Sunday morning I was
up and at it. First up was to get my
Sunday chores done and the laundry started.
After that it was to put in a full day of work on my stairway project
and I made some significant progress.
While I did that the girls made a double batch of biscuits and gravy for
breakfast so they would have plenty of leftovers during the week. They also folded the laundry for me.
Monday was the first
day back to school. And the beginning of
the rat race that becomes my life during the school year. Last week's meal plans should help me to save
some time and at least get dinner on the table in a decent amount of time. It is also a big stress reliever not to have
to worry each day about what I'm going to prepare.
Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday both girls had practices to be picked up from after school. My youngest actually had a football game on
Tuesday. I used my time in the mornings
before work to get my daily chores done and to meal prep as needed. With my new work schedule that extra hour in
the mornings has come in very handy.
After work on Friday
I did a little Christmas shopping at ShopKo.
I had received a $10 OFF $30
Purchase coupon that they had emailed me which worked perfectly for some
things I had in mind for my girls. I
printed it off on a sheet of scrap paper, tucked it in my purse and off I went.
When I got home the
girls and I mowed and trimmed the yard and I went out back with the weed eater
and got things spruced up back there. We
also cleaned up our construction site, organized the leftover and usable wood
scraps in the garage, dumped a bucket of smaller scraps into our wood crate for
our firepot, filled up our garbage bin with trash and our recycle bin with
cardboard for the next scheduled pick up.
Early Saturday
morning I dropped my oldest off at her school to take a test. While she did that I headed off to Walmart to
do some more Christmas shopping and pick up a few other items on my list. I also hit the dollar store on the way home
and found some items for a fun project I plan to do for fall.
I did my grocery
shopping at Winco so I could fill in some of the gaps in our pantry. I used some of my found money from last week
to pay the bill. That was pretty
fantastic.
When I picked my
daughter up after her test we headed to the mall for some bra shopping at JC
Penney. I used my store card to pay in
order to take advantage an additional 20% discount offer. I was able to get her two really nice bras that
were on sale plus the discount for only $25.
They were regularly priced at $32 each so I was pretty happy with the
final price. And I won't need to pay for
them until next month, which I will, in full, so I don't accrue any interest
fees.
Gratuitous bunny pic |
Our Saturday supper
was a buffet of leftovers I pulled out of the refrigerator to reheat. We cleaned those all up and kept our food
waste to a minimum.
We fed loads of
extra produce, bread and kitchen scraps to our chickens.
Last week's harvest I gave that carrot to Daisy and she LOVED it! |
I harvested some
veggies from our little garden patch.
The squirrels made quick work of stripping all the pears and apples from
the trees. Little buggers!
How was your thrifty
week?
Squeeeeeeeeeeee, gratuitous bunny pic! So adorable!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good week! :)
She is sooooo much fun!
DeleteBeautiful bunny! I usually shop JCPenney with my card too.... such great savings and rewards if we pay it off in full each month.
ReplyDeleteThat is the key. Pay it off! :)
DeleteSounds like a very productive weekend. We are finishing the summer with a Labor Day weekend party at the lake place and then we launch full speed ahead into wedding prep.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend Anne. You are going to be busy with that wedding. :0)
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