On
Monday I went to Albertson's to buy Halloween candy that was on sale for $2 a
bag. Great price! Even better I had two $1 coupons so I was
able to get plenty of trick-or-treat candy, 4 bags for $6.
I
did not grocery shop this week.
We
watched Castle and Sleepy Hollow on Hulu for free.
I
worked a little bit of overtime.
I
started working on my annual Christmas letter to tuck in with the cards I made
to send out. I also went ahead and put
the mailing labels on the envelopes for the cards so they are ready to mail once
I finish the letter and sign all the cards.
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| Party table for the girls |
I
had some friends over to visit and served them leftover wine from my party the
week before.
I
signed up for the "Birthday Club" at one of my favorite
restaurants. Next year on my birthday I
can go there for a free hamburger. Whooo
hooo!
My
dear friend brought me a bag of coupons she had saved for me. I cut out several including six free item
coupons from the hardware store. One of
those items is a sleeve of batteries.
Always a good thing to stock up on.
I
used restaurant coupons to take the girls out for dinner on Halloween for less
than $9.
The
girls used the same costumes they wore last year so we had no added expense
this year to dress up and trick-or-treat.
I
made a batch of Italian salad dressing mix and then made a pint of Creamy Italian Dressing. I also made two
bottles of pancake syrup.
Saturday
evening I helped my girls throw a post-Halloween sleepover with their friends
on a shoe string budget. I served
homemade pepperoni pizza and macaroni and cheese. I also popped some popcorn and set out some
leftover candy corn. A couple weeks ago I
picked up a bag of cheese balls at the dollar store and also bought apple juice
and diet soda on sale. The juice was 99¢
a bottle and the soda was 50¢ for a 2 liter bottle. We used leftover plates and napkins from my
party and the same décor. They played
games and at the end gave each of their friends a goodie bag as they went
home. We bought all of the stuff we
needed for prizes and the bags at the dollar store for less than $20. In the morning I made them pumpkin pancakes
served with freshly made pancake syrup and apple juice for breakfast. They had a very good time.
How
did your thrifty week go?
I am jealous- I would have loved to be one of the giggling girls at the slumber party! :) Sounds like so much fun. You are a really good mama!
ReplyDeleteI checked out your recipe for Creamy Italian dressing and I will be using it! That is my favorite kind of dressing. Thank you for sharing it! I really like the recipes you post on your site- I have made many and they have all come out very good.
My week was thrifty- I got a huge box of bananas for almost nothing and my neighbor gave me a bunch of Tupperware containers she was looking to get rid of. I used up food that needed to go and we ate all leftovers so no food waste. I got some more items together for a yard sale that we will have in the spring. I picked up some nice fabric quarters for $1 each to use to sew some Christmas gifts. I also went to the local thrift store to scan the dollar rack and got some clothes for my family. All in all, a decent week. I did spend, but I saved too.
I so want to go fabric shopping. I have so much already but I want to get a couple of Christmas print pieces to make holiday napkins. I think that would be fun.
Deletewhere do you have the recipes for the dressing and syrup?
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