We celebrated my daughter’s birthday today. It’s her third, so I went over my weekly budget a bit. OK, here’s the breakdown. Twenty five dollars for pizza, five dollars for the rest of the food, two fifty for a gallon of ice cream. We already had the pop—.50 per 2-liter I had paid at Kroger. Twenty dollars on decoration and paper goods. Two dollars for the cake (cake mix, frosting, and decorative gel were on clearance) and three dollars for gifts: the complete set of Beatrix Potter in presentation box $2.50 at the Salvation Army and .50 for a treasury of bed time stories (handsome, large hardcover). Both were 75% off at the Salvation Army. We all had a good time, and it was a lot of fun. All in all, I spent about $60 for an afternoon of fun.
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The Party!
Saturday was my son’s party. Since he’s now getting interested in Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh, I thought I would have a Disney themed party. For the last several months, whenever I visited a dollar store or thrift shop, I’d look for Disney stuff, and by the time of the party I had quite a haul from blue jean jacket to books to a Mickey Mouse train.
I baked a cake and iced it with cake mix and icing bought at a supermarket loss leader. The day of the party I bought balloons at the dollar store, took advantage of a pop sale at Kroger, and bought frozen pizzas there (half-off sale), too.
For entertainment, I bougt temporary MM tattoos at the dollar…and we decorated waffles. I had a Mickey Mouse waffle iron, so i thought I’d break it out and make waffles and let the kids decorate them with whipped cream and red M&Ms (bought on clearance from Valentine’s day). It was a huge hit, and I received so many nice comments.
All in all, the party costed $100, which included presents! I was tired, exhausted but proud that a thrifty, happy time was had by all.
Pooh and Savings Too on Wednesday
Tuesday I got the call I was waiting for…my fertilizer was in! I’d gotten a deal on the four steps at ACO hardware, but sorry to say they didn’t have them all in at the time of the sale.
So the next day with my little boy in tow, we picked it up. ACO has this huge clearance aisle, and guess what I saw? Winnie the Pooh in a birthday party hat…the perfect centerpiece to my son’s fourth party on Saturday, and it was less than four dollars. Sweet!
In the same strip mall, there is an Aldi’s. So I thought I’d drop by. There was a sign on the door that bananas were 10 cents a bag! I kid you not. So I took five bags–about 15 pounds. They were all in good condition. I don’t know why Aldi was selling for that price, but hey I wasn’t going to ask questions.
Here’s the link for Aldi: www.aldi.com
Friday, Money FRIDAY
Friday is my big shopping day. My inlaws watch the kids, and I run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Nice agreement. I stopped at Value World. I love Value World. I got three skirts, one Liz Claiborne blazer, two books and a Goofy T-Ball set. Perfect. My son’s having a Mickey Mouse party, and so I’m looking for stuff. The total: $16.50.
