Yard Sale Friday & Saturday

Early Friday morning I woke up around four a.m. and couldn’t fall back to sleep, so I checked online for yard sales. To my surprise there was a church one not far from home starting at six a.m. I’m an early bird so I jumped out of bed and got my day started early, so I could be there when they opened. 

Here are some treasures I found…

Like new Silpat mat (paid $1.00, sells for $19.67), like new Blender Bottle (paid $1 sells for $13.99), Pampered Chef ladle (I paid $1.00, sells for $16), an apple peeler (paid $1 sells for $22.99), and the Thirty One box for $1.00. Also included is the set of measuring spoons with a whole in the bottom to use as a funnel when filling spice jars for $1.00. 

I also found one pair of Keen hiking shoes. I’ve been thinking for a while now that I would like a pair of boots now that I’m walking so much better and walking over the hilly terrain here. I saw a pair of boots in the yard sale ad, which is why I went, but those boots were too small. 

And then I spotted these:

Now, I don’t normally buy shoes at yard sales because in my mind none of them will fit me. I’ve mentioned it before, but when I weighed more it seemed like all the clothes and shoes were too small for me, so I never really looked. Now that I’m smaller, I need to be looking! 

Saturday morning I looked down at these shoes and thought they look big enough to fit me. So, I took one shoe off (unheard of for me at a yard sale 😂) and tried it on and it fit like a glove. Woo Hoo!

And check this out, they retail for $135.00. Score! An unbelievable deal. I bought them on Friday and wore them to Saturday yard sales and they are really good and supportive shoes. 

Recently I wrote that Bailey had won a Hulken Bag. Imagine my surprise when I pulled up to a yard sale on Saturday and saw this one. The lady wanted $40 for it, but I asked if she would take $30, and we settled on $35. This bag retails for $125. 

Since Bailey has gotten her bag, we've used it to shop multiple consignment sales and it always comes in handy, so now we will both have one to use as we usually separate when we are at these types of sales. 

I also picked up this shelf for $5.00 and hung it where there used to be a vintage telephone that belonged to my parents. We had it in our home in Illinois during the years we were growing up and my sister wanted it, so her husband came to get it last fall. 

I knew this shelf would work in that spot. It is mounted above our beverage station and Bailey is going to put her drink mixes and other items in here. 

That's it for yard sales this week. Were you able to go to any or did yours get rained out? If you did and found anything, we would love to hear about it 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

Yard Sales in 2020

Bailey originally shared this on her Instagram account and I thought it was really good and wanted to share it here. If you would like to follow her Instagram account, you can do so by clicking here. 
Written by Bailey
My yard sale bag waited in my office all year to go on adventures again, but quarantine happened. 😒⁣
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I’m doing some office rearranging and I still thought I would share what I keep in my yard sale bag. Hopefully by next summer all of this will be long behind us. 🤞🏻⁣
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𝘐𝘒𝘌𝘈 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘴: These are great to have on hand for large rummage sales where it’s not as easy to make a pile for yourself. Also, I keep two in the trunk to throw everything in as I go. ⁣
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𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬: I write down how much I spend as I go. This makes bookkeeping super easy when I get home.⁣
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𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬: I know, I know, but it’s super convenient! I can count out cash with one hand and hold a bunch of stuff in the other. It also has a pocket for pepper spray and hand sanitizer. 👍🏻⁣
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Hat & Sunscreen: ☀️ ⁣
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I also keep water, wipes, snack, etc. when yard sale season is active. ⁣
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I’m really sad this isn’t happening this year, but I know it’s for the best. Stay home if you can. This won’t last forever. ❤️ Bailey ~ Living within our Means ~ My Linktree

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My Frugal Week ~ January 11, 2020

It was back to the grindstone this week and I ended up working three days bringing lunch and drinks with me all three days. 

This week I cashed in points from Checkpoints for $3 in Amazon credit. I'm going to save my credit and buy some Wonder Clips for sewing as I am running out of straight pins as they bend when I make cloth pads with them.  

On Saturday I worked on making a casserole hot pad big enough for a 9 x 13 casserole dish. Looking back now I don't know why I didn't think of making these sooner. We've always doubled up on hot pads to fit a casserole dish, but no longer. 

