First Frugal Friday of December 2024
Welcome to Frugal Friday!
My Frugal Week
I listed one item on eBay this week and sold two items, which one was another old pocketknife I found while cleaning downstairs.
On Tuesday we went grocery shopping. First stop was UGO in Chatsworth. Afterwards we headed to Food City to spend our $25 gift card, Ingles, and finally Kroger.
Ingles had their Borden cheese on sale buy one get one free. We found a package of Chicken Teriyaki Skewers on markdown for $5.99, a can of white corn on markdown for 50 cents, and plant based steak on markdown for $1.49.
At Food City I found a one pound package of Bison marked down from $9.99 to $4.99. I also picked up Greek yogurt, green olives, hot chocolate, tortillas, and apples. After my gift card I paid $15.50.
Deals at Kroger include multiple bags of salad on markdown, so we will be eating a lot of salads in the next week. Other than that we mostly just stocked up on everyday groceries.
And our best deals came from UGO where we found the large boxes of sugar free Jell-O for 79 cents, which sell for $1.78 at Walmart. I eat them every day, so the savings was tremendous. I bought three cases or 72 boxes in all, which saved me over $70.
Other deals at UGO include turkey lunchmeat for $1.00, sometimes less, per pack. Quarts of Almond Breeze eggnog priced at 3 for $1.00, egg whites for $1.00 per 32 ounce box, grass fed beef hot dogs for $1.99, boxes of 24 individually wrapped 1 ounce bags of peanuts for $1.00 (unheard of!), and not to mention all the other good deals we were able to purchase. Grocery closeout stores can really help families save money on their grocery budgets.
Wednesday & Thursday were spent at home. Our Christmas tree is up, the house is decorated and the presents are wrapped. We’ve already started watching some Christmas movies and watched The Family Stone this week.
It’s cold here, around 26 degrees most mornings, so we have our draft dodgers in place by the doors and are keeping warm. We only have heat on in the bathroom for now.
How are you doing? Getting all your Christmas doings done? I’m not a fan of these shorter days with it getting dark around 5 p.m., but they won’t last too long.
I hope and pray you’ve had a wonderful week!
Thank you for dropping by my frugal blog, you are always welcome here.
We would love to hear all about your week in the comment section.
BelindaHomemaker at HeartMortgage & Debt Free~ Living within our Means ~My Linktree
~ She looketh well to the ways of her household ~Proverbs 31:27
Nice hauls. I've been craving more salads lately but greens are so expensive, so if in sale I'll buy and try and eat them for every meal while fresh. I haven't really started any Christmas movies watching yet but nothing Saturday or Sunday on the calendar so I'll get a couple watched.
ReplyDeleteSounds good, Sam. Thanks. :)
DeleteIt looks like a good shopping day for you. All those peanuts for a dollar? Wow!
ReplyDeleteI know, that was such a great deal, I was surprised.
DeleteGood deals -UGO sounds like a great place to shop. Wish we had one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vickie. I love our UGO.
DeleteSounds like UGO is similar to Smart Shopper based in PA that we use to frequent when near my Dermatologist's office back there. Grocery closeout stores are the best!
ReplyDeleteThey definitely are, Sluggy. :)
DeleteI had to look up UGO and found there is one in Fort Payne (about an hour and a half from here) TheHub and I plan on going to Mentone soon and it is only about 15 minutes from there. I see a shopping trip in my future.
ReplyDeleteBTW I love their ads with the "famous brand" covering the actual brand name.
Right?! 😂 sometimes they are so obvious! 😂
DeleteNice deals you got. What a deal on the peanuts. UGO sounds like a great place to shop.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cheryl. We’ve found some great deals there over the years.
DeleteYou managed to get some fantastic deals this week.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thank you, Jackie.
DeleteDon't know if you could still submit but there was a .75/1 Borden cheese on Ibotta. I can't tell what f it's still there since I used it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know, Lana. I’ll check that out.
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