It hasn't been a super frugal week since last weekend. There are some weeks lots of things need to be done or made. Other weeks I look back and wonder if any money was saved. Some tasks have become second nature to us and we don't think twice about them. This was one of those weeks.
Each week I keep a piece of paper on our fridge and jot down all the thrifty things we've done. It gives us a sense of achievement and motivates us to find more thrifty things to do.
Here's our list for the week -
* I picked a bunch of flowers from our garden. While flowers bought from a florist or supermarket are quite pretty, they are super expensive and quite often don't last more than 5 days. I love having fresh flowers in our home as much as possible. Growing them ourselves means I can pick the colors I like, when I like with little to no cost.
* I made a double batch of muesli bars for our morning teas. Darren was getting quite worried when he took the last one from the jar in the pantry the other day. We still have a few store bought bars on hand but we don't like them. They are way too sweet and sickly for our tastes. They are the generic brand ones from Woolworths that I bought about 6 months ago in a bid to cut costs ( before I discovered the great recipe I now use ). Maybe the grandkids will like them.
* I dried all the washing on the line and clothes horses. We've had a few rainy days this week so I popped the clothes horses outside under the pergola.
* We saved the shower warm up water each day and used it to water lots of plants outside.
* We used the solar lanterns each night to light up our loungeroom.
* I baked three loaves of wholemeal bread with extra goodness. I used recycled bread bags and tags to freeze the bread.
* We picked sugar snap peas, lettuce, silverbeet and lemons from our garden.
* A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I had bought a mirror from Savers op shop for $15. Over the last 10 days I repaired a small dent and painted the frame. The paint came from Kmart on clearance for $1 and I probably used 50 cents worth.
* We took Luka and Bryson to Gardenworld to see the dinosaurs. It was free entertainment for them and we bought an orange tree.
LINKS -
Wholemeal Bread With Extra Goodness
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| Handmade soap |
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| A ' loaf ' of handmade soap |
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| The mirror I painted |
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| Flowers from our garden |
A trip to Gardenworld
That soap looks good enough to eat!
ReplyDeleteThe mirror looks lovely, Wendy. I think it's wonderful when used items are repurposed or upcycled.
ReplyDeleteI didn't achieve much for most of the week, as I was very unwell with a virus. More energy today so:
* made a double batch of zucchini and feta fritters which freeze really well
* made big pan of stirfry with loads of veg and portioned up with brown rice to go with it
* steamed veg and portioned up for our dog to go with her dry food - I buy the bargains at our little local greengrocer for this.
* had few serves of choc self sauce pudding in freezer so had this for dessert tonight
* chose few savoury items from yesterday's bake shelf at our little local bakery - wrapped and froze for work lunches which will go have with salad
* picked bunch of gardenias from our garden - homegrown flowers are the best!
* wrapped a gift with salvaged paper and ribbon I already had.
Have a lovely week!
Meg