Jan 28 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
Day 17 Declutter Task:
Today, we're going to tackle our desk areas. Now this year, things might look different than normal. You may be using a table as a make shift desk for school or work at home. So I guess you can tidy up the spot you call a work area!
In our home, I have a desk, but the girls are the ones who use it right now for making crafts and colouring. (We are fortunate to have in-class school!) My husband also has a desk that tends to get cluttered up with toys because it’s in our basement where most of the toys are. So today, I’ll tidy them up and make sure all the random items are in their proper place.
Day 17 No Spend Task:
Well, once again, we're going to intentionally not spend money on unnecessary things! But we are almost finished! Have you noticed a big change in your mindset? Are you less tempted to purchase random items now?
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
Jan 27 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
Day 16 Declutter Task:
Today, we're going to declutter and organize our craft/hobby supplies. While we don’t have a dedicated craft room, I still find it very helpful to occasionally go through our craft supplies! I seem to have bins all over the house. I’ll be sorting through my daughters’ craft supplies too. Actually, mainly their supplies. I'm still trying to figure out what my hobby is. 😛
When we moved into our house almost four years ago (!!), we purchased a few of these ALEX drawer units from IKEA. My husband created a desk out of them by placing a piece of pine board overtop. It has been the most wonderful set up for the girls!
Here are some links to great craft organization tips that I thought you might enjoy:
Day 16 No Spend Task:
Once again today, we're going to keep it simple, and not spend money on anything unnecessary. What did you do yesterday for your self care? I ended up with an hour to myself so I forced myself to not do any chores and read a book!
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
Jan 26 | Canada Deals, Meal Planning
If you've spent any time at all here at Simply Frugal, then you know I sing the praises of meal planning. Taking the time to meal plan is just so sanity saving and money saving!
However, if you're anything like me, there are seasons in life when you need all the inspiration you can get.
That's why I'm excited to let you know that the Healthy Meal Planning Bundle is available once again for a couple of days!
I'm a big fan of printables so I'm especially excited about the Grocery Budget Binder and the Meal Planning Success Kit.
Since my daughter was diagnosed with many food sensitivities last year, I'm going to dig in first with the For Real: For the Love of Real Food ebook for some ideas.
If you want to simplify mealtimes, put unfussy (but still healthy) meals on the table, and ditch the frantic late afternoon craziness, then you'll definitely want to check out the Healthy Meal Planning Bundle.
If you’re ready to stick to your food budget, whip up healthy meals, and quit wasting food, check out the Healthy Meal Planning Bundle before the sale ends January 27, 2021.
Jan 26 | Coupons
Save.ca has two new Green Giant coupons for you! Here they are:
- Save $1.00 On One (1) Green Giant* Veggie Fries or Veggie Rings 340 g
- Save $1.00 On One (1) Green Giant* 12 pack of Nibblers* Extra Sweet Frozen Corn-on-the-Cob
Print or order your Green Giant coupons here.
Jan 26 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
Day 15 Declutter Task:
Today we're going to start a task that I dread. Filing paper. I'm not sure why I don't like it so much, because when I do take the time to to it, it really doesn't take that long. Once it's done I'm always left feeling satisfied too! I just don't know...
I think it was about a year ago that I overhauled our filing system and I'm really liking it! If you are in need of some filing system inspiration, here are some great links:
Related: Tips to Tame the Paper Clutter
Do you have a system that works well for you? Care to share your tips in the comments?
Day 15 No Spend Task:
I definitely think it's time for some intentional self-care, don't you think? If you can't find time today, make some time this week! Here are some ideas for self care that you may enjoy:
What do you do for self care?
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
Jan 25 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
Can you believe we are starting our final week of the No Spend Declutter Challenge? I'm finding it hard to believe, but I'm also ready for February! 😀
This week, we're going to jump around the house a bit with the decluttering tasks to work on areas that I think, will have a big impact.
Day 14 Declutter Task:
Today’s activity for the Declutter portion is to sort through our books and magazines.
I’m so torn with books though. I have some I’m keeping only because I loved reading them when I was younger and I thought my daughters might enjoy them one day. Silly? I’m not sure! However, today, I am determined to declutter at least a few books.
I’ve been buying (and borrowing) less books lately because I bought a Kindle a couple of years ago. I avoided those electronic devices for so long, but in the end they really spoke to my “wanting less clutter” side. And now I’m in love with the thing. I actually read more often! And I love that I can have so many books when we go away! (That day WILL come again!)
Do you have any books or magazines you can be rid of?
Day 14 No Spend Task:
Well, once again, we're going to keep things simple. No spending on unnecessary things.
