We've had another busy week at The Gower Abundant Cottage. Our 3 grandchildren were dedicated in church last Sunday. I must say it was a proud Mumma and Nanny moment to see our family following Jesus and being embraced by our loving church.
Both Darren and I had busy work weeks, church gatherings to attend and family and personal errands to run. I'm pleased to say that I also managed to keep up to date with the housework.
Our veggie garden is looking a little unkept but I did manage to pull out the dead tomato plants and stakes. I also did 30 minutes of weeding.
Here's how we saved money this week -
* I planted about a dozen sprouting potatoes into our large raised garden bed. Some of these potatoes are supermarket ones gifted to us and the others came from our last crop. I'll be digging up another crop in the next day or so.
* We used solar lantern every night in our loungeroom.
* I mended a pair of Darren's favourite socks.
* I cleaned the kettle using citric acid and water.
* I baked wholemeal bread with extra goodness. We use this as toast for breakfast every morning with my homemade jam on top.
* We had a few last minute visitors come on Sunday afternoon. I was able to pull out a few logs of ANZAC biscuit dough and bake them to have with a cuppa.
* I found a medium sized punnet of mushrooms on a clearance trolley in the supermarket for $2. I weighed the mushrooms when I got home and they were 335g. That works out to about $6kg which is a bargain. They looked pretty good too.
* I picked beans, pears and feijoas from our garden.
* I baked wholemeal rolls for Darren's work lunches.
* Our grandchildren Luka and Bryson had a sleepover last Saturday night. Darren loves to make pancakes ( with extra goodness ) for their breakfast. This time he made a double batch and all leftovers were frozen ready for the next couple of sleepovers.
* On Monday I needed to go to the shops for a milk, fruit and veg top up. I always check the prices at the fruit and veg shop before looking in the supermarket. I used the 10% off discount to get things cheaper at Woolworths and bought a cauliflower and a piece of pumpkin from the fruit and veg shop. I'm not brand or supermarket loyal. I always try to buy at the cheapest price. For just under $14 I got all the fruit and veg we need for over 2 weeks plus milk.
Some of the fruit I bought for the next 2 weeks |
Pancakes for Luka and Bryson |
Leftovers for the freezer |
Our grandchildren being dedicated. |