Thrifty and Frugal Thursday

 Thrifty and Frugal

Another thrifty and frugal week has passed by. The only perhaps nonfrugal/thrifty thing I did was my shopping this week. Still I only bought the items on my list and the total cost was not as bad as I had anticipated it becoming. I am also very hopeful that I will not be heading out shopping again before the new year. 

So here are my thrifty and frugal wins for the week.

1.  Using appliances more for cooking this past week and I will hopefully continue to do so in the coming weeks.

2.  Baking bread and trying to get ahead on this before our sons come home for the holiday.

3.  Used up many of the leftovers in the fridge and will continue to do so.

4.  There were small amounts of jam in jars in the fridge so I made Thumbprint cookies to clear those out.

5.  Making yogurt today which should see me through at least another week. After that is gone it will be toast, oatmeal or muffins until I go shopping in the new year. 

6.  Watered plants using saved water.

7.  Found thirty cents on the floor in the basement which was added to the change jars. 

8.  Did some tweaking of the menu for when Kurt and Kris arrive a bit earlier than thought. Most of the tweaked recipes will be cooked via electric roaster, top of stove, microwave, or toaster oven. Hopefully saving on the power bill. 

9.  We had three lovely sunny days and with the drapes open in the living room the furnace did not cut in as much. This saves on natural gas and electric.

10.  Made some more bathroom cloths from leftover bits of flannel. The edges need to be sewn and will do that tomorrow. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.