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1. I curb picked a vintage fireplace screen last week, which prompted me to give away the old one, (technically a newer one) to someone in my Buy Nothing Group. The guy said that he’d just moved into a house without a fireplace screen, and it makes me happy to know that my one has been kept in circulation. Imagine if the stale clutter in our homes was consistently given to people who’d put it back to use.

2. My sister scored three flats of slightly wilted pansies for free from a nursery just north of New York City. (By the way, that’s 96 plants!) She just bought a house in The Bronx and is motivated and excited to spruce up her property without going broke. And yes, she planted every single one of them in her garden!

3. • I encouraged my mother to give me a gorgeous Italian glazed flowerpot that was collecting dust in the back of her kitchen. It’s now on top of my piano and planted with begonias that I rooted on the kitchen windowsill. Thanks mom, sorry about the moochiness!
   • I curb picked a metal planter box that cleaned up quite nicely. Not a show stopper, but a classic design and fully within my budget. It being at the foot of a porta potty? Didn’t phase me whatsoever. Now to source some free potting soil!
   • I returned a shirt and a pair of shorts to Goodwill that I bought a couple weeks ago. They gave me a store credit which I’ll use before it expires in 30 days.
   • I cut a pair of jeans into summer shorts which is my one of my favorite frugal hacks.
   • I’m rooting dozens of fuzzy bunny plants from my existing house plants. These grow roots almost immediately and do well in the backyard. I might decide to plant something different in my new planter, but these’ll do if all else fails.

4. I’ve had a cold since coming back from Nebraska last Tuesday, which had the side effect of creating an impressively frugal week. Why? Because I’ve hardly left the house and I’m rarely tempted to internet shop. Thanks, dum-dum virus!

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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1. My husband and I bought a used propane barbecue grill in “excellent condition” from a friend for only $50. The problem is that it was not excellent in any way, shape or form. Of course, we didn’t realize this until we schlepped it home in the back of our minivan. It required all new interior replacement parts, plus my husband had to grind off the inside rust and repaint it with high heat spray paint. In all, I think we spent $50, plus hours of work to bring it back to life.

   We’ve decided to believe that my husband’s friend was unaware of the condition issues. Not worth losing a friendship.

   Then . . . my husband went to a baseball picnic a few days later and was gifted a free propane griddle in actual excellent condition. Sure it needed a good scrubbing and the purchase of a $27 cover, but we’ve already used it a couple of times!

   Odd coincidence, but we feel like it all balanced out.

2. My one wish before I left Nebraska last week was to get my tuchus into an Aldi and see if it lived up to the hype. We do have Trader Joe’s here in Portland, (same owner) but Aldi has yet to expand into the Pacific Northwest. My goal was to grab travel snacks for the day and Aldi did not disappoint. In all I spent $21.56 with tax, which included chocolate bars to gift and a 99¢ reusable grocery bag to keep as a practical souvenir.

   I wandered the aisles to satisfy my curiosity and saw a number of items I would’ve been happy to purchase, had I been actual “grocery shopping.” I was impressed with 59¢ avocados and $1.89 pineapples, but was surprised that very few items (if any?) were branded with the “Aldi” name. I guess I assumed that it would be like Trader Joe’s where almost everything is their own brand.

   Certainly a unique shopping experience, I appreciated the low prices and no frills vibe, but the merchandise seemed pretty random. I’d be curious to get your opinion on how you incorporate Aldi into your shopping.

   

3. I noticed that we had a free week of Starz TV through our Comcast streaming box, which comes with our internet service. I looked through to see if there was anything of interest. I came across the reboot of Party Down and motored through the six new episodes. (So good!) I’m also going to try to get my husband to watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent with me before this free week deal evaporates.

