This week I worked four days because Tuesday was election day and schools were closed. I made the best use of my time spent at home. Cleaning, organizing, listing things on Ebay, working on my blog and cooking.
This week I listed six items for sale on Ebay and sold three items. One of them was a pair of jean that I bought at a yard sale for 25¢, which sold for $10 on Ebay.
I rescued more orange juices this week while subbing.
I paid my auto insurance this past week and it won't be due again until July.
On Sunday we made a run to Target to get in on a good sunscreen deal and we made a trip to McKay Used Books.
The cookbook aisle at McKay's is one of my favorite aisles.
Here is a stack of books I picked up this weekend.
I also picked up an audio book. This book speaks about how Geneen Roth was one of the people who lost all of her money in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme. She speaks about her mistake of putting all her money into one investment.
As usual we traded items to earn credit, so no money exchanged hands. We earned $50 on this trip and we usually split the money we earn, but no need to do that this time as my stack of books only came to $16.
I'll peruse these new to me books, write down any recipes I want to try and then trade them back to McKay and repeat the whole process. It's fun and frugal entertainment.
This is the reason we went to Target. My daughter wanted to get in on a good sunscreen deal. She got all of this for free after a gift card promotion.
We won't need to buy any sunscreen for this summer, which is great because it is so expensive otherwise.
It was a beautiful warm spring day and we enjoyed our Sunday drive on the back roads to and from Chattanooga.
In My Frugal Kitchen
I made homemade ranch dressing this week. I also made coleslaw with the dressing to see if we liked it or not, which we weren't fans of, so I will go back to my usual coleslaw dressing.
This week I bleached a few of the items I use in the kitchen. I bleached my yellow tupperware strainer, which gets stained from making tea. I wish I had taken a before and after picture because the difference was very obvious.
How was your week? Frugal or not so frugal?
Belinda~ Living within our Means ~
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