Another week zoomed
right on by. I thought for sure this
week was going to be quieter, but that simply was not the case. Busy, busy, busy once again!
Sunday morning the
girls and I grabbed the rakes and the blower and headed outside to clean up
leaves. We worked mostly at the next
door neighbor's house. I mulched 8 bags
of leaves filling up her city compost bin to the top and our old blue trash
can. The city bin will hold five bags of
leaves and our trash can holds three.
I ended up spreading
half of the can of mulch in the chicken coop pen area and with all the rain we
had last week I was really glad I did that.
It sure helps to keep the mud under control making it much nicer for the
hens. Plus they have new stuff to
scratch around in.
Sunday afternoon I
pulled some more odds and ends out of the freezer to use up throughout the
week. Looks like I'll be sharing another
freezer clean up week with all of you on Wednesday as expected.
Monday I stopped on
the way home from picking up the girls from their activities to do a small
grocery shop at Albertson's. I picked up
loss leader items that were on sale, a lot of things for holiday and birthday
baking. The cake mixes were 79¢ each and
I had two 50¢ coupons to use as well.
Yay! An extra bag of sugar, four
packages of cream cheese and some butter too.
Winco shopping |
Wednesday I finished
my grocery shopping for Thanksgiving dinner and the girl's birthdays. I picked up my youngest from cheerleader
practice and we headed to Trader Joes first and then finished up down the
street at Winco. I had carefully crafted
my list so I knew exactly what I needed and which store I needed to by each
item at. It worked out perfectly. And amazingly it is the middle of the month
and my grocery total so far is just under $50!
Yes!
Trader Joes haul |
I treated myself to
a potted chrysanthemum at Trader Joes for $3.49. I'd been looking all over for them and
finally found one there. The clerk told
me they had just got them in that day. I
was so excited.
I received birthday
coupons for the girls to receive a free meal at Red Robin. On Friday I took them to dinner and we used
those and a I only had to pay for my meal plus the tip. FREE food is AWESOME!
How was your thrifty
week?
I'm impressed with your awesome shopping skills!
ReplyDeleteThank you Debbie! :)
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