Last Week's Frugality

Hello Dear Readers!

    Last week was a pretty frugal no spend week.  We ate supper at home every night but Sunday and my Dear Momma bought KFC for us.  We had a pint of mashed potatoes left over so they were refrigerated and warmed up for another meal.  I love using leftovers—I feel so virtuous for not having them go to waste!

    We didn’t go anywhere we didn’t have to go.  No pleasure drives, just work and back.

    My son cut my DH’s hair and trimmed his beard. He does a great job!

    For my daughter’s wedding this week, we want to serve appetizers—cheese cubes, crackers, and cheeseball.  I priced the cheese at Sam’s Club and the cubes were $9.99 per 2 lb bag. $5 per pound.  When I was at the grocery on Sunday, I realized that Meijer had their one lb cheese blocks on sale buy one get one free!  So I bought 8lbs. and got 8lbs free!  It was about $2.25 per pound! I saved over $45 by buying the blocks and cutting them myself.  It won’t take long to cut but what a savings!

   I made the backdrop swag of flowers from left over wedding flowers and some curly willow I had in a churn in my living room! So there was no out of pocket for it—just used what I had on hand and it is beautiful!

     I also bought cotton fabric and made the napkins to go in the baskets for the appetizer and dessert tables.  Spent less than $4 for all of the napkins(8).  Pretty reasonable and they were too easy!

  The only things we got completed on our winterizing list was to turn down the water heater thermostat and to put a bottle in the toilet tank to displace and save on water costs. But if it helps reduce the bills it all good! Every penny counts! We so need to get more accomplished on our list ASAP!  Cooler weather is coming soon!

  Well, that’s about it for me—What have you saved money on lately?

 Frugal Blessings,

Lisa