“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
― Mason Cooley
How We Saved Money This Week:
One way I save money here is by making my own capsules.
My doctor wants me to take turmeric every day for my arthritis and so I began to take a daily supplement last year, but have since read about contamination in turmeric. After doing some research, I decided to buy organic turmeric and thanks to Dr. Gregor knew that I needed to add black pepper to it for better absorption. I take one of these every day, and making my own capsules saves me money.
I also make my own ginger and antioxidant-rich alma berry capsules for health reasons.
We had a Walmart grocery delivery on Thursday and are now stocked up on fresh vegetables, fruits, and other groceries to make meals for the next few weeks.
There was a substitution for collard greens. I ordered one bunch of collard greens, but they were out and substituted shredded collard greens. I was going to use the collards for wraps and can't do that with the shredded ones, but we will use them anyway. I do believe we received more greens with the substitution.
We ordered a new garbage can for the kitchen from Amazon this week. I saved money by choosing a different color than their standard black one. The color doesn't matter to me as I will be placing this one in the pantry where no one, but me, will see it.
Saving on Entertainment
With the Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris this week, we decided to watch Lee Daniels' The Butler, which is such a good film. It is based on thetrue story of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents during his time as a butler at the White House, which included the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events.
This was another quiet week here and we stayed home every day. We did the usual frugal things like cooking from scratch, turning out the lights when not using them, and have not needed to run the heat, a/c, or fans.
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Welcome to Saturday! It's chilly and snowy here today. I tried to post here yesterday, but our Internet wasn't working for some reason. I'm going to keep this blog post short and sweet just in case it decides to stop working again.
My stimulus check arrived last week and I put it to good use paying for six months worth of auto insurance, renewing my local newspaper for one year even though it wasn't due until March, and stocking up on necessities while also saving a little bit.
Bailey used part of her stimulus money to buy inventory for her shop. She will probably triple or quadruple her money by doing this. We've been busy this week steaming the new inventory, photographing, processing and listing the items for sale online.
Saving Money In My Frugal Kitchen
Since the weather has turned cold this week it's a good time to make soup, which really helps us to save money. Today 'll be making homemade vegetable soup using up items from my pantry. Tomorrow night we will be having Chili for dinner from some I froze thelasttime I made it.
We did a Publix grocery store pickup since I needed to go there to pick up a prescription anyway. It was our first time doing a grocery pick up there and I only ordered a few things, but it went smoothly and I would definitely use the service again.
Cornbread dressing made from scratch was on the menu this week also. I served it with dinner a few times and then froze the rest of it to have with a turkey breast we have in the freezer later this month.
The celery leaves are drying on a plate in the kitchen sunshine to be used in another dish later.
Saving on Entertainment
For family movie night this week we watched Sweet Home Alabama. It is one of our favorite movies, which we have watched multiple times. We definitely got our money's worth when we bought this movie.
What I've been Reading This Week
One of the gifts that Bailey bought me for Christmas was a six month subscription to Scribd. I've been reading so much more than usual as they offer so many books.
I read on my laptop and cellphone and Scribd will keep my place no matter which device I'm using, which I like.
If you would like to try Scribd out for 60 days for free, click here: Scribd.
Freebies
We received a free sample from The Republic of Tea. This is the time of year to warm up with a hot cup of herbal tea. I had my usual Matcha green tea today.
How was your week? Any frugal wins to tell us about?
Belinda
~ Living within our Means ~
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