Monday, January 23, 2006

43 ways to spend $1.00

Sharon the Creative Budget group posted about 43 ways to spend $1.00

1) Bought 1-10 books from charity shops or boot/yard sales and read
them/sold them on ebay
2) Bought a small amount of good cheese and combined it with garden
vegetables to make a good sandwich
3) Bought frugal food and made 3 meals for one person
4) Gotten 10 packs of seeds on sale which would produce about 1370 pounds of
vegetables plus flower bouquets and herbal uses
5) Bought a complete outfit and coat for a child at a charity shop
6) Stamps and pretty writing paper or envelopes
7) Made a spaghetti meal with tomato and mushroom sauce
8) 4 Pepsis
9) 2 breads from the bakery
10) Some apples
11) 2 yogurts
12) half of a hot shower in their university
13) Yogurt with half a teacup of ginger-almond granola from the bulk food
bin
14) 10 to 100 tea bags
15) 4 children's toys from a charity shop
16) A camp shower, matches, firestarter and a fire while camping under the
stars
17) Newspaper
18) Telephone time
19) Half a round trip on a subway or bus or train
20) Bag of yarn at a boot/yard sale
21) Bar of handmade soap
22) Candles
23) Bar of Chocolate or package of smaller candies
24) 3 lbs Bananas
25) 2 wine glasses from a charity shop
26) 3 dozen eggs
27) 3 different jars of spices
28) A trip with her child to a conservatory
29) 6 gallons of filtered water
30) Ingredients for an Indian Chickpea meal
31) Yarn to knit 5 premie caps
32) A days worth of utilities or a subscription
33) A soft drink, a piece of fruit, and a used paperback book
34) A china plate
35) 10 packages of Ramen noodles
36) A pair of new socks
37) A pair of designer pants/trousers or pair of capris or a Tshirt from a
charity shop
38) 10 cloth serviettes/napkins from a charity shop
39) A damask tablecloth from a charity shop
40) A yard/meter of fabric
41) 6 skeins of embroidery thread
42) Ingredients for a loaf of pumpkin bread
43) 4 children's books

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