I made another one of Friday, so now I have a matching set. These would make great gifts for friends and family too. If your interested in making these, here is a tutorial on how to do that. 
This week I listed more items on eBay and sold three items. One of the items was a tripod and I packaged it to mail, but when my daughter went to ship it she realized I didn't charge enough shipping. So, she repackaged it for me making it as small as could be and saved me $11 in shipping charges. 

My daughter gave me a Pampered Chef Mix & Chop for Christmas. I've already made tacos with it once and today I made egg salad. I was surprised at how heavy duty it was. It's a handy little tool for the kitchen, which makes fast work of some jobs. 
On Thursday I wrote a letter and filled out another application for free prescription medicine. 
These items were printed out using the printer we bought at a yard sale this summer for $3.00. Afterwards it was unplugged as there is no sense in having it plugged in, using electricity, when we only use it sparingly. 
My doctor will have to fill out a portion of it, but is the person who let me know about the free program, so I know she will be happy to do this for me. 
My Dad has fixed our driveway using his tractor and it is so much better than it was before. It has no potholes or ditches running through it. We do have heavy rain in the forecast for the weekend, but I'm hoping it will spare our driveway. 
Bailey's no spend January and our no eating out is going well. We have not eaten out any this month and have no plans to in order to save our money. 
We've not spent any money at the grocery store this month either, but have been using the food in our pantry. I've been cooking all meals from home and we've been eating up the leftovers, so no food waste either. 
We had ordered three books from a seller on Amazon for my Mom. They only sent two of the books and I asked the seller who said to give it more time. In the end the book didn't show and the seller gave me a refund this week. 
All of our Christmas decorations have been taken now and placed back into storage. The house seems bare to me now, but we did move some things back into their regular place, which did help some. 
On Friday we went to McKay's Used Books. Mom has been enjoying reading John Grisham books lately, so I looked for her and found several of his books for 5¢ each, which is such a bargain. She was tickled to get them too. 
How was your week?
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~ My Linktree

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Frugal Friday ~ July 5, 2019

Welcome to the Frugal Friday edition of my blog. It's been an exciting week with the launch of the blog and my daughter and I have decided to do a giveaway to celebrate the launch. Details about that will come later. 
If you check my Instagram page you'll know that we went to a rummage sale on Tuesday of this week. It was the mission center in Ringgold, Georgia. They were raising money to pave their parking lot and were selling clothes for 25¢. It was definitely worth going and we picked up some great pieces of clothing. 
Unfortunately, it was already so hot at 9 o'clock in the morning at the rummage sale that we were drenched when we finally got back in the car, so we went to Starbucks to cool off, drink some green tea (free refills), and take advantage of their free wifi. One time they refilled my cup with green tea & lemonade, but it was good. You know how much I enjoy lemonade. 
On Wednesday I went to Fresh & Low for potatoes since I was out and they have the best price in town at 20 pounds for $4.99. I also bought a loaf of bread, watermelon for $2.88, cantaloupe for $2.19, and pork and beans for 50¢. 
This week I earned $25 from MyPoints, which is easier for me to earn than it is on Swagbucks. 
My daughter picked up a pair of capris at a yard sale that she thought would fit her, but turns out they fit me instead. So, I have a new to me pair of capris for myself. 
This week I received several free yellow squashes and zucchini from the thrift store here. I'll be including those in our menus very soon. 
We ate free cucumbers from my BIL's garden this week. 
We stayed at my BIL's home on the 4th until it was dark and had to drive home in the dark and were able to see so many fireworks on our way home. It was very entertaining. 
We ate all of our meals at home this week except for the one at my BILs, so no eating out this week. 
How was your frugal week?
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

Yard Sale Saturday & My Frugal Week

School is over for the summer, so I was able to turn off my alarms this week. Of course, my body knows what time it is and I've been waking up right around 5 a.m. each morning. LOL

First thing we did on Friday was go to several yard sales. We also went to multiple sales on Saturday and had the best time. 

Of course, I brought sandwiches, granola bars, and drinks with us, so we didn't spend any money for food out of the house either day.  
Here are some photos and descriptions of the goods I found this week. 
Acer Laptop $30, which will be perfect to carry as it's a smaller one. We haggled with the seller to see if he would take $25 or throw in this bread machine and he did. 
Rival Bread Machine 

Tupperware canisters and cups. There are two canisters, one is nestled in the bigger one. Both of these items were  $1.00 each. 

