The girls and I enjoyed a delightfully thrifty week. If you know me, you know that I enjoy a good bargain. I would usually (not always) rather find something used and in good condition than purchase it new. I love activities that are free, and I will spend hours clipping coupons, comparison shopping, and traveling to different grocery stores in order to save money. Well, this week made my frugal heart happy! On Wednesday morning, we enjoyed our usual story time at the library (free!), then we headed to the Good Will to drop of a huge bag from my recent closet purging session. After about 40 minutes of combing the racks, I emerged with three button downs for Jonathan, three shirts for mommy, two new skirts for mommy, and a Christmas dress for Hannah (next year). Then we headed to ALDI for some money saving grocery shopping. If you have a local ALDI and are not benefitting from the savings, you are missing out. I get a large majority of my dry goods, some frozen things, and depending on the day, some meat and produce from ALDI-- it amounts to big savings. Friday morning was spent sifting through racks of second hand kids clothes (with Jeanna, Karis, and Noah) at a huge kids consignment sale in Rocky Mount. I found many spring/summer dresses for Hannah, some pajamas for the girls, and a few things for my new nephew Isaac. Jeanna did very well -- coming home with an exersaucer for little Noah. Saturday morning was spent at a new local playground (free!!!) with Daddy. The girls thoroughly enjoyed a mild afternoon running around outside, and most importantly, playing with Daddy. All in all it was a penny-pinching week that made me quite giddy!
4 comments:
Congrats on your week! Being frugal, things on sale, and entertainment that's free are wonderful things:) New is fun and often necessary but I know that great feeling you're talking about when you've been thrifty and still gotten what you need.
Hey, I just noticed your blue back ground for the blog. Don't know when you changed it but it looks really good. Love, Mom
We had a lot of fun with you guys too. It really is great to be able to save money and get used items!
Would you like to come down here and do our shopping for the next couple months? I am usually able to stretch our money pretty well but now that we've added the little guy to the mix I don't quite have time to drive around for deals. This week I had to warn Tom before he went online to check how much I spent. He might have gone into shock. I have been wanting to try Aldi, though. Maybe when we start stretching our feeding times and being awake more I can run by there and check it out.
Oh, and I like the new look!
Ellen, I save money, but I didn't say I stay in our grocery budget. We can't seem to figure out what a reasonable grocery budget is for our family-- especially with food prices rising, and the cost of milk-- ughhh! We need our own dairy cow around here. Now that we are trying to incorporate more fresh and raw veggies, I have a feeling I have completely blown the grocery budget for this month.
About ALDI--it's really small, and you can see over the ailes. . . a great place for kiddos to learn to walk and help with the shopping. You feel like you are in control of the situation. Just don't forget to bring your quarter for the cart and some of your own bags for groceries.
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