Five Frugal Things (in five minutes)

I have five minutes before I have to leave for an appointment, so I’m just going to type as many as I can as fast as I can!

1. I chose store credit for a ThredUp return.

Because you get free return shipping that way!

(Get $10 off your first ThredUp order by using my referral link.)

2. I froze the last of my bruised peaches.

We ate peaches upon peaches (this is what summer is for!), but bruised peaches only last for so long, even in the fridge.

So I saved the last dozen or so by slicing and freezing them.

3. I got free shipping on a school book.

I realized this week that I had accidentally not even ordered one subject’s curriculum for Zoe. Whoops.

I only needed a small order, but I googled and found a free shipping code that didn’t require spending $100. SWEET.

4. I bought a book on eBay.

A friend recommended a non-fiction book to me and the library didn’t have it. I was going to order it on Amazon, but I found a copy even cheaper on eBay, with free shipping.

It’ll be slower to get here than it would be on Amazon, but it’s ok. I’m willing to earn my savings by being patient. 😉

5. I ordered Sonia’s vocabulary book on eBay.

I thought I ordered one for her long ago, but when I looked through my shelves this week, I could not find one.

Cheapest one on Amazon was $22, but I got it shipped from eBay for $11.50.

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My five minutes are up. 😉

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Marianne

Saturday 8th of September 2018

Ugh Money back not month.

We went to a large auto show and afterwards grilled burgers out instead of going out to eat.

Found a gift card while looking at some old cards...so glad I found it. Someone gave it to my hubby and he left it in the card. That was $25.

I was not happy some Martha Stewart sheets I bought 3 months ago that ripped in the middle. I took it back to Macy's and they gave me my month back. Yay! Trying to find xl twins cotton (for a split king) has been a pain.

There were free snack cakes at work left over from some camps so took a couple home for treats for us.

Used up most of my tomatoes making soup for my dad. We could both eat soup everyday even if it is 90 degrees.

Laura Schmit

Friday 7th of September 2018

This week was the start of a new job helping my BIL with his air bnbs.. the pay is the same as my previous job, however, I will only work part time. Here are my frugal five:

1- donated plasma twice... I was able to read for a bit and earned $100. 2- Two birthday parties this week.. so I used a gift card remaining balance at JCP and they were handing out scratch off discount vouchers and I got an additional 50% off!! The gift card balance covered that gift. 3- Used a remaining Walmart credit to reduce the price on the other gift. 4- a friend invited me to lunch as we have been trying to grab some time.. my chick filet app had a leftover balance that I was unaware of so it made my meal free! 5- Ate dinner at home all week.. we are a bit tired of leftovers, but grateful to save money not eating out.

Kimberly

For anyone wanting a good place to get used books, I've really loved ThriftBooks. They have good prices, and what I really love is that if you have a $10+ order, shipping is free. If your order is less, it's just 99 cents to ship--so much better than Amazon's used books with $3.99 shipping. I found Thrift Books about a year ago and have used it several times. My best buy so far is a Brene Brown hardback in perfect condition for $5, and when it arrived, it happened to be a signed copy even, which I thought was funny. We still use the library mostly, but when we do want to buy a book, Thrift Books is where we look. Happy book buying everyone! :)

Peig

1. Ate at home all week 2. Brought lunchs from home to work 3. Shopped at Aldi 4. Got books from library 5. Bought a 2nd hand bike instead of a new one, perfect condition and half the price 6.Listed an unwanted gift to sell as I never use it..