Brand New Kenneth Cole Leather Laptop Bag $1.00. 

These sell for over $100 online, so this was a surprising find. I'm going to list this on eBay for some added income this summer. 

What was funny was that I found eleven brand new pencils in the bag. I've added these to my sub bag for next school year.

This brand new 8 Quart Stockpot, Steamer, Pasta Insert was only $2.00 and sells for over $50 online. This will also be listed on eBay for added income this summer. 

Popcorn Machine $5.00

Other items I found, but did not picture include: 
Multiple CDs 10¢ each Movies $1.00 each Cookbook $1.00 Tennessee Vols Sweatshirt $1.00 Thirty One Bag 50¢ Bathroom Rug 50¢
Like I said it was a great yard sale weekend. 
On the frugal front this week we went to Kroger on Tuesday afternoon and found several items in the marked down bread section. 
One of the items was a bag of cinnamon raisin English muffins marked down to 59¢. There was a 25¢ Ibotta rebate on those making them 29¢ or 5¢ each. 

We also picked up the Kroger Friday freebie, which was a bottle of Core water. 

Kroger

Kroger also had Hillshire Farms smoked sausage on sale for $1.99 when you buy five, so I bought those as well. 

That's all the news I can think of for now. I have several projects I will be working on this week and updating my blog more often is on that list. 

I'd love to hear how your week went. 

Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

Frugal Friday on Saturday

Good morning to you this beautiful Saturday. I'm doing well today, but my daughter has come down with strep throat, unfortunately. 
She was asleep when I came home from work on Thursday, which should have been my first clue that she was sick. 
She is still sleeping this morning, so we're not going to any yard sales today. 
This was a busy week work wise and I ended up working everyday, so I didn't get my Frugal Friday post up yesterday. 
This week I'm scheduled for four days, but we will see what happens there. I could end up working all week again. 
Frugal things that went on here this week include:
Made a $10 sale on eBay this week. 
Found this reusable bag in the clean garbage can in one of the classrooms I subbed in this week, so I rescued it.

I made ham broth in my crockpot with the hambone from Easter dinner. I have five of these in my freezer. I will be using some of this to make potato soup, which will give the soup  a lot of flavor.   

We picked up these two egg containers for 50¢ each at a yard sale on Friday. These sell for $9.99 on Amazon. (Affiliate Link)

They are a nice hard plastic that washes easily. They stack on top of each other and have lids as well, so I can set things on top of them in my fridge if needed. 
I love refrigerator containers and look at them whenever I go into Lowe's. 
This one will be short and sweet this week. I hope you all have a terrific weekend!
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

April 2019 End of the Month Wrap Up

My goals for April included at least fifteen no spend days, a new source of income, and no new debt. I ended up with twenty-two no spend days and no new debt! I have several ideas in the works for the new source of income, but I am still working on those. 
Some bloggers say no spend days don't work because they will simply spend the next day. In my case I like to string as many no spend days together as I can and hopefully have more no spend days than spend days. 
I think having twenty-two no spend days out of thirty is pretty good. Having no spend days helps me to save money by not spending it in the first place. 
My goals for May include no eating out, no new debt, and as many no spend days as I can get, which will hopefully be over twenty. 
Some of my spending in April included..
Gas $94.01 Groceries $132.69  Insurance $255.67 Yard Sales $5.00
Insurance is normally our biggest spending category. It's a necessity in my book as I would not want to be without it. 
I already have my budget written out for May and plan to continue as many no spend days as possible. 
In May and June we will have income from pet sitting again. I am still working on other sources of income for the summer as well. 
Have you made any goals for May yet? Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

Yard Sale Saturday

On Saturday I woke up at four a.m. wide awake. So, I decided to make the best of it and got up and went ahead and made our lunches  for the day. 

I cut up two cantaloupes, cut the granola bars I made Friday night, and made a couple of wraps to take with us. 
Unfortunately the rain ended up cutting the day short. My daughter only picked up 15 items this weekend and therefore didn't get enough inventory for the coming week. 
We did pick up a few things for ourselves though.

