February Frugals

[Gardnr]

for me that would be a BIG problem... no food for people or animals, no TP, no cleaners. . .

I went to the grocery store Jan 29. I will go again Thursday. If we wanted to eat pasta w/ratatouille every night we'd be good for a month but that's a bit much for me.

Kylie (cat) has enough food on hand for 60 days.

TP-still have enough on hand for another 60 days.

Cleaners: I do everything with baking soda and vinegar. Big bag of Bkg Soda from Costco lasts a year or more. Gallon of vinegar lasts 6 months.

We have a CSA subscription May-September. I bought seeds 6w ago for the garden. That's a ton of food for less than $20. I enjoy the gardening. Great sun and great exercise.

[early morning]

Ah, so you DO buy stuff, lol.

I have not been to the grocery this month yet. Cat food/meds and TP are on subscription and come every 90 days, or thereabouts. I use a lot of baking soda but the smell of vinegar makes DD nauseous so I don't use as much of it since she has moved in with us. I buy business-hobby supplies as needed, but make sure I don't pay postage by waiting until I have a large enough order. We don't shop much or often, but we DO have to buy things from time to time.

[Tybee]

What's not working on the new to you stove?

It's a door problem--it is not hitting right to turn off the light, and you can't use the self cleaning latch. Supposedly we can try adjusting the hinges.

I unscrewed the bulb so it is off all the time and cleaned it by hand.

Not ideal, but it is still an improvement over what was there.

[rosarugosa]

I had posted about my recently completed jigsaw puzzle on FB, and one of my friends is apparently an enthusiast. She is going to drop off a couple of puzzles to me today and pick up the one we just finished, so this means more puzzle enjoyment for no extra charge! This also means lower cost-per-use and per-hour cost of entertainment for future puzzle purchases if I share them!

[Gardnr]

Ah, so you DO buy stuff, lol.

This topic is February Frugals. Did I misread?

[Teacher Terry]

My frugal is I paid 34k less for the condo I am buying versus the first one I put the original offer on it.

[razz]

You win the prize for frugality so far this month, I think, TT. Do I hear a better offer?

The best part is that you were able to also avoid future excess expense on your condo monthly fee so that adds up as well.

[frugal-one]

Decided to try my hand at making extracts. There was a sale on organic oranges so have been putting zest in the freezer and have a batch of extract macerating. It should be interesting. I have bought real flavored extracts in the past and they are expensive so hopefully this will turn out.

[happystuff]

Well, sort of "forced frugality" maybe - lol. Normally do a grocery store run every week (with list in hand!), but haven't been in a couple weeks due to weather, exhaustion, time, etc. So, sort of frugal! LOL.

[happystuff]

I had posted about my recently completed jigsaw puzzle on FB, and one of my friends is apparently an enthusiast. She is going to drop off a couple of puzzles to me today and pick up the one we just finished, so this means more puzzle enjoyment for no extra charge! This also means lower cost-per-use and per-hour cost of entertainment for future puzzle purchases if I share them!

That is so nice! Can't wait to see pics of completed ones.