We did no online shopping this week so no money spent on that.
I did all of my errands for this week today. I went to Top’s to check out ham prices. No real deals to be had. I did pick up 2 lbs. of butter for $2.99 each using a rain check. I also used a rain check to get 4 SteakUms at the BOGO price of $3.99 for 2 of them so I paid $ 7.98 for all 4 packages. My total was $13.96.
Then I went to Walmart to check out ham prices which were too high in price. I looked for the $.25 a lb. turkeys that the online community is talking about but they had none. I did pick up a case of Clear American Sparkling waters for $ 9.36 to use for Christmas. I also purchased provolone cheese slices for $ 2.24 and a 2 lb. package of Bubba Burgers for $13.97. The total was $ 25.57. I paid with 2 $10. Walmart GC’s that I earned from Fetch and $ 5.57 in cash.
We watched our Buffalo Bills beat the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Our family was not able to come to celebrate Christmas this past weekend because of the flu.
I have been reading some frugality books that I haven’t read in a long time to get ready for 2025. Then I am setting each of them aside to give to a friend. This is giving me some time to rest my back.
My winter coat needs to be dry cleaned because I forgot to do it last spring. I am researching the price for the dry cleaner and the price to do it myself. Whichever is cheaper, I will do.
We are making all meals from our pantry and freezer.
I have set aside time in my schedule this week to make a bunch of quick breads from scratch. I need some for gifts and some for breakfasts meals for family that will spending a few days here during the holidays.
I have been slow walking on the treadmill which is helping my back.
I purchased a Sam’s Club Membership at the senior discount rate of $20.
All leftovers have been eaten this week.
I made 8 SF puddings for snack and desserts this week.
I did 1 load of laundry this week using cold water and hung most of it to dry. Towels and sheets I like to put in the dryer.
What have you done to cut costs?
2 replies on “Cost Cutting This Past Week”
Hi Precious! I am really glad to see that the slow walking is helping your back. Bummer on the ham prices there, here they are .79/lb at Kroger and Meijer, so I will get one. We are going to have chicken noodles for Christmas, but didn’t have a lot of ham leftover from Thanksgiving. We will food saver some of the ham after cooking. We are getting some good from our food saver and I am glad you have been writing about it and recommending it for so long. I am sorry to hear your family members have the flu and hope they will be well soon.
This week so far I went to Kroger to get the items on their 12 days of Christmas promotion. I clipped all the coupons, but in the end only used 5-6 of them. You could buy 5 of each item and some of them were good deals for us. Like peanuts for $1.82, Italian sausage for 2.99 and baking chips for 1.74.
We got the sugared pecans made yesterday, so the only Christmas goodie I have left to make is the haystack cookies for Hubby. I have all the stuff to make them and will do this weekend.
Hi Chris,
Thanks, I finally did get a ham for $ 1.49 a lb. and an additional purchase of $ 25. Yeah on the food saver. It saves so much money.