Frugal Things I Did Last Week

Evangeline is modeling a hair-bow that I made last week.

I hope you all had a wonderful frugal week. Here are some of the frugal things we did last week:

I made two hair-bows for Evangeline to clip onto a headband. I am so pleased with how they turned out. I purchased the alligator clips at Sally's Beauty Supply but you can purchase these Double Prong Metal Alligator Clips on amazon. I am hoping to make a couple more this upcoming week.

I was unhappy about my recent experience using Huggies Little Snugglers Diapers so I wrote Kimberly-Clark a letter sharing my specific concerns. (They leaked everywhere and ruined 3 outfits.) I was very pleased with their customer service. They mailed me a letter of apology and a prepaid debit card for the full purchase amount of the diapers.

I took home leftover salad from a church meal. We have been enjoying it all week. I also made stir fry using the leftover vegetables from a veggie tray.

I cut my handsome husband's hair. I also trimmed his beard.

My father-in-law removed a couple of skin tags for me saving me hundreds of dollars and a trip to the dermatologist.

I continued making homemade kefir this past week everyday.

I was de-cluttering my dresser and found a bunch of money I had stashed away. I will add this to our vacation fund.

Brandon and I went out in celebration of our dating anniversary (6 years)! Our first date was actually on Leap Day. We used a gift card to eat at Red Lobster. We used a coupon for a free appetizer-lobster pizza. (Does anyone have the recipe to make it? It can't be that difficult.) Then we went to the cheap movies $3/ticket and saw Saving Mr. Banks. It was cute and clean! Eva went with us and was wonderful.

We stopped by Joann's and picked up a couple of McCall's patterns which were on sale for $1.40 each.

A friend from church gave us free tickets to the University of Kentucky/University of Arkansas game. We had a wonderful time at the game. Hubby is an Arkansas fan so it was really special. His parents even came up for the game and went with us.

I took soil samples from our garden and landscaping to have tested for free at our local extension office. Hopefully I can drop off these samples this upcoming week.

What frugal things did you do last week?

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