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What frugal find came your way today?

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  • knithryn
    knithryn Posts: 233 Forumite
    Yesterday saw a potting bench in Morrisons reduced from £15 to £13 because one slat is missing. Two hours earlier I had ordered my greenhouse (and managed to avoid delivery charges because a mate can pick it up.. turns out the factory is only a few miles from where I live)... so I will need a potting bench and staging.
    Same mate is doing my patio, so the pallets will be reused - make more staging and to put a new slat where the missing one is from the Morrisons bench.
    Darned two small holes in a jumper I got from a charity shop (didn't realise it had holes until I got home) which required three different colours of wool all sort of blended together.
    It's now good enough to wear to work.
    Stitched the buttons onto the waistcoat I knitted for gardening in so it's ready for spring too.
    Got given a whole boxful of ribbons etc for flower arranging (I don't do flower arranging) which will come in handy somewhere, sometime... (lots of Christmassy stuff, red, gold etc, wide ribbon with wired edges). Lovely.
  • wssla00
    wssla00 Posts: 1,875 Forumite
    Not so much a frugal find of today but it has been sitting in my shed for about six months- a lovely garden set with tempered glass which i got in a sale for £20. I took it out today and it is lovely :) Perfect for the sun!
    Feb GC: £200 Spent: £190.79
  • went to cs other day and got some fila shoe type boots for my son for school, they were correct size, a spin around the washer later and they were like new :T and only £3
    :xmastree::xmassign::rudolf::xmastree:
  • Aril
    Aril Posts: 1,877 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    A bottle of bubble bath by our friends who came for a meal last night as she can't use it.
    Aril
    Aiming for a life of elegant frugality wearing a new-to-me silk shirt rather than one of hair!
  • Material from my MIL, who got it from my SIL as she was clearing out her MIL house ( she passed away at christmas).

    Some suitable for a runner or cushions and some perfect to make some bags with.
    Put the kettle on. ;)
  • thifty
    thifty Posts: 1,027 Forumite
    3 box plants and a pot full of snowdrops, plus a lovely hand knitted cardi for my daughter. Gifted by my lovely mother in law who knows how much i am missing my old, established well-stocked garden since I have moved into a new house which has a grand total or about 8 plants and a "lawn"
    Cross Stitch Challenge Member ?Number 2013 challenge = to complete rest of millenium sampler.
  • zarazara
    zarazara Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    noticed a cutting placed in a jar of water has now got roots. So a plant for free,
    "The purpose of Life is to spread and create Happiness" :j
  • sandraroffey
    sandraroffey Posts: 1,358 Forumite
    re my previous post number 319, i went to get some more wool today and couldnt believe my luck!! the 100 gr balls are now reduced to 99p!!!

    not just a bargain, but a really good bargain. so once again, bought lots.
  • balmaiden
    balmaiden Posts: 623 Forumite
    Walking home from the shop along the river bank this afternoon, straddling the path was a huge branch from a tree. I have no idea how it got there as there are no trees near. Anyhow I managed to drag it home for our ever hungry woodburner.
    Away with the fairies.... Back soon
  • zarazara
    zarazara Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    I made a HM pasta sauce
    "The purpose of Life is to spread and create Happiness" :j
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