Frugalities of Last Week

All in all I was pleased with last week's frugalities.

 1. The electric bill came -- $190 -- which is below my $200 goal.  It is slowly climbing, but even with the a/c turned up it is running a lot more as we hit peak temperatures.

 2.  I spent some monies, but nothing horrible.  I spent $30 on groceries, but that included some replacement items that I had used up in canning.  (Things like 4 bags of sugar, eggs, milk, etc.)  I took advantage of a sale and ordered my daughter a couple of shirts for this fall.

  3.  We found notebooks for my daughter for school -- the kind you add looseleaf paper to -- that work great for her math classes.

 4.  We continued to use up items on hand.  I am slowly seeing some items be used up, but I think we will continue on into August with our plan.  However, my grandson will be spending a week and I am sure that week I will have more activities and toddler friendly meals.

 5.  I baked at home, cooked all meals except one at home, and added to our food storage through canning.   We ate various items from our food storage, but we did buy 2 pizzas on Saturday.

 6.  I saved $100 by shopping around for the best price on a shelf for my pantry.