1. A friend and I joined a walk at a local trail. It is sponsored by a yoga studio a couple suburbs away but they invite the public to join these free walks. We car pooled and each met some new people.
2. I met up with a friend for an evening of crafting. She was worked on a scarf for a seafarer and I worked on a chemo cap.
3. Today I will meet up with a friend for a long walk. I'm trying to enjoy each and every fall day before the onset of cold winter days.
1. I spent several hours yesterday listing a small stockpile of items on Ebay. Crap out and hopefully more money in.
2. I used a discounted gift card last night to buy dinner out with my daughter.
3. I will be walking with a friend today for free exercise.
1. I opened a new savings account as my old one expired (it’s a type of savings account that has a good rate for one year, then it expires and is automatically converted into an account with zero interest).
2. Our espresso machine randomly stopped working. We had bought it on Amazon 18 months ago. I contacted Amazon and they offered a return for a full refund which I gladly accepted! I then looked for non Amazon local options and ordered a new one on an Irish electrical goods website. I googled coupon codes and found one for free delivery for the first order. Unfortunately it did not work. I called the company and they told me I ordered with them before (which I have no recollection of!) but could use a different phone number and the code would be accepted. This did not work, however, when I also changed the email address it did work! Happy days & free delivery 🙂
3. My daughter gave me a Simon’s Cat desk calendar for Christmas last year. I have cut the part with the dates/notes off each calendar page (up until November so far with the November and December pages yet to follow) and will be using the cartoon cut offs as birthday cards, they are just the right size, approximately postcard size.
Hej, congratulations to the great revamping of the blog! Looks great! Will look even greater to me, when there is an archive thingie I can use to chronologically read your posts.
Hi Katy,
The new format looks great. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your blog, I appreciate it and always look forward to your posts. Like several others have posted, I miss the ability to easily go back to the previous post and forward to the next post.
Frugals lately: 1) I used a coupon for $79 for my annual Furnace inspection. Not so frugal- the furnace was developing a Crack and it was time for a new system. We could limp it along for an $1,800 fix but decided to change everything during this slow time ( for the HVAC company). The AC portion had 2 be repaired twice in the past 3 years. So instead of throwing more money @ an old system (almost 20 years old) we bought new. While it hurt to write the check ($14,000) we had saved for this repair. Keeping warm in winter and cool in the summer is SO worth it.
Halloween savings/ good neighborhood vibes. I make cupcakes for the children that live near me. The week of Halloween, I deliver them to their door and say, "Happy Fall". I explain that the lights will be out @ our house on Halloween, but I wanted to give them a treat. The kids are always happy to enjoy some cupcakes. We are fortunate that, weather allowing, the kids can play outside, and ride their bicycles on our block. They see me gardening, mowing the yard and doing outside work, so I'm known to them, and the families don't have to be afraid of my baked goods.
Of course, the frosting, sprinkles, cupcakes liners, and cake mix were purchased on clearance and in the pantry.
Watching a FB "reel" gave me a teen Christmas present idea. They love to receive money, but I like to give a small gift so they have something to open. Dollar tree, currently, has candy themed socks. I'm asking the teens favorite candy, finding socks and the candy that goes along with it, and including $20 - $30. For example, a box of Reese's pieces candy,the themed socks, and an envelope with cash taped to the box of candy before I wrap it.
I'm delivering the gifts, at Thanksgiving, to save on postage. Their Mom's are good about setting the presents aside till Christmas.
Thanks for everyone's encouragement to practice frugality where we can.
I gasped when I saw how much you spent on enchilada sauce. It’s so easy to make from scratch! No worries. I have some non-frugal moves in my food budget too. (I’m looking at you, Trader Joe’s simmer sauces!)
The only notable frugal thing I’ve done since I last posted was to bake my own bread to go with some homemade soup. A good activity for a rainy day.
I did the same; enchilada sauce is something I never, ever bought again after I learned how simple it is to throw together. But yeah, sometimes you just need that quick dump-and-go ingredient for emergencies! We all have our versions of those. 🙂
Received beef fat in my Buy Nothing group, rendered it, washed it, dried it, and whipped with jojoba oil to make moisturizer. Filled up washed prescription bottles with the tallow and gifted back to people in the group.
