Monday
I did some thrifty shopping. I selected
a few items from Bed Bath & Beyond to complete a Christmas I've been working
on. I had a $5 Off a $15 Purchase coupon
and some money left on a gift card. My
out of pocket expense was $4.63. I
really liked that!
Then I
went to Fred Meyer and picked up a few items on sale with their store
coupons. I also had some manufacturer
coupons to go with.
·
Two
half gallon jugs of milk and a half gallon of orange juice for $1.25 each
·
Six
cans of Progresso clam chowder for 99¢ each plus I had $1.25 in coupons
·
Three
pounds of ground turkey on markdown for $3.99.
I used
half of the ground turkey to make a batch of taco meat. It was enough for two meals. I divided the remainder in half and put it in
sandwich bags for the freezer.
I
finished my Christmas cards, printed out our annual Christmas letter and tucked
them inside and got them ready for the mail.
I
wrapped gifts with supplies I already had on hand. The gift wrap I used I bought on clearance
last year for 50¢ a roll. The bows were
all leftovers and ones I collected to re-use.
I was
out of gift tags so I printed some off of my computer using a sheet of mailing
labels. Now I have 30 self adhesive gift
tags.
Tuesday
I did some more Christmas shopping using a $10 store coupon. I was able to get several items on sale and
on clearance and ended up spending less than $25 for three nice gifts.
I did
some Christmas shopping at the grocery store.
I needed to get a few items for gifts I plan to make. I also bought wrapped candies from the bulk
bin for $1.58 a pound.
I made
broth with our half a shared turkey carcass. Then I turned it into a spicy Asian style
noodle soup to chase away the winter chill.
It was delicious.
The girls
and I made homemade hot cocoa mix. We
put it in some of our canning jars to give as Christmas gifts. We also kept a jar for ourselves and tested
it out just to make sure it was good enough to give away. My oldest made Orange Spiced Tea mix to give
as gifts and for ourselves to enjoy as well.
I used
more of my Walmart gift card to purchase some more hooks. I put them up in various areas of our
RV. I put one on each closet in my room
so I can hang clothing and my purse up.
Two more double hooks were added above the ones I installed last week
for better coat storage and we now have an extra for guests. Two in each girl's cabin area allows them a
place to hang their bathrobes and back packs. They really love having these extra hooks.
Again I
wrapped gifts with items I already had on hand.
I did need some gift boxes for clothing so I stopped at the dollar store
and picked up a package of three. I used
two of them and still have one leftover.
So far I have only spent $1 on gift wrapping supplies this year. I have no intention of buying anymore either.
I
ordered three more small Christmas gifts using my Amazon Prime membership and received
free two day shipping.
Again
we watched our favorite TV shows on Hulu and Amazon.
I
finally got the opportunity Saturday night to watch a DVD my girls gave me for Mother's
Day. Crazy to have waited that long to
watch it. It was a treat to take a hot shower
and put on my warm winter pajamas, then crawl into a bed with fresh clean
sheets and my electric blanket to watch my favorite vampire Armand in Interview With A Vampire.
You guys can have Brad Pitt. I'll take Antonio. |
We
finished off the last pesky upside down lotion bottle. I still don’t know how we managed to end up
with four of them all at the same time.
At least that clutter is now gone from our little bathroom.
What
thrifty things did you accomplish last week?
Hello over there you all at Thrifty Mom in Boise!! I just found you via the comments section of Cozy Little House here: http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/2013/12/thoughts-on-living-smaller.html
ReplyDeleteI was amazed when I read this [my first reading of your blog}. I am very impressed. My first thought was how do you all do this with out fighting with each other? I can't wait to read more. Take care...Merry Christmas to you all.
Vicki @http://collectedthoughtstoread.blogspot.com/ -- http://praisegodfromwhomblessingsflow.blogspot.com/
Oh wait...maybe the first one I read was about the tiny Christmas tree...got so busy reading I forgot where I was....LOL
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