Five Frugal Things (ok, four!)

1. I cleaned up my yard with my neighbors

Remember when I was trying to figure out if I should hire someone to clean up my leaves?

These leaves were beautiful when they were ON the trees. In my yard, not so much

Well, I never actually did make a decision, which led to that being a default, “No.” Ha.

The other day, my sweet neighbor walked over and said, “Would you like some help with your yard?” and I said YES.

(It was obvious to any passerby that my yard was in need of some work.)

I wasn’t even remotely offended; I almost cried because I was so thankful!

So, she and her husband came over and the three of us worked together to clean up the eleventy-million fallen branches and twigs, plus the leaves, plus the overgrown grass.

I am NOT good at keeping up with yard work during the semester, that is for sure. 😉

But now my yard is in not-an-embarrassment-to-the-neighborhood condition. Whew.

2. I got a free little birthday cake

Nothing Bundt Cakes gives you a free small bundt cake in your birthday month, soooo, I popped in when I was nearby, and picked one up.

Red velvet, in case you wondered. 😉

3. I got a free venti Starbucks

Most birthday freebies can be obtained in the general vicinity of your birthday (many just within the month!) but Starbucks makes you go ON your birthday.

So that’s what I did.

4. I used the free version of Canva for my school assignment

I had to do a little presentation on an OB-related topic and also make a visual aid.

So, I chose hyperemesis (that’s an easy one for me to talk about!) and I used the free version of Canva to make a brochure.

I am not a graphic designer, but Canva helps me get things passably decent!

I am always slightly tempted to get the premium version because that makes it way easier to find graphics to use. But I sift through all of ’em to find the free ones instead. 😉

5. (not frugal) I decided to keep both dresses

Remember when I was trying to decide between the blue and the white dress?

Well, I decided to throw caution to the wind and keep both.

The blue one won by a landslide, but I do also still like the white one. So, both it is.

And I’m going to adopt the same attitude I did with the black dress from last summer, which is: I’m going to wear the dresses anywhere and everywhere.

Remember this one?

So if you see someone at Aldi this summer in a long blue striped dress (or a white one!)…it might be me. 😉

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