Second Frugal Week of June 2017

It's been a busy week at the Frugal Workshop this week. 
On Monday I received two checks in the mail thanks to the reward programs I spend a few minutes using each day. 

The first check was from Inbox Dollars for $33.88. 
The second check was from SendEarnings for $28.82. 

I also earned $5.00 in Amazon gift cards from Microsoft Rewards. I now have $47.42 in gift cards from Amazon for this year. I'm saving them for something special like Christmas. 
Other things that happened this week include...

I earned $112.50  before fees on Ebay this week after selling three of the items I listed for sale last week. I paid $13.26 in Ebay fees on this amount and $4.75 in PayPal fees, so I paid a total of $15.16 in fees and brought home $97.34 on the $112.50 I made. 
I couldn't have made as much as I did on Ebay at the flea market or a yard sale, so I'm glad this option to sell online is available. I think all the tightwads shop at the flea market because they want to haggle with me on the price, which is what I do at yard sales. LOL
I also listed five other items up for sale on Ebay this week. I did a tiny bit of decluttering and decided to go ahead and see if I could sell them on Ebay. I'll only list them one time and if they don't sell, I will donate them to our local charity thrift store. I'm not willing to hold onto them any longer than that. 

I made five more cloth pads for my daughter this week. I asked her how many she wanted to have on hand and together we settled on thirty-five. That way she could go a whole week without doing a load of laundry if necessary. The chevron pattern above was one of my favorites. 

I made a new page for the Frugal Workshop on cloth pads. You can see it at the toolbar on the top of the page and here is a link to it if you're interested. Mostly stuff you've already read if you are a regular reader here, but for newbies they can find all the information in one place. 
While folding the laundry this week I found a pair of pants that needed a small section of the inseam restitched, so I picked up my thread and needle and stitched it together right then. No sense in putting little tasks like that off since I am off from school for the summer. 
On Thursday I made a large stockpot full of Taco Soup based on this recipe from the Prudent Homemaker. I like that it calls for ingredients I already had in my pantry. I did use fresh onions though since I had them on hand. 
My daughter did a CVS haul this week where she bought two tubes of Colgate toothpaste and a bottle of Dawn dishwashing liquid for 21¢. 
Here is a short video of her deal:

On Friday we went to several yard sales. 
Items we picked up included:
- 3 new glass bowls $2.00 (I broke one last week & needed replacement) - Microwave cover - 10¢ - 3 music CDs - $3.00 (one was brand new/just released) - 12 flannel blankets - $2.00, which was 17¢ each - Fabric to make more cloth pads - $2.00 - Multiple textbooks to resell (some were free) - 2 scrub shirts to make pads - 50¢ - Bag of 107 adorable quilt squares - $2.00 - Storage container on wheels for cat food - $3.00 (been looking for one of these for years - didn't want to pay retail) - Battle of the Sexes board game - 50¢ - Lamp - $3.00 (to lighten up my sewing area) - 2 brand new swimsuits - $3.00 (needed to replace dd's swimsuit top as chlorine stretched hers out)  - French fry cutter - $1.00 (still in the box)
We had a great yard sale day.  :) All in all we had a good week here at the Frugal Workshop. We hope you had a good week as well and have a wonderful weekend ahead.  :)
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~