Frugal Friday

Today will be less frugal, as it will involve a birthday dinner out, potentially lunch, and . . . champagne! :-) But, we were frugal earlier in the week. For my birthday, the boys know just what I like. I received new kitchen towels (the others are 15+ years old), & an electric kettle for all of my tea making.

Here are some of the frugal highlights for the week:

• Line dry the majority of our clothes (our typical policy). We do machine dry our towels.
• Used our yard fruit to make smoothies, along with frozen spinach that was rescued before it could go bad.
• Used a price matching tool through my preferred airline to receive a $36.78 credit for a future flight. I routinely check all of my trips to see if the prices have dropped, and request credit. I will apply this credit to one of my summer flights.
• I was out of chocolate chips & had them on my Costco list. I wandered past the clearance section of my local grocery store & found Hershey's bags on sale for $.57/bag. I bought 7 bags & saved approximately $6 over the Costco price for the same size. 
• I also found tortilla chips on sale at Lucky, and was able to save $.99 on the same size vs at Costco.
• No meals out
• Sold a scarf on eBay for $30!
• Ran (i.e. no car, using my legs :)) to the new house to drop off a few essentials & weigh in on tree placement in the yard.
• Using a comp day from the holidays to relax, clean the house, & celebrate with no work!

I'm also volunteering at the school this afternoon, which I always enjoy. Happy Friday! How have you been saving money this week?