Bargin Bin

 Remember a few years back when I bought 3 winter coats for under 5 dollars each?

Well, this time I got 15 pairs of undies for 3.62 at Boscov's.

Went in for a bra, they were too expernsive, but found undies instead.

FoodSaver day

 I have had my Foodsaver for years

Today was a freeze day.

Bananas on sale, I freeze them for banana bread or smoothies,

Freezing leftover Mac and Cheese

And the meat that was on sale

More free

 Again with the Buy Nothing site

I acquired these reusable dish cloths.  They have a bit of texture for scrubbing.

If You Have The Time

One of my hobbies is crochet

I shopped my yarn stock and made a baby girl blanket for an expecting friend.

Yes it took awhile, but I feel worth it. It's handmade, with lots of love.

To buy on Etsy is 40 to 60 dollars and higher.  Reasonable for someone's time to make it.

I bought the yarn on sale years ago, and my time was free.

Snacks

 Needed..ok wanted a snack

It was not instant....took time, but practically free

Had all ingredients in the house

I made a dozen and Hubby and I enjoyed them for days.

Peanut butter cups

Puddin'

 My son wanted chocolate pudding.  We didn't have any and I meant we do not have any instant pudding mix.

Betty Crocker cookbook to the rescue.  We had all the ingredients in the house and Hubby and Son like it better than the instant or store bought.

Potato Water

Save your potato water

Great for watering plants

Also good for, soups, gravies and bread dough

Frugal Basics

 Every frugal person knows...

Do not buy croutons or bread crumbs.  But this was the first time I ever made croutons, I'm not a fan, but the Hubby is.  Loaf was going stale.

They were delicious, I ate some as a snack

This month's soup

Time to make soup or broth (Pictures from Nov 2024)

Plenty of scraps in my freezer, veggies and chicken bones.

This month a bit heavy on the bell peppers, so will cut back next time.

This made a huge amount of broth for soup.

So we ate well for a couple days and the rest went into the freezer.

Potato Peels

I saved my potato peels because I saw a frugal recipe to roast or airfry them for a snack. 

I didn't like them. Perhaps a different type of potato skin?

Will I keep saving peels... YES.  I use them in my chicken or veggie stock that I make.