Here is how we saved money/spent money wisely/made extra money this week:
- Saturday night my sister and I had tickets to a show (my birthday gift to her) but it was cancelled a few weeks ago. She went ahead and came up for the day and we went out for lunch and then the Cake Bake Shop for dessert take-out. We shopped a consignment store after and each found some great new clothing items.
- Sunday we went to the CMOI. My sister came along, for free thanks to our + on our pass. We spent quite a few hours at the museum and the kids enjoyed having multiple grown-ups so we could split up and they could each down their own age appropriate activity. We packed a lunch so we spent $0 on our fun outing.
Mark and the kids in front of the CMOI water clock
Once again, Owen spent well over an hour
of the visit caring for the sea turtles.
- After the museum, we ran by Mark's parents house. We enjoyed visiting with them and they colored and played games with the kids. I love long, slow Sundays with the people that we love.
- We played with homeschool friends at the library and got new books/audio books for the week. Thank you to Miss Sarah at the desk for helping Annabeth find everything from Harry Potter to a book on Ryan White.
- Tuesday evening the kids each took a toy to donate at 4H. The Junior Leaders will be taking the toys to one central location for a special toy drive run by those Leaders. I was happy to see each of the kids choose a nice item to donate.
- Yesterday morning, we enjoyed a preschool storytime at the Church of God in Franklin. Our sweet friend Miss Kelley leads such a fun class each month. We also donated a big bag of individual dessert bags to be used in December's Meal Bags.
- Yesterday we wrapped up the fall session of P.E. at Franklin College. Annabeth has enjoyed this class so much each year. I very much appreciate Franklin College and their openess to young learners and the local homeschool community.
- We only had one hour between storytime and P.E. but instead of eating out the kids and I went home and ate quick sandwiches and fruit. Yes, it would have been much easier to eat out but it was SO much more affordable to eat at home.
We had a busy, busy week and are looking forward to a weekend with family.
Happy Savings to All!
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