What did you do to save money today? Oct 5-11

[Tinker'n'Fun]

I deposited an unexpected check into savings, instead of checking where I could have used it as mad money!!

 

[minnie1928]

I used an old gift card I had laying around to buy my DS some study workbooks for school. Now I have workbooks and I can get rid of the card that's been laying in a drawer for over a year . I also used Sunshine Rewards to place the order, so that earned me about .10. Not much, but I'll take it.

Today we did "lunner" at a local restaurant, that way we don't need to do a big dinner (saves me the hassle) and lunch is much cheaper than dinner at the restaurant. We ate around 2pm and I'm still full, but I probably will dig in to the leftovers a little later...

 

[paulasillars]

Dining table swap looks like it worked out with Robert's mum - just need to swap the chairs out now. The round table looks much better in our dining room.

We planted out 3/4 of the seed potatoes today as planned, as well as some lettuce seed and some other various vege/herb seeds.

I cooked some meat for the dogs & cat and froze into meal servings for them - sure beats buying rubbish tinned food.

Cooked enough for dinner tonight with leftovers for two lunches and another dinner for us and it was "budget" too... It was a pasta sauce which I'll serve with potatoes later in the week.

Thawed out some soup for tomorrow nights dinner to resist the "takeaway" urge with Robert working late this week.

Loaded some more online auctions - nothing that will sell for any large amounts of money though - just some books and a CD.

Weather looks to be good this week so I'll be biking to work if it holds out (spring weather can be a little erratic, more than usual).

Handy hint - when cooking meals, if possible serve or add more veges or if making spaghetti sauce, add lentils or beans. It reduces the per serving calorie content and keeps down the cost of the meal - meat is expensive!