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Sunday, December 31, 2017
Happy New Year ~ 2018
Friday, December 29, 2017
Friday's Frugal Foodie
Thursday, December 28, 2017
My Frugal Week
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Merry Christmas
Friday, December 22, 2017
Food this Week at the Frugal Workshop
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Missing Frugal Queen?
If hard times come your way -- if you get fired, get sick, there's a blizzard, your utility bills are too high, whatever the crisis, with food in the pantry, hard times are less hard.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Final Frugal Week of November 2017
Sunday, November 19, 2017
My Frugal Weekend
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Saturday, November 18, 2017
Second Frugal Week November 2017
Betty Crocker Cake Mix 49¢ (I bought two)
Ronzoni Pasta 49¢ (I bought 40 boxes)
Del Monte tomatoes 49¢ (I bought 50 cans)
Milk 99¢ (I bought 4 - 2 skim & 2 chocolate)
Kroger Cheese 3.79 (16 ounces)
Bob’s Red Mill Sale 20% off
One thing I bought at Kroger was a bag of Bob's Red Mill brown rice flour. Kroger had Bob Mill on sale for 20% off and I had a coupon for $1.00 off from a free magazine, so I paid $1.22 for the bag.
We also went thrift store shopping on Tuesday before we bought groceries. I found two ink-jet cartridges for our printer, they were marked at $1.99, but the cashier only charged us 10¢ for them. These normally cost $18.99, so a great savings there. I also found a new book of scrapbook papers for 25¢. A brand new deck of playing cards for 49¢ and a flower pot for 49¢.
On Tuesday I needed to have a new battery installed in my car, which cost $110. My brother in law installed it for me, so no cost there.
I received a $50 Walmart card from my insurance company for having a mammogram in October. I will either use this for gas in the car or Christmas presents.
I worked four days this week and have all of next week off for Thanksgiving. Today we are going thrift store shopping again. What are your plans for the weekend?
One thing I bought at Kroger was a bag of Bob's Red Mill brown rice flour. Kroger had Bob Mill on sale for 20% off and I had a coupon for $1.00 off from a free magazine, so I paid $1.22 for the bag.
We also went thrift store shopping on Tuesday before we bought groceries. I found two ink-jet cartridges for our printer, they were marked at $1.99, but the cashier only charged us 10¢ for them. These normally cost $18.99, so a great savings there. I also found a new book of scrapbook papers for 25¢. A brand new deck of playing cards for 49¢ and a flower pot for 49¢.
On Tuesday I needed to have a new battery installed in my car, which cost $110. My brother in law installed it for me, so no cost there.
I received a $50 Walmart card from my insurance company for having a mammogram in October. I will either use this for gas in the car or Christmas presents.
I worked four days this week and have all of next week off for Thanksgiving. Today we are going thrift store shopping again. What are your plans for the weekend?
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Friday, November 10, 2017
First Frugal Week of November 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Final Frugal Week October 2017
Over the weekend I made some popcorn to take along with a
sandwich for lunches this week since popcorn is cheaper than potato chips.
I also made up some lime jello and poured them over canned
pears to make some jello fruit cups for lunches this week. I used the juice
from the pears for the cold water to make the gelatin.
I made the popcorn on our electric stovetop, and turned the
burner off early using the residual heat to finish the popping process. I often
turn the burner off early when cooking for this reason.
I made a batch of my Mexican Rice for dinner on Sunday and
combined it with some Cauliflower Taco Meat I had in the freezer. I served it
over tortilla chips and topped it with cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
On Monday I used some of the same mixture and added canned
tomatoes and pinto beans, turning it into chili and made chili tacos with it.
Other dinners this week included chicken enchiladas using up
some of the chicken I bought on sale recently, salmon patties served with green
beans, onions and potatoes, and roasted carrots.
On Tuesday I spent some time sewing as I am working on making
some Christmas presents right now.
I got started on my Christmas shopping over the weekend.
I listed five things for sale on eBay this week and sold two
of them by the end of the week helping to create some more income.
I worked four days last week and took lunch from home with
water to drink all four days.
Tuesday is Halloween and since we have no trick or treaters
come to our house since we live in rural area, we do not have to buy any candy. So,
no money spent for candy or costumes here.
I made some pumpkin muffins using a boxed cake mix and some
canned pumpkin. These items were lingering in the pantry, so it was good to use
them up. I also made a chocolate cake and packed individual slices into
containers to take with lunches this week.
Save a Lot had onions on sale Friday and Saturday only priced
at 99¢ for a three-pound bag. It’s been a while since I’ve seen them at that
price, so I bought six bags or 18 pounds. I brought them home and put them in
panty hose and hung them in the pantry.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Third Frugal Week October 2017
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
Birthday Celebration!
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Second Frugal Week of October 2017
Sunday
My friend Patti (Hi
Patti!) sent me three meals from the Hello Fresh Company and we made the first
one of them for dinner on Monday.
This week is Fall Break
for the school system here, so I won’t be working at school, but am working at
home. I spent the morning sewing and created a new pad pattern in the hopes of
selling them, and I also made a new doll quilt in the hopes of selling them for
Christmas.
Two trees fell across our
driveway in the rain that came our way from the latest Hurricane. These were
too big for us to handle by ourselves and needed a chainsaw, so my BIL Jody
came over and removed them.
Monday
Since I had the week off I
made several routine doctor appointments this week and Monday was the first one
of those. Since I was in town anyway, I needed to run to the grocery store for
onions.
One of the trips I made
was to Walmart and found chicken breast on yellow clearance stickers. They were
marked down to $1.35 a pound, so I picked up three packages.
I came home and put one
package in the crockpot for a few hours and then added some BBQ sauce and made BBQ
chicken sandwiches for dinner. I put the other two packages in the freezer to
use later.
I also found bananas on
yellow clearance stickers for 25¢ a pound and bought two bags of those.
Tuesday
Bean & Cheese
Enchiladas
I stayed home on Tuesday
and spent no money. I made another doll quilt to sell. I also made Bean &
Cheese Enchiladas for dinner.
Wednesday
We had a Pizza mystery shop to do for today, so that turned into dinner for the family.
I received a free package of cat food from the Purina Rewards cat food program.
I had an appointment for a
mammogram this morning. I also went by Food City to pick up a prescription.
Friday
I stayed home again on Friday and spent no money. I took some of the leftovers in the refrigerator and put them into individual servings, labeled them, and put them in the freezer. We have plans this weekend to go out and do things and I don't want to lose any of the food I've prepared this week.
I stayed home again on Friday and spent no money. I took some of the leftovers in the refrigerator and put them into individual servings, labeled them, and put them in the freezer. We have plans this weekend to go out and do things and I don't want to lose any of the food I've prepared this week.
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