A Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage #116

Welcome to another 

Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage!

Each week I share ways I've saved money, my thrifty and frugal projects, and my blessings from God. 

I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight!

Please say hello! I'm always looking for new blog friends!

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Happy Christmas time everyone!

  Are you getting ready? I've gotten a good start on my shopping now. My list is short this year. I bought some things online, a few things locally, and my husband is going to get a few things for me. On a whim, my husband and I decided that we will open our house to friends on Christmas Eve afternoon. Just a little come and go thing. It will motivate me to clean and bake. ~smile~ I'm planning to keep it simple. I told my girls that they may invite whomever they wish. My Emily sent out a Facebook invitation to virtually everyone she knows! Our house is pretty small. We'll see what happens. It may be quite cozy!

  Well, enough for now—on to my blessings and a bit of our thrifty life.

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A Quote for You
"You see, darlin', the roots on a willow tree run deep, clear under the ground to the source of water. That's what keeps it alive even when everything around it is drying out. Faith works the same way. It runs way down deep through our souls to the source—to God—and keeps us going when things get hard." 

Kim Vogel Sawyer in Where Willows Grow 

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Here's my thrifty week!

• I bought twenty pounds of 80/20 ground chuck for $1.99/lb. That is an excellent price for our area.

• Avocados $.42 each at Walmart

• Cranberry Wassail with frozen cranberries that my dad gave me a few months ago. I substituted a sliced orange for the orange essential oil.

• Recently, I bought wrapping paper at Hobby Lobby for half price. It's thick, sturdy, and lined. It's a big roll, too. At half price, it's comparable in cost to dollar store paper, but much higher quality. It was so nice, I went back for a second roll that was red with polka dots. I'll use the Christmas paper first, then use the polka dots if needed. I can use them all year round for gifts.

• My husband, Lowell, cleared out a bunch of stuff in the garage. Thirty cubic feet of real estate investment!

• Three cubic feet for me this week. Wonder what I mean? Read this, then go make an investment today! 

I redecorated my computer with free desktop wallpaper from Gooseberry Patch.

• Avocados at Aldi for $.39 each. 

• Bone in chicken breasts at Food 4 Less for $.79 a pound.

• Chicken leg quarters ten pounds for $6.00 at Food 4 Less

• Lowell contacted AAA a couple weeks ago to see if we could get the special for giving memberships to our kids. They just added them on for free instead! He also found out that we could get the vehicles towed 100 miles instead of 3 miles by paying about $30 more. We're so glad we did it!

• We got a free tow for our son's truck with our AAA membership. The membership paid for itself already.

• I crocheted a stack of dishcloths for a friend with yarn that was given to me. I used some other leftover yarn to crochet a long chain to tie them together. It made a cute stack. 

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  One Christmas Past

• A sweet lady from church brought me some shampoo and conditioner that is supposed to help with hair growth. It's called Monat.
• I gave my extra Christmas tree and ornaments to a friend. That was another six cubic feet of real estate investment.
• I went Christmas shopping at thrift stores. It was a bit late in the season, so all I found was a little 25 cent cup for me that says PEACE.
• Remember how I told you we were blessed with a dvd/vcr last week? Another friend asked if I'd found one yet. I told her yes. She offered me hers, too. I said yes. It's good to have a back up since I cannot buy another one. It'll be stored for future use. Yes, it takes up space, but it's not clutter since I can't replace it easily. 

  Let's do all we can to keep our peace and joy regardless of our circumstances or who we're with. I am going to spend some time over the next few days making a list and checking it twice. I already know who's been naughty or nice. ~wink~ I'll actually make several lists. We still have time to do this without losing our heads. God bless you each. If you have any advice for last minute preparations, please share them in the comments.

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That's my thrifty week.

What are you doing in your home this week?

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ღLauraღ

...doing what I can with what I've got

where I am on a short shoestring budget!

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