Monday, September 15, 2014

Last Week's Thrifty Moves


On Sunday, after much shopping around locally and online I purchased a 40" LED HDTV for our "new home".  We have been wanting one forever and since our old TV died quite some time ago I decided to go ahead and get one after we moved out of the RV, whenever that might be.  I found a Sanyo brand at Walmart that had the quality of picture I wanted and the best price I'd seen so far.  It was only $248!  I was thrilled, needless to say.  I had budgeted $400 for a new television so that left more than enough for the Roku we also wanted.

I got the best price at Amazon on a Roku Streaming Stick which is what our new TV is designed to work with for $44.99.  Now we can enjoy all our free online TV viewing that we had been with our laptop in the RV and I am free to write blog posts and work on my book while the TV is on for the girls. J

I worked overtime all week and earned extra $$ to put toward my living room furniture which I purchased using my PayPal account which gave me a six months same as cash offer.  I have the money set aside to pay this off before the six months are up but I thought I'd put my overtime earnings towards it and keep my cash in my savings account in the meantime.

A friend of mine picked me up a case of Kirkland brand toilet paper at Costco for $14.99.  Amazingly we are just now finishing up the last case he picked up for me in January.  I am impressed that its lasted us as long as it has.

I did not do any grocery shopping this week. 

How was your thrifty week last week?

4 comments:

  1. Nice TV! Great deal! What a nice 'coming home' present for you and the girls. :)
    I am trying to stay out of the grocery stores unless I absolutely need something. But I find myself really jumping all over sales on meat lately- I've seen some super-good deals and try to take advantage of them when I am able to. I got a total of 6 whole chickens last week (78¢/lb.) and already roasted 2 of them, froze 4 of them for later on in the season. We had the 2 that I made for dinner and then whatever meat was left on them I deboned and used for chicken salad, chicken corn noodle soup, chicken enchiladas.... pretty soon we are all going to be walking around clucking and shedding feathers. ;)
    I also gratefully accepted some more tomatoes from our neighbor who had an abundance this year and offered us the last of his lot. I am thinking of trying out a Taste of Home recipe for Tomato Dill Bread, which I read tastes great for making sandwiches.
    I had never heard of Roku until a few days ago when a friend of mine told me about it. She got the same exact one you did at Walmart and highly recommended it to us. I am thinking about getting the same one.

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    1. Great deals on the chicken and such luck getting those tomatoes. We are loving our Roku so far. I think it is worth the money. I got mine on Amazon with free shipping.

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  2. Good deal!! Enjoy it! :) You work so hard, well deserved!

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    1. It was a totally guilt free purchase! :) I am so very much enjoying it too.

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