Five Frugal Things

1. I trash-picked a pitcher/vase for Sonia When Mr. FG and I were out for our walk on trash/recycling day, I spied an interesting piece …

I haven’t been to Goodwill in such a long time, but Zoe and her friend wanted to go thrifting, and neither of them can drive …

We’re kicking off this week’s round of Five Frugal Things with me doing something not-so-sensible: 1. I bought some boxes of bruised apples Does it …

1. I bought an anatomy coloring book on eBay Sonia came across a highly rated anatomy coloring book on Amazon, and when she sent me …

1. I got a $10 Starbucks voucher for $5 I haven’t bought a Groupon in eons, but they sent me an email with a user-specific …

This is going to be a challenge because in the week since the last Five Frugal Things post, I was out of town with my …

1. I ordered makeup-removing cloths Sonia told me about these and I was intrigued. They’re a type of microfiber cloth that promises to remove makeup …

You will see that there are only four items in the title, but that’s because I couldn’t think of an “s” word to use for#4, …

1. Mr. FG’s costume finally sold Remember how we did an Alice in Wonderland theme in 2019? Well, normally I sell our costumes the following …

I sat here for several minutes trying to figure out if I phrased that title right. “A” doesn’t sound quite right, but, “an” also seems …

1. We are switching to Mint Mobile We have been happy Ting customers for a long time, but we crunched the numbers and for us …

1. I repurposed a notebook wire I don’t even know if this really is very frugal, but I wanted to tell you about it. So …

1. I made a use-it-up lunch bowl I cut the bad spots out of two peppers and sautéed them with the last of a red …

1. I bought a meal voucher for a sandwich shop I got it on Local Flavor, which offers super local discount vouchers, kinda like Groupon.  …

1. I used a haircut coupon Haircuttery sent me a coupon code, so I scheduled a haircut for myself. Since I’ve been doing my hair …