Frugal Friday - Frugal Things We Did January 10-16, 2014
So, it's a Frugal Friday again! I can't believe how fast the weeks travel sometimes - we're already halfway through January! Can you believe that?
Here's the "extra" things that we did since last Friday that count as frugal and are outside our "normal" happenings around here:
* Ate all meals at home or brown-bagged this week.
* Shopped for our stock up for Internship. What we purchased you can read about here.
* Made arrangements to share a fruit share in a local CSA with a friend. Last time she did this she had enough fruit for her family for 2 years so we're hoping that by spitting it we'll have enough for both our families for 1 year.
* Baked 4 loaves of French Bread - giving two away as gifts (we can't eat 4 at a time before they start to mold).
* Made homemade granola.
* Tried a recipe for a new wheat berry salad to take for my lunch at work this week - Yummy!
* Worked from home two days this week since I didn't have class or meetings. Used the "doing while" time to catch up on the laundry from the holidays (extra linens like napkins, tablecloths, etc.). Bonus: Both days were icky weather so I was glad that I didn't have to drive much.
* Accepted 4 containers of already processed home-grown horseradish from a friend.
* The children went sledding as part of the Scout's program this week - my daughter went along since I had choir practice at church and she just would have had to sit in the back and wait.
* Made arrangements to swap childcare with a friend while I serve on Jury Duty this summer. She'll watch our children while I am on Jury Duty if we watch her daughter a few times for her husband is out of town and she is at work (she works odd hours).
* Used a sale and coupon to order some craft materials online. Will use these to make very inexpensive gifts for family and friends later. I'm really excited about this!
* Returned books to the library. Decided that we would read some of the many books we have at home rather than checking any out for the time being.
* Worked on a couple of homemade gifts. Didn't finish either one but they're getting there!
Frugal flops for the week: throwing away some leftovers that went bad (they had dairy in the them so I didn't want to compost them) and composting a melon that looked good on the outside but was moldy on the inside, and one recipe we tried was a flop with everyone but me (so I get to eat the leftovers for a while).
What did you do this week?
Visit The Prudent Homemaker's Blog and Web Site for inspiration and to share!
Here's the "extra" things that we did since last Friday that count as frugal and are outside our "normal" happenings around here:
* Ate all meals at home or brown-bagged this week.
* Shopped for our stock up for Internship. What we purchased you can read about here.
* Made arrangements to share a fruit share in a local CSA with a friend. Last time she did this she had enough fruit for her family for 2 years so we're hoping that by spitting it we'll have enough for both our families for 1 year.
* Baked 4 loaves of French Bread - giving two away as gifts (we can't eat 4 at a time before they start to mold).
* Made homemade granola.
* Tried a recipe for a new wheat berry salad to take for my lunch at work this week - Yummy!
* Worked from home two days this week since I didn't have class or meetings. Used the "doing while" time to catch up on the laundry from the holidays (extra linens like napkins, tablecloths, etc.). Bonus: Both days were icky weather so I was glad that I didn't have to drive much.
* Accepted 4 containers of already processed home-grown horseradish from a friend.
* The children went sledding as part of the Scout's program this week - my daughter went along since I had choir practice at church and she just would have had to sit in the back and wait.
* Made arrangements to swap childcare with a friend while I serve on Jury Duty this summer. She'll watch our children while I am on Jury Duty if we watch her daughter a few times for her husband is out of town and she is at work (she works odd hours).
* Used a sale and coupon to order some craft materials online. Will use these to make very inexpensive gifts for family and friends later. I'm really excited about this!
* Returned books to the library. Decided that we would read some of the many books we have at home rather than checking any out for the time being.
* Worked on a couple of homemade gifts. Didn't finish either one but they're getting there!
Frugal flops for the week: throwing away some leftovers that went bad (they had dairy in the them so I didn't want to compost them) and composting a melon that looked good on the outside but was moldy on the inside, and one recipe we tried was a flop with everyone but me (so I get to eat the leftovers for a while).
What did you do this week?
Visit The Prudent Homemaker's Blog and Web Site for inspiration and to share!
