Second Frugal Friday of June 2025

Welcome to Frugal Friday! 
First some music…

This is Lacy J. Dalton singing 16th Avenue, which is a song written by Thom Schuyler referring to Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee. 
Quote of the Week

By getting the urge to splurge under control, it’s possible to save significant amounts of cash that can be used to stretch your household budget. ~ Len Penzo

My Frugal Week
Last Monday I took the garbage off, took some canned food to the local Little Free Pantry, took the last walker to People Helping People and dropped off some other donations there. 
Once I got back home I started in on laundry and cleaned out my bedroom walk in closet, so I could actually put more stuff in there. It’s much nicer having the extras in the closet instead of my bedroom. We also store the items we will consign later in the year in the interim to keep them out of the way. 
Last week when I deep cleaned the kitchen, I pulled out a tall cabinet we used for storage and moved it to the back porch in favor of an open shelf in its place instead. I’ve stored my canning jars in the cabinet on the back porch, which worked out so well. We will even be storing our garden tools in there. 
We also moved a table from downstairs into the kitchen/dining area upstairs to use for storage. I sorted all my canned goods and organized them very well. I’m actually very excited to have this extra space upstairs. 
I listed and sold a wedge pillow on Facebook Marketplace (FBM) for $20.00. Bailey sold a cart from the pole barn for $20 on FBM also, so now we have mad money for yard sales this week. 😂 
I processed clothing for Bailey’s shops this week. She has a new program that uses the photos she takes and it fills in all the information about the clothing item such as V-neck or scoop neck, color, sleeve length, type of print (solid, abstract, floral, etc), type of fabric, etc. 
These are descriptions I used to have to write down for her, but now I only need to weigh, measure, fill in the size and brand, which is much faster for me. Technology sure can be a good thing sometimes. 
Some of the things I did to save money this week include cutting my own hair, and turning off the internet on my tablet from Verizon. We have separate internet other than Verizon, so there was no need to pay two different companies for internet. 
I also unsubscribed from more marketing emails from companies I did not sign up to receive. It’s part of my goal of avoiding consumerism. Also, I was at Home Depot the other day and an employee stopped me and asked questions about our water. 
Turns out they were selling whole house water filtration systems, which did not bother me. BUT, since then I’ve received several phone calls for handyman services and am convinced they sold my cell phone number, which makes me upset with Home Depot. 
On Thursday we went to the first day of a church rummage sale. For those local, it was the Bowman Hills Seventh Day Adventist School. They did not have women's clothes this year and the prices are higher than usual, but I suspect it is because everything is fifty percent off starting tomorrow. 
I bought a Campbell's Cookbook from 1968 for $1.00. 

One can of bean sprouts for 50 cents to make Almost Spaghetti. 

One fish soap dispenser for $1.00, which is so cute. 

And, these pretty cloth napkins for $1.00. 

Freebies this Week   
A lady at one of the yard sales I went to asked me if I wanted some cockscomb flower seeds, and of course I said yes as they are such beautiful flowers. 
I found a nickel in the floor at Dollar Tree this week too. I won’t keep a yard sale coin, but will keep a corporate one. 😂 

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In the free boxes at yard sales I found a bag full of gift bags, some dish towels, dish clothes, and a reusable shopping bag. I donated some of this but did keep the gift bags and a very nice dish towel. 
Fun Question of the Week
If you could come home to one of these three things, which one would you pick?
1. A clean home.2. A home cooked meal.3. Your partner all done up. 
For me it’s a toss up between number one and two, but if push came to shove I’d pick number two. The husband of the wife who asked him this question on TikTok also picked number two. You know that old saying, “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” fits here. 😂 
Saving Money YouTube Videos
Prepper Princess has a new video titled, “Extreme Frugality: When You Finally Realize Almost Nothing is a Necessity”. I know some people feel like she is extreme, but she does have some good points here like using Zote soap for laundry and V05 shampoo because they are both affordable, which is wise frugal advice. As with everything else, use what you can and leave the rest. I for one will not be going without deodorant. 😂 
What I've been Reading This Week
Over at Len Penzo.com I was reading about how to Drop the Guilt: How to Splurge Without Breaking the Bank. In another post he writes about Nine Things We Routinely Overpay For. Len says that by getting the urge to splurge under control, it’s possible to save significant amounts of cash that can be used to stretch your household budget.
That’s all for this week, folks. How was your week? Any frugal successes to share?

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.

Belinda 🫶 💕 Homemaker at Heart 💕 ~ Living within our Means ~My Linktree
~ She looketh well to the ways of her household ~Proverbs 31:27