How did I save money today?

[MoBookworm1957]

Still not spending anything.
Wednesday will only spend what is absolutely necessary.
So want out of here.
Neighbors started fighting about 3 am this morning still going strong.
Might go for drive so I can listen to silence for awhile.

 

[SheepDog]

My neighbor, who lives on the next road, gave me a ton of canned goods. Some of the stuff is out of date but I can reuse the jars. Our pantry just grew tremendously.
He and I filled the back of his 1 ton truck with boxes of jars full of food. He drove it to my shop and we unloaded it. Then I transferred it to the house. My wife washed the jars that we emptied and I stacked the shelves in the second bedroom (our extended pantry) with the jars of goodies.
The neighbor has decided to buy dehydrated and freeze dried foods from now on because his wife is no longer able to do much and is on oxygen 24/7. He is diabetic and retired recently. so he is concentrating on other things.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@SheepDog sounds like a great addition to your preps. I too save jars and reuse them after sterilising for jams and other things we make here.

@LadyLocust I am now on day 4 of not spending money.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

I saved money by staying at home and am now on day 5 of spending no money .

 

[WVDragonlady]

I didn't lol I stocked up on chicken, 2 more small 2lb pork roasts( while they were still on sale) and shrimp. I also stopped at the hardware store while I was in town and checked on the soil amendments and bought a 6pack of spinach,an English thyme ( mine didn't over-winter this year after 15years!!!) and a Greek oregano. That hardware store always has heirloom plants for sale every year. Its why I like buying there.
It seems this time of year I always spend money. I have to make a run to Sam's club ( I go about 4times a year), I get my eyes examined and new glasses , birthday is coming and I'll be buying myself some silver,have to get the garden going.
After spring time I can cut way back in the spending

Anybody else have certain times of the year when you have to spend money?

 

[Terri9630]

Anybody else have certain times of the year when you have to spend money?

Tax day.

 

[The Innkeeper]

Tax day.

. Hey this is a family friendly forum .... no cussing allowed

 

[LadyLocust]

@WVDragonlady We buy a beef each year. It hits about the same time as property taxes so November is rather draining..
Sorry, @theinnkeeper. I said that wordy dird...
@Sewingcreations15 is that your best yet? . If so and you don't spend tomorrow, you'll have a new high number! (See how I am- heehee)

 

[Terri9630]

. Hey this is a family friendly forum .... no cussing allowed

Sorry y'all. I forgot myself for a few minutes there.....

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@LadyLocust no not our best yet I think I got up to 21 days on the previous website before we broke to go grocery shopping . One of the many advantages of having a good stockpile of food which we have increased gradually to around 9 - 12 months on most foods.

We are now on day 6 without spending any money .

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@WVDragonlady it sounds like our haul a while ago on super cheap minced beef, sausages, chicken drumsticks and shock horror really cheap rump steak and half priced frozen goods. Our freezers are bulging at the seams but we are happy we are stocked up again. I hate to see our stocks getting low but we couldn't find at our previous address anywhere that had really cheap meat but that has changed since we moved and found 3 different places .

 

[Amish Heart]

Bought 30 lbs of chicken quarters for $15. I need to cut and break it down today for the freezer.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Another no spend day.
Still haven't been to Wal*Mart for money order.
Maybe tomorrow.
Just need a few things from there.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Day 7 of not spending any money today.

We did go for our usual weekly date using our not counted splurge money to purchase a couple of soft drinks and had a game of pool together though which we don't count in our spending.

 

[Terri9630]

Spent money today. Took the kid out for her birthday. 18yrs old.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Day 8 of not spending any money today @LadyLocust.

We also saved money by making a batch of homemade yoghurt using the previous batch as the starter rather than buying any.

 

[hiwall]

Bought a bunch of garden seeds yesterday. They were four packages for a dollar. We already had plenty of seeds for this year but got many extras, just in case.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Went to Wal*Mart got money order for rent.
Picked up few groceries I needed I hope.
Spent less than $75 which is under budget that I allot from budget for Wal*Mart..
So have saving of $25 there, so saved $ 25 will pay for Bingo on date night this week.
Which will save date night budget this week approx.$ 30.Just have a $5 in wallet for dinner.
That I won last week on Bingo.
Bingo breaks down like this:
All night games packet approx. 25 various games cost $20
Table Bingo games packet approx. 12 various games cost $5
Dinner cost $3.50(Polish Sausage, chips, drink ).
Pull tabs extra, their prices are 25 cents, 50 cents and $1.
Usually spend $5.- 2-1-2.
So for less than $ 40 I can enjoy evening out with friends once a week.
Otherwise I'm home except on date night, class nights.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

We busted and spent money today as we have a fireplace here with no tools to use it and no flue cleaning kit either so I purchased them so we will have them here in our new home for winter. The joys of buying a new home is there is so much equipment to buy to get set up that isn't here .

