Frugal Friday 370

 Happy Frugal Friday!

Here is how wes saved money/spent money wisely/made extra money this week:

- Mark has been wanting a large tool chest for his workshop space. He has been saving for one from the hardware store but something else always comes up. Imagine his happiness when one he wanted was at a neighborhood garage sale for just $30! This saved us $100+ !

- This was actually a few weeks ago but we are SO thankful! A friend mentioned that she had purchased store brand allergy meds that didn't work for her. They are the ones that 3/4 of us take so she gave us about 2.5 months of meds! This is a HUGE savings for our family! Thank you Jeanette!

- Saturday Mark and Owen went to McCordsville for the day and worked on an Eagle Scout Project. They were gone from 7-5 and were able to finish nearly an entire, large, bridge job. Owen was SO proud to help the big boys and adults all day.

- Annabeth had to do school on Saturday, she had a full day of doctor visits on Friday. After school, we had a little date day and shopped at the Farmgirl Merchantile and at Mom and Cub Boutique. We found several Christmas gifts at Farmgirl and she found three clothing items at Mom & Cub (under $20 for all three!) 

- Sunday we went to church, something that I will never take for granted again after the churches were closed last spring. We are SO thankful to worship in person. After church, we had lunch at Mark's parents. They generously sent us home with leftovers which we enjoyed for four meals during the week. (And we're just finding out this morning that our church is now closed again through December 15 :( ) 

- Monday Mark was off work so we got many projects around the house done. One of them was deep cleaning and listing our last two toddler toys for sale - the toy grill and toy kitchen. We were able to sell both on Facebook within one hour. While I do feel a little sad about not having any little people to need those toys, the kids are very excited for their Big Kid Reading Corner! We moved the bookshelf from Owen's room to the new Reading Corner and used the funds from the sale of the toy kitchen to buy each of the kids a bean bag chair. 

- We spent a TON of time outside! We always spend at least one hour a day outside but in the winter it sometimes is hard to get past that hour. This week has been so gorgeous though - with a few days up to 80 degrees here. We eneded up spending 3+ hours a day outside several days this week including a great park meet up with homeschool friends.

- We had some produce that we aren't going to be able to use. I donated it to the Pink House Little Free Pantry. I love donating to that particular pantry because if fresh items aren't collected right away the pantry manager shares them at the Franklin Library FLP. 

We are looking forward to a big adventure in the week to come. We'll see you here in TWO weeks for a huge Frugal Friday!

Happy Savings to All!