4. • My daughter brought me a dented can of Annie’s split pea soup, a bag of new potatoes, an avocado and a dented can of fancy cat food from her work.
   • I found two quarters (one from an Aldi cart!) and a penny while traveling to Nebraska.
   • I sold a curb picked Kitchenaid mixer for $120.
   • I sold a thrifted fiber art wall hanging for $225.
   • My fabric suitcase got nasty level filthy in the airplane’s baggage hold and I took the opportunity to scrub it down in the bathtub. I imagine someone else would’ve used it as an opportunity to buy a new suitcase. Mind you, I pulled it from a literal Goodwill dumpster, so I have to see if I can make it last forever.
   • My husband has been excited to use his new outdoor griddle, but doesn’t possess any my frugal grocery skillz. This means that I commandeered and returned a $9.50 bottle of tamari sauce before he got a chance to open it. Especially as we already had two unopened bottles of $4.50 gluten-free soy sauce!
   • I came home from Nebraska with a wicked cold and used a free Covid test to make sure it wasn’t more serious.

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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My husband and I just got back from attending my maternal uncle’s memorial service in Lincoln, Nebraska, which is why this blog post is a few days late. The above photo is from my last visit to Nebraska in 2019. (Luckily I got to see “Uncle Jimbo” almost every year over the past five years.) He and my mother grew up thick as thieves, as they were only a year and half apart in age. He’s already deeply missed by his many loved ones and I’m so very happy that we were able to attend his service.

Very little about last minute travel falls under the umbrella of “frugal living,” but these were dollars spent wisely due to years of having scrimped in areas that didn’t matter.

First off I wrote out a comprehensive travel plan with an idea to create a master packing list to avoid reinventing the wheel whenever I travel. My plan is to type it up, slip it into a plastic sleeve and then keep it stored inside my suitcase. We had a few days advanced warning before flying to Nebraska, so I kept an open spiral notebook on the coffee table and then jotted notes as I thought of what to bring. This ended up working perfectly as there wasn’t a single needed (or wanted) item left at home, despite differing events and activities. There’s nothing frugal about buying stuff you left at home.

Things I was happy to have brought:

• Slippers, as the thought of going barefoot in a hotel gives me the “ick.”
• A personalized first-aid kit, which included standard over the counter medication, (Tylenol, antiseptic ointment, bandaids.) We are clumsy and this came in handy.
• Blouses that pair well with both formal skirts and casual shorts. Double duty clothing was key!
• Cute thrifted sandals that took up almost zero space in my suitcase.
• A lightweight extra layer in case of over air conditioned areas.
• A drawstring fabric bag for dirty laundry.
• Cash, broken down into smaller denominations for tips, specifically for the hotel buffet staff and the housekeeper.
• A binder clip to keep curtains tightly closed. <– Put one in your toiletry bag, you’ll thank me later!
• Airplane supplies such as healthy snacks, an empty reusable water bottle, a fresh library book and a neck pillow.
• Of course I also brought the standard items, (toiletries, clothing, chargers, decent looking sneakers) and with the exception of two pairs of socks, everything saw use.

The airfare was covered by my mother, which is hardly a “frugal hack,” but we were still grateful to accept. She wanted to pay for us to support her brother’s family, plus I was able to help her navigate the inevitable travel challenges. We would have gone either way, as Uncle Jimbo was an important figure throughout my life.

My suitcase was one I pulled from a Larchmont, New York Goodwill dumpster, (and then scrubbed within an inch of its life!) and my husband’s was thrifted here in Portland maybe ten years ago. I broke the handle a couple years ago, but he repaired it using surgical tools and a couple zip-ties.

I researched the best budget hotel and came up with the Best Western Plus, which gave us an AARP discount and was rated second highest among all Lincoln, Nebraska hotels on Trip Advisor. It came with an acceptable breakfast buffet and free parking. $628.42, including various taxes for a five night stay.

My husband gets a rental car discount through his employer, which meant that we paid just $200 for six days. We chose a compact car for better gas mileage and made sure to fill the tank before returning it to the airport.

We did welcome the opportunity to pick up the check for a number of restaurant meals with family members, as well as locating special Oregon beers and wines to bring to family meals. Because we may be cheap, but we’re not cheap!

