Honestly, money hasn't been anywhere near the top of my mind lately, but going through the motions of real life helps me feel a bit more grounded.
Saving on things we buy
- Used $13 of CVS rewards to pick up some vitamins, a birthday card for Nick and eye makeup remover. I still paid out of pocket, but it was nice to have the $13 of savings. Additionally, I uploaded my receipts to both Fetch & iBotta, and iBotta had a cash back offer off of an entire CVS purchase that I took advantage of. I had to go to CVS to pick up a prescription, so this was a nice way to double up on an errand.
- Used $30 of grocery store gift card money (earned from buying gift cards at some point in late 2025) to pick up things we needed: coconut milk (must get this at Trader Joes next time, due to cost), coleslaw mix x2, carrots, sandwich bread for Sam, discovered we didn't have enough chicken).
Earning money
- I had a mammogram done in January, and my insurance company offers a once a year $75 reimbursement for standard screening & health care checkup. (It's a high deductible plan.) Filled out the $75 claim form.
- Packed my lunch on Wednesday, when I went to the office. After more than a decade of working at a company that provided lunch, plus the first six months of my current employer providing lunch, I was out of practice. Luckily, I was busy enough at work that this made sense, even though I was surprisingly the only person to do it out of my work group. Saved $7 over the salad I would have bought.
Eating what we have
- Made protein pancakes, and used up the remainder of a container of oats, as well as three overly ripe bananas that were otherwise destined for the freezer. Definitely liked these (made a large batch) & will make them again.
- M & I teamed up for dinner on Sunday, and I made a delicious egg roll in a bowl recipe, and he made rice to go with it. We typically just serve the egg roll in a bowl on its own, but I needed rice for a weekday dinner, and opted to go ahead & have it made on Sunday to make things easier during the week. It was fantastic together & dinner was a hit.
- Used up green onions from the garden, and we have a lot more where that came from!
For others
- A teacher on BN was looking for a Roomba vacuum for an area where their custodian doesn't clean, leaving the teachers to need to vacuum between planning periods, etc. It just so happened that I had a Roomba a friend had given us when they moved, and didn't really know if we would use it. The teacher was so excited, and she + the other teachers sent me a lovely note. It was very serendipitous that I could help them out.
What about you? Any wins to share?
No wins here, but nothing out of the ordinary, so I will not complain.
ReplyDeleteI understand why frugality has not been on the forefront of your life. I am keeping M's family in my prayers.
What a great week of frugality you had. How lovely that you had a Roomba for that teacher.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I hate that the new company you work for quit serving free lunches after six months. Bummer. I pack an apple, cream cheese on bagel for breakfast, and for lunch a sub made from Aldi sub buns, mustard, mayor, spinach, cheese and either roast beef, turkey, or ham slices from Aldi. I realized I had decreased my dried bean supply by eating so many beans and I stocked up. 4 lbs for $5,62 at Walmart of lentils, one lb package of pinto beans from Dollar General
ReplyDeletefor $1.25,. I bought navy beans and bay lima beans at several places also but can’t remember the price off the top of my head. Anyways per the serving on all the packagesU bought I now have 145 servings of dried beans so if I ate one serving a day that is 145 days for cheap protein so almost five months.i am weird like that. It is so easy to cook a batch on weekends and heat up during the week but I don’t eat them every day so this will last me longer than five months for sure Cindy in the South
Sounds like a good week with several wins.
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