out of one hand and the contents fell on the floor (and singed my arm with some cheese in the process). Thankfully, the whole thing didn’t drop so I didn’t loose the stoneware baking dish, too. I was just so dissapointed that all of my planning and attempts to be frugal resulted in a pizza after all!
One time I had baking potatoes in a glass dish on the back of the stove. I turned on the front burner to cook some broccoli, only I turned on the back burner and the glass dish exploded. Thankfully no one was hurt, but that was another kitchen disappointment for sure.
I did that exact thing and destroyed a Pyrex dish on the back burner. Glass went all into my dinner and everywhere else. I had some fruit in a rack on the other side of the room that had glass shards in it. What a waste!!! Oh well, live and learn.
At least you have the excuse of a faulty socket. I once “cooked” chicken for 6 hours only to come home and discover that I had not plugged in the crock pot.
I’ve done that too–oops!
It’s happened to me – more times than I’d like to admit. I’ve even not turned it on. Esh. Welcome to humanity!
Thanks Claudia.
Had to smile over this one, as I’ve done it, too. But I just figured it’s either $20 for pizza or $200 for therapy because I had a nervous breakdown, so I’m actually saving lots of money! Ha!
Excellent perspective–LOL!
Sometimes pizza just sounds good, too. I’m sorry you didn’t get the meal you had planned and I know it’s not how you’d normally spend 20 dollars but hey, it happens to most of us at one time or another.
We did enjoy the pizza.
I think we are all human one time or the other. I have not plugged in & not turned the crockpot on before. Sometimes pizza is just good especially under these circumstances.:) No we don’t usually spend money like that either:)
I too have done that only I didn’t get to order a pizza, I made french toast instead. The MAN said no, we will eat at home and save our money. I have learned to check frequently because I know we will be at home eating whatever I can throw together.
French toast sounds good.
This happened to me just the other day because of a power outage. The outage was only about an hour long, but it reset the crockpot and I didn’t know about it to turn it back on.
That’s frustrating.
That has happened to us before! One thing we do now if that kind of thing happens is we’ll run out and buy a frozen pizza at the grocery store. We still get our pizza fix, but don’t have to spend so much.
That’s a good idea Shirelle. Thanks!
Sorry that things didn’t work out as you had planned, but thank you for at least showing that your human and can bounce back. I needed this. I’m starting a new job on Monday and needed some ideas if things don’t go as planned for dinner. I’ll make sure that I have a cheap pizza in the freezer, and I have eggs and bread for french toast. Anymore quick ideas would be helpful to use when I’m in a bind. Thanks.
I cook a big batch of bolognaise sauce ahead of time and freeze them in portions. Just cook some spaghetti and warm up your sauce and you’re ready to go!
I sometimes freeze our sauce too–great time saver!
Thanks for the ideas!
this is why we don’t leave the crockpot on overnight, I was going to start some BBQ beef so it would be ready in the am and it never got plugged in. Next day had to go into the trash
, live and learn.
Well, I hate to say it, but that’s sort of happened to me. Except that it was operator error. I forgot to turn the dumb thing on! At least you could blame the outlet!
AND everyone still had dinner. Sometimes things happen and you make adjustments.
A cheap and easy go to in our house is breakfast. I can always whip together eggs and pancakes or egg tacos quickly. I have been there with the crockpot mess. When they work properly they are great.
The same thing happened to me recently. Unfortunately it was the crockpot. We’re on such a tight budget at the moment we can’t replace it and I’m realizing the busier I get with school that I am actually pretty dependent on my little crock pot. It definitely helps keep me on track. As I recall we ended up with cereal that night, no one complained and in fact the kids thought it was an adventure. I know that you had other plans for that $20 but your sanity is worth more and money comes and goes a flexible husband is priceless. God bless your family. I am sorry to read about your personal loss. When you feel up to it perhaps you can share a few of your favorite memories of your Aunt with us. Thank you for the time you give of yourself to the blogosphere, please take whatever time you need for you. -Fran