I
baked two loaves of whole wheat bread.
I
finished the baby afghan and made another scarf set for my Etsy store out of
the variegated brown and blue yarn you all seemed to like so much. I also agreed to help a co-worker crochet a
baby blanket for her new grandson.
Mainly she just needs a refresher course.
I
watched two episodes of Downton Abbey
and Antiques Roadshow on PBS online
for free. I watched a few cooking shows
on PBS too.
As
a family we watched Castle on Hulu
for free.
We
veered a little off course from our menu plan in order to use up some
leftovers.
Somehow
we ended up with extra milk again this week.
Lucky us! I made a batch of
homemade vanilla pudding and a batch of homemade butterscotch pudding. Delish!
We
used up a dab of sour milk in a batch of homemade cornbread which we enjoyed
with leftover bean and bacon soup pulled from our freezer one evening.
My
darling daughter decided to re-grow lettuce.
Using a wide mouth half pint jar she filled it half way with water and
stuck the root end from a head of romaine we had just finished up inside. Within two days we already had new growth!
After
work on Thursday I stopped at the gas station and used my rewards points to
save an extra 10¢ a gallon. I paid $1.75
a gallon to fill my tank. I am thrilled
that my last tank of gas lasted me an entire month.
Since
JoAnn Fabrics is next door to the gas station I stopped in and picked up more
yarn on sale. I have a lot of projects
planned for each of these. Now I just
need to get them done. I also used a 50%
OFF coupon to get this one gallon Ball jar for $12.50.. Not sure yet what I plan to put inside yet, I
have a ton of ideas though, but I fell in love with this thing so I treated
myself.
I
finally finished up that upside down bottle of lotion in my bathroom. I even stuck my pinky inside to swipe out
every last bit. It is one of my
favorites and I love it. Now I get to
start using the stuff my girls got me for Christmas. Yaaaay!
My
dear friend gave me more coupons from her Sunday paper. I clipped a bunch of them and some online
coupons as well.
I
mended the lining on my daughters jacket where the seam had come undone.
Saturday
the girls and I changed the oil on our truck and topped off the fluids. We put the used motor oil in a well rinsed
milk jug to set out for the trash man to pick up for recycling. They have a receptacle on the garbage trucks
to collect it in.
I
installed the new light fixture I purchase from Home Depot online last month
for 50% off the regular price and free shipping. It replaced the broken one in my bedroom that
our tenants mangled. It looks much
better than the original so in a way they ended up doing me a favor. I love it.
Slowly but surely my bedroom is coming right along.
Before |
After - Huge improvement! |
After
all that work we decided we had earned a trip to the Antique Mall just for fun
and it was! We love to go there as see
all the neat stuff they have. I will
post more about our adventure in a separate post. Afterward we went for a hamburger at our
favorite 50's diner complete with waitresses on roller skates.
A
trip to Home Depot on the way home to get light bulbs for the new light fixture
also produced a new lawn rake and a garden rake as well, which we desperately
needed. We have been borrowing our
neighbors lawn rake to clean up leaves with.
I also picked up a replacement electrical outlet for the one that isn't
working anymore and a couple outlet covers to replace a couple in my bedroom
that somehow got broken. Many more
projects lie ahead for us.
I
was on my last one so I had a new key cut for our truck at Fred Meyer. While I was there I picked up a 25# bag of
all purpose flour for $8.29. After doing
the math is was a much better value than the smaller bags I usually buy. That ended up being the only grocery shopping
I did all week.
How
thrifty were you last week?
Would you post the link to your etsy site.
ReplyDeleteI will as soon as I stock it. Right now it is empty so I took down the link. I want to get a few more things together before I open it back up. I'll let you know as soon as I do. :)
DeleteOk. :0 Great deal on the flour by the way.
DeleteI was pretty happy about the flour :)
DeleteI like that light. Very pretty. I was given free toys and clothes for my son. My mom gave me some free pork chops, soda, and chips. I used a free Redbox code to rent a movie the husband had been wanting to see.
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic! Don't you just love free stuff. Free pork chops too! Yummy.
DeleteGreat week! I am still shaking off the post Christmas lethargy around the house.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne!
DeleteGreat moves! Can't wait to see your Etsy shop too.
ReplyDeleteTania
Thanks Tania! Guess I'd better get busy!! :)
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