Here is how we saved money/spent money wisely/made extra money this week:
- Saturday, we celebrated Owen's third birthday. We had a nice, quiet day at home where he opened new books and craft supplies from us and then spent the day playing with them. We had our families over for a Happy Meal Party for dinner. Owen chose this theme months ago and it was a big hit. He also requested a "cheeseburger" cake so I found a cute idea on Pinterest for cheeseburger cupcakes and cookies as french fries. Happy #3 Mr O!
While trying to get family pictures, my Mama caught this look between
Owen and me. I love this picture so much! Hard to believe our baby is three
Cheeseburger and Fries Dessert for Owen's Happy Meal #3!
- Sunday, the kids and I took my family to Brown County. We owed my parents their Christmas gift from 2016, a day in Brown Co, and my Dad his birthday gift from April, a trip to Rich Hill's Magic Shop. We had so much fun learning some new magic tricks and buying more to learn at home. The kids played on the nature playground and we enjoyed treating them all to a wonderful lunch at Brozzini Pizza. We came home and the kids played out back in their new slide and pool from Aunt Lu.
Helping Grandpa (and Grandmama - see her in the reflection) explore Brown Co
- Mark escaped with a friend on Sunday and took a nice hike. It was only about 80 degrees and he said they enjoyed hiking a new trail. We were thankful he missed stepping on a six foot snake!! Eek! The kids did love seeing its picture though.
- We cancelled our subcription to our local paper. It just went up a bit in price and we really only get it for the coupons. There have been fewer and fewer coupons so we haven't really been saving with our coupons as we spent more money to get them. We have also found that Meijer often has the same coupons online as in the paper so I can continue to clip and use those.
- We also cancelled our cable subscription. (Yes, frugal friends, we have had cable all this time! We went years without it and when we moved to our current house we were debt free except for our mortgage and decided to splurge on something we really enjoyed) Our cable bill has steadily increased over the four years that we have been here and it just isn't worth it anymore. Now that our kids are older, we are looking more and more at taking bigger vacations and we are excited to use the savings from the newspaper and cable to help fund them!
- Wednesday night I got to go to the grocery, ALONE! I spent a bit more than I had planned but Owen's swim pants were skin tight, to the point he was refusing to wear them, and new ones weren't on sale yet but I got them anyway. I did score $.70 leggings for Annabeth in the next two sizes on the 90% off rack. Our bill for the week was still under $95 including those five unplanned buys.
- Yesterday morning, the kids and I met our friends the Peters Girls at our new park in town. We played there for an hour and then as it began to get hot we headed to the library to play for another hour. We also turned in our completed weekly challenge and earned three free kids meal coupons! Kelley and her girls also brought us a big bag of things to use for school. Thank you all so much!
We are looking forward to a really fun weekend with a special event in town, Eagle Scout projects, and a birthday party.
Happy Savings to All!
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