The Luck of the Irish!

Happy St Patrick's Day! May you all be blessed with the luck of the Irish!

This is not going to be a long blog...I'm going to be quite snappy and quick by sharing two links that I love about St. Paddy's Day!


Frugal St. Paddy's Day Rainbow Cupcakes!

St. Patricks Day Split Pea Green Soup!  Minus the ham of course! eek!


To be sure to be sure!

 

Cheap Vegetarian Cuisine in Footscray

I was walking home from my shopping adventures when I came across a place called "Lentil as Anything". They are a purely vegetarian eatery where you eat what you want and "pay as you feel". It is quite interesting, there is a donation box at the front of the store on the counter and in which you place donations into before you serve up your meal. The food was delicious, a lot of Dhal, yummy treats, spinach rolls and curry based sauces thrown in with pasta. It was all so tempting. I could smell it from out in the street!

A simple paragraph from their website,

Lentil as Anything is a series of 3 pay as you feel restaurants located in Melbourne, Australia. There are currently 3 restaurants in St Kilda, Abbotsford and Footscray all serving healthy and delicious vegetarian food on a trust basis. The pay as you feel philosophy is simple – we invite you to pay what you think the food and the experience is worth – and invite you to also donate towards a philosophy that places human dignity above profit. All donations and payments are made into an anonymous box. Anonymity, in our view, preserves dignity and promotes trust and feelings of social inclusion.

And now they have started doing "breakfast". Hmmm...

I wonder how many people pay nothing at all and eat more than one serve of food? Probably plenty.

I did empty a handful of coins totalling up to $10 into the donation box as I felt it would go to a great cause.... and probably to make up for the people in front of me who did not pay a cent.

You all have to try it! It's yummy, cheap and vegetarian!

Freeeebies? and Cheap stuff.

I love a freebie. I signed up to this website, to get their emails of freebies!

I must admit, it is a little addictive. How many free things can you find? Or super cheap things perhaps?
I started here, and signed up for a few things that I may not use but my family would!

Jam doughnuts? These deals are no only for Donut King but for BB's, Brumbies Bread and Michel's Patisserie. You can click on this link and sign up for nothing, and have coupons emailed to you to save that extra dollar here and there.

A chance to enter into a competition to win a free iPad 2? This link allows you to partake in the competition via facebook.

Have a child that is starting to become toilet trained? You can request a sample of their huggies pull-ups for toddlers up to 17 kg's!

That website always sends out an email every few days or so. It's quite interesting what you can pick up from it for no cost at all.

Now for big savings of the day. Here in Victoria, we had a Labour Day holiday in which everyone gets a day off work... well most people do anyway. I made the trek into town for my local Savers Recycling Superstore in Footscray. I paid a small $4 for a brand new pair of skinny leg Jay Jay Jean's! They still had the tags on and everything. It was crazy. I picked up a few tops for a couple of dollars. They had so much stuff there. It was fabulous.

Have you been to your local Savers Superstore? What have you found?

I was also trekking through the back streets of Footscray to find some cheap bargains and the local grocery stores of knick knacks. I was surprised at how cheap everything was. I bought a money box for my church change and some rose oils for the insence burners... all for $2. I was mesmorised by the layout of the store though, it was so chocked full of stuff, it was crazy.

I wish I could show you all a picture however the blog uploader for photos is not allowing me to do that.