Food glorious food

My goodness the price is going up and up
And so is my son's appetite
Cereal, easy breakfast but not the most frugal, so when it goes on sale I buy.
Able to get Brand name for 1.12 a box!
Sale+coupon+Catalina at Giant last week

School supplies

As I mentioned in my previous post, we had all the supplies we needed.
That is mostly due to what my son brought home again this year.
Highlighters never opened, 2 packs of 3 sticky notes.
Tons of used pencils, and there is nothing wrong with the colored pencils we bought him a couple years ago. Also, packs of pencils never opened.  Full glue sticks and more.

Back to school shopping

Back to school shopping and of course I started at the Goodwill.
School supplies there! I hadn't thought of that.  We had everything we needed already except 1 binder.
The one he needs runs 7.99 at Staples and higher in other places.  
1.97 at Goodwill.
Of course I got clothes as well.
3 bottoms, 4 tops, all brand name $16.00.  That is what some would pay for just on shirt.

Frugal? Is it worth it?

Frugal tile cleaner.  I have all the ingredients at home, so...
I chose the baking soda and bleach method.
Did it work?  Yep sure did.  Looks great.
Would I do it again?  NOPE. Even with the window open, the fumes got to me.  Burned my throat.
Next time I will try the vinegar, lemon juice and baking soda.
Now, yes it is frugal, but it is work.  I scrubbed those bathroom tiles for two hours. And it took a couple moppings to get all the residue off.  I have the smaller hall bath to do next.  We well see how it comes out.
Picture is blurry, but you can see the difference 

Left it clean, right is dirty

More cleaner

We had oranges, so I saved the peels.
Put them in an old jar. Added vinegar. (waited 2 wks)
Presto, homemade cleaner!

Vinegar and Orange Cleaner

Summer Fun - Popsicles

Left over fruit from a picnic
Few days old, getting mushy
Popsicles! 
Puree fruit, I added agave to make them a bit sweeter and a touch of Orange Juice.

 

Eggs

Oh so many egg puns, I will spare you (I am not eggcited..)
Price of Eggs
Wow
2.49 a dozen.  2 years ago they were .89 at Aldis
They say the Avaian flu.  
I bake a lot, lots of eggs.
I do know of a Depression cake recipe that doesn't use eggs.  Makes a wonderfully moist Chocolate cake.
I know it as Wacky cake

• 1 1/2 Cups flour (all-purpose)
• 3 Tbsp. cocoa (unsweetened)
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp.  salt

• 1 tsp. white vinegar
• 1 tsp.  pure vanilla extract
• 5 Tbsp. vegetable oil 
• 1 Cup water 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix first 5 dry ingredients in a greased 8" square baking pan.  Make 3 depressions in dry ingredients - two small, one larger.
Pour vinegar in one depression, vanilla in the other and the vegetable oil in third larger depression.  Pour water over all.  Mix well until smooth.

Bake on middle rack of oven for 35 minutes.  Check with toothpick to make sure it comes out clean. Cool.  Top with your favorite frosting.  Enjoy!