Friday, November 11, 2016

Frugal Friday

It's been a long week, and I've been dealing with TMJ as a result of some lupus inflammation. That means lots of soup for dinner, and smoothies for other meals, as I try to get the inflammation to go down.

It hasn't exactly been a banner frugal week, but here's what we've been up to:


  1. Cashed in hotel points (for a hotel chain that's very niche & hard to use except for work - otherwise, a free hotel stay is almost always the most valuable option) for a $50 Amazon gift card for the holidays
  2. Finally earned a Nordstrom $20 credit (I have their credit card. Never shop there & never use it, but have kept it around for credit score purposes). We have a few bills set on autopay, and they finally generated enough for a store credit. I've put this aside for Christmas as well.
  3. Packed the kids lunches all week, and made all meals at home.
  4. Continued to use oranges from our tree to make homemade smoothies. Particularly helpful this week with my limited food choices.
  5. Signed up for my benefits through my employer, and bumped up my HSA contributions.
And, that's it for me! What frugal things have you been up to this week? 

6 comments:

  1. Hope you are feeling better soon.
    You can't beat free money store credits! I have found I am most frugal if I just stay out of places where I could buy stuff, including my nemesis, Amazon.

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    1. Isn't that the truth! That was probably my biggest mindshift in the last couple of years - just stop browsing for "frugal deals". :-)

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  2. I don't shop at Nordstroms mostly because only one is in Mall of America and I avoid, but a co-worker finds really good quality clearance there. Lots of frugal wine. I hope you feel better soon.

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    1. Thanks! The jaw is starting to feel better, thank goodness, which is helping with the corresponding headaches. And yes to the wine!! Frugal wine is the best kind of frugality. ;-)

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  3. You might want to investigate citrus as part of your meals. I have IBS and they are very inflammatory. Hope you feel better

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    1. Thanks for the recommendation - I will definitely look into that!

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