Tag: family

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.   I cut everyone’s hair at home.  This is something that I’ve done for YEARS now.  I learned to cut Denton’s hair when we first got married, but he usually cuts his own hair now.  I’ve done Hayden’s since he was around seven and wouldn’t stop crying because none of the hairstylists could cut his hair they way he wanted.  For the past decade I’ve given him a “Peaky Blinders” haircut.  Long before we even knew who the peaky blinders were….Liv gets pretty much the same haircut, but with slight alterations.  How much is a haircut now anyway?  I use these scissors and these clippers.  Both are awesome.

   

2. We gutted the kids bathroom ourselves instead of hiring it out.  This has been on our to-do list for a few years now.  But we were in crisis mode now, the vanity needs to be replaced pronto.  The builders of our house are crazy people.  I need to do a completely separate post about this, but just a couple of the weirdo things we found when we started ripping out the old bathroom:  the return air vent in our house is open.  Just…..open.  Not in ducting through this room at all.  I suppose they assumed the bathtub surround would suffice?  Also when they installed the tub they put one of those twist up renuzit air fresheners underneath the tub.  Open.  Crazytown.
3. Aldi Pizzas.  When Liva and I went into the city for the second time last week, we stopped at Aldi (remember it’s a three hour round trip from our house) to get cheap yummy veggies, cheese and other delicious things and we bought two of Aldi’s pizzas to take home for supper.  Instead of swinging by Papa John’s which is normal for us and would have cost four times as much.  We actually really liked the five cheese pizza, but we thought that the pepperoni and sausage was waaaay too salty.
4. Makeup pouch.  I needed a small zippered pouch to keep my planner supplies in that wouldn’t take up much room in my car bag, so I immediately started looking for one at one of my local thrift stores.  They sell small makeup bags for $1.00.  I bought the one below because it had multiple zippered sections  that I could put different things in and when I got it home I discovered that it had a surprise inside.  This little lovely is not a makeup pouch.  It’s a portable power bank:  IE a portable phone charger.  So not only did I get the perfect sized pouch for my pens and washi tape for a $1.00, but now we have a portable iPhone charger to boot.  WIN!
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….Note:  This post may contain affiliate links.  Check out what that means to you here.
   

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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!