Five Frugal Things -- A "New" Used Phone!

1. I finally replaced my iPhone 7 that we ran over while in Albuquerque last month. Oddly, it still mostly worked, but was getting glitchier and glitchier by the day.

Luckily there's a small business not far away that sells used phones. I've bought two from them through the years and have had zero issues, so I had no decision paralysis when it came to figuring out how to approach the issue.

I'm now $450 poorer, but own a functional iPhone 14 Pro that came with a charger and a free case of my choice. Additionally the owner also put a free protective glass screen on my husband's phone.

2. The store owner also gave me a free box of yummy bubble wrap for my eBay business.

3. We invited the kids over for a proper dinner last night and although we splurged on a nice salmon fillet, it was still cheaper than the Chinese takeout from last week.

I've started a weekly "Tuesday Night Dinner" at the house for my nuclear family, as I'm nostalgic about the thousands of hours we shared around the dining room table. Last night was only week two and I'm already planning what we'll serve next week. We see the kids here and there for short periods of time, but apparently we're now at that stage of life where we have to put a plan into place for actual quality time.

4. My neighbors were once again out of town, so I brought in their mail and wheeled their bins back into place. They do the same for us whenever we skip town.

These practices keep our street safer and all of us tighter as a community.

5. I was going to decline a plastic carrier bag for the free bubble wrap, but then saw that it was the perfect size to line our kitchen garbage.

Now your turn, what frugal things have you been up to?

Katy Wolk-Stanley 

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."

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