I don’t suppose it was a very frugal week.

We had to pay DMV on the truck which was almost $500. Ouch! And it needed a smog test. cha-ching! Well, at least it’s done for the year.

Then it was our turn to buy the dry cat food for the kitties. Science Diet, so that was $60.

Costco came in right under$500. That included a case of beer for B, some wine I chose, and very expensive CoQ 10( that itself was almost $40, ) and a skin moisturizer. But most of that will be for the month. I plan to go out to the farm this afternoon so that’ll be an additional $30 for veggies for the week.

I bought garbage bags from Amazon. It seems there was something else from Amazon???

B bought the grab bar to put up in my office area on the stair wall.

I ordered the brackets(2) from Signature hardware to put up the shelf in the kitchen which will replace the ones there.

So I guess nothing was frugal this week. Some weeks are just like that.

Today I’m going to head to the Rec Center early so I hope to miss the traffic heading to Tahoe for 4th of July. It’ll still be busy on the freeway but not like it’ll be this afternoon.

I just fed my sourdough starter and will make the dough later this afternoon. I made the yogurt yesterday and today I need to drain the whey off.

Last night we had black bean bowls with my pressure canned black beans. Delicious. That was my last jar so I will add that on my to do list. I plan on doing pints though not quarts.

The lettuce is from the farm.

I’ve started reading some things on Ultra Processed Foods. There’s a new book out that Sue over at https://asmallerlifelivingsimply.blogspot.com/, was talking about. The book is brand new and I’m debating buying it. I requested it from the library(for them to order) but that can take a while. I’ll think about some more. The whole idea is we’re eating way too much processed foods. Now, we eat pretty clean but after going thru what we ate in a day there were a few surprises. For instance those tortillas in the bean bowls. Processed. I’ve made my own tortillas before but maybe I’ll look into making them and freezing them. The ones I get from Costco are in the freezer and I can grab them when I need which is what I like. Of course, regular bread, anything white flour etc. I’m always up for a new adventure.