Last Saturday's Community Helping Hand Day went really well. Although we thought we wouldn't have enough toys to give out, we ended up with plenty and some leftovers. As a church we are very grateful for the opportunity to bless those in need. It took about 4 days for Darren to recover and to start feeling like himself again.
Here's how we saved money this week -
* Gratefully received a $100 gift card as compensation for the food we lost when our fridge / freezer played up.
* Picked lettuce for a few salad dinners.
* Made a batch of homemade soap. Some will be for gifts and the rest we'll use ourselves.
* Dried all the washing on clothes horses out in the sun or on the line.
* Picked Loganberries each day and froze them.
* Both Darren and I made the most of the Black Friday sales and gift cards to purchase a few items of clothes we needed.
* Made a 2 litre bottle of double strength Miracle Spray.
* Refilled all the foaming hand wash pumps with diluted shower gel. I know it sounds like I do this every few weeks but we do wash our hands a fair bit due to all the work we do around our home. We also stay fairly healthy by washing our hands on a regular basis.
* Kept the curtains closed on warmer days. I only turned the cooling on late in the afternoon.
* Ate a couple of meals of leftovers from the freezer on nights it was just Darren and I at home.
* Gratefully received the biscuit / cookie cutters I won. Now to do some baking.
* Poured the shower warm up water on a few plants in the garden.
* Darren found three shirts ( some were good brands ) and a new pair of jeans at Savers op shop. He also used his student card to get 20% off.
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| Darren loves his reindeer decorations |
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| Princess guarding Darren's cherry tree from the birdies |
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| The cookie cutter prize I won |
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| Making soap |
A few photos form last Saturday's Community helping hand day
I love that photo of your Princess protecting that tree from the birds:) We are heading off on a holiday later today so most of the week was end of school year stuff and holiday preparations. Here's my list:
ReplyDelete* handmade felt doves for teachers' gifts using materials I already had. Used little brown paper bags, hole punched at top and with a rescued ribbon tie for wrapping. My son wrote teachers' names in swirly pen on these bags instead of making or buying tags.
* baked biscuits and banana cake & froze them for holiday snacks
* turned lots of gifted bananas into banana cake :)
* Picking lettuce, cucumber and cherry toms from garden and will take with us as first few nights away salads. Neighbour gave us extra cucumbers too :)
* Posted xmas parcels to my family, who live far away, to avoid having to pay express post costs later in the month
* Wrapped one gift in an old calendar page and another two in reusable calico bags. Made two tags with woven stars just using old cardboard and some crochet cottons.
* filled car at cheapest petrol price I could find - ready to go!
Anyway, off to finish the packing! Have a lovely weekend. Meg:)
Dear Wendy , you have had a great week you had , princess looks so sweet guarding the trees, I love your photos.
ReplyDeleteThis week I have:
Shopped at the spotlight sales to do up my bedroom,it's well on the way to looking beautiful again. I used a $40 off voucher when you spend over a $100 , I also bought some sales items I got everything I need to be comfortable when I am sleeping . All up I saved over $200 which will pay for my groceries for nearly a month.
I have de cluttered my unit a lot, finally nearly finished setting up my new kitchen, I also wrapped some Christmas gifts using paper I bought on sale about 3 years ago.
Another thing I did was make some Christmas and birthday cards , I have packaged up some cards in bags a friend sent me and will send them to a friend who loves writing cards and letters but has no local family, we write to each other now and then.
What else, oh yes I have hung some washing on the line instead of using the dryer all the time.
I saved on taxi fares by getting my care worker to take me to the local shops yesterday and we went for a drive to the local bay and talked and watched the water , I had a cuppa when I got home saving me money .iwas blessed with a very special gift from a friend It's been a great frugal week. I hope you have a great weekend Wendy and that next week is another good frugal week for all of us.
Love Barb W.