Anna, thanks for letting us know that sand the cast iron skillets works. I had heard that some where before but wasn't sure if it worked. But, now that I know I will look for at yard sales!
dh, pulled the string to our light on the fan/light celing fan, and pulled the string right out. We thought we would have to replace the entire fan.
So, I had to go to K-mart anyway. While looking at the fans, I found the piece that he needed to fix the current fan!
Total cost $2.49 and some gray tape!
Also got at Kmart: Antenna rabbit ears, for dd's room $8.00, for a TV that was given to us last weekend. The ears were normally $15. These will also come in handy, for when you never know what the future will bring.
Guinnea pig food 4 lbs, for 5.23 and 10% discount, and pig bedding 5.0 cf for 5.49, this bag will last for several weeks, whereas at WalMart same price bags only last 3 weeks. And ink refill kit for my printer, for $24.99 claims to fill 12 times, both black and color. The color cartridge alone was $19.99. So that was a big savings. Also bought other various items, shampoo, conditioner(can't seem to find a good sale on these items) soap, dog flea collar, dog shampoo, 2 decks playing cards(schools almost out). My first Uno game, 25 pk washcloths $5. two packs of cookies(not frugal), salad dressing and a play doh set for dd(she paid us back with the money she got for saling her extra bike). And two big boxes of freeze pops (each box contains 100 pops)(will hide those in freezer for when I don't have time to make homemade) for total of $5.
Total cost was $102.97 with tax!! dh's eyes almost popped out of his head. But, I reasoned that the ink alone was $25+tax. So that takes the bill down to 81.48. The fan fixture savings a new fan would have cost a minimum of $20, but with just the fixture it was a savings of 17.51, and saving the headache of taking the whole light/fan fixture out and completely replacing the whole thing. And the ink could have cost $419.76 in the long run!! and dd paid us back for her $15 item, down to 66.48. and then the pig bedding, will last at least 5 times longer than the other stuff we were buying(same brand just bigger [bulk] bag) another long run savings of $25. So with the savings of the ink refill virtually everything else was "long run" "cost free".
So, now that I have justified my "shopping spree" I feel better!
that was many years ago. the ones I bought this weekend I can't tell if they are american made or foreign as I can't see who made them... I'm guessing since I can't see it they probably are foreign made. There is a company in Ohio that still sells American made but they are very expensive but in the long run probably well worth the money.
when he was in elementary school they raised baby chicks in a incubator and after that, he will not under any circumstances eat a egg unless it's like well hid in a meatloaf or something. Strange husband... he will eat chicken though
