Friday, October 25, 2024

Frugal Friday 557

 Happy Frugal Friday!

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

- The boys spent last weekend at Lakeview. One of Mark's Scouts was working on his Eagle Scout Project so the boys went along to help. Our family always donates a certain amount of money towards each Scout's project, spends the same amount on each Eagle gift, and then donates as much time as possible towards each project. We set up budgets early on as many years there are multiple Scouts working towards their Eagle and as a leader it can become very expensive. Owen had a great time helping everyone. They were done a bit early so they had lots of extra time to relax. He still said his favorite part of the weekend was building the fence!

- While they were away, Annabeth and I had a relaxing weekend. She has finished all of the Twilight books so we watched the first two movies. A new boutique opened downtown so we went to the Grand Opening. We didn't see anything we loved so we left empty handed. 

- Saturday night we went to a Fall Party with some friends. A family member of theirs owns a beautiful property south of here and their kids are always telling ours about the Halloween walk, bonfire, and games. This year they invited us to go along and we had a great time! We took brownies and Annabeth Safe food for the pitch-in.

- Owen loves to rearrange furniture and had been really wanting to move a big shelf from the school room into his room. I made a deal with him if he could keep his room and closet perfectly picked up for thirty days he could make a switch. He did it! We switched everything out Wednesday afternoon. It was also a great time to vacuum, mop, wash curtains, etc in his room and the schoolroom. I was also excited to see that the kids selected about a dozen things to pass on without me even suggesting it! I love that decluttering has become part of what we all do.

- Earlier this fall, we realized between our cars and my parents' cars we had five booster seats. We passed several of them on this week to family and friends. 

- Our grocery bill was $65.01 for the week. We have had meat/cheese/fruit/veggie lunches, breakfast has been granola with yogurt or protein drinks, and dinners have been chicken/spinach/mushrooms, keto rubeun soup, homemade pizza, and take out pizza last night. 

- We spent many hours reading aloud this week. We read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and are now working our way through the sequel. We've also added The Story into our daily Bible reading. The kids really love the way it's written, like a novel vs Bible verses, and I am so proud of how many blanks they can fill in as we read!

- Yesterday we babysat for L&C. The kids had a great time playing and I love sweet time with everyone while they are little! We had fun playing and also ran over to Tuttle Orchards to enjoy some fall fun. I've babysat for all of the nieces and nephews and I feel so blessed to have been able to help in this way.

- Yesterday afternoon, our co-op's Middle Schoolers had a pumpkin carving party. I thought this was such a cute idea that the committee came up with. We purchased pumpkins from a farm outside of Evansville a few weeks ago and I had the kids wait until now to carve them. 

Pumpkins 2024
These are the first ones they have both
completely carved alone!

We are looking forward to a really exciting weekend!

Happy Savings to All! 

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