On Thursday I had texted Bailey and told her if she found a sieve while thrifting or at a yard sale to get it for me. On Friday we found one at a yard sale for 25¢. 
We went to a couple of church rummage sales this weekend. I found two boxes of free clothing items at one and sorted through them and ended up taking one box with various items in it. 
We found a very nice, clean Insulated shopping bag for $1.00.
We also found two plastic cereal containers for 10¢ each. 

And the best deal this weekend was a Breville Hot Wok Pro, which we found at one of the church rummage sales. They had $8 marked on it, but I asked them if they would take $5 and they did. 

I've been looking at woks for about a year now and when I saw this one I knew it was a very nice one. It sells for $129.99 on Amazon. I'm tickled to have found it and plan on having more stir frys in our meals in the future. 
Any yard sales in your area this weekend?
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

Frugal Friday 4-12-2019

This week I earned another $5.00 from Microsoft Rewards bringing my Amazon gift card balance to $15.
This week I had four days where I did not spend any money. #nospenddays
This week I was scheduled to work two days, but ended up working four days. I'm grateful as there are only around 30 or so days of school left before summer vacation starts.  
I sold a book on eBay this week for $2.50 that I bought at a yard sale for 15 cents. Of course, I read it first and wrote down any recipes I wanted to try. :)
On Tuesday I filled up my car and used my Exxon rewards card to earn points. Currently I have $6 worth of points on there and I'm saving those up to use one day when I want a free tank of gas. 
Today is laundry day and I already have the first of two loads washing. One way I save on laundry is having enough clothes to wear for two weeks. That way I only have to wash clothes every two weeks instead of every week and ensures I'm washing only full loads. Not using the washer every week definitely saves on the electric bill. 

Hardees will be offering one free sausage biscuit to any customer who says while ordering, "Made from Scratch", April 15, 2019 from 7 to 10 a.m. I'm not scheduled to work that day, but if I am I'll be sure to stop in to get a free biscuit. 

Speaking of breakfast food, one of the students gave me a free orange juice the other day at school. We also picked up two free water bottles at CVS this morning while we were picking up a prescription.
We've been out and about this morning going to yard sales until the rain started. No worries, we will be heading back out tomorrow and then I'll write up a post about it soon. 
How was your week?
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

Yard Sale Saturday 4-6-2019

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Slowly but surely the weather is warming up here and yard sale season is beginning. On Saturday we went to multiple yard sales and even two community yard sales. 

  One of the other items we picked up at a yard sale were these bins. These are the bins my daughter uses to store her reselling items. She had been buying them at Sam's Club, but they've quit selling them. She found thirteen of these at a yard sale for $1.00 each and she was thrilled to find them. 
My daughter also picked up a diffuser for $1.00 yesterday, and although I didn't find anything for myself I did enjoy the thrill of the hunt. 
Have yard sales started up in your area yet?  
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~

My Frugal Week

This past week I was able to work two days and packed lunches and drinks both days. Both days I took my laptop with me to crosspost while I was working. This week I'm scheduled to work three days. 
Another task I accomplished while working was to sort out coupons and stapled like ones together. Doing this while I'm working saves time for me to do other tasks when I'm home. 

We went to Walmart on Thursday afternoon. We stopped and looked at the 50% off Halloween candy, but didn't buy any candy. We did pick up some bread and garlic chicken lunch meat on markdown. 
We went to several yard sales on Saturday even though it was a cold 34° when we left home. 
In my bedroom I have a lamp with a pull string chain and love the ease of of the pull chain. I've been wanting one for the table next to my chair in our living room.  

I've looked at the lamps at Lowe's and found one for $54, but decided to wait and see if I could find one second hand. Yesterday was the day! We found one for $1.00. I've already been using it and love it so much better than the lamp with the rotating switch. 
Waiting to buy the things we need or even want second hand helps us save money in our home. 
We also found a set of over the ear headphones for $1.00. I like these better than the in ear headphones and they are much more comfortable. 
November is here and I know I've been thinking about our Thanksgiving menu. I've been writing down what we plan on having and will be looking for sales on those items. I already picked up some dressing mix on closeout. 
How was your week? Frugal or no?
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~