Shopping deals this month included rolls of paper towels for .90 per roll. For most dirty jobs I use cotton rags (think old cut up t-shirts and towels) but there are a few awful jobs around the house involving cleaning up after pets that keep me buying the disposable paper towel.
Other great stock up purchases involved finding Nestle chocolate chips for .49 per bag, condensed cream soups and vegetables for .49 (normally $1.59). evaporated milk for .89, big bags of M&M’s for $1.37, Pineapples and raspberries for just $1, .49 pasta, .39 jello, canned pumpkin and cranberry sauce for .99.
I was finally able to buy some new pants which I got at 30% off.
We visited my Mom and Dad for Thanksgiving. My Aunt gave me some fabric scraps and pieces when she stopped in to visit with me. I also gave her a home made gift utilizing some scraps of felt I had in my box, floss and tiny beads I had gotten from my husband’s grandmother, a fun oversized button from my button box and pins I bought on a terrific sale several years ago. My husband thought it was some weird voo doo bracelet on first glance.
My Aunt seemed pretty thrilled with her new pin cushion. She enjoys sewing in her spare time and has a real talent for quilting these days. I thought she might find this gift useful as well as cute and fun.
I used a variety of kitchen cups for the general circular sizes and shape of the flower sections of the cushion and simply shaped the outer portion of the flower cutting free hand. I cut leaf shapes and stitched veins into those pieces. The bracelet section I used a straight edge for and rounded either end. The button can be moved to fit the individual’s wrist.
I simply gift wrapped it in a brown sack that I decorated with blue snowflake stamps and a winter sticker I had in my bin as well as a scrap of blue ribbon.
That is all I kept track of for November. My new calling at church had me pretty busy.
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