Five Frugal Things -- Yes, I Would Enjoy some $1 Pizza!
- I joined Papa Murphy's My Slice Rewards to qualify for a $1 one-topping medium pizza. For those not in the know, they're a take-and-bake pizza chain and there's a location not crazy far from the house. So so pizza, you had me at $1!
This isn't sponsored, I just enjoy the opportunity for cheap food! - I enjoyed some lovely apple slices with my Winco oatmeal this morning. Stewed for a few minutes with brown sugar and cinnamon for maximum deliciousness. Extra frugal since the apples were free from my friend Lise!
- I took sliced cucumbers and added them to the leftover brine from a jar of bread-and-butter pickles I'd just finished. ($1.25 from Dollar Tree!) Super easy and cheap way to make "refrigerator pickles" that straight up optimizes something that would otherwise get poured down the drain.
- I used an inside out Amazon bubble mailer to pad the Bose remote control I that I just sold on eBay. The envelope was from my mom's house and I'm happy to give it an extra use. No reason to buy packaging supplies when there's so much available for free.
- We're using the furnace, but I have the thermostat set for 64 degrees during the day and 58 degrees at night. I crank it up if people are over, but would rather wear a warm sweater or cozy up under a throw blanket if it's just me at home. No reason to heat the entire house when I can just heat myself.
1. I have our thermostat set at 67° day and 65° at night. I’m cold all the time so I just wear a sweatshirt and use a heated blanket in my basement home office.
2. I’m on a diet so I’m cooking a lot more.
3. I started watching Tulsa King on my free paramount plus trial.
4. I didn’t leave my house at all yesterday!
5. Tonight we’re going to a friends bar/grill where he is having a bingo night and free pizza. (The bingo is free for us from him)
I have a heating pad to use if I'm feeling too cold and am sitting still.
I feasted on homemade spaghetti today! A few days ago, I told my cleaning lady, who is a good friend, that I'd bought her some canned goods, as she is a SNAP (food stamp) recipient. (Our store was selling Libbey's brand corn, green beans and peas for 69 cents a can, so I got her a couple dozen). She made a ginormous amount of spaghetti to help out all her friends and family members who were affected by the SNAP thing, and she brought me some over. I'd meant for the canned goods to be a gift, not a trade, but she wanted to share. Bless her heart!
Used my 20% coupon at Goodwill and found a valence for the laundry room window; a watering can with a spray mister attached for my houseplants; a fancy clipboard that may be a holiday gift; and some history books. Still no draperies for the bedroom. 🙁
Frugal fail: after going all over town trying to find those #$%@*&! drapes, I saw a matching comforter and drapes on the Belk website. On clearance, no less! Fairly decent price! Attempted to order them but the thing didn't go through. It just kept spinning and spinning and spinning. I was going to get 12% off with Rakuten and another 20% by applying for their credit card, and again the thing just kept spinning and wouldn't go through. So I called their 800 number. I thought I was talking to a real person but it turned out to be an AI voice that sounded like a teenager. How dumb can you get? Super bad! But not as horrendous as when the call got transferred to a Real. Live. Person. Who must've been in outer space or something: noisy background and an extremely thick accent I could not comprehend. He couldn't understand what I wanted, bc he barely spoke English. Needless to say, I promptly canceled my order and hung up. I won't ever be using Belk again!
Also called Discover card to make sure the purchase wasn't charged. Just in case. (I'd ordered it via this card before the popup offered me a Belk credit card.)
Hoping that I can find the matching comforter and drapes I want, hopefully from a discount place or second hand, before my birthday next year.
What a huge pain in the tuchus, I'm so sorry.
However, your friend/cleaning lady sounds like a keeper.
One of the things that won my husband over was that the first time he visited my apartment when we were dating, I had the thermostat set to 62, and I was wearing a sweater. (I had a horrible, inefficient heater and didn’t want to end up with crazy bills.) Anyway, he was impressed with my frugal nature, and the rest is history.
Is the pizza deal just to get you to sign up for the app, or do you have to buy a certain number of pizzas first? I’m not a huge fan of their pizza, but for $1, I could love it.
