Summer vacation isn’t complete without a week at Vacation Bible School. So the kids are enjoying that this week. It’s a free way for them to grow closer to God (not to mention others in our community).
I love to get there a little before pick up time and listen to them sing. The first day I thought there was a choir! It feeds my soul, and they come home more relaxed (so I suspect it’s the same for them).
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The 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week
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Girl Day!
It’s so important to get one on one time in with the kids (especially when you have a large family). Finding the time and creative ways to do it is tough sometimes. That’s why I was so happy to get a girls’ day in with my daughter this week.
We were already downtown for an appointment. Since we were so close, we used our family’s zoo pass. We checked out all of her favorite animals (including baby hippo Fiona!). Just taking a water bottle kept the trip simple.
My girly took this one. She was excited to fit all the penguins in one picture!
50 Cent Frosties!!
On the way home I stopped for Frosties. Clearly I don’t pay much attention to deals anymore, because I was pleasantly surprised to find that we got them for just 50 cents!
So for $1.06 we had a fun day together.
Birthday Cards
How often does a birthday party sneak up on you? I’m embarrassed to admit how often this happens to me!
So I grabbed a pack of 10 cards at the dollar store. Now when we are on our way out the door to a party, I’ll shove some cash in a card and call it good.
Last baseball game of the season. 🙁
Veggie Tray
Over the weekend we headed to a family reunion. We needed to bring drinks and a side. Since we were coming straight from a baseball game (and I hadn’t prepared ahead of time, because the tournament schedule left us uncertain about whether we could make the reunion at all!), I decided to drop in to the grocery store and grab a side.
After pondering for a moment, I decided to check out the veggie trays. Sometimes they cost a fortune! But every once in a while you can find a deal.
I noticed that the tray with dip on it cost about $5 more than the tray without dip. So I grabbed the one without and marched to the back of the store. There I found dip for less than $2. I saved $3 and got a few extra steps in!
Those are the 5 ways we saved money this week!
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How have you saved this week?
I'm Jamie, and I want to help you afford a beautiful life with your family. 
We did VBS this week too. So glad our church had both a morning and evening option, which allowed all the year round school kids to participate. For $5 (which got donated to the local animal shelter) it was a great activity for my kid.
Jon’s dad just told us about the 50 cent Frosties. Jon loves them, so I guess he’ll be taking advantage. We had been hitting up Arby’s for the $1 shakes between 2 and 5. Personally, I’d rather pay more to get Jamocha shakes, but probably better for my waistline if Jon gets his Frosties because I can give them a pass much more easily.
haha! I like the way you think. Now that my kids know there are 50 cent Frosties, they think we should get them every day. (Nice idea, but….nope!)
Great thinking on the dip! Well worth the extra steps! Have a great week!
That was smart about the dip! What a crazy markup to just have it in with the fruit already.