Five Frugal Things -- Homemade Sushi & a Buy Nothing Score!
1) I stopped into the main Goodwill to kill a few minutes and spent a full 40¢ on this cute Bonne Maman jar. I'd already been thinking that I could use an extra one and the blue lid won my heart.
Why 40¢? It was senior discount day, which brought the price down 10%, plus they no longer give pennies in change and I paid with a one dollar bill.
2) I took my daughter to run an errand and we drove through Taco Bell afterwards. I told her to ask for some extra hot sauces for the house and holy crap did they deliver!
Am I now . . . a prepper?
3) I went to H Mart to grab a few Asian grocery essentials, (gluten-free soy sauce, furikaki, nori sheets) and grabbed a few avocados as 68¢ is a screaming good deal in Oregon. They weren't exactly the height of ripeness, but I stand by my theory that buying avocados is an act of faith in the future.
4) Someone in my Buy Nothing group is moving and offered up this cute side table. Luckily I was at my computer when she posted it, as I've been keeping an eye out for a small bedside table for my daughter's old bedroom.
Look how perfectly it'll match with the spindles! What we currently have is too bulky and meant more as a living room end table. I'll pay it forward and offer it up on Buy Nothing to continue the chain of gifting.
Remember when I got that rug from a garage sale leftovers pile? I still love it!
5) My daughter was talking about how she's been craving sushi, so I brought over supplies and the two of us filled our sushi-loving tummies without emptying our wallets. Homemade sushi is extremely easy and should be on everyone's frugal roster.
I got a takeout order of just pickled ginger on my way to her house. This ends up being both cheaper and higher quality that what I would've found in a grocery store. We experimented with putting ginger in the sushi, which was a delicious success!
Now your turn, what frugal things have you been up to?