My husband and I have slotted back into our daily lives and are starting to process the loss of my uncle and the time we spent with various family members. My mother was one of seven children, so I have a lot of cousins. However, we’re all far flung, so I don’t get to see them very often. These five days were special and worth every penny.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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1. My daughter brought me a free $58 Diestel Cook-in-Bag turkey breast from her schwanky grocery store. I’m unlikely to pay this much on my own, but it was by far the most delicious turkey I’ve ever eaten!

   Her store gives unsold food to their employees, so she gifts me with a variety of random bits and bobs. She’s also recently given me an orchid plant, a bag of lil’ crostini, four chicken breasts and some slightly wilted broccoli. This work perk means her own grocery bill is almost nothing.

2. I passed by a promising free pile while driving through the neighborhood and actually remembered to swing past it later in the afternoon. Everything was gross and dirty, but that’s not an issue for solid items. Here’s what I carried home:

   • A knife sharpener, gravy spoon and mini spatula.
   • A 1950s-era fireplace screen to replace the one I started disliking soon after I brought it home in 2002. This one looks much more natural in my 109-year-old house and the price was right.
   • Three vintage metal lidded glass jars from Hills Bros coffee and Skippy peanut butter. Super cute vintage branding.
   • A groovy 1960’s era avocado green metal kitchen waste basket. This specimen came with revolting smears and long dead bugs, so I wasn’t surprised that no one had brought it home yet. However, I’m a sucker for vintage kitchenware and that “Waste” graphic was just too cute to leave behind. I’ve given it a thorough scrubbing and left it in the sun to dry. I’ll likely go over it once again and call it good.

   

3. • I sold another $4.99 vintage lighting globe to a neighborhood store for $20. I thrift these whenever I can as this store always buy them from me. Such an easy sale as I don’t have the burden to research, measure, list, pack and mail. Instead I just hand them over. Easy money.
   • I lugged a wrought iron patio chair to the corner and it was snapped up in under an hour. This long ago thrifted chair weighed a metric ton and we didn’t need it anymore, so I’m happy to have it back in circulation.
   • I used interlibrary loan to borrow a copy of The Diaries of Nella Last from my local branch. I usually forget this feature exists, which makes me extra appreciative of this library book.
   • I caught an unnecessary online prescription being automatically refilled. I was able to go to their website and click “cancel” before it was fully processed.

4. Frugal Fail — I met up with a college friend for lunch and forgot to look through the restaurant’s online menu ahead of time. I normally do this so I can A) choose the yummiest option, but also B) stay on budget. Instead I was overwhelmed by the obnoxious QR-code menu on my tiny phone and chose what my friend recommended. $17 and downright meh. Next time I’ll remember to follow my own advice and ALWAYS LOOK UP A RESTAURANT’S MENU AHEAD OF TIME!

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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1. We finally had our neighborhood clean up day, which was nothing short of miraculous! I joked to my husband that it’s “my favorite holiday” which is only 49% true. For those not in the know, a “neighborhood cleanup day” involves a huge parking lot with multiple dumpsters for specific obscure recycling as well as straight up garbage. There’s also a pay-what-you-will area for reusable items and a plant exchange. It’s put on by our neighborhood association and a once a year occasion.

   Remember how my husband disassembled our rotten tree house and rebuilt it as a deck? Buy-bye, rotten wood, as well as all the associated rusted hardware. We also took punctured sport balls, cracked wooden baseball bats, styrofoam and an absolutely rusted through barbecue grill. Some of the stuff I walked  the three blocks to the event, but we otherwise filled the back of the seat-free minivan.

2. We celebrated our son’s 25th birthday with dinner at the house. I invited my mother, step father and son’s out of town friend, and put out a bagel and lox spread, which was a huge hit. I also made a pot of chicken soup to round out the meal, although I was the only one to eat any. I put together a “dirt cake” using Oreos, pudding and gummy worms. (From the Winco bulk section!) Unfortunately, I arrogantly chose to not follow a recipe and it was truly foul. Like scrape the whole damned thing into the compost foul. Oh well, live and learn.

   Our gifts for him were Timbers soccer tickets, plus a coffee theme arrangement which included a Bodum pour-over coffee carafe with reusable filter, coffee grinder, two nice mugs from my eBay inventory, plus a pound of coffee I got for free with a coupon. My sister added a Yeti travel mug, and my parents handed him a crisp $100 bill.

