Five Frugal Things | Call the Midwife

1. I ordered a boxed set of books on eBay

When I was visiting with my Aunt Kathy, she was telling me she thought I REALLY should read the Call the Midwife books.

I have watched some seasons of the show, but I have not read the books.

My library system just has digital copies of most of the books, and I am the worst when it comes to reading digital books. If they’re not on my nightstand in physical form, they might as well not be on the planet.

I forget they exist at all!

So I hopped onto eBay and bought a secondhand boxed set. This was cheaper than buying the individual books, and I think the boxed set will be simpler to resell when I’m done too.

2. I redeemed a YourTurn reward for a Starbucks gift card

As I mentioned yesterday, two of my classmates invited me to a mammoth study session at Starbucks. I had no money left loaded in my Starbucks account, so I redeemed some of my Erie YourTurn rewards (through my car insurance) for a $25 Starbucks gift card.

So our study session cost me nothing out of pocket.

3. I am using my protein powder

Remember how I spent a few months working with an online personal trainer last year?

Well, at that time, he suggested I buy some protein powder, which I did. But I have not done a bang-up job of using it, largely because I would prefer to just eat foods that provide protein.

But I already paid for the protein powder, so it would be pretty not-frugal to not use it up!

Also, it only costs about $1/serving (25 grams of protein), which is cheaper protein than eggs at this point.

(You’d have to eat 4 eggs to get 24 grams of protein, and that’ll run you more than $1 these days.)

So I have been making some smoothies with the protein powder and also I’ve made oatmeal with it (I stir it in after the oatmeal is cooked.)

The one I have is unflavored and unsweetened; just plain grass-fed whey powder.

(I am not affiliated with Promix; I bought it straight from their website and that’s not an affiliate link.)

4. We trimmed Chiquita’s nails (again)

I am always going to give Zoe and myself a pat on the back when we do this. Ha.

She is the neck-scruffer and I am the trimmer; Zoe timed it this time around and it took us 2.5 minutes start to finish.

These fuzzy legs grow some SHARP claws

So not only does this save money, it also saves time! It takes way more than a few minutes to book an appointment and drive a cat to the vet.

Our $10 nail clipper has paid for itself lots of times over by now!

5. I…

• packed my meals for my work and clinical shifts last week

• used my cloth napkins (including my “Eat, drink, and be married” ones. Ha.)
• faithfully worked at eating down my overstock of vegetables

Your turn! What frugal things have you been up to lately?