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My shop is quinntrading. Merski, am enjoying yours too. It's always fun to see a new listing and see it's from a shop that you have a connection to!Quote:
Originally Posted by Merski
July04/13
Nice to be back and see how well you are all doing!!
--I have been growing my hair longer so not as many cuts and not as many dyes...lots of savings. Surprisingly not the need for daily washing as short hair.
--Dd, grandson and I have managed to do all the yard work this year...it is good exercise/saves a lot of money; and it may not suit our fussy neighbour but, we think it looks fine!
--ate up all the leftovers and need to cook tomorrow.
--trip to Costco today but, followed the list and only bought what we needed.
A dear friend brought back two lovely bras for me from her trip to America. (Industrial-strength, pretty bras are NOT readily available in Israel, which has a lot of very thin, beautiful women!) The problem was, the cup size was correct but the band size was one size too small. Instead of waiting until that mythical day when I might lose a bra size in weight, I ordered a set of "bra extenders" from America, for about $6.95. This will allow me to wear the two new bras AND one older bra that I had "outgrown."
Hi! I am new to this thread, and I love reading everyone's frugals. :-)
-I planned this week's menu around food we already had and things that were on sale. Made for a low grocery bill, and some leftover cash to spend on anniversary/4th of July fun.
-Freezing leftovers. I'm always optimistic that we'll eat them right away, but that rarely happens, and we end up throwing a lot out. Trying to make better use of the resources we have.
-Turning off lights/appliances that people aren't using. A constant thing that may not be helping that much, but is somehow quite satisfying.
-Gave away an old TV on Freecycle. Freed up some space!
-Sold a dress on eBay
Kelli, I used to have back problems... for about 8-10 years, off and on. I think what really cured them was Zumba! It really keeps all those muscles loose and everything moves easily.
Frugals - free (except for gas) mini-vacation at a friends' lake cabin. Brought all our food from home, out of the freezer I was wanting to turn off, and was able to turn it off after packing the cooler. Plus a lot of what I brought is already prepared so it's quick and easy, a mini-vacation for the cook as well.
DD and I made a birthday gift for a friend of hers who is having a party this month.
DD is participating in a couple of bookstore summer reading programs, as well as the one from our local library. For tracking book titles and reading minutes she'll get a free book from one and credit toward a purchase from another. Browsing at the bookstore is great, free entertainment for a hot day. I always have a pad of paper and a pen in my purse for writing down titles to source from the library.
Welcome saverchic.
The end of June and beginning of July are never very frugal for me. Both boys have their birthdays, so now that that is over I've got to make up a bit in the budget. Listing things on Craigslist and adding more things to our Etsy store. Cooking at home more. The chickens are happy and still making eggs daily and so I've had enough to sell a few cartons every week (pays for their food).
DH works a couple of evenings at the outdoor theater and that lets us take part in the area pass exchange so we try to see a few shows for free.
Glad you are here saverchic....great place
--my mircowave has stopped working, I checked if I could fix (not likely), call repair place and the charge is a minimum of $65.00 (not going to happen)
so I am researching and checking out all of them and waiting for a good sale. I do use it a lot to warm things up which helps use leftovers and save electricity.
--fried up some leftover quinoa and had it with an egg for breakfast...very filling and stays with you.
--signed up for on line emails from Sears and received a $10.00 in store coupon,
Welcome, saverchic!
It has been brutally hot and humid here the past few days, which has meant the A/C has been running pretty regularly. Been trying to keep it at between 76 and 80 degrees F and we've been diligent about closing up the house, so that helps.
We went for a 23 mile road bike ride yesterday evening and afterwards I was pretty tired and suggested grabbing some takeout for dinner, but my dearly beloved gently persuaded me that we should just cook at home, which we did.
We've been eating a lot of beans and rice lately, tasty and cheap! We use the rice cooker to make a huge batch of Spanish rice and then reheat the leftovers with beans and cheese on the grill so that we don't heat up the house using the oven.
Been getting many hours of cheap entertainment via Netflix this summer. We've been watching Mad Men and are just starting season 2 so we have a few seasons to go. We've also been watching the original Star Trek series, which is always fun!
Today we put up our blueberry net. Our blueberry bushes are loaded with berries so we should get a good haul this season. Can't wait for them to ripen!!!
Not much else to report. Pretty quiet around here!
Hello everyone. Welcome back Danna and welcome Saverchic! Not much to report here. We've been riding out the heat wave with our fans, and I'm glad to hear that temps should be somewhat lower next week. It seems like we've been spending a lot on groceries, but we've avoided takeout or eating out, which are always temptations when it's really hot out. So even expensive groceries are relatively cheap compared to those alternatives. We did take advantage of another sale on lobsters at Market Basket. They seem to run lobster sales for all the summer holidays, so Labor Day lobsters may also be in my future :) It's cheap money for lobsters, but still not the cheapest dinner option. It's money well spent in my book though!
I can't think of a lot of frugals here lately. I've stocked up on sales at grocery stores so I guess that's more frugal than buying "just in time". But it sure doesn't feel frugal when we hit three digits on the receipt! My car is going in for service Tuesday; time to service a couple of belts. It'll be a major service stop (100K miles) but it sure is cheaper than waiting until something breaks. Some no-drive days, some no-buy days. But, otherwise, spending money to save money.