Saturday Savings . . . and Spendings

A few weeks ago, I was a bitt miffed when I went to buy some dolomite at the local hardware. They were charging over $11 for a 5kg bag. This morning I bought a 25kg bag for $8.50 from the produce store. Yippee for a frugal find!

This afternoon I blew any frugality by going on a plant and garden buying spree. Here's what I came home with:

• 1 bird bath
• 1 arch for the roses in the front garden
• 4 bags of potting mix and a small bag of peat moss
• 1 yard broom
• 2 lavenders
• 1 Chinese star jasmine
• 1 buddleia
• 2 blueberry bushes (Denise variety)
• 1 hebe
• 1 Mexican mock orange
• assorted punnets - salvias, petunias, snapdragons, cornflowers, dianthus, daisies, dahlias, gazanias, vincas and verbenas

In my defence, the front garden, long neglected, will get a make-over tomorrow. I've decided that rather than neglecting the pretties, I need to encourage them. After all, the flowers often make good bee food, as well as being food for the soul.