I've decided for the next couple months to do a weekly "frugal accomplishments" post, as I've seen some other bloggers do. At the end of the post I'll list some of my goals for this week as well. Sometimes I unintentionally put off doing things week after week, just because I forget to do it. I think writing a few goals down on my blog will help me remember.
Frugal Accomplishments: Second Week of February
1. For Valentine's Day breakfast, I made strawberry shortcake with frozen sliced strawberries from the garden. Because I used free strawberries and cut the recipe in half for the two of us, it only cost about a dollar to make.
2. Hubs bought me a dozen roses this week! They didn't come with greenery, so I used a technique I learned in flower school to arrange the flowers in a round bouquet before putting them in a vase.
Frugal Accomplishments: Second Week of February
1. For Valentine's Day breakfast, I made strawberry shortcake with frozen sliced strawberries from the garden. Because I used free strawberries and cut the recipe in half for the two of us, it only cost about a dollar to make.
2. Hubs bought me a dozen roses this week! They didn't come with greenery, so I used a technique I learned in flower school to arrange the flowers in a round bouquet before putting them in a vase.
3. We stopped at Goodwill and I found a white tablecloth (shown above) for $3. I'm hoping to use this tablecloth for Easter, Valentine's Day and other special occasions.
4. Started some seeds that were on my February gardening list. For the echinacea seeds below, I used a glass bread pan covered with plastic wrap to keep the moisture in. I used a permanent marker to write the seed type and date on top, in order to keep better track of the different seeds.
4. Started some seeds that were on my February gardening list. For the echinacea seeds below, I used a glass bread pan covered with plastic wrap to keep the moisture in. I used a permanent marker to write the seed type and date on top, in order to keep better track of the different seeds.
5. Hubs built a bigger goat stand for my Pygora goats from free scrap lumber. This will come in handy when we have to shear the goats and do hoof trimming.
6. I used some coupons to get a free bottle of salad dressing and bag of blueberry bagels.
7. Started to make an apron from some pretty fabric I bought at a garage sale years ago. I'm using a 1940's pattern that came in my pattern treasure box from last spring. We bought the bias trim at Joann's, and Hubs pulled up a coupon on his phone to get 20% off my entire order. When I'm done, I'll probably sell the apron if I don't love it too much. :)
6. I used some coupons to get a free bottle of salad dressing and bag of blueberry bagels.
7. Started to make an apron from some pretty fabric I bought at a garage sale years ago. I'm using a 1940's pattern that came in my pattern treasure box from last spring. We bought the bias trim at Joann's, and Hubs pulled up a coupon on his phone to get 20% off my entire order. When I'm done, I'll probably sell the apron if I don't love it too much. :)
8. My mother-in-law gave me some seed catalogs to look through, and guess what I found! "Specialty Greens", purslane and a lambsquarter-look-alike! I don't have to buy seeds to grow these!
9. Sold a book we didn't need on Amazon.
10. Wrapped a gift with free brown kraft paper and tulle that I bought at a garage sale.
Goals for next week:
1. Plant more seeds on my February gardening list.
2. Arrange pictures on the living room wall.
3. Finish blue apron.
10. Wrapped a gift with free brown kraft paper and tulle that I bought at a garage sale.
Goals for next week:
1. Plant more seeds on my February gardening list.
2. Arrange pictures on the living room wall.
3. Finish blue apron.
What frugal things did you do this week?
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