I am an iced coffee girl, so on the way back from my shopping trip at Walgreens I decided to stop off at McDonald’s to try their new iced coffee, and get a snack for Thade too. I’m so glad I made the stop, I ordered a medium vanilla iced coffee, and it was so delicious. A medium only cost me $1.89, at that price I can splurge on an iced coffee anytime.

This week I’m trying to be more aware of the items that I toss out,and ways that I can save on the everyday items. I went a little over budget this week on groceries, and it got me thinking of ways to help out the budget for the rest of the month. I’m trying to be more frugal, here are a few things that I did this week to help out with the food budget:

*Made Banana Muffins-I used up the ripe bananas, instead of tossing them out
*Made Turkey Stock-instead of buying canned, saved $6.00 making it myself
*Made Bread Crumbs-instead of tossing the day old bread,saved about $2.00
*Took advantage of the soda sales at Wal-Mart and Walgreens– saved $2.72 at w-m, and $3.72 at Walgreens
*Gave Thade a haircut at home-saved $10.00 ($5.00 haircut and $5.00 tip)

The little extra steps this week helped me to save $24.44, not too shabby. It is a small start, but every little bit helps. What do you do to me more frugal?