Thanks. It's a vintage pattern I bought on EBay. There are a lot of similar ones from the 70's available on line.Quote:
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Thanks. It's a vintage pattern I bought on EBay. There are a lot of similar ones from the 70's available on line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Float On
Put laundry on the line this morning. Picked up necessities at Dollar General (eggs, kleenex, cookies for DH:~)) while on my way to Mom's. Got her Easter flowers at the grocery - 3 nice bundles of Alstroemeria in various colors for $12.00. She loves them and they last as cut flowers for quite a while. Bought cat litter last week - there was a sale on pine pellets for wood stoves, so I got those instead of the pine pellet horse bedding I usually buy. Exactly the same, and cheaper! All kitty box mess gets dumped in the field so I won't use commercial cat litters, which I dislike in any case. Cut DH's hair this afternoon, saving $10. Just trying to watch pennies and recoup from the horrendous heating bills this past winter. More insulation is in our future... *sigh*. I hate having stuff done on the house - it is such a major additional disruption in my already disrupted life.
Kelli, I am hoping you have had that baby by now! Praying for you!
We are having a quiet Easter at home. Zach is spit roasting a leg of lamb with Greek seasoning and basting it with a combination of beer, lemon juice and butter. We will have it with roasted potatoes and grilled asparagus. I made baklava for dessert amd we got a cheesecake from Trader Joes.
Grandpa always gets the kids chocolate lambs and bunnies made by a monastery, so we decided not to get much other candy. We got them some peeps and, because they all love gardening, a strawberry plant for their baskets. We used the grass that comes in the lamb packages as Easter grass. It's the paper kind. I hate the plastic kind. Instead of filling the eggs with candy, because too much sugar turns them into rabid squirrels, we just hid them and had them find a certain number to trade in for their Easter basket. This also eliminates the problem of finding jelly beans stuck in every corner of the house for the next two months. :) We spent $3 on peeps, $2 on eggs, $5 on Easter baskets and $5 on strawberry plants for a grand total of $15 spent on Easter baskets for 5 kids. They loved them.
Charlotte's second birthday is a week from tomorrow. Zach and I have decided that we will take her to Wild Rumpus bookstore for her birthday. It's a cute independent bookstore that has a pet cat, a pet chicken, a chinchilla, rats and other animals. We will get her a new book and have cake and ice cream at home. It's a simple second birthday, but she will like it. I think it's good to keep the bar low when they are little. :)
Thanks Stella. Baby is still hangin' out in my belly. :( We're looking at induction tomorrow morning, with some time spent this evening getting ready. Yours sounds like a lovely Easter! And Charlotte will love her birthday book, I'm sure.
earlymorning, hang in there . . . the insulation should help with the heat bills but yeah, house projects, blech.
April 27
---Roast chicken two days ago, then curry with it and then yesterday a large pot of soup which will be supper tonight and lunch tomorrow, for
Dd and I
--Need a new Vacuum with beater bar or I would have needed new flooring mine is not getting the dust out, and new pot set which have not been
replace in forever. Thur only deal at Canadian Tire spend $200.00 and get a $50.00 card to use later (will be my summer plants). Spent $234.00 with tax,
for a 10 pc set of pots, a small frying pan and a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner, all on sale already for 50% off. It had been a really long time since I
have bought anything new and it did feel really strange. But, I am very pleased with the purchases and I know they will save me time and money in
the long run.
--Have stockpiled on a lot of interesting food at "No Frills" grocery store they have had a month long sale on products they will not be carrying in
the future all 50% and some bought with added coupons. Not all necessary but, will add a lot of variety to our cooking which I feel stops us from eating out.
--repaired my kitchen cupboard door, and a drawer front on dining room buffet cabinet....myself....since DH has been gone I have been finding myself needing
to ask kids for help or pay others, so I have decided I need to learn and it felt good..........
--Sold two more items with the consignment sales...$30.00 in the bank.
Danna: Learning how to do your own repairs is a great frugal - I'm impressed!
Early morning: I love alstroemeria. They are so pretty and do last a long time. We used them for the centerpieces at our wedding.
We went to see Book of Mormon last week and while the ticket prices were over the top, we did eat at home before the show and were able to park at my office parking garage for free, so those two measures kept the night from being even more expensive. We haven't gone out to eat at all this month, which is really good for us, especially since it was my birthday last weekend. We did go walking in the woods 6 times this month, so that was a lot of our recreation. Yesterday, I participated in a cleanup event in Lynn Woods with a friend, and we picked trash for two hours in the pouring rain. We did actually have fun, got exercise, and also free t-shirts and pizza for our trouble. I think I am going to go ahead and spend the $25.00 for an annual family membership to Friends of Lynn Woods. We get so much enjoyment there and I want us to do our part to sustain this great place that we love.
My bottle of conditioner seemed pretty much empty, but I cut it open and there's at least another week's worth in there. Just pennies, but it doesn't hurt.
DH and I are doing a Bing search thing which is enabling us to earn $5.00 Amazon gift cards. We've earned four so far. It just takes us each about 5 minutes a day. I don't need anything from Amazon at the moment, but when something does come up, I'll be ready!
I'm anxious to hear about Kelli and I'm sorry Steve doesn't seem to be around anymore. I thought he was just on vacation, but it's been kind of a long time for that.
Howdy folks,
I haven't posted on this forum for ages, but I've just been looking through threads today and remembered what a great little community there is here...well done to everyone who has managed some real frugality this month! I've learned one lesson this week... never, ever go shopping in Whole Foods... never!
Welcome back Lucas. WF is definitely not budget friendly, but I'm willing to go there occasionally for things I cannot get elsewhere.
Most of my frugals are so ingrained anymore that I can't think of anything new I've tried. But remembered one this morning: making our own homemade dog treats. She's allergic to beef and pork, so we've always purchased the chicken treats, but they are muy expensive and come with an ingredient list of stuff we can't pronounce. Dreck.
I started 2 months ago making her homemade sweet potato treats. Super easy and she loves them. One large sweet potato that I don't even have to peel, a little olive oil and cinnamon, 10 minutes of prep and 3 hours in the oven: easy peasy and about 1/10th the cost of the store-bought. And not only better for our wallets but better for her health too. We'll never go back to store-bought treats.
All right you know we're going to need the recipe for those sweet potato dog treats. Please.:)