Thrifty and Frugal Thursdays

Thrifty and Frugal  

There were the usual frugal and thrifty things happening here on the old homestead. It sometimes seems like I manage no new ideas or habits. However I have a feeling some things are so ingrained that I do them automatically without thinking about what I am doing.

1.  I used up most of three spools of yarn working on various mending and sewing. What was left on the spools I wound onto small cardboard rectangles and will use that to sew on buttons.

2.  Really happy that I can under budget for this month. Yes I know there is one more day, but we need nothing and so won't be spending anything.

3.  Found a couple more items of clothing that I hope to refashion or upcycle next month as one of my goals.

4.  Pulled some more 4" squares to make three totes next month, though I may only have enough interfacing to make 2. I will use my gift card to purchase interfacing when we make the trip to visit Kris in a couple of weeks.

5.  We have used all leftovers in other meals. However I did have to freeze some Baked Spaghetti as we had enough for another meal. This after a meal of spaghetti and meat sauce and 2 meals of baked spaghetti (this was meals for each of us). I don't think we have had that many meals from a pound of ground beef in a very long time.

6.  Still using appliances to cook with, hopefully that cuts bills down a bit. When it was cold and dark our electrical bill was still high this month. Should be lower this month, keeping my fingers crossed.

7.  Used up a tube of hand cream, this after cutting it open and getting almost another week out of the tube. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.