Friday, January 11, 2019

Frugal Friday


This week's theme feels like it's "eating all of the leftovers". SO many leftovers! Here are a few frugal things we did this week:

  • Line dried our clothes. This is something we do regularly, for 90% of our clothing. We don't line dry our towels, as they get crunchy. We do this inside, year round.
  • Drove the electric car to work, & charged it for free
  • I met a friend for lunch, and we met at work (free lunch)
  • I started to read a book I received with a half marathon registration. It's one of my goals for January to read a couple of non-fiction books, so this is a good/free start
  • I booked flights for my parents to watch the kids over spring break. It's less expensive than a camp for two kids, and everyone prefers this. We'll give my parents money to spend on entertaining the kids, and it's a win/win. 
  • I used a discount code (which we received when I spoke to Alaska about our flight delay) & a credit I had on Alaska, spending zero out of pocket for my parents flights.
  • As noted above, all of the leftovers. M brought home a huge piece of salmon on Thursday, so while he, Sam & I ate it one night, I'm not a huge salmon fan. So, M has had it for four nights now. Sam has had his leftover General Tso's chicken, & I've made do with a variety of things: peanut butter & jelly (using up bread we bought for skiing sandwiches), etc.
  • I sold a $50 jacket I've worn twice on my local Facebook swap. It was at our vacation house, and it's been on my list of things to bring home & sell for over a year. Finally remember to do it! 
  • I'm also meeting a buyer for Nick's BMX bike today, which, when sold, will earn $200. Nick owes me most of that, and then the rest will go into his college account.

What about you? Any frugal wins for the week?

3 comments:

  1. Kudos and more Kudos! It is so wise to resell good stuff to people who can benefit-they win and you recoup hard earned money. Why oh why am I not doing this!

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  2. We finished up more leftovers today. They are almost all gone now. Just one small bowl left. You've had a great frugal week that's terrific. Way to go. I hope you have a good weekend too. :)

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