Thrifty and Frugal
I have been staying close to home over the last week. We are however having a date night tomorrow. A little more expensive than we are used to, but so looking forward to a night at the live theater we have in our city. I was surprised at home much the tickets have gone up, but I guess all prices are rising.
So what frugal and thrifty things have we been up to this week.
1. Hubby cut down some branches which we will chop up to use as kindling next year.
2. Hung all our clothing on the lines outside. Even managed to get the sheets hung up as well.
3. Reading free books that I downloaded onto my ereader.
4. Using things up from the freezer. This week it has been my practice to use up some apple sauce, and I will be using the frozen tomatoes from last year to make sauce and clear out room for the harvest this year. No wasting allowed.
5. At the end of last week I added $85.00 to the savings envelope, and 85 cents to the change jars.
6. Picked and dehydrated various herbs for use this winter.
7. Made yogurt.
8. Decluttered more recipes that we did not enjoy.
9. Worked on using up more yarn in both the mitten knitting and the weaving.
10. Lights off for most of the day pretty much all week. Only keeping a few lights on (the one above my chair) during the evening.
11. Using the samples of hand lotion I have gotten over the years.
12. Using samples of bath gel I have gotten over the years.
13. Copied some patterns to use up more scraps of fabric to make small Christmas gifts.
14. Did some surveys and scanned in my shopping for points to use towards gift cards.
Those are the few that I can remember, probably more that my old brain can not bring to the forefront right now.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Good list. I rarely turn on a light this time of the year. It is light very early, and I am in bed watching TV when the sun sets. Offsets the AC!
ReplyDeleteSave on the brain power, looks like 14 things is plenty. There! You just saved something for #15! You always do well.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your date night! Live theatre can be so much fun.
ReplyDeleteWe are having a theatrical night tomorrow too! Ours will be free. We were offered football tickets, for the Buffalo Bills season opener, but when I found out they would be $500, I said NO! My husband was a little bothered by that, but that is just too much. Tickets really are expensive -- it's nice you will be able to have a night out.
ReplyDeleteYou are keeping up with a lot of frugality. Good work!
Enjoy your date night! That sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteA date night sounds like fun. The RC asked me what I wanted to do for our birthdays (we are one day apart) and he wants to go for a steak dinner at The Keg. It's mega-bucks but their steak is amazing. I balk at the cost but our birthdays and our anniversary is the only time we get it. So I will succumb to his wish and make sure I bring half home to enjoy for a second night.
ReplyDeleteYou've had a very busy frugal week. Enjoy your date night at the theatre.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great list! But how wonderful for the two of you to enjoy an outing...nothing beats live theatre, always interesting. Enjoy!
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