I'm sure it's to get you to sign up for their rewards program, however it's not an app and you don't have to buy anything first to get the deal.
Fun tip: if you want extra toppings with a Papa Murphy's pizza, always ask for them on the side. You pay the same amount as if it's on the pizza but you get a full portion rather than a "prorated" portion that they measure when it's included as a topping. I used to do this all the time when I worked there. I was very frustrated when I found out.
I sliced up the bread I baked the other day and got it in the freezer so we can pull slices out as needed.
I whipped up some oat flour yesterday in a pinch to make some gluten free brownies and they turned out really well! I had to bake longer than I normally do with this recipe but the result was worth it.
My husband's marketplace sale was a success! A happy buyer and a happy seller made for a happy deposit in our bank account.
Finalized our Thanksgiving plans, keeping it small and low-key this year. A welcome change to making and hosting a large event.
My daughter was too excited to eat more than a few bites of her lunch as a gift came in the mail while we were eating. I finished it for her so it didn't go to waste. She had a homemade peanut butter granola bar shortly before lunch anyways so she probably wasn't very hungry anyways.
1. My hairdryer fizzled out. Was all set to go to Walmart for a new one. I stopped by the thrift store & got one for 3$. I also got a small hot glue gun for 1$. The thrift store helps support the food bank in my small town. I paid cash as the store charges a service fee to use a CC.
2. Got a 1$ iced coffee using the McDonald's app. An inexpensive treat.
3. Had Knorr tomato soup for lunch. A lady on Nextdoor Neighbor gave me 5 pouches of the dried soup & some parmesan crackers. Both were surprisingly good.
4. Stopped by the bread outlet to get sandwich bread for .99 a loaf. I also got some Entenmanns small individually wrapped crumb cakes, apple & cherry pies for a small, sweet treat.
5. Sent husband to Habitat store w/ a 10$ off 40$ purchase. He got 2 bags of fertilizer for 30$. I don't need it right now but can use in the spring. Husband said fertilizer is 40-50$ a bag at Home Depot.
6. At another thrift store I got 2 18 oz jars of organic mixed berry preserves. I think they are a Target brand. They were 2$ each. Like everything else, jams & preserves have gone up in price. I am learning where the bargains are in my small town.
7. Attended a free online CEU activity to earn one hour of credit. My school sponsored the event & I needed the CEU. Plus, it was free. What's not to like?
8. I curb picked 2 women's knit shirts. I washed them. The tee fit well. The other one I'll put in the donation box.
9. Found 21 cents in the return change slot at Walmart.
10. Found a dime on the pavement outside the local Dollar Tree.
1. Made a dip/spread using up cannellini beans, sun-dried tomatoes in oil, cumin, lemon juice, and salt/pepper. Also called for lots of garlic, which we avoid.
2. Received Benadryl from Buy Nothing.
3. Just when I didn't think I had anything extraneous left in our house, I was able to give away a lot more on Buy Nothing. Enjoy this odd list: boombox, planters, plant caddy, arthritis gel, vintage Christmas stocking, vintage Christmas candle, eye masks, face masks, pill splitter, makeup bag, journal, and foot care gizmo.
4. Also went through my various gift ribbons and gave away around two dozen on Buy Nothing.
5. Completed October financials. Spent $354 on groceries through careful purchases and use of pantry and freezer.
Thank you for the pizza, Katy! I enrolled, too...
Just found a source for red potatoes -- taters are a very big crop in our area. I can get 50 lb for $20...and it's close by a hot springs pool we have been talking about visiting. So I'll have 100 pounds to get us through the winter. (Now if I could find onions for cheap, too...)
I love that you have that $1 pizza deal front and center! I saw an ad for this deal earlier today on FB and quickly sent it to my husband and my mom (who lives in our granny unit). We now have 3 medium pizzas that cost a total of $3 to us + our 3 teens for dinner. I plan to make a salad to go with it from ingredients on hand. $3 dinner for 6 people is hard to beat, especially since our Papa Murphy's is 2 blocks from our home!