Floor mats are losing their sticky bottom, but the tops are good. Asked for rug gripper in Buy Nothing and a neighbor had a big one I could cut up into smaller pieces. So I didd not need to buy new rugs.
Hubby brought home leftovers from church breakfast, but we don't eat that sort of meal, so offered on Buy Nothing and someone happily came to pick up.
The new look is fine except that I personally hate change. LOL I want everything to look like it has always looked. But that's a "me" issue!
My hubby had a dermatologist appointment yesterday, so I tagged along. They had boxes of samples sitting out, and we grabbed 2 of everything, except body wash, that they told us to take all we wanted of that.
I listed an item on ebay. My daughter had given it to me, but I am not going to use it. It's a high quality wall tapestry that still sells new for $160 on the website. I listed it for $100. My thought is to give my daughter the money if it sells.
I think I have narrowed down what I want to give as gifts to my coworkers. I like to make a little something every year. I have found a pretty easy pattern for bowl cozies that I think will work nicely. My aunt says she adds a cheap bowl from the Dollar Tree and a can of soup, but I will probably just gift the cozy.
We are doing a gift grab game at my in-law's this year, and I could not think of what to give. My kids have asked for a "goody basket" of handy household items, and I decided to do that for the gift grab, too. I'm shopping CVS sales and getting stuff cheap, so I think that will work out great.
I spoke to our home insurance company about cover during a possible extended trip. They agreed to waive their usual limit of 45 days. It's reduced coverage, but enough to cover the big things. I guess this might be a bonus of living in a close knit village and it's low crime stats.
Called to govt department and filled in a form to pay "missing years" to a pension. It can be cheap to top up, and has the potential to increase my weekly amount by about £80 a week. I wont get it back for over 10yrs, so there is a bit of a gamble in living that long/what the govt is up to then. If I live that long, it wont take long to be in profit on my payment I make now. Am encouraging my husband to do his, too.
Started eating our main meal at lunch time. Seems to help with husband's diabetic control, and we seem to be snacking less.
1. A friend and I joined a walk at a local trail. It is sponsored by a yoga studio a couple suburbs away but they invite the public to join these free walks. We car pooled and each met some new people.
2. I met up with a friend for an evening of crafting. She was worked on a scarf for a seafarer and I worked on a chemo cap.
3. Today I will meet up with a friend for a long walk. I'm trying to enjoy each and every fall day before the onset of cold winter days.
How fun to go on a trail walk to meet new people!
1. I spent several hours yesterday listing a small stockpile of items on Ebay. Crap out and hopefully more money in.
2. I used a discounted gift card last night to buy dinner out with my daughter.
3. I will be walking with a friend today for free exercise.
Crap out of the house, money in!!!!!!
I also only have 3 things today 🙂
1. I opened a new savings account as my old one expired (it’s a type of savings account that has a good rate for one year, then it expires and is automatically converted into an account with zero interest).
2. Our espresso machine randomly stopped working. We had bought it on Amazon 18 months ago. I contacted Amazon and they offered a return for a full refund which I gladly accepted! I then looked for non Amazon local options and ordered a new one on an Irish electrical goods website. I googled coupon codes and found one for free delivery for the first order. Unfortunately it did not work. I called the company and they told me I ordered with them before (which I have no recollection of!) but could use a different phone number and the code would be accepted. This did not work, however, when I also changed the email address it did work! Happy days & free delivery 🙂
3. My daughter gave me a Simon’s Cat desk calendar for Christmas last year. I have cut the part with the dates/notes off each calendar page (up until November so far with the November and December pages yet to follow) and will be using the cartoon cut offs as birthday cards, they are just the right size, approximately postcard size.
I'm impressed that you were on top of moving that savings account on time.
Hej, congratulations to the great revamping of the blog! Looks great! Will look even greater to me, when there is an archive thingie I can use to chronologically read your posts.
I agree about the archives option and will try and figure that out.
Hi Katy,
The new format looks great. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your blog, I appreciate it and always look forward to your posts. Like several others have posted, I miss the ability to easily go back to the previous post and forward to the next post.
