Second Frugal Friday of January 2026

                                                        

Welcome to Frugal Friday
Each Friday here at Frugal Workshop, I love sharing the frugal wins, quiet savings, and simple strategies that helped us stretch our budget over the past seven days. It’s a gentle look back at the small things that make a big difference. 
My Frugal Week
Last Friday we had friends come to see us and take us out to lunch at a local BBQ restaurant. They were very good friends to both of my parents and we did a little trading while they were here. 
I gave him several things that belonged to my Dad that he could add to his knife collection. He brought me cereal and peanut butter. He worked for Post cereal company in Battle Creek, Michigan for years and can buy from the company store. 
Afterwards Bailey and I went thrifting and grocery shopping. I picked up an LL Bean winter coat for myself for $3.00. Losing weight has made thrift store shopping so much more fun for me because I can fit in smaller clothes these days. It’s like a treasure hunt, which I love. 
One of the items we picked up was an escape ladder for $15 in case of fire as we are upstairs and it’s a long way to the ground if we had to escape. Bailey found one this summer and she wanted one for my bedroom too, so now both bedrooms have one just in case. 
Cheryl over at Cheryl’s Frugal Corner, wrote about safety items this week, which led me to Google free smoke detectors. I found two in my area one for the state of Tennessee and one for the American Red Cross. If you know of someone who needs smoke detectors in their home please share this with them. 
On Sunday I woke up ready to take down all the Christmas decorations. I took both trees down that were inside the house along with all the decorations. We will miss the festive look from the holidays, but it sure is good to have the house back in order. Thanks to all of that I had over 10,000 steps in before dinner time. 
I had tutoring sessions on Monday and Thursday this week. Monday is usually my  laundry day, but I was still able to get that done too and run a couple of errands since I was in town. 
On Wednesday I cleaned in my bedroom and stripped down the bed, washing all the bedclothes and putting on a heated mattress pad I received for Christmas. Washing bed clothes in winter time is a big job with all those blankets on the bed. It’s still been warm here this week, so I’ve not had the chance to try it yet. 
We had roofers come out on Thursday and give us an estimate for a new roof, which the house needs. We are taking our cats for vaccinations on Friday at the low cost clinic for $15 each. It’s been a very productive week here juggling several things, getting ready for the next consignment sale in April, and cleaning as usual. 
How was your 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.

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