This Weeks 5 Frugal Things on a Friday

Hello Dear Reader,

And just like that it is Friday again! I am really struggling with my energy levels again, you know how I said I was not going to burn the candle at both ends? Well, I kinda lied. I have had a late night every night this week, nearly 9pm, which for me, might as well be midnight. I have been struggling to haul myself out of bed every morning at 5am, the alarm goes off at 4.45am, but I keep snoozing, all the time, my brain is saying get up, get up, but my body says, just 5 minutes more, please.

Once I'm up it's okay, although I do shuffle around the kitchen at a glacial pace, emptying the dishwasher and making our fruit salads for breakfast. I don't really wake up until I've had my giant cup of Sencha green tea. And once at work I just go, go, go but the fatigue is bone deep and often start yawning huge yawns by 11am. I really must work harder at getting into bed early.

Early to bed and early to rise and so on...

Now on the the frugal stuff-

1. Finished the little woofs new dog coats. I made them out of thrifted fabric which cost about $4.00. I am going to make a little rug with the left over fabric for Ninja our little black cat as she seems to love this soft fabric.

2. Cut another 2 cuttings from my Fiddle Leaf Fig, I now have 3 new baby plants to grow on.

3. Re purposed this old bakers stand that my late FIL had refurbished for our son, years ago, as a Bonsai stand. Our son has long since lost interest in Bonsai and it had been used as a plant stand by me for the last few years. I gave away the last few potted plants that were on it and have now re purposed it as a place to store the little woofs belongings and our garden boots.

4. Cooked another dinner in the slow cooker this week, I made this yummy Drunken Chicken. The slow cooker draws very little power and I love coming home to dinner already done. Last weeks slow cooker meal was this slow cooker beef and veg stew. 

5. Popped into Woolworths on Tuesday afternoon and found these marked down bargains. I saved $18.64

How did you save money this week?

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