A
wonderful friend of mine invited us over to do a load of our wash at her house
Sunday morning. Brunch included! And then, as if that wasn't enough, she
handed me the sales ads and the coupons out of the Sunday paper. How blessed were we?!
Our
landlady brought us more tomatoes and cucumbers as well as two green bell
peppers from her garden. I got to cross
bell peppers off my grocery list. And
she demos products at supermarkets on the weekends. Because of that we scored a quart of vanilla
yogurt too. Yay!
I
really shopped the sales last week.
Albertson's was having a "Crazy 8s" sale. Paul's Market had a few well priced items
too. I netted quite a few good buys:
·
A
dozen eggs - 88¢
·
Sour
cream - 88¢
·
3
boxes of pasta - 88¢ each
·
Chicken
breasts - $1.88/lb. Great buy!!
·
Ice
cream - $1.88
·
4
ears of corn - 88¢
·
Grapes
- 88¢/lb.
·
2
New York strip steaks on markdown for $9.98
·
Soy
sauce - $1.28
·
Teriyaki
sauce - $1.28
And at
Fred Meyer:
·
Tortilla
chips - 10/$10 - I bought four
·
Bread
2/$3
·
Milk
- 1/2 gallon $1.25
I did
four loads of laundry in our new washing machine and hung them all up to dry
outside on our new drying rack and with drip dry hangers and clothespins. Works great!
I
finished another one of my 25¢ murder mystery paperbacks I purchased at the
thrift store. I took a nice stack of
books and passed them onto another avid reader.
My
daughters borrowed a game for the Nintendo DS from our local library.
We
finished getting our back-to-school supplies for $12 bringing the total to $26,
which included my oldest daughter's scientific calculator and her music book
for band.
I
watched a few programs and a movie on Amazon Prime and Hulu.
I
listed several more items for sale on eBay and I had sales last week as
well. Things are beginning to take off
in that arena now too. It feels good to
be "back at work".
How was
your thrifty week last week?
Your landlady sound like a real sweetheart.
ReplyDeleteOur week was thrifty too. We reworked our budget aug 1 and so far it is working just fine. The new Aldi just 3 miles from home is really nice for the grocery budget. My husband got some free tires for his truck and also redid the brakes and shocks and oil change himself.
Fantastic Rhonda! Doesn't it feel good when you accomplish so much for so little! Love it!
DeleteI'm glad your ebay sales are doing well! Mine have been not so great lately, except the things i sold for a friend, they did well! LOL.
ReplyDeleteYour landlady is awesome.
Rhonda
She's been pretty good. We are lucky. eBay is funny isn't it? I find sometimes sales are good and then sometimes not so much. Lately I haven't been able to sell a single thing on Craigslist. Weird!
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