Rivermom
I commend your restraint in not shopping the Goodwill when money is tight. I went in to 3 this weekend looking for a pair of jeans. Found the jeans (don't fit
) a bookshelf, books, maniquin head, metal tins, etc. spent around $25.00 altogether I think. While these were great finds, would have spent about the same buying a brand new pair of jeans, lol!
leasmom
I checked her postings, she hasn't been on since the beginning of Feb. maybe she's having computer problems?
Frugal yesterday was calling a online store that I used to buy from here in town Hobby Lobby. They shut the store down closest to me and I had to resort to Joann's and Michaels, which is about a 15 mile trip each way from my house. I ordered my bandana's from their online store before but couldn't find the appliques I use to spell out Go Bucks. I called yesterday and ask the rep. if they carried them online and that I couldn't find them. it took her a hour trying to figure it out but she called and showed me how to get to them, so now I don't have to go to Joann's or Michael's at all I can just order everything I need online and they have this neat icon on each item you buy it comes up and ask if you want to check if the item is in stock. So anyways I ordered everything I needed from them yesterday will be delivered to my job in a couple of days. Saves me from impulse buying at Joann's, saves on gas and saves on my time. The special glue I use now is being sold at Meijers Grocery/Dept. store so that's another thing I don't have to go to Joann's for.
I am a happy camper to be free from all that running around and then too their not having all the items in stock and having to make more trips to their store, so stressful when I'm on a timeline.
Unfrugal: Dh was starving when we got off work and didn't want to wait for me to cook dinner, so we went out to a chineese buffet restaurant.
Anna
Brr-the temps really dropped overnight! The first thing I did was to turn the heat back on. Frugal today is having the leftover black bean soup for supper. I will probably add some cubed chicken or little smokies to stretch it out. Not very fancy, but it will save me from going to the store a day too early. It seems that no matter how much food I buy it is always a stretch at the end of the two weeks. I think it just gets eaten because it's there.
I keep a lot of stock in my bathroom closet. That seems to work well.
I've just been doing some mending this morning. Going through my grandma's old buttons has been a history lesson in itself! You can tell which ones are from the depression. She must have cut a lot of buttons off of old clothes because they are still attached to material. Anyway, it has been kind of fun. Have a great day, everyone!