In full disclosure, yesterday, I bought groceries for the week. However, I did purchase a pair of $6 pajamas for my daughter because all of her one piece pj's have holes. Could I have waited another week to get her a pair? For sure. But, Walmart actually had her size (in the boy section) so I snapped it up. I'm feeling okay with that! 🙂
Have you had any slip ups lately? I'd love to know!
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
Jan 23 | Links Worth Sharing
Here are the interesting links I came across on my travels around the web this week! Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Here are some posts you may have missed on Simply Frugal:
Jan 22 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
Ah yes, the weekend is nearly upon us! How did your week go with the decluttering tasks and the No Spend? I managed to find a small pile of clothing to donate yesterday. Even that makes me happy though because some of the items I have been holding onto for a while thinking that I could make them work.
Let's get on with today's tasks shall we?
Day 13 Declutter Task:
Today, we’re going to tackle our outerwear and footwear. That means we’re finally going to let go of jackets, snow pants and footwear that no longer fit or we just don’t care for any more. Donate or sell the items you no longer need to keep. Outerwear also includes winter gloves, hats, scarves, etc.
This shouldn’t be too hard around here, especially in the footwear department. I don’t have many shoes and my husband has even less! I think my struggle is going to be convincing my husband that he needs to finally throw away his old broken soccer cleats. (He thinks he might use them one day as backup shoes??) I think if it’s been a year and he hasn’t needed them, they’re gone.
As for my daughters’ outerwear and footwear, the too small items and out of season ones will go into storage or get donated.
Day 13 No Spend Task:
Today we're going to take a look again at our No Spend Weekend Ideas for some fun, free things we can do this weekend!
I'd like to do some baking with my oldest. I've got a nice big stash of bananas in the freezer that need to be turned into banana bread!
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
Jan 21 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
So, here we are at Day 12, and I realized I made a mistake. For some reason, I added too many tasks to the list! Somewhere along the line I counted the number of days wrong. LOL. While that doesn't make much of a difference for you, I'm now choosing the tasks from my list that I think are most important. At the very end of the challenge, I'll leave the list of tasks that we never got to, so you can continue on if you'd like!
Day 12 Declutter Task:
Today, we're still in the bedroom and tackling something that may seem overwhelming to many of us. I'm talking about clothes. I always find the task of decluttering clothes somewhat daunting. That's why I loved this video from The Minimal Mom about the easiest way to declutter clothes. You should watch it!
Also, here’s a post I wrote about 7 Ways to Pare Down Your Closet that may help you today.
While I don’t think my declutter pile will be huge this time, I know I’ll have something to donate or sell! I always do!
If you have children, you could also take the opportunity to go through their clothes, if you'd like. I recently went through my daughters’ closets and put away too small clothes and donated stuff they don’t wear, so I'll skip this today!
Day 12 No Spend Task:
While we're still not spending on unnecessary things, I thought today would be a good day to make use of our local libraries.
Take the time today to request a few books from your library on a subject that you have been wanting to read about. Perhaps some financial books, cook books or even crafting books. Even a fiction book or two would be great with the weekend coming up! Whatever it is, the library is a fantastic free resource!
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
Jan 20 | Frugal Living, Household Tips, Money Saving Tips, Organization
We've reached the middle of the week! Yay! We're also moving out of the bathrooms and into the bedrooms. Yesterday I managed to rid my linen closet of a couple of things, but not much because it wasn't that long ago that I went through it. I guess it was just maintenance for me!
Day 11 Declutter Task:
We don’t have enough room in our kitchen for a junk drawer so I’d have to say that my nightstand does the honours well. But it’s all useful junk! You know, chocolate (when I need to escape the kids), flashlight, chapstick, notebooks…
Honestly I’m not sure how good I can make the nightstand look, but I’m going to try! I’m sure I can find a proper home for some items. The bottom drawer was full of books, but I actually moved most of them to the bookshelf the other day.
I think as long as I have the top nicely cleared off, I’ll be happy. Now I hope my husband will get on board with his side!
How’s the state of your nightstand?
Day 11 No Spend Task:
Once again, we’re going to keep it simple. No spending on unnecessary things!
I would also love to hear about one thing that is really tempting for you? What are you missing the most? Or are you missing it anymore? I am missing our occasional stops at Tim Hortons after school! But my daughters have been enjoying homemade hot chocolate instead!
I will be posting each task in the Simply Frugal No Spend Declutter Challenge Facebook Group. This is where most of the discussion will be happening.
I will also be posting random progress reports throughout the challenge over at Instagram! Follow me on Instagram @simplyfrugal and use the hashtag #nospenddeclutter to get updates and see what others are up to during the challenge!
If you do not use social media, I would love to read your comments on each task, right here, below each challenge post on SimplyFrugal.ca!
