Knowing that Thursday was going to be a busy one for us we
celebrated St. Patrick's Day early with a traditional corned beef dinner on
Sunday night. I put a roast in the slow
cooker first thing Sunday morning and allowed it to cook on high all day. I added baby carrots and red potatoes later
in the day. Instead of steamed cabbage,
which I love, we made coleslaw instead, because that is what we already had.
The girls like that better anyway.
Sunday afternoon I took a coupon a friend gave me to JoAnns Fabrics
and used it to buy cotton quilt batting that was on sale and a bag of
polyfil. The coupon gave me an extra 25%
off my total and I had a little bit left on a gift card. My final total was under $20. Not too shabby.
I used up the last of the quilt batting and polyfil I had leftover
from all those pillows I made at Christmas.
I pieced the scraps of batting together and had just enough to line
another throw pillow I made. I'll post
more about that tomorrow.
Friday I stopped in a few thrift stores on the way home from work and
found a cute lampshade for $1.99, another one for $1.59. They both will need to be cleaned and I have plans to rework them a bit as well.
My $1.99 lampshade |
A friend of mine gave me a trash bag full of leather shoes, brand new, that she didn't want. Several pair are perfect for work. What a blessing!
I made a pint of "Ranch" salad dressing.
I composted coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shells and veggie trimmings the hens
couldn't eat.
I washed out a couple of Ziploc bags to reuse and added water to
the dish soap bottle so I could use up every last bit.
How thrifty was your week?
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