My Abundant Life: This Week's Frugal Tasks 3rd October 2015

I've come to the end of my week and I'm feeling good about what I've achieved. Here's my frugal list -

* Picked, blanched and froze some broccoli from our garden. I also diced the stalks and froze it to be used in casseroles.

* Picked silverbeet for a couple of meals.

* Made Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins and sold them to a cleaning client.

* Fed the compost with all kitchen scraps.

* Sold four dozen eggs to friends and neighbours.

* Made lots of cards for up coming birthdays.

* Mended two pairs of socks.

* I thought my broccoli was almost finished. When I went out to check on it I found enough florets for another meal.

* Sold four of my handmade cards.

* Bought four packs of 16 roll Kleenex Cottonelle on clearance in Big W for $5 a pack. This was reduced from $15 and the rolls are extra long with 270 sheets each. I don't usually buy this brand but the price was too good to refuse.

* Bought some binder books in Big W for 20 cents each. These will be good for the girls for school and Uni.

* Darren emptied a compost bin onto a veg garden bed. This lifted the soil level for free.

* Gratefully received some teabag samples from Cath.

* Went craft shopping with Cath and picked up some bargain card making supplies. I bought lots of embossing folders for $3.38 each These retail for $6 in Spotlight. At one shop they had lots of free card making brochures. Some had images I can cut out to use on cards. Some even had free papers to use.

* Only spent $5.50 this week on milk and bananas.

* Bought some clearance bargains in Big W. Packs of 5 cards and envelopes for 50 cents. Packs of AA batteries 10 per pack for 50 cents, iphone screen protectors 3 per pack for $1. Packets of Bic pens 25 per pack for 50 cents. Plastic sheet protectors ( for paper ) 100 per pack for 50 cents. I was very careful to only buy what we can use.

* Dried the washing on the line and clothes horses. Saved lots of shower water and washing machine water for each next load.

* Made a quadruple batch of laundry powder.