Frugal Happenings for the Last Two Weeks

1.  This week in an effort to get myself out of the “no cooking” doldrums I created a supper menu plan that included mostly crockpot meals.  We did pretty well at sticking to it.  A win-win because we ate a little better, I continued to use up things from the freezer, and we used less electricity.

2.  We used Walmart Grocery Pickup, which kept us out of the stores.  I also picked up some items to fill in some pantry blanks from Sam's Club and Aldi.

3.  We had family over for supper and I was able to pull everything except for bread from our supplies....due to the heat I did not bake bread though.  Instead I bought rolls from Dollar Tree.

4.  I finished up an almost completely recycled from “would be trash items” book.  It has kind of been a self-care therapy project.  I figure the cost of supplies and goodness only knows what the cost of therapy would be is all saved.  LOL

5.  A crafting supply I ordered from Amazon — the best price I could find after shopping around — came damaged.  I contacted customer support.  They had me keep the damaged item (parts of which I can use, just not the whole thing) and sent me a free replacement that arrived the next day.  

6.  We packed a picnic for a day trip.

7.  I packed a thermos of coffee for a second road trip we took since we were leaving super early in the morning.  This thermos lasted us the entire ride.

8.  I've been doing laundry once a week and washing larger loads since I am having to use the dryer.  It seems to be helping and the electric bill has stabilized.

9.  We are still working on eating down some items.  I've actually emptied several jars from our home canned items as well in my attempt to rotate things in and out.