More Bargains for $1.25

Another shopping trip to Dollar Tree turned up Quiet & Roar body lotion. I think they remaindered the old bottle design; the new costs $6.99 for 20.2 ounces. A 16 oz. bottle costs $1.25 at Dollar Tree, so you could buy five bottles of the slightly smaller size for what it costs to buy 1 bigger one at Target and have money left over.

When you have to drink a lot of water every day like me, after a while you try a lot of water enhancer mixes. I prefer the kind that don't contain aspartame, and this one is pretty good, taste-wise. A comparable product at my grocery store costs $3.99; I could buy three of these at Dollar Tree for the same price and have money left over.

In summer my hair gets very dry and wiry, so I use a little leave-in conditioner to help combat the frizz. This one not only smells nice but you don't have to use a lot of it. A comparable product in an 8.5 oz. size by Pantene at Target costs $6.29; you could totally buy 5 bottles of the no-name brand at Dollar Tree with, yes, four cents left over! Ha.

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Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

In the Kitchen Garden

Our strawberries are taking over the kitchen garden, but I don't mind. This week I want to make some strawberry banana nice cream (a vegan version of ice cream) and maybe a chocolate cake with berries and cream for the topping. There's thyme in the garden now, too, which I'll dry and jar for cooking along with the chives and the oregano. Next we'll plant cucumbers, as I use a ton of those in our salads and for snacks.

Rayen

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