Sunday began with my
oldest driving me to a few grocery stores.
My main focus was to load up on fresh produce and a stop into Trader
Joes took care of that quite nicely.
Winco rounded out the rest of my list and a stop on the way home at Fred
Meyer got us a few items there while my daughter picked up a Christmas gift for
her sister.
Trader Joes haul |
When we got home we
put away the groceries and I did a few little chores around the house. The youngest ran a load of laundry and that
pretty much summed up what we needed to do.
I settled in with my laptop on Youtube and learned how to crochet with
thread and made two lace snowflakes for our Christmas tree. I am super excited about learning to crochet
lace projects.
Winco haul |
That evening I put
together a nice Chinese food supper of fried rice, potstickers and
eggrolls. We watched White Christmas on
Netflix.
Fred Meyer with freebies & markdowns |
Monday was the only
day we didn't have something going on, which was good as I ended up working an
11 hour day. The rest of the week was
nonstop with Tuesday being the most crazy.
After only working a 9 hour day I headed home for a quick supper my
oldest made, which was breakfast hash and quite delicious. Then we all piled into the car to pick up my
youngest daughter's friend and drop both of them off at the junior high to warm
up for their Christmas concert. Over to
the high school to drop off the oldest for a basketball game, then back over to
the junior high to watch the concert, then back to the high school to pick up
the oldest and we made it home by 9:00.
After a hot bath I headed to bed and slept like a dead person.
My first attempts at crocheting lace |
Wednesday and
Thursday were much better in that I only needed to pick up the youngest from
cheer practice. My oldest managed a ride
home after science club with one of her friends. Friday she had another basketball game at the
high school so we dropped her off and while we waited for the game to end the
youngest and I finished up the Christmas shopping she needed to do at a nearby
strip mall.
We still had some time
to kill before the game ended so we went to the mall. I was super excited to find a pair of Clarks
for my work shoes on clearance for $49.99.
I had looked at these same shoes several months ago and they were
$119.99 so I was extremely happy to get them for such a low price.
Saturday my youngest
had her cheerleading Christmas party.
They went ice skating by the outlet mall so while we waited for her to
attend her party the oldest and I checked out the outlet mall. I hadn't been there in years and since I
really needed new underwear we decided to go to the Vanity Fair store. They have combined that store with the
Lee/Wrangler stores so we had plenty to look at. I picked up an extra gift for my youngest as
well as six pair of undies for $42 (regular price was $11.50 a pair! I paid $7 a pair) as well as two bras for my
oldest on clearance for $5.99 for both. I
also found a nice pair of Lee blue jeans on clearance for $7.97! Between the shoes, the undies and the jeans I
was able to mark off all but one thing off of my list of clothing items I
needed. Last on my list will be to get
another new pair of black slacks for work.
Then I'll be all set.
In order not to lose
my mind I got most of my daily chores done in the mornings before I left for
work. Coming home to a clean and tidy
house each night really helps me keep my sanity and reduces a ton of stress.
We cleaned up a lot
of leftovers by packing them into our lunches each day which made for some easy
lunch prep and no food waste.
We made fudge for teacher gifts |
I worked a gob of
overtime last week which will be very nice to have on my final paycheck of
2018.
I picked up two
Friday Freebies at Fred Meyer on Sunday and downloaded another one to my store
rewards card on Friday.
I carved out some
spare time in the evenings and two of my mornings and worked on the scrappy
afghan I started the week before. It is
coming right along and is going to be very warm and toasty.
How was your thrifty
week?
We did the normal stuff last week: drove our electric car, charged it for free at work, ate leftovers & took a freezer inventory to reduce grocery purchases.
ReplyDeleteThat all sounds really great. Good job!
DeleteI love Vanity Fair undies, I just bought a few cotton ones and they are so comfortable. Also, I have had great experience with Clarks shoes. They are a very good value, especially when purchased on sale - they last a long time. I've had mine for probably 6 years and counting!
ReplyDeleteD.
My last pair I wore five days a week for three and a half years straight. I think that is amazing and they are just now showing wear and tear. They're still a good backup pair.
DeleteThose Warner's panties are my favorite. Great price for them.
ReplyDeleteI definitely understand how coming home to a clean house eliminates stress. When I've had errand-filled days, I want to be able to sit and relax when I get home, which I can't do if there is tidying up to be done.
Warners are my favorites too. They are comfy and last a long time. I can't sit still if there are things needing to be done either. Just can't do it.
DeleteI thought of you while I was at Sams today :) They have the 5 pk Warners panties for $12.98 (same/similar style). If you don't have a Sams membership, you can always get a one day pass from CS to shop there.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have Sam's here. We used to but they didn't stick around long. :(
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