   The evening was a big success, despite my husband having to work. The highlight? when my son asked his grandfather for a good Yiddish phrase and my step dad without missing a beat gifted us with “Geyn hobn shilshl,*” (גיין האָבן שילשל) which means “Go have diarrhea!” Gotta love those Yiddish sayings, they’re always the best!

3. I thrifted an under-bed wheeled plastic storage container for $4.99, which prompted me to reorganize our bedding. (Don’t worry, I gave it a thorough scrub!) Our 1914 remuddled house doesn’t have a linen closet, so I’m always trying to puzzle out a deliberate and practical way to store our sheets/towels, etc.

   I’m a sucker for organizing paraphernalia, but luckily there’s a steady stream of it at both thrift stores and free piles here in Portland. I may never get my big weird house “perfectly” organized, but I doubt that standard is actually attainable in the first place.

4. • I complimented a volunteer at the clean-up event on a pretty blue glazed flowerpot and she insisted that I take it for free.
   • I planted some free spider plant babies in the free flowerpot.
   • I bought a bra on eBay for $9.80 (with free shipping!) instead of $48. I have the same bra in a different color, so I’m not worried about trying it on in person.
   • I started rooting some begonia starts from a plant I already own.
   • I donated two blue Ikea bags of miscellaneous stuff (including three sets of sheets!) to Goodwill.
   • I mailed a package to my sister in NYC and used PirateShip.com to save on postage.

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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* I think this is what he said, the Yiddish might have been slightly different.

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1. I went to Goodwill and came across a cardboard box marked “all hoodies $2.99.” I’d been keeping a passive eye out for a new-to-me a zip-front hoodie, so I dug around until I found one in my size. They were all the exact same Target brand and style, which was a dark charcoal color and neutral enough to work with any outfit.

   It’s a far cry from the quality of The Frugal Girl’s beloved $138 American Giant hoodies, but the $2.99 price made it an easier impulse purchase to work into my budget. Sorry Kristen, I had a Goodwill gift card.

2. I gave away a number of items through my Buy Nothing Group, prompted by a neighbor who asked for a pizza stone. We were given one maybe 15 years ago, and not only did it collect dust, but the behemoth also took up a tremendous amount of space. (Win-win!) Yes, we used it initially, but I don’t actually like working with it and I can’t remember the last time I made pizza from scratch as my daughter can’t eat gluten and pizza grosses me out due to having once eaten most of a pizza that turned out to have a used bandaid baked into the crust. Yes, you read that right.

   I then replied to someone asking for tomato cages and decided to keep the momentum going. I dragged a huge bag of fabric from the attic, which quickly went to someone who sews bags to sell and then sorted through some random stuff and pulled out a collection of dollhouse accessories that were snapped up by a preschool teacher.

   It can be hard to let go of stuff, as each item holds possibility. What if I start being a seamstress or have a kid to the house who’d like to play with dollhouse accessories? Instead, all these items are now back in circulation and that makes me (and my house) happy.

3. My neighborhood association is hosting a free neighborhood cleanup event this coming Saturday and I’m beyond excited. This is a special opportunity to get rid of bulky items in a responsible manner and I’ve already rolled our rusted out barbecue to the front yard to make it easier to heft into the back of the minivan. I also have my eye on a bucket of bent and rusted hardware from when we disassembled our treehouse last year and I’ve temporarily dedicated a corner of the living room for worn out, broken and useless stuff that’s too crappy to donate to Goodwill.

   Neighborhood cleanup day is my favorite holiday!

