Four Frugal Things (plus a fail)

1. I bought a loaf of day-old bread

When I am at Safeway, I always take a quick peek at their markdown section. Most of the time, it’s nothing I want, but this time I picked up a loaf of crusty cheese bread.

I brought it home, sliced it in half, and froze the two halves (since half a loaf is really all Zoe and I need at a time.)

2. I worked the CVS discounts

I got two bottles of Maui Moisture shampoo, plus six bars of Dove soap for $9, plus I got a $4 ExtraBucks reward after my purchase.

On Amazon, the Dove soap alone would have been about $9, so I feel pretty good about this little purchase.

3. I got a schoolbook from the library

This class requires Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, so I checked my library. Sadly, they do not have a physical copy, but they do have an ebook.

So, I checked that out, even though I don’t love ebooks. I will make it work for these eight weeks.

I also thought about asking for a copy on my Buy Nothing group, and maybe I still will. I bet someone has a copy of this lying around; it’s a pretty old book at this point!

4. I avoided the cafeteria

I actually ran out of leftovers for my third shift out of the shifts I just finished. I considered going to the cafeteria, but then I realized I had the stuff to pack a lunch meat sandwich.

Sooo, that’s what I did. Score one for me, zero for the cafeteria. 😉

5. The fail

I know you are most interested in this one, because I also would be if I were the reader. Ha.

So, you’ve probably seen my little puffer coat Snoopy pin from my hospital badge:

Once I put my peep bunny badge clip on, though, I realized puffer coat Snoopy is not quite right for the season.

I hopped onto Pintrill, because they have great Snoopy pins, and found a happy Snoopy pin.

But then I was like, oooh, what if I checked eBay? I did, and I found what looked like the same one, except much cheaper. “Buy it now!” I said.

In my haste, however, I neglected to notice something. Please see:

WHOOPS. This new guy is really too big for my badge.

So then I ended up going back to Pintrill to buy the original small one. On the upside, it was marked down by the time I got there, but still, this was not overall a money-saving success.

But it is also not a terrible loss because we know I will happily put the larger Snoopy pin on my backpack. 😉

Your turn! What frugal things have you been up to?

(and feel free to share a fail if you’d like!)