November Frugals!!!

Thanks!

Hey Stella, I forgot to tell you that the JoAnn flyer has a 60% off coupon in it this time for the 10th and 11th only. Maybe you can use it on your project, do you get their flyer?

Bryce has been a selling maniac on eBay. He sold a crock pot lid from our one that broke for $10. Now he sold the magazine and drink holder from the Nordic Track that we gave away for free, and got $15 for that. Today a deer stand went on CL and we got $20 for it.

We have discovered an easy way to do sales on CL for certain types of items - ones that if they didn't sell we'd give them away anyway, and ones that wouldn't be damaged by weather. Instead of going to all the trouble to make arrangements with the buyer, we just put it out on our front step and they leave the money in the mailbox. Has worked every time, people are generally honest, and we save a whole bunch of hassle. Nice.

I'm going to meal plan and order groceries tonight.

Ooh, thanks for the heads up Kelli! I am going to look for that.

Thanks for the congrats everyone. Iris, I've thought the same thing about the boys. They will be very used to women. Jamie told me the other day that a good husband fixes things and has conversations with his wife and a good wife reads a lot of books. :) He's going to be a catch. LOL.

We visited Half Price Books today and found about 40 westerns for an uncle who lives in a 5th wheel trailer and loves westerns. We are going to box up and ship to him for Xmas. He reads them and passes them off to the VA Hospital.

Frugal part: We thought they were $1 each, as marked, but they were rung up at 50 cents each. Woohoo. Great Xmas present for small amount and he loves these authors.

I didn't get quite as much as I was hoping done on cooking day so I will finish some of that up today. I did get a good start on it though. Mostly, though, I'm taking it easier today. I need to make a batch of laundry soap this week, but that's not today's project.

I think today will be a no spending day. I always hesitate to say that too early because it feels like tempting fate. :)

Congratulations, Stella! That's wonderful news!

No spending today.
I have the house to myself this evening so I had yogurt for dinner. No cooking Yay! I'm thinking about popcorn for a snack later.

I finally got my new glasses. Sooo cute. However, we cannot adjust them to fit without hurting. So they are going back. :( I did spend way too much $ on them so I guess it's a good thing all-in-all. But I could not find another pair I liked today. I'll have to try again another day. The next pair is sure to be less expensive and I will have the excess money go to Ian's new glasses.

On the semi-frugal side, we never have enough suitcases. The one extra is so big & heavy we don't dare use it for the trip to FLA. what with the weight & size restrictions the thing would have to be practically empty to go for free. At work today I saw that we have one of those upright wheeled suitcases with 4 pieces on clearance for $30. I have a 5% discount certificate from pharmacy points. Plus my 10% employee discount & 5% Red card, I could get it for about $24.

On the un-frugal side Mike drove down to Chicago today. He is picking Ian up at O'Hare. Yep, Ian is BACK! Yay! lol But it is definitely not a frugal drive. About 4-5 hours one way. Drove the car instead of the gas guzzling jeep but that is still a lot of money.

ETA: Just looked on Cartwheel and there is a 10% off for Embark luggage! I can't remember if the luggage in question is Embark or not. I hope so!

I hit a few thrift stores this week. Found an LL Bean tote for $5, two Bean turtleneck shirts for $4 each (all these were new), Tom. Hilf. khakis for $7, a new Talbots blouse for $5, a really cute Talbots purse (has roosters on it, made in Italy with leather trim) for $5, new LL Bean rugby-type shirt for $4.

For some reason there's lot of new LL Bean stuff in thrift stores and I'm lucky enough to get them. They're timeless and should last a long time.

Must stay away from these places for awhile. Well, a few weeks at least. I'm afraid I'll miss a good deal.

Your deals are always amazing ponymom!

The girls and I started working on some embroidery UFOs last night. (unfinished objects, not embroidered UFOs, which I have actually done before :) )Mine is a big peacock wall hanging I started when the girls were little. I had invested a fair amount of time in it and discovered that I didn't like how a piece of it was turning out. I lost interest because I didn't have the heart to put in the time to redo it, but now, these many years later, the emotion is out of it and I can tackle it without frustration. I think it's going to be really pretty. It's funny how emotional crafting can be. Anyway it's frugal fun for me and will result in a frugal piece of wall art.

Yesterday was a no spend day and I anticipate another one today. My birthday present delivery for one of the girls best friends should arrive today, a $7 book on how to throw a flower fairy tea party, and my paper products and diapers should arrive tomorrow. I am really loving Amazon Prime so far. It's cutting back on my errand running time by a ton.

Wednesday mornings I watch my friends kids and we have a little "preschool time" for everyone. The big girls like to help and it's good social time for the little kids. Today we are making handprint turkeys and is am bringing out the Lincoln Log bin. We have Family Formation at church tonight and homeschool co-op on Friday so it's a busy week socially with no extra expense.

Well, it's a good think I decided to go ahead and get the suitcase. Ian got home today and the one he is using is absolutely shredded. Not sure what his other case looks like but I can't use it anyway since it is on the ship with the car and won't be home until January. The cartwheel coupon was useless though because the suitcase was the wrong brand.