Five Frugal Things -- Socks & Platelets
- I drove across town to donate platelets at the American Red Cross and was rewarded with a pair of their surprisingly thick Pac-Man socks. (Plus three packages of Nutter Butters that a volunteer brought over, after I mentioned that they were "my favorite cookie!") Plus I'll also be receiving $30 in "retail" e-gift cards, which I'll redeem for groceries.
I experienced overwhelming facial numbness and nausea when I donated platelets last summer, but this time increased calcium intake and chewed Tums in the days leading up to my appointment. This seemed to help and I only had slight tingling this time.
I'm now up to three pairs of free socks, having scored two pairs of "free box" Bombas last summer. Now, if we could just get the Red Cross to give out bras.
2. I picked up an abandoned Winco Foods receipt and scanned it into the Fetch app -- hello 5,665 points! For reference, my actual Winco receipt earned me a mere 25 points, as I didn't buy any corporate big name products. Thank you, random littering stranger!
3. One of the other Red Cross donors brought a basket of home grown persimmons to share, so I brought one home. Really delicious!
4. My husband and I are watching the Apple TV show Pluribus through a free seven-day trial on sister's Amazon Prime account. We've watched the first three episodes and will wait a week and sign up for a different free trial in order to watch the next two episodes. It's sooo freaking good, dealing with issues of individuality, toxic positivity and the concept of humanity.
My husband and I used to live in Albuquerque, which gives Vince Gilligan shows an extra layer of enjoyable to watch.
5. I'm halfway through my library copy of Emily Henry's Great Big Beautiful Life, but will save it for the end of the week when I'm taking a family member to a medical appointment.
A friend gave us 2 boxes of food that she received from a supplemental food program in her county that she didn't like. Got them home and expected to find canned or other non-perishable food. Nope. 14 freezer meals (tv dinner type), 5 single serve applesauce, 2 loaves whole grain bread, 6 pints of milk (those had been frozen and we didn't like it, so those got tossed), 8 or so half pints of various fruit punches/juices, and other stuff I can't remember. On a scale of 1 - 10, the tv dinners rate about a 6-6.5. We eat what is palatable and the rest goes in the garbage (oh, the horror!). At least I don't have to cook for a while. We supplement what we like with other foods we have in the fridge.
Hunting season is upon us (starts the Saturday after Thanksgiving). We keep trying to empty our freezer of venison from last year to make room for this year's meat. Can't eat it fast enough, so we may have to share with some friends.
1. I stopped into Meijer and used coupons for a free half & half and a whipping cream. These coupons were for any size, so I bought the largest size. I also picked up some dog food for my daughter's pup. I had a $9.75 off coupon. I also used up a $1 reward.
2. I returned all of my deposit cans, with this and the above coupons, my total was just $26.
3. I scanned my receipt into Fetch and received 1500 points for buying two Meijer Frederik's Gelatos. I received 15 points from Ibotta for any receipt since I also don't buy many name brand items. I also scanned my receipt into My Purina rewards app. Thank you to the person who mentioned the 12,000 Fetch rewards points for adding this app to my phone. I can receive free gifts with points.
4. I made chicken and biscuits using a Costco rotisserie chicken. I took half to my mom's for dinner last night with her and my sister and will take the other half to my MIL's for dinner tonight with her and my daughter.
5. I took my dog to the pet store for her yearly free birthday gift. I dropped off an Ebay package at the post office right next door.