4. • I found a dime on the ground and picked it up even though it was in an awkward spot and the store clerk was staring at me.
   • I spied an unused patio umbrella base at my mom’s house and asked for it. Mine somehow went missing a few years ago, so I was happy to mooch off of her put hers to use.
   • We defrosted and grilled four bison steaks that my Nebraskan aunt gifted us as a thank you for ferrying them around town for my mother’s 80th birthday. I normally don’t like steak, but these were amazing!
   • I took my mother to Kalama Harbor Lodge for a Mother’s Day lunch, which was a splurge, but infinitely better than buying her some unneeded tchotchke. Experiences > stuff.
   • I dropped our election ballots at the library. This action used to save us the price of four stamps, but Oregon ballots now have prepaid postage. I guess I just like going to the library.
   • I read a library copy of Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. I read this Newberry Award winning classic as a kid, but was prompted to revisit it after recently reading an excerpt.
   • My husband and I shared a free Starbucks matcha Frappaccino on his birthday.
   • My friend Lise and I had an IKEA date, where we dropped off battery and lightbulb recycling and then sipped free coffee and caught up on each others’ lives. I also enjoyed one of their $1.15 veggie hotdogs.

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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1. Spring has finally sprung in Portland, Oregon which means our rhododendron bushes and azaleas are in glorious full bloom. I live not too far from the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, which normally costs $5 for admission but is free on Mondays. Take a wild guess which day I prefer to visit.

   So when my next door neighbor and I were planning a get together, it was the perfect Monday destination. It wasn’t raining (always a consideration in Portland!) plus we arrived nice and early, which granted us the opportunity for the very bestest park benches.

   I used to take my kids there a lot when they were little as there were always ducks, geese and even the occasional nasty rat tailed beaver nutria! I even hosted my son’s second birthday party there with a “duckling” theme. Knowing me, it was 100% on a Monday!

2. My husband and I replaced the footing part on an outdoor wooden lounge chair that had a single disintegrated piece. It was a simple 2″x4″, which made it an easy project. It’s not hugely a brag worthy repair job, as the skill level required was pretty low, but it’s still an accomplishment as it kept a functional item in circulation and out of the landfill.

   I imagine that a lot of people would straight up toss a broken chair, but I feel that there’s an inherent responsibility to maintain and repair your belongings whenever possible. Not only is it a monetary issue, but it’s also an environmental act as overmanufacture of consumer goods is damaging our dear planet.

3. I brought my mending basket into our living room, where it unceremoniously sat unloved and ignored for at least three weeks. I finally dumped it out as I was sick to death of its’ judgmental stare and spent an evening watching TV and darning nine individual socks.

   The basket also contained my son’s dress shirt with not one but two shattered buttons. (How? Why?) I didn’t have any matching buttons, but my friend Lise is a seamstress and offered to bring over a jar of potential mates. I was able to locate two close matches and quickly sewed them into place. Lise received the password to our Peacock account as a thank you, and my judgmental mending basket is finally out of my eye line.

4. • I read library copies of Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology and started reading $2 Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.
   • I dug up overgrown plants from my garden to fill spots in undergrown areas.
   • I mailed a birthday card to my cousin’s aunt as they were trying to arrange for her to receive 85 cards for her 85th birthday. I didn’t have a birthday specific card, so I used a pretty thrifted Marimekko postcard that I already had on hand.
   • I set two perfectly good empty plastic gas cans on the curb with “free” signs. We’d somehow accumulated three cans, (Again . . . How? Why?) which was wholly unnecessary as we don’t own any gas powered machines and I’ve never once run out of gas. They were nabbed by morning.

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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1. • I bought a $3.99 pot of basil at Trader Joe’s a couple weeks ago only to bring it home and find it covered in aphids. I kept forgetting to bring it back to the store, but finally explained the issue to an employee who let me take a new one for free.

   • My next door neighbor gave me a glazed outdoor flower pot, which now contains basil plants courtesy of Trader Joe’s. I love how a single pot of basil contains easily a dozen individual plants.

   • I went for an evening walk with my son and brought home a shoe organizing system that someone put out on their curb. Sure, it was impressively dusty, but it cleaned up perfectly in the dishwasher. I wasn’t sure how to best utilize it, so for now it holds the shoes I currently have up for sale on eBay.

   • I spent an hour or two tidying and rearranging my backyard as Portland finally received a couple sunny days in a row. I filled multiple flower pots with plants that I’d rooted or transplanted from other areas. The garden is ready for warm weather entertaining despite me spending just $3.99 on the basil.

