What To Do When You Don’t Have a Clothesline
I’ll let the picture speak for itself.
I will say that
- I’m a little embarrassed to show a picture of my bathroom.
- By hanging clothes we have saved money and extended the lives of our clothing.
- I currently don’t hang up socks, children’s clothes or underwear.
We paid a lot more for drying when we had to go to the laundromat in our last apartment. I wish I had seen this nifty indoor clothesline that Apartment Therapy built.
Hanging my clothes works for me. See what others are saying at We Are That Family’s Work for Me Wednesday.
Krogers Trip Jan 9
I went to Kroger’s on Saturday and picked up all of the above items for $10.71. The produce was all on sale and I was able to stack this e-coupon with an online coupon to get the meals for $.07-$.20/each. These will make very cheap lunches for my husband!
I am doing a scaled-back version of moneysavingmom’s eat from the pantry challenge. This week we only needed to buy produce, milk and cheap lunches and will be creating the rest of our meals from items in our fridge and freezer. So far, by using what I already have, I am $30 under budget for groceries. My goal is to save $50 by the end of the month, or 25% of our food budget.
Drugstore Trip 1/8
I decided to brave the cold this morning, and with coupons and list (and a diaper bag, baby and dawdling toddler in tow), try my hand at drugstore couponing again.
Although I didn’t get everything I wanted, I got some things on sale. Here’s some of the items that I got this week. Sorry there’s no pictures, my camera battery was dead.
2 pkgs Stayfree pads: $0.29 after 3/1 BOGO coupon and in-store coupon
1 Revlon Eye Shadow: -$.01 overage with $2.00/off coupon and in-store coupon
Desitin: $1.99 after online coupon
2 pkgs Christmas after sales candy: $0.24
Tax: $0.83
Total: $3.34
2 Oust Sanitizers: $3.99 with 1/3 BOGO Coupon, earned $6 ECB
1 Palmolive Dish Soap $0.96
Tax: $0.63
Total: $5.58
ECBs earned: $6.00
Check out Common Sense with Money for more drugstore deals.
Free Classical Music
Here’s a free album of classical music from Amazon. I’m downloading mine right now.
Saving Money by Using What You Have
January 6, 2010 by Chelsea
Filed under Frugality, Piggy Bank
I can freely admit that the creative part of my brain is often underused and perhaps even undervalued. I am used to routines, schedules and deviating from the normal can be hard for me. Yet this year I’ve been more determined to be a wise steward and make do with what I have.
My husband made a delicious dinner for New Years and I was in charge of dessert. I have always been a fan of pudding parfaits and wanted to make them in fancy, festive glasses. The only problem is we don’t have any fancy, festive glasses. So I looked through my cupboards and this is what I found. Festive canning jars. They may not have been fancy glasses, but they were better than our usual plastic ware.
One bad habit that I’ve picked up is spending hours skimming through various tot school blogs looking for ideas for creative play for my son. I often think if I had this cool toy, or these expensive art supplies my son will be happier in his play. I don’t take into consideration the fun stuff I have just lying around the house. While I was cleaning up the kitchen I ran into an empty cinnamon jar. It was going to find an immediate new home in the trash, but I decided to give it to my son with some shortened spaghetti so he could do this.
Both of these ideas were quick, easy substitutions that didn’t cost a cent but still fulfilled their functions.
See more ways to save at Lifeasmom’s Frugal Friday.
