Five Frugal Things
- I took a family member to a lengthy medical appointment and he bought me a nice toasted bagel from Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels with cream cheese as a thank you. I probably should've photographed it for the blog, but I pretty much inhaled it.
- My husband received a check from our insurance company for the month of work he missed from being hit by a car. It needed to be deposited in person, so I walked the four mile round trip to our credit union as the sun was out and I had the afternoon free from any obligations, which is a rare combination of events for Portland in November. I also returned a couple books to the library along the way.
- I finished reading my library book and then finished up my Libby audiobook. Neither books were my favorites, but I'm happy to have completed them so I can start on something new.
- I stopped into H Mart on my way home from the credit union and picked up a packet of Japanese curry cubes, as they'd been priced too high at Winco Foods. ($4.48 vs. $3.29) I also grabbed four boxes of sale priced coconut milk for the pantry. The true savings is that I didn't browse the store and buy any one of the thousands of irresistible items.
Unrelated to nonconsumerism, but the woman ahead of me in line was wearing a pair of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which I find to be incredibly creepy as it meant that she was recording everything she pointed her eyes towards. I know that they're AI enabled, which gives me the ick, so I grabbed my groceries and got into a different line. - I grabbed a couple of Wint-O-Green Lifesavers from a bowl at the credit union and stuck them in my purse to enjoy later.
My bank has a coffee station with biscotti, so I hit it every time I'm there.
I would love some advice on how to get the most out of Libby. My library started offering it last year, and there's a much bigger selection of potential books than on Hoopla, but few are actually available, and we're only allowed to put 3 on hold at a time, so it takes months to actually be able to read one. I think I'm just too much of an instant gratification kind of girl - physical library books are still my preferred version whenever possible.
I have marked tons of stuff as "want to read" and then just try to check the app weekly by filtering for "available now", but there has to be a better way.
Michelle, you can turn on notifications in Libby and it will let you know when your book is available. If your library has Hoopla, you can read or listen to more books through it.
Been just keeping on with the frugal persistence at my house. Cooking from scratch, eating up leftovers, and maximizing freezer use. Used a 10% off coupon at the Ollie's Outlet clearance store to buy cat litter, dog treats, raisins, crackers, trail mix, and paint brushes. A 3 pack of brushes would have been $9.99, but I scrounged through the single brushes and got three very good quality ones for $8.26.