Frugal Friday (several weeks worth)

 This is a combined Frugal Friday from a few weeks worth of adventures. 

Saving on things we buy

• I'll always take smooth travel over snafus, but I will certainly be getting lots of flight credits, miles & vouchers after the two cancellations in a one week travel window. Getting downgraded from a very, very expensive international business class flight will likely only result in my company receiving a credit, I suppose. Once I get the details from United, I'll provide a summary.
• We received a $40 credit from Avis for receiving a 12 passenger van, when they offered us zero cars & gave away our confirmed rental. Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick? 
• I had to go to CVS to pick up a prescription, and decided to combine errands. I picked up a few other things I needed as well, and noticed that iBotta had two different cash back offers for CVS (20% off and I think 2% off. The latter is their standard at CVS). I earned $2.76 back on my purchase through iBotta, and also uploaded all of my receipts to Fetch. 

Earning money

• Not sure how much this is earning money vs recouping what was already spent, but Sam was unable to go to Boulder, as he was moved up into another job at work and had to attend a mandatory training over the weekend. We were all disappointed, but it also meant I had an extra ticket to the football game on Saturday. I offered it to Nick's roommate, any of his friends who might want to join, as well as my BFF's daughter, but everyone had tickets and/or other plans. I listed it back on Seat Geek & recouped about 75% of my original price paid, after fees & dropping the price slightly, when we were 48 hours from the game. 
• This isn't really earning "money", although it's definitely earning rewards. I've been paying for my work travel (minus airfare) with my travel credit card, and earning the perks. There are typically a lot of multipliers on both travel expenses, as well as restaurants, and work trips involve plenty of both. I'm also accruing miles & rewards that I will use for personal travel.
• I received $15 for a Walmart "weighted goods" settlement I had no idea I was a part of. Just showed up in my Venmo. A quick search turns up that it's something about bagged citrus? No idea and I'm very surprised to get the payment, as I didn't fill out anything or submit a claim (unless I did it a long time ago & have since forgotten???)

Avoiding spending

• I think I'm in a good place, work wardrobe wise. Have just enough for a couple of business trips without fully repeating outfits. Lots of flexibility on the pants side. I found a great pair of navy pants, but that would require a different pair of shoes. I thought about it, but returned the pants, as I don't really want to have to schlep two different pair of dress shoes, and/or buy a second pair. I'll stick with black & gray, and just mix up the tops. I also remembered I have a pair of dark olive pants that work for a more casual event, so that was the final push to return the navy pants. I wish I already had shoes that worked, because the pants were great. Anyway, received a $35 refund for the return of the pants. 

Eating what we have

• Pulled buns out of the freezer to accompany M's grilled burgers this week.
• Also defrosted taco meat to have for dinner 2x. That made an easy couple of meals, and also used up tortillas and cheese that were close to expiration.
• I pulled out a container of chicken & dumplings (made in the crockpot) that I'd made a week or so ago, and that served as a fill in lunch one day. 

For others

• I gave away Sam's family weekend pass to another mom in our Boulder parents Facebook group. They were sold out, and people were charging for them, but I was just happy to give them to someone who would use them with their family. 
• I checked a bag *shivers* to help Nick's roommate get some items from his family. They are unable to come to family weekend, but they live closeish to our house, and asked if we could transport a few items for their son. My bag was very full (leaving for London from Boulder), so I didn't have room in my bag for extras, and we were already bringing Nick a variety of things. Not a problem, but it did involve one of my least favorite things - checking a bag. Nick's roommate was so awesome at bringing a bunch of his stuff on  the drive when school started, so we definitely wanted to return the favor. -Edited to add, this ended up being an extra fun experience, given the flight was cancelled right before takeoff, and we had to retrieve the bag & then recheck at SFO airport. ;-) 
• Gave away a ton of stuff on Buy Nothing, and was able to fill a couple of "In Search of" asks, which is always nice. 

What about you? Any wins to share?