Yesterday was an unremarkable day for me, but unremarkable days are usually filled with little bits of frugality. So, I thought I’d make a list, especially since I didn’t set out to make yesterday a big money-saving day.
When I got up, I hopped onto my eBay account to accept an offer on a discounted textbook for Sonia. $40 instead of $150 at her college!
I also edited my Chewy Autoship order to remove an item I didn’t need and add one I did. I sometimes miss these Autoship emails so I was pleased with myself about this one!
I brought my Christmas tree stand basin inside (it had been outside to air out from the spray paint!) and admired the pretty-good-for-a-1997-item rehab job. 😉
I did an at-home weights workout using one of the workouts I saved from my time with Ben Palocko.
And then I went for a walk on the trails that I can access from my neighborhood.
I stopped to listen to the running water for a little while, of course. 🙂
After my walk, I showered, and then it was time for breakfast. I had a tomato that needed to be used up, and I had spied a bread heel in the freezer. So, I made a plate of fried eggs, toast, and a salted/peppered sliced tomato. And of course, I made some coffee.
Then I went to my 50% off haircut where I opted, as usual, for air drying afterward. My hair isn’t remotely thick, so paying for a blow dry is a little bit pointless; it’s dry by the time I get home anyway!
Next, it was time for a trip to Aldi, where I bought most of the groceries I needed (for the menu plan I concocted the day before).
I also needed a few non-Aldi things, so I popped in at the nearby regular grocery store (for pasta shells, Barilla protein pasta, and some bananas because I don’t usually love Aldi’s bananas.)
For lunch, I had oranges and a sandwich made with the last of the ham, the last of the cheddar, and a leftover bun from when I made burgers.
In the afternoon, I put away groceries, wrote some blog posts, and made a big batch of stuffed pasta shells. I froze a bunch of them on a sheet pan, and I’ll put them in a Ziploc bag when they’re hard.
That way, they’ll make for some easy post-work meals for me down the road!
I also finished MORE paperwork for my BSN program reimbursement from my hospital (!) and watched the required online Healthstream class for onboarding into this particular reimbursement program.
I am seriously earning this reimbursement money. GEEEEEZ. I am grateful that when I started, I had no idea how much paperwork was required because I might have quaked a bit. 😉
After Zoe and I had dinner, I packed up my work lunch. I also grabbed some egg bites from the freezer and put them in the fridge to thaw for the next morning’s breakfast.
Then I did my PT exercises (PT appts. are a waste of money if you don’t do the work at home!), and my daily Duolingo lesson.
I washed my face with one of my plain old washcloths, put on my unfancy Cerave lotion, brushed my teeth, set my 5:00 am alarm, and went to bed!
And now I am back in Hospital Mode, which means my day will be completely different than yesterday! My only frugalities today will probably be my lunch packing and my cooking dinner at home. 😉
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