Frugal Friday ~ 2-14-2020
Good morning to all my frugal readers. I hope you've had a great week.
On Monday I received a call to sub, which I was grateful for since I missed three days last week.
The rain here has not let up though and on Monday students were let out at noon due to more flash flooding. School was cancelled for Tuesday also, so I missed another day of work.
On Monday we went to town to buy a pair of jumper cables. My daughter's car had a dead battery and since someone stole my Dad's battery charger, we didn't have one. So, we went and bought a new set.
We also bought five packages of Royal ready to eat rice priced at $1.88. We used an Ibotta rebate for $1.50 off and paid only 38¢ each. Ibotta let us use the rebate five times.
This week I earned a $10 Amazon gift card from Microsoft Rewards.
On Wednesday I subbed in a classroom with no microwave, so I brought my Crock-Pot Lunch Crock to heat my lunch during the day.
Family movie night this week consisted of homemade pizza and popcorn. We also watched the film The Blind Side, which is a family favorite.
Since I had extra time this week I decided to work in my sewing room.
My daughter picked up a pair of jeans in her size recently, but someone hemmed them and she needed them to be longer.
So, while I was off work this week I took my seam ripper to them and undid the hem. Now they are long enough for her to wear.
She has been going through some of her inventory and getting rid of anything that hasn't sold.
She gave me two dresses that I cut up for the material to make other things. On Thursday I used some of the material from one dress, which I upcycled into a cloth pad.
I used my 2019 Susan Branch calendar and turned the pages into envelopes.
I took the presser foot and plate off my sewing machine and cleaned out all the lint and dust and oiled the machine. Taking care of my equipment helps it last longer, which saves me money.
After all of that was done, I ended up making three cloth pads.
The one on top has Minions and Curious George. The middle one used to be part of the dress.
I also cleaned up and organized a little in there this week.
How was your week?
Belinda
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Sorry you are still having so much rain. Sounds like you kept busy. Love the idea of the envelopes.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend
Thank you, Cheryl. I really liked the envelops because of the SB design. She is such a great artist.
DeleteI hope you have a good weekend too.
I love your creative thinking about how to best use all of your resources. We had a basic week, with the our normal plans to use up leftovers, eat from the freezer/pantry where possible, and avoid spending.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Sounds like you had a good week!
DeleteIt was not a banner savings week-just trying to plug holes more than save. FYI from my daughters. Apprenlty th elsighlty cropped jeans look is oh so fashinable. I have a pair of so comfy jeans (second hand to me for like $4.99) that are too short. I was rolling them a bit and only for spring and summer/early fall. Well one day I just put them on anyway, with my short boots when we were going out and about. I wanted to be comfortable and didn't care that I had too short of jeans on. Both girls said, that I was really on point with fashion, that with the boots, this is exactly a style that is tauted on Instagram and fashion hauls. Who knew?
ReplyDeleteThat's great about your cropped jeans, Sam. I can very rarely get my daughter to wear pants. She is more of a capri length type like me. I seen that style of school regularly though, so I know your girls are spot on with that fashion. :)
DeleteI always kept cleaning my sewing machine. It is amazing the amount of dust that can accumulate with even regular sewing. I like that little crock pot, but the link did not work. My week has been trying to recover from three days of activities.
ReplyDeleteIt really is amazing how much dirt and dust can accumulate in a sewing machine. Thank you for letting me know the link to the crock pot was broken. I will fix that right now.
DeleteThat is a bummer that you are kept from subbing.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kim.
DeleteIt’s a great idea to make envelopes from old calendars.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to work all next week.
After a couple of weeks of shopping around, finally I bought home and auto insurance this week. I also received my tax refund. 😊
Have a wonderful weekend, Belinda.
Thank you, Nil.
DeleteHow neat that you rcvd your tax refund! That's always a great day!
I hope you have a terrific weekend!
Thank you so much. Happy Valentine's Day to you too. :)
ReplyDeleteI really love those envelopes - what a brilliant idea.
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Thank you, Joy. :)
DeleteI enjoy the creative ways of saving money. The pads are cute . The crock pot heater looks like a good thing to have.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Penny. The crock pot is nice to have for a hot lunch when there is no microwave in the classroom I'm working in.
DeleteGreat job.
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