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Thrifty Tip #3

Good day to all and Blessings to all who enter this site!

Thrifty Tip #3

 I can not take credit for this idea.  One of my husbands apartment residents showed us this idea.  Some of you already may know about this, if not, read on. =)

Needed: 1 gallon, clean milk jug, plastic grocery bags, and sissors

Application: Use the sissors to cut that raised circle out of the milk jug.  Stuff your baggies inside and it becomes instant neat storgae. Plus, you just reused two items.  You can pull the bags out either thru the top or side.  It keeps it all neat and contained.

Have a great Day!

Jessica

Frugal Family Entertainment

Hello to all! How was your Weekend? Ours was wonderful. We took our kids fishing for the first time. Our son will have no recollection of this event (he’s only 8 months old). This trip was mostly for my nearly 5 year old daughter. She had a good time but only lasted an hour or so before getting bored.

My tip for today is to check with your community for such an event. Or, better yet, check for all free/cheap community events for the family to enjoy.  I’ve lived in my community for little over 2 years now and find out about more & more free entertainment each year. For example; we’re know for all of our “festivals”. We host Shakespearian Plays every year.  The tickets for these plays are often sold out in advanced and can get very costly. However, they put on “green” plays. These are free to the public and are wonderful to watch.

I advise you to call your city offices (they can usually direct you to the place to call for such things) and find out what’s going on in your community.  This is great free/cheap family entertainment.  Most communities have things such as car shows, and other festivals unique to your area.

That’s all for today. Blessings!

Jessica

Frugal Tips

Here are a couple of tips to save on clothing, kids or your own. If you don't sew, see if you can trade services with someone who does.

A.  Turn old jeans into shorts. Or if they're beyond hemming into shorts you could do a skirt (that idea is from Crystal, The family Homestead), a purse (which I've done when I was younger), or save them for quilt matrial (which I do now). 

B. Turn ruined long sleeve shirts into short sleeves or sleevless shirts.  My daughter ruined the sleeves of a few of her long sleeved shirts in school. Rather then throwing them away, I've truned them into sleeveless shirts for her this summer. You can also use them as rags and/or material for sewing.

C. Turn to short of dress into shirts.  My daughter has this favorite blue dress, which is a bit to short now, but she still fits it otherwise.  I've turned it into a shirt she now loves.

I hope these tips can be of some service to you all who are watching your pennies like me. And, now a days, who isn't?  If you have any tips for me to add to me frugal tips here, just let me know & I'll be happy to post them.

Blessings,

Jessica