Every week I do certain frugal things that I know will save our family money. But it’s always surprising to me when I mention one of them to a friend and they are shocked. So let’s talk about some of those things and you can decide if they are completely bonkers or if I am an absolute genius. And then you can tell me what you do to save money every week and we will all win. Right? Right.

1.  Pickup.  We picked up the vanity for the kids bathroom ourselves.  Savings:  $100.00  Here’s the thing.  I used this app to check out what the fuel would cost for us to pick it up, because they wouldn’t bring it in the house.  The $100.00 would be to drop it in my driveway.  It cost us $6.47 to drive there and back and they loaded it into the back of my Pilot.  Then Denton and I very carefully put it into the garage until after Thanksgiving, when hopefully I’ll have time to tile the bathroom.
2. CVS.  I used some of my CVS Extra Care Bucks to buy Christmas presents.  I can’t tell you what they are because some of my family reads this blog, but it was a crazy good deal!
3. Christmas Bags.  I reused some leftover Christmas bags from last year to “wrap” Christmas presents for my family.  We have Christmas at Thanksgiving with my family.
4. Eating out.  We didn’t eat out every night!  This was an accomplishment all in of itself.  It was very, VERY tempting.  We had Chinese on Saturday night, but the rest of the week I either cooked or it was find what you can.
5. I didn’t buy this house.  I wanted to, but I restrained myself.  Houses are my weakness.  If Denton would let me, I would buy a new one every week….

P.S.  I want that attic room for my own private reading library.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.

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What did you do to save money last week?  It may be something that I’ve never thought of so please share!