Frugal Finds: August 2016 Edition

This month Joe and I stopped into the thrift store just to see what kind of fun things we could find, and we hit the clothing and basket jack-pot!  I love using baskets to organize things in our home, but it can be difficult to find large sturdy ones at the thrift store.  Well, this time I found 3!  I also picked up a couple of long-sleeved tops for myself, which I was super stoked about!  Here's all the goodies we found this month...

1 Hanging Basket $0.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.49

1 Large Basket (for Howard's Duplos) $4.99 - 50% off Sale = $2.49

1 Eagle Basket $1.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.99

1 Large Bag of Toys (which I bought because it is FULL of math manipulatives) $3.99 - 50% off Sale = $1.99

1 - 4T Short-sleeved Diner Shirt for Howard $2.99 - 50% off Sale = $1.49
1 - 3T Short-sleeved Mac and Cheese Shirt for Howard $2.99 - 50% off Sale = $1.49
1 - 5T Ralph Lauren Polo Rain Jacket for Howard $5.99 - 50% off Sale = $2.99
1 Short-sleeved Gray V-neck Shirt for Me $3.99 - 50% off Sale = $1.99
1 - 5T Short-sleeved John Deer Shirt for Howard $1.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.99
 1 - 4T Short-sleeved Popsicle Shirt for Howard $1.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.99
1 - 4T Gray Sweatpants that say 'Dude' on the side for Howard $1.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.99
1 - 4T Gray Sweatpants $2.99 - 50% off Sale = $1.49
1 Long-sleeved Beaded Shirt for Me $4.99 - 50% off Sale = $2.49
1 - 4T Short-sleeved Crocodile Shirt for Howard $1.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.99
1 - 5T Plaid Shirts for Howard $1.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.99
 1 - 4T Swim Shirt for Howard $3.99 - 50% off Sale = $1.99
1 Long-sleeved Gray Ruffled Shirt for Me $4.99 - 50% off Sale = $2.49
3 Books for Howard $0.99 each - 50% off Sale = 3/$1.47
1 Book for Joe $0.99 - 50% off Sale = $0.49
+ 0.50 Tax
Total OOP: $30.28
(Would have been $59.29 before the 50% off sale!?)

Weekly Spending Report: 07/31-08/06/2016

We were away on our working vacation this week, so I didn't really have a ton of shopping to do, or the time to do it in.  However, we did make a quick stop over to Easton, mostly to take advantage of the diaper deal at CVS this week (operation Potty-train Howard to begin in September).  While we were there I couldn't resist stopping in a different Dollar Tree, just to see what I could find.  This week was the start of a new month, and a new grocery budget - I started with $393.48!!!  Here are the few things I picked up this week...

• Thursday's CVS Trip: $16.53 oop, Earned $12 ECB's ($10 Pampers, and $2 Softsoap), and $0.10 Mobisave Rebate (Hand soap)

• Thursday's Dollar Tree Trip: $3.18 oop

Total OOP: $19.71
Total Earned: $12.10
Total Remaining for August: $373.77

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