A
friend gave me a package of venison from the deer he shot last fall. He also gave me a grocery bag full of
walnuts. Yeah for me! There is a hitch, however. I have to make my venison chili and have them
over for dinner. No problem!!
I did
NO grocery shopping this week. I didn't
need to buy gas or propane either. Whoo
hoo.
I spent
a $1 for wiggle eyes at the dollar store then helped my youngest work on a big
school project making her "warm fuzzies" to "sell" to her
class. They are learning about
entrepreneurship. Pretty cool, huh?
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I sold
and listed more items on eBay.
Fortunately they continue to offer me free listings which saves me quite
a bit.
I made
a coleslaw type of salad for a potluck lunch at work from items I already had
on hand.
I stuck
to the menu plan and had plenty of leftovers to easily keep us in lunches all
week long and into this week.
Our
landlady brought us a bag of mandarin oranges.
Very nice of her.
I
finished up a tube of chapstick I'd been digging the last little bit out of the
past two weeks. I know most people would
have just tossed it when it got down to the end like that but I just can't. There is still a lot of chapstick left inside
that tube.
The
company I work for provides hot tea and coffee for its employees. Needless to say this will save me a ton as
I'll be using much less at home.
The
weather was nice enough we were able to turn the heat off during the day
several times last week. I've also been
able to keep it turned down lower at night.
The
girls and I had a spa day at home on Saturday morning. Manicures, pedicures, facials and hair. So fun spending that time with them.
We went
to Harbor Freight to do some Christmas shopping. I was able to get two items for free with
coupons. Some lucky guy is going to get
a couple nifty items. So far I have
spent $0 on Christmas gifts. I also
bought a set of two solar yard lights on sale for $7.99 while I was there.
We used
a gift card we got for Christmas and went out to lunch at a restaurant. Our total out of pocket with tip was less
than $15.
At the
dollar store I purchased a flat rectangular container to store ice in so I can
keep the ice trays freezing in the mini fridge.
I was really missing not having ice to put in my water. Now I will have plenty of ice.
While
at the dollar store I also picked up a pair of garden gloves and six packets of
seeds. The seeds were only 25¢
each. I am making plans for a container
garden here at our tiny home. Two of the
packets are petunia and marigold seeds so we'll hopefully have some flowers.
What
thrifty things did you do last week?
wow, that's cool
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