Frugal Friday

We are still very busy with our young student, so once again a lot of the frugal living is happening on automatic pilot !

Our young guest has never seen blackberries, so going out to pick them with the family was the highlight of the day for a couple of days, he told his Mum all about it. However, he didn't like the seeds, so they have all been put in the freezer.

We have had a set menu plan whilst our guest is here, which means chicken every Sunday , so plenty of chicken stock has been made and placed in the freezer for use later on. We have also picked cucumber and lettuce from the garden and made hummus, pizza, vegetable curry and tortillas from scratch. We also made stewed apple from windfall apples and that has gone in the freezer to join all the apple from last year ! I foresee plenty of apple based puddings in the next few months !

I downloaded lots of free maps to use on outings with our guest and also got 3 free tickets to Bletchley Park for the Heritage Open Days in September. Our small guest was taught how to play "Snakes and Ladders" using a free printable game and we also played "Snap" and "Connect 4" with him, as a night in with new games is more fun than a trip to the cinema for him.

Finally, I sent MrShoestring off to do the grocery shopping this week and he remembered to use the £4 off a £40 spend voucher, so that was good.

Fingers crossed we can continue to stick to the budget in August !