I purchased the flue cleaning kit and fireplace tool kit at a good price on eBay saving $175.04 over purchasing them in our local stores here.

 

[WVDragonlady]

Picked up some groceries to fill out what we'll need for the week. Also bought some new inserts for my work boots and sneakers. Gotta support those arches ya know lol

 

[MoBookworm1957]

We busted and spent money today as we have a fireplace here with no tools to use it and no flue cleaning kit either so I purchased them so we will have them here in our new home for winter. The joys of buying a new home is there is so much equipment to buy to get set up that isn't here .

I purchased the flue cleaning kit and fireplace tool kit at a good price on eBay saving $175.04 over purchasing them in our local stores here.

Think of it as investment of keeping your new home safe.
Preventive maintence against fire.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Back to no spending.
Laundry money comes out of household/bills account.
$20 in quarters for 2-3 months.
Washer will cost a $1.50 a load, dryer is $1 a load in the apartment complex.
New place I will get son's hand me down washer and dryer set.
At new place will still buy roll of quarters monthly as saving account for awhile anyway.
They are building more new apartments 55+ complex where the new apartment is now.
Building 40 more apartments Yea Haw!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Anything I win at Bingo get saved for the next several weeks that way Bingo eventually plays for it's self.

 

[LadyLocust]

@MoBookworm1957 you are awesome! Good luck at bingo.
@Sewingcreations15 I will start again tomorrow - April 1. It has been a busy weekend so I didn't get to go get more soil amendment which I will probably need next weekend. I will see if I can do no spend with that caveat next weekend but continue to see how long I can go If that makes any sense. Hoping for 14 days other than soil fixer upper. If we were at our old place, we wouldn't need it so I totally understand about moving to a new place. The soil here apparently hasn't had any attention for ages. I have a compost heap started, but it doesn't happen over night.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@MoBookworm1957 you are right in keeping maintenance up prevents flue fires and ultimately house fires too and the fire tools will help immensely too .

@LadyLocust sounds good and good to have you join me tomorrow.

We are on day 1 again today. Probably will bust out again on Wednesday as we are heading into town as DH has a paid mowing job and while we are there we will pick up a few things we need for the pantry from Aldi and Coles too. The prices there are cheaper for nuts and a tinned fruit that I like than anywhere else but our fuel will be paid for plus some extra as well so it will be a free trip in.

 

[LadyLocust]

N spend day # two. I’m afraid I didn’t plan very well this month. I already have a list started. We have salad but no tomatoes. Hubby broke a bootlace. And whatever else is on there. If I break early, I will go for round 2 and maybe see how many NS days I can get in one month. I don’t know that I’ve ever kept track that way.

 

[WVDragonlady]

I spent $100 on manure and potting soil. 50lb bags. Heavy as all get out. ugh my back lol I have what I need for this growing season though

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Day 2 yesterday of no spend day but we busted today.

Out of DH's garden jobs earnings we bought -

- a 216 mt roll of whipper snipper cord saving $64.80 or .30c per metre over buying them in the smaller rolls. We should be set for a few years now for this .
- Purchased 10 cotton long sleeved t-shirts for myself for winter on special saving $30 on usual prices. Mine are all threadbare and getting holes in them I have worn them for so many years.
- Bought a 250 kg max weight moving trolley for $24.98 saving $40 on usual prices.

Went to try and buy groceries at Aldi but they were closed for renovations, oh well we are heading in there next week for DH's doctors appointment so will do that then when they reopen.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Day 2 yesterday of no spend day but we busted today.

Out of DH's garden jobs earnings we bought -

- a 216 mt roll of whipper snipper cord saving $64.80 or .30c per metre over buying them in the smaller rolls. We should be set for a few years now for this .
- Purchased 10 cotton long sleeved t-shirts for myself for winter on special saving $30 on usual prices. Mine are all threadbare and getting holes in them I have worn them for so many years.
- Bought a 250 kg max weight moving trolley for $24.98 saving $40 on usual prices.

Went to try and buy groceries at Aldi but they were closed for renovations, oh well we are heading in there next week for DH's doctors appointment so will do that then when they reopen.

Lawn care jobs money didn't come out of household budget money, so I think that would count as free money so to speak.
Buying supplies out of lawn care money would be a savings I would think.
Unless youhave to budget gas money out of household budget money.
But next time just budget gas money out of money you receive for the jobs.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Went to Wal-Mart for fruit and produce.
Spent little bit more that $20.
Got artificial flowers for Memorial Day, before the are picked over.
Still spent less than $40 for fruit, produce and flowers so I'm happy.