Happy Frugal Friday!
Here is how we saved money/spent money wisely/made extra money this week:
- Saturday we had some friends over to celebrate Annabeth's 10th birthday. She chose a Harry Potter theme. I spent just $10 on decorations and the rest were Harry Potter items from around the house. We did the party from 2-4 so we just served snack foods. Annabeth and I made Fairy Snack Mix, HP Wand Breadsticks, Chocolate Frogs, and sorting house cupcakes (hidden M&Ms to show the color of your house) with Butterbeer buttercream cupcakes. We had a great time making all of it together!
- Sunday we had lunch at Mark's moms' house. She provided bread and sandwich meat. Mark and his brother Luke picked up sides like salads, fruit, and chips. We had a great afternoon with the kids' cousins and the boys got a bunch of yardwork done for his mom.
- Kristi sent us home with lunchmeat to last the next few weeks. This was a great help for our grocery budget! This also made me feel better when somehow I ruined our bag of potatoes. I ordered them on pickup at the end of last week but somehow they got wet :( and thus moldy. I couldn't save them and had to throw them away.
- The week of Brian's funeral, several friends gifted the kids little snacks. Our neighbors gave the kids little bags of cereal which the kids ended up not enjoying. After realizing that they were not going to eat them, we donated the rest to a Free Little Pantry.
- After one busy day, we gifted ourselves the gift of delivery pizza. We had a credit so it was just $10 with the tip.
- Mark is serving a term on the Boys and Girls Club Board. They have a big event coming up in November and we volunteered to donate two baskets for the raffle. We are donating $500 in beautiful Usborne and Kane Miller books - a Bedtime Storybook Basket and A Year in Books Basket. We are so thankful for our many blessings and know that all we have is really God's and thus we will continue serving His people.
- We overbought filling for the gift baskets. Mark returned the two extra bags to Hobby Lobby. This returned $3.50 to our bank account. I know people waste so much money buying items that they never use or that they think "I should return that" but never do. I always return any items that we won't or can't use and know those little amounts add up.
- Last night we had some friends over to dinner. After dinner, we enjoyed sitting out front and letting the kids ride bikes and play. We served corn dogs, veggies, fruit, and homemade cookies - nothing fancy just simple food, fast clean-up, but lots of fun.
We are looking forward to a busy weekend with an event that I have been waiting since June for!
Happy Savings to All!
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