Five Frugal Things -- Anne Frank & Free Blueberries
1. My friend Lise sent a text asking if I wanted to run a walking errand with her this afternoon. My answer, of course was "yes," as "running errands with a friend" is my first and second favorite way to socialize.
Her errand is not too far from a New Season's Market, so I grabbed a coupon off the front of the fridge for a free pint of blueberries with a $10 purchase. I'd already been thinking about doing a bangers and mash dinner, as we have potatoes that need to get used up. New Seasons makes their own sausages and they're worth paying up for.
2. I keep coming across this Anne Frank quote, which reminded me that's been at least twenty years since I read "The Diary of Anne Frank." I remedied this by going on the library website and putting the book on hold.
3. Today was our garbage and recycling pickup day, so I rolled our yard debris bin out from the backyard to the neighbor's house. We share the cost of pickup with our next door neighbors, which is a bit of extra effort as I have to walk an extra house width to put out our refuse. We still own a own yard debris bin leftover from when we had our own account, which is a bit of a pain to thump down the front steps, but the savings add up enough to soothe any annoyance with the process.
This saves both households $252 per year!
4. I was feeling really low energy yesterday and ended up doing pretty much nothing whatsoever. However, there isn't anything much more frugal than going nowhere and doing nothing. My husband made dinner and we both just took it easy.
5. I put a bunch of random books on hold at the library based on an Instagram stranger's recommendations. I filed this under "doing a favor for my future self."
I like to have huge pile of library books at all times.
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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