Frugals lately: 1) I used a coupon for $79 for my annual Furnace inspection. Not so frugal- the furnace was developing a Crack and it was time for a new system. We could limp it along for an $1,800 fix but decided to change everything during this slow time ( for the HVAC company). The AC portion had 2 be repaired twice in the past 3 years. So instead of throwing more money @ an old system (almost 20 years old) we bought new. While it hurt to write the check ($14,000) we had saved for this repair. Keeping warm in winter and cool in the summer is SO worth it.
Halloween savings/ good neighborhood vibes. I make cupcakes for the children that live near me. The week of Halloween, I deliver them to their door and say, "Happy Fall". I explain that the lights will be out @ our house on Halloween, but I wanted to give them a treat. The kids are always happy to enjoy some cupcakes. We are fortunate that, weather allowing, the kids can play outside, and ride their bicycles on our block. They see me gardening, mowing the yard and doing outside work, so I'm known to them, and the families don't have to be afraid of my baked goods.
Of course, the frosting, sprinkles, cupcakes liners, and cake mix were purchased on clearance and in the pantry.
Watching a FB "reel" gave me a teen Christmas present idea. They love to receive money, but I like to give a small gift so they have something to open. Dollar tree, currently, has candy themed socks. I'm asking the teens favorite candy, finding socks and the candy that goes along with it, and including $20 - $30. For example, a box of Reese's pieces candy,the themed socks, and an envelope with cash taped to the box of candy before I wrap it.
I'm delivering the gifts, at Thanksgiving, to save on postage. Their Mom's are good about setting the presents aside till Christmas.
Thanks for everyone's encouragement to practice frugality where we can.
I gasped when I saw how much you spent on enchilada sauce. It’s so easy to make from scratch! No worries. I have some non-frugal moves in my food budget too. (I’m looking at you, Trader Joe’s simmer sauces!)
The only notable frugal thing I’ve done since I last posted was to bake my own bread to go with some homemade soup. A good activity for a rainy day.
I did the same; enchilada sauce is something I never, ever bought again after I learned how simple it is to throw together. But yeah, sometimes you just need that quick dump-and-go ingredient for emergencies! We all have our versions of those. 🙂
Great Blog!
Received beef fat in my Buy Nothing group, rendered it, washed it, dried it, and whipped with jojoba oil to make moisturizer. Filled up washed prescription bottles with the tallow and gifted back to people in the group.
Floor mats are losing their sticky bottom, but the tops are good. Asked for rug gripper in Buy Nothing and a neighbor had a big one I could cut up into smaller pieces. So I didd not need to buy new rugs.
Hubby brought home leftovers from church breakfast, but we don't eat that sort of meal, so offered on Buy Nothing and someone happily came to pick up.
The new look is fine except that I personally hate change. LOL I want everything to look like it has always looked. But that's a "me" issue!
My hubby had a dermatologist appointment yesterday, so I tagged along. They had boxes of samples sitting out, and we grabbed 2 of everything, except body wash, that they told us to take all we wanted of that.
I listed an item on ebay. My daughter had given it to me, but I am not going to use it. It's a high quality wall tapestry that still sells new for $160 on the website. I listed it for $100. My thought is to give my daughter the money if it sells.
I think I have narrowed down what I want to give as gifts to my coworkers. I like to make a little something every year. I have found a pretty easy pattern for bowl cozies that I think will work nicely. My aunt says she adds a cheap bowl from the Dollar Tree and a can of soup, but I will probably just gift the cozy.
We are doing a gift grab game at my in-law's this year, and I could not think of what to give. My kids have asked for a "goody basket" of handy household items, and I decided to do that for the gift grab, too. I'm shopping CVS sales and getting stuff cheap, so I think that will work out great.
I was gifted bowl cozies several years ago and I love them! Use them all the time!
I spoke to our home insurance company about cover during a possible extended trip. They agreed to waive their usual limit of 45 days. It's reduced coverage, but enough to cover the big things. I guess this might be a bonus of living in a close knit village and it's low crime stats.
Called to govt department and filled in a form to pay "missing years" to a pension. It can be cheap to top up, and has the potential to increase my weekly amount by about £80 a week. I wont get it back for over 10yrs, so there is a bit of a gamble in living that long/what the govt is up to then. If I live that long, it wont take long to be in profit on my payment I make now. Am encouraging my husband to do his, too.
Started eating our main meal at lunch time. Seems to help with husband's diabetic control, and we seem to be snacking less.