See further below for the odd little tool I sold!
1. I got a free Firehouse sub
Sunday was my fifth day in a row of being at the hospital (one day was just a five hour education day though!), and while I’d managed to avoid buying all of my meals up to that point, I clocked out Sunday night with no dinner plan.
But, I did have points for a free sub at Firehouse, so Zoe and I basically got a buy one, get one free deal.
2. I cut some bread into cubes before work
I had part of a loaf of store-bought French bread on my counter, leftover from when I made French toast for dinner. And one morning before work, I was like, “OH NO! That’s probably gonna mold any second.”
So, I took a minute to cube it up, and then I threw the cubes into a bag in the freezer. Crisis averted. 😉
I could have just put the whole thing into the freezer, but it’s better for me to have it already cubed.
You know how I say that sometimes the freezer is just a pit stop before the trash can? Well, cubing the bread before I freeze it is one way to avoid that; if it’s cubed, I’m more likely to actually use it!
3. I’m going to a paid online meeting this morning
We have an online quality council meeting for my unit this morning, and since I happen to be off of regular hospital work today, I’ll log on and join.
I have no idea what happens in a quality council meeting, but hey, I will find out, and I will also get paid for a very easy hour of work.
4. I sold a tool of Lisey’s
She had a tool from aviation mechanic school that she’d bought and then never ended up needing. So, she left it here when she moved to Hawaii, and I listed it on eBay, mainly to try to get it into the hands of someone who needed it!
(I imagine if you send this kind of thing to the thrift store, it will likely get thrown out. It’s too specialized.)
And of course, I sent the money to Lisey, since she’s the one who bought the tool in the first place.
I love the way eBay and Buy Nothing groups allow me to be a Stuff Matchmaker of sorts; I get rid of extra things, and I have the joy of knowing they are going to a person who wants those exact things.
5. I…
- sent all my required year end tax payments/paperwork on time (my CPA sent me a page of instructions to follow for my S-corp stuff.)
- packed lots of lunches
- packed the eBay sale in reused packaging
- used up shampoo/lotion samples from my dermatologist
- spent most of the last week working, which left little time for spending!
Your turn! What frugal things have you been up to lately?
Source: www.thefrugalgirl.com…