Five Frugal Things | lid, meet jar

1. I joined a lid and a jar

(questionably frugal, but I’m including it because I am the boss around here.)

A little glass tea-steeping pot fell off of my kitchen shelf and onto the tile floor, where it shattered immediately.

I did initially blame Chiquita (because, obviously), but I think something else on the shelf actually slid down into the pot, pushing it off.

Here is one household crime that is not actually Chiquita’s fault. 😉 She breathed a sign of relief upon hearing she was acquitted.

Oddly, the glass lid did not break.

I looked at the size and thought, “Hmm, I wonder if this might fit any of my saved glass jars.” and it did fit very nicely on a saved candle jar.

So now it looks a bit like these mini apothecary jars, and I’m tickled with my save.

2. I painted an old plastic basket for Sonia

She uses this old green bin to hold items in her bathroom, but she didn’t love the green color.

So, she texted me to see if I had pink spray paint in my stash, and I did indeed!

It looks much, much more Sonia now.

3. I got a free symphony ticket

Last week, I had an exam, followed by two long days of presentations, followed by another exam. So after that, I took a break and went to the symphony.

The bigger-city orchestra was playing at another venue that includes free parking; sooo, both my ticket and my parking were free!

 

It was warmer that day, so I skipped my usual black Target symphony dress and wore one of my new Target dresses.

I really, really wished I could teleport Lisey here because she loves to hear orchestras, and one of their selections that night was the theme from Pixar’s Up movie, which Lisey would have loved to hear.

But as I was talking to her on the phone last night, I found a free summer concert that’s put on by the Hawaii symphony orchestra! So she’s gonna probably go to that one. 🙂

4. I got a free lamp from my Buy Nothing group

I am no home design expert, but I always remember that Maria Killiam says you can basically never have too many lamps.

(She even brings lamps with her when she travels. Ha.)

So, if I see a good one pop up on my Buy Nothing group, I try to snag it.

Remember this one?

Well, I picked up this vaguely similar one, and I haven’t quite decided where it will go.

I will play around with it when school is done.

5. I…

• made my coffee at home
• packed my lunches for my many recent school days
• made a lot of random meals while dining solo here at home
• did not buy a Cybertruck (even though I think someone in my neighborhood did, because I have seen it drive past my house every day lately!!*)

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

*my friend The Nonconsumer Advocate often ends her Five Frugal Things posts by mentioning that she has not bought a Lear jet that week.