Frugal Friday 466

 Happy Frugal Friday!

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

- Friday after school we took in some sunshine downtown. We parked and walked to return books to the library, voted at the courthouse, and then played at the new park. 

- Friday night we had pizza and movie night at home. We watched a movie we already had and made homemade breakfast pizza.

- After dinner, Mark volunteered at a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club. He is currently on the board and we enjoy giving to help their important work they are doing in our community.

- Saturday we enjoyed breakfast out, a rare treat but one of Mark's favorite things to splurge on. We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon walking downtown, working on Annabeth's 4H photography project, and playing at the park. A lovely part of small-town life is that we always see friends at the park and the kids loved seeing some of their friends as we visited with ours. 

- Saturday evening Mark's mom came over to keep the kids for a bit. The kids requested to have Chinese food with Nana so we made honey chicken, rice, and egg rolls before we left.

- Mark and I enjoyed a dinner out at the Elk's Club. The hosted a law enforcement appreciation dinner and Mark was asked to go. We enjoyed dinner and great conversation with two retired officers and their wives. Each of them were at the Sheriff's office when we started and we learned a great deal from them in our early law enforcement days. 

- Sunday after church we had some time before meeting family for lunch so we stopped at a different park to play. It was one that Mark had not been to and I think he enjoyed climbing and running as much as the kids did. 

- After park play, we met up with Kristi, Luke, and the kids for lunch at Jockamo's Pizza. A lot of Sundays Luke and Kristi make food for everyone so we were more than happy to pay for lunch. We all had enough leftovers for Sunday dinner as well which was great! 

- Tuesday evening Owen had his Scout Halloween Party. He dressed up as a Farmer wearing clothes we already had at home. Mark and Owen did donate three bags of candy to be passed around. 

- We enjoyed 10+ hours outside this week! The weather was really beautiful most days and our kids LOVE playing in the rain so rainy Wednesday actually meant several outside hours for us.

- Yesterday afternoon we swapped kids with our neighbors. After a quick mama chat, I took the girls to our house to play and the boys stayed at her house. We had a great couple of hours of play, the mamas caught up on housework, and we had a great conversation as well. 

- We've been purposing to have Family Night at least once a week. We are in a very busy season of life and we want to make sure we sit down to dinner and then hang out just the four of us each week. Last night we had spaghetti with homemade meatballs and then Mark/Annabeth worked on some sewing projects while Owen and I played games. 

- I spent a lot of my week running quotes with my travel business. Disney has released a deal for up to $400 savings for most nights January-March and alot of friends/clients wanted to take advantage. Is Disney a trip you'd love to take? Message me at a.riley@magicalvacationplanner.com for quotes!

We are looking forward to a weekend with family and fall fun.

Happy Savings to All!