2. I watched a couple episodes of Peacock’s The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, which is less morbid than it sounds. Based on the book by the same name, it’s essentially a makeover show with an emphasis on winnowing down one’s belongings so they aren’t a burden to your grieving loved ones. It’s produced and narrated by Amy Poehler, which pretty much guarantees it to be enjoyable.

   There was one quote that stuck in my head. The featured woman’s mother had assertively given her more stuff than her home could reasonably hold in the name of family legacy. It was choking her family and didn’t reflect her own personal style. Cut to the end where the house is no longer cluttered and the woman says:

   “I realize that my life is the inheritance, not the stuff.” 

   I quickly wrote this down and started thinking about how so many of us are overburdened with family stuff. What makes a person special is not the things they bought throughout their life, but who they were as a person. I would hate to think that my kids feel the need to keep everything I ever put in my house simply because I once used it. Holding onto to random stuff doesn’t preserve the memories of a loved one. The memories are to cherish, whether or not you cling to your loved one’s belongings.

3. My son continues to do his meal prep for the week in our well appointed kitchen, which invariably ends with us as taste testers. This week was pulled pork, Caprese pasta salad and breakfast burritos. No complaints here!

4. This last “frugal thing” is actually from my mother, but I’m going to include it anyway. She sold her last “guest cottage” last year, which was a small and awkwardly designed house directly next door to her own home. The new owners are tearing it down to build anew, and from all accounts sound like a lovely family.

   However . . . the old house had a beautifully designed garden which was sure to be trampled by the construction crew, so my mother (with full permission from the new owners) put the word out through her Buy Nothing group for free u-dig plants and boy-o-boy did people respond!

   My mother says that there’s still a couple plants left, but it sounds like hundreds of plants, bushes and even some small trees found new homes; and will make her extended neighborhood that much prettier.

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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1. My mother found a box of stuff that I stashed in her basement when I left college in 1988. Many of the contents were easy straight-to-garbage decisions, (which I appreciated) but I did choose to keep a few items, most notably my age ten Nancy Drew Diary from when we lived in London.

   Please enjoy an excerpt:

   January 3, 1979

   Dear Diary,

   Today I saw a big brown thing out in the snow, so I asked daddy where the binoculars were and he said they were in the green cupboard so I got them and put them up to my eyes and saw in between two cars what I thought was a rabbit or a cat. So I got on my warm clothes for snow and new boots and went outside. Outside it looked remarkably like a bird but when up close was a big cat shaped, dirty, ugly, awful lump of snow, much to my relief as better to be snow than an animal dead!

   These are important memories. Historians take note!

2. I helped my son put together a couple eBay listings for some of his Lego minifigures. One already sold for $140 and I imagine that the others will also sell in a timely manner. I’ve helped my kids to sell their unwanted stuff through the years and I hope that this skill stays with them as it’s a handy way to scrape together a nice chunk of change.

   I also sold a puppet, a hand crocheted wool afghan and a landline telephone. None of these were high dollar sales, but I was still happy to send them on their merry way.

3. I’ve been sick with a horrific cold for the last five (six?) days, which is why this blog post is so late. (And boring.) Add in that I sustained a injury by hitting my head really hard on the open medicine cabinet door, (I’d crouched down to pick up a dirty sock)  and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I’m deep into a Met Gala level pity party, which means I have watched a tremendous amount of television and have a couple recommendations:

   • Jury Duty on FreeVee. Like The Truman Show but better. So so so good! FreeVee is a free streaming service, so you have no excuse not to not watch it. WATCH IT!
   • Vengeance, which I think I watched through my sister’s Prime Video account. This movie is not what you think it is, but in a good way.

4. • I gave away a pair of speciality lightbulbs and some cute enamelware dishes from my box-o-stuff through the magic of my Buy Nothing Group.
   • I was too sick to go to the Darcelle XV Celebration of Life, so I lay on the couch and watched the live stream on YouTube.
   • I’ve been too sick to set foot in a grocery store in over a week, which turns out to be an extremely frugal practice.

5. I didn’t buy a Lear Jet or pay out a $787.5 million settlement.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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