Life is getting busier and our calendar for December is filling up fast. Even when we are busy, we always live a thrifty life. I guess being thrifty is just second nature for us.
Here's what we did this week to save money -
* Gratefully received a pineapple and butternut pumpkin from Jessica. Her and her flatmate buy a fruit and veggie box from the Prahran Market every couple of weeks and couldn't use it all. It was a good swap considering I gave them some potatoes from our garden a few weeks before.
* Picked more mandarins from Megan's tree. We can't eat them quick enough and she still has truckloads on the tree.
* Picked silverbeet from our garden.
* Polished four boxes of silverware as a job for a friend.
* I'm attempting to grow a pineapple top from the pineapple Jessica gave us.
* Filled up our cars with petrol just before the price went up to $1.91 per litre.
* Saved the shower warm up water, washing machine water and drink bottle water. We reused the water around our home and garden where needed.
* Ate leftovers from the freezer a couple of nights this week. I try to organise leftovers on days that Darren and I have had big cleaning jobs.
* Written out next year's gift / present budget. I've revised and reduced the budget to a dollar amount that Darren and I are comfortable with.
* Fed the compost bins and worm farm with kitchen scraps. The chickens were given garden snails every few days as well as grass clippings to scratch around in.
* Planted more corn seeds ( kernels ) and bean seeds now that the weather is slightly warmer.
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| From the garden |
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| Luka and Bryson having fun at our place |
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| Teaching Luka to hang washing on a clothes horse. |
I have almost finished my xmas shopping, Wendy, although I still have a few more gifts to finish making. This weekend, I am sewing some drawstring gift bags from floral fabric I was given by a friend. I overspent on my groceries this week but otherwise these were frugal things I did:
ReplyDelete* homemade meals - wombok salad, pizza, macaroni cheese with frozen veg, leftovers
* homemade snacks - choc chip bars, sweet potato brownies, pikelets, banana muffins
* picked lots of cucumbers from the garden
* received 3x cans chick peas from a friend
* dried washing on racks as too wet to hang outside (so much rain!!)
* saved money on my son's highschool bookpack list by checking what exercise books/pencils etc he has from this year that can be used next year
* potted up two salvia cuttings to give to my neighbour
* made up a basket of non-perishable foods from my pantry to donate to community organisation supporting people without secure housing
Have a lovely week!
Meg
I have bought two hams as they are favourites here. We finished the first one on Thursday. I shared the meat with my children and my daughter has taken the bone to her house to squish in her freezer. Like you I have been keeping a close on petrol prices and I have told my mother that even if it is a quarter of a tank I will be filling the car every time I see a lower price. This week I have kept the grocery bill a little lower as I shopped without my mother. I have some of my Christmas gifts. I am giving cash to my children so I guess it is under control.
ReplyDeleteHave a fantastic weekend and stay safe.