I all the time really feel like I submit many how-to’s and never many “actual lifes”. Though I do try to incorporate that into my newer posts, I’ve typically thought that it could be much more useful for my readership to get a greater glimpse inside what our easy/homestead/from scratch/frugal life actually appears like.
Frugal Friday Week #28
So I’ve began a brand new sequence referred to as Frugal Friday and want your assist. My concept for this sequence is to share a number of the tasks/recipes/issues we labored on this week and, typically, simply what life appears like.
I want your assist as a result of I’ve tried one thing related earlier than, and I gave up after some time. I obtained bored, felt like nobody was studying it or cared, and I moved on to different tasks. So what I want you to do every week is to share what your week regarded like within the feedback part. I feel it might maintain us ALL accountable and should function an encouragement to others!
So let’s dive proper into this week!
Meal Highlights
It was one other dangerous week of me not holding observe of meals! We have been gone a part of the week for a brief journey, so we ate principally packed sandwiches and snacks that I already had within the pantry and solely ate out one meal.
For this weekend I’ll be placing in a giant roast within the crockpot and making it in order that we have now loads of leftovers (that is our heavy work week with our enterprise). I’ve obtained some tips about How To Stretch a Roast right here.
At dwelling, we’re nonetheless principally consuming closely from the pantry and the freezer to proceed to eat issues down.
Buying We Did
I obtained a small Azure order final week (wild rice, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, and some different issues) to have the ability to make some meals with issues I have already got.
I additionally had the prospect to cease at Dealer Joe’s whereas we have been gone this week. I really like that retailer however didn’t need to purchase an excessive amount of since we are attempting to eat issues down! I obtained just a few additions for our meals, like hashbrowns, gluten-free English muffins, and a few canned beans.
We had a giant spend this week and that was as a result of we needed to order a brand new range and sink for our camper that we’re reworking. I consider it’s purported to arrive tomorrow…now we want a spot to place them!
How We Lived Frugal This Week
An enormous a part of our week was devoted to having a yard sale. Whereas we nonetheless have fairly a bit left (principally garments and blankets) that I plan on donating, we ended up promoting a great quantity and *I feel* made sufficient for the whole camper renovation. That was my purpose so I used to be fairly excited it went so properly!
Different frugal issues we did this week was to pack meals for our mini journey so we didn’t spend a lot whereas away. Stayed out of any costly shops or locations that might tempt us to spend unnecessarily, and we’ve additionally been good these days about making our personal enjoyable. (Similar to taking the youngsters to play close to a spring and small pond and observe wildlife for the afternoon.)
Weblog Posts I Wrote
Wanting Forward to Subsequent Week
Subsequent week we have now extra touring we have now to do (Kids’s Hospital for our son) so that may take up a part of the week. In any other case, we can be staying right here and dealing on the camper transform….I would even have the ability to persuade my hubby to take us all out tenting if the nights don’t get too chilly!
So inform me….what did life appear like for you this week? What did you do, make, or plan to do?
Merissa has been running a blog about and living the simple life since 2009 and has internationally revealed 2 books on the subject. You possibly can examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to now on the About Page. You possibly can ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
