Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit. Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.
I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight!
I have enjoyed meeting so many ladies over the past few weeks.
I love it when y'all leave comments, so I can meet you and see your blogs, too.
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The most amazing thing happened this past week.
My husband got a paycheck after four months of no income!
I bought groceries!
Praise God!
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Here's my thrifty week:
~ I bought a nice pair of dress slacks for my son for $6 at the thrift store. It's a pricier store, but our Salvation Army store closed. He's not crazy about the slacks, but I doubt he'll wear them more than once or twice. It's really hard to get him out of jeans and boots. He agreed to polish the boots. ~smile~ He needs the slacks for a formal banquet and a wedding or two.
~ I grocery shopped at Aldi first.
~ I cooked at home.
~ I carried my water bottle.
~ I Made Super Quick Super Cheap Laundry Detergent
~ I went to Sonic with my son. I ordered ice water with sugar free raspberry flavoring. It was less than fifty cents.
~ I used up veggies for my salad so they wouldn't go bad.
~ Date night was half-price appetizers at Red, Hot and Blue. They have yummy Nantucket Nachos. We spent about $12 with the tip!
~ I downloaded a new free desktop background from Debbie Mum.
~ Someone had brought some nice Bath and Body foaming hand soap for the ladies to use at church. When the bottle was empty, I brought it home and refilled it with homemade. The pump works better than the dollar store bottle I had been using. Put about a half to one inch of liquid soap in the bottom, fill the bottle with water until you're about half an inch below the pump, and shake. You can use any kind of liquid soap. The key is to make it watery. I used dish soap this time, but I've also used shampoo and body wash at times.
~ My husband planted four tomato plants.
~ A friend gave my son four okra plants.
~ I was given a yellow marigold. My daughter planted it in a little pot and set it on my back step.
~ I received a new leash for my dog for review. It's got a built in extra handle. I found that my Penny is too short for me to use the second handle without leaning over, but it's still a very nice leash.
Have a terrific week!
~ I grocery shopped at Aldi first.
~ I cooked at home.
~ I carried my water bottle.
~ I Made Super Quick Super Cheap Laundry Detergent
~ I went to Sonic with my son. I ordered ice water with sugar free raspberry flavoring. It was less than fifty cents.
~ I used up veggies for my salad so they wouldn't go bad.
~ Date night was half-price appetizers at Red, Hot and Blue. They have yummy Nantucket Nachos. We spent about $12 with the tip!
~ I downloaded a new free desktop background from Debbie Mum.
~ Someone had brought some nice Bath and Body foaming hand soap for the ladies to use at church. When the bottle was empty, I brought it home and refilled it with homemade. The pump works better than the dollar store bottle I had been using. Put about a half to one inch of liquid soap in the bottom, fill the bottle with water until you're about half an inch below the pump, and shake. You can use any kind of liquid soap. The key is to make it watery. I used dish soap this time, but I've also used shampoo and body wash at times.
~ My husband planted four tomato plants.
~ A friend gave my son four okra plants.
~ I was given a yellow marigold. My daughter planted it in a little pot and set it on my back step.
~ I received a new leash for my dog for review. It's got a built in extra handle. I found that my Penny is too short for me to use the second handle without leaning over, but it's still a very nice leash.
Have a terrific week!
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What are you doing in your home this week?
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ஐღLauraღஐ
...doing what I can with what I've got
where I am on a short shoestring budget!
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