Thrifty and Frugal
It is a chilly day today, not at all what we are really used to for the Easter holiday. But since there is no snow or rain forecast I will take it.
Just the usual frugal practices around the old homestead with perhaps a couple of new things.
1. Planted some herb seeds this week, and got some other herb seed and another flower seed from a friend. Free is great.
2. Managed to change emails in most of my bills, might have to phone to get another couple changed eventually.
3. Using up all leftovers in meals or frozen to be used later.
4. Put $3.55 in the change jars this week.
5. Added $75.00 to my savings envelope.
6. Got our water bill and I managed to cut $40.00 from what the last one cost us.
7. Harvey is going to use his cash back on his Visa to pay off the bill this coming month (should really not have much to pay on that at all).
8. Cleaning the print heads on the printer to hopefully extend the printer life. Not going very well really.
10. Used up another partial orphan ball knitting mitts.
12. Planned the months menus to use up items that we already have.
13. Harvey cleared all the snow and did some repairs on a few woodworking items he had made.
So that is my list for the week along with the usual things we always do.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Lots of thrifty measures this week Jackie - its those small things that really add up. Wishing you & yours a very peace filled Easter Jackie. (its Friday here now) xx
ReplyDeleteThe RC planted some mini tomato seeds (using saved seeds from previous years) and it looks as though they have all sprouted. Way more plants than we'll ever need.
ReplyDeleteA not-so-frugal-in-the-short-term was investing in a number of glass jars (dollar store!) to revamp our storage in our pantry, most of which will be filled with items we get at the bulk food store. Now we can buy those items in bigger quantities because we have proper storage for them.
Busy, busy. Cutting $40 from the water bill is huge.
ReplyDeleteWow! Cutting 40.00 from your water bill is huge! Yay, you! Ours goes up every year. I keep trying but i think i’ve come to the end of the line.
ReplyDeleteCutting $40 from your water bill is excellent! Way to go!
ReplyDeleteWell done on the bill savings and putting money into savings this month. Not an easy feat when things are getting so expensive these days.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are rocking the savings. Which I love. Wishing you an April of savings.
ReplyDeleteI group our ingredient/grocery shopping by 28 day piles and so far, we are 9.30 under budget BUT ... we have two days left and might pop into Aldi to use that up. Either way, we win because we're not over buget.
Loving that!