A commenter(I think it was T'Pol over on "Frugal @ Istanbul")asked recently about all the deals I get and what happens to all the "stuff" that Hubs and I(plus sometimes Ex-College Boy)don't/can't use.
Here's where it all went in 2020.......
* First I give food/toiletries to extended family, which includes a Brother in-law, the Nephew and my Brother and his wife when I travel down to Virginia to see them(I always take a bag or two of goodies with me to VA). When we travel and stop to see friends we take toiletries to hand out but the only trip in 2020 that included seeing friends was to Daughter's wedding in early January. I believe I asked but the two friends we stopped to see didn't want anything so we only brought some items to Daughter on that trip.
* Next are the Giveaway Boxes. I gave away 15 boxes of goodies in 2020.
January saw 2 Giveaways!
First this one....
Then this one.........
February was this one....
March was this one...
April--2 more Giveaways.
First a Pandemic Themed(Stay at Home Amusements")one........
Then a regular box of goodies..........
May saw this box given away.......
June saw this box of goodies leave my house.....
July's box was for the menfolk......
August........This was a different giveaway. A free book written by my cousin/friend Sonya Ann to promote her latest novel, "Their Hellfire" which is still available for purchase through Amazon. Though I gave her book away, I didn't do a box of goodies that month.
September saw this bunch of goodies given away.....
October was this array of items.......
November saw THREE Giveaways.....
Then this one..........
And then this "Girlie" box of goodies.....
December's giveaway rounded out the boxes given away in 2020 at 15 total......
Plus I had to cover the postage for all 15 of those(ranging for $8-$13 each)which came to quite a bit of change OOP! ;-)
* I also made two donations of goods to the local food bank in 2020.....
All this baby food was gotten in February but I had to hold onto it until April since the food bank closed to donated goods for awhile during the early part of the pandemic.
I was finally able to take in the above donations in April. Not going out much and the worry about being able to buy food due to supply chain issues early in 2020 meant less of a donation from Chez Sluggy.
Between everything in this photo above(which I was unable to bring in in November, and everything in the snapshots from my car below(didn't have time to set up a photo shoot of it all before I had to take it in).........
It all went to the food bank in December. I didn't write down what I brought so I can't tell you everything in those bags but it was mostly cereals, detergent and a few boxed pantry items. The table shot is pretty self explanatory. ;-)
* The local American Legion also put out a call in November for donations to send to US military troops serving overseas for care packages for the Holidays.
I filled two large shipping boxes with snacks and toiletries and had Hubs drop them off at the local Legion Hall.
Oodles(2-3 dozen tubes)of Toothpaste in the bag on the chair on the left........
Oodles(again 2-3 dozen packages)of razors in the bag on the right on the other chair......
Closeups of what is on the table......blister stuff, feminine needs, contact lens solution, shaving gel, protein and granola bars, lip balm....
Shampoo and conditioner, deodorant, dental floss, toothbrushes, cough drops......
bar soap, body wash, body lotion and topical pain relief(ben-gay type stuff).
* I also sent some friends online some boxes of goodies, sort of a random act of kindness thing for folks who I knew were struggling during the pandemic because of a job loss or other reasons. I even hesitate to mention this as I like to keep some things in my life private. 8-)
* In other years/times I've been known to have Stockpile/Garage Sales or go set up at the Flea Market and sell stuff(buyers get a deal and I get a few $$s back in my pocket to get more deals)or sell on a local FB site. But none of that happened this year. Three guesses why?....Yep, Covid. Plus I just didn't have to "oomph" to organize myself enough to do this.
We keep some and we give a lot of it away to spread the love. 8-)))
Sluggy
You have such a generous heart! Thank you for all you do. As a recipient of two give-aways, I appreciated each item!
ReplyDeleteI love this post! I know that there are people out there (not our regular readers) who might think we are nuts for shopping the way we do. What they don't know is that in many instances, couponers are the biggest givers.
ReplyDeleteI do a lot of the same (excluding giveaways). I give away or donate a lot of my purchases. Then sell whatever we don't use.
Wow! You blessed a LOT of people this year -- including ME! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of stuff. Thank you!
It's great that you use your thrift-gene to help others.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I think you are amazing and I know how generous you are. I wish I had your patience.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I envy your saving skills and thanks for satisfying my curiosity. I understand, in order to make the best of the deals, one needs to buy things they would normally not buy as well. I was wondering how you were managing that.
ReplyDeleteExcellent use of your skills ( and I mean that sincerely)
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