1. I started the process of applying for a hospital grant
Part of the tuition reimbursement program at my hospital is grant-based, and that requires the usual scholarship/grant hoop-jumping.
Luckily, I’m good at this after all my previous scholarship applications, as well as my divorce paperwork and name change paperwork.
I made a folder on my computer’s desktop to hold all the documents, and now I have a little collection going, including my RN license, my college acceptance letter, and my course of study.
I’m just waiting on some transcripts to arrive, and I also need a signed paper from my clinical director.
Of course, an essay was also required, but that was honestly the easiest part for me!
This up to $2500, and that’s enough to motivate my frugal heart. 😉
2. I used a Panera gift card for a cheap dinner
On Friday, I did something similar to the recent Firehouse subs night; I had a gift card that covered almost the whole meal, so I only paid $5 out of pocket.
My sandwich came with a very thick piece of bread on top, so I saved part of that and stuck it in the fridge overnight (it had mayo on it!)
And then I toasted it in a pan to eat with my breakfast eggs.
3. I offloaded my red onions
This isn’t frugal for me, but it was for someone else.
Hungry Harvest sent me EIGHTEEN red onions. Eighteen!! Geez.
So, I listed them on my Buy Nothing group because there’s no way Zoe and I will get through eighteen red onions, and I don’t really like red onions that much anyway.
(Normally, I customize my Hungry Harvest to avoid this type of problem. But I was at work and missed the customization window!)
Incidentally: food almost always goes quickly on my Buy Nothing group, so if you need to offload some, list it! It probably won’t go to waste.
4. I made a use-it-up pasta salad for lunch
I combined:
- the last of the protein pasta
- the last few cucumbers
- a small container of salad dressing from a Panera salad (they always send too much dressing!)
- the last piece of Colby-Jack cheese
- a Hungry Harvest avocado
- some of the parsley left from when I made falafel
And I also added some pepperoni and tomatoes that I bought that day.
It is so satisfying to clean out the fridge this way!
5. I…
- sautéed some wrinkly apples to eat on oatmeal
- made a batch of roasted carrots and beets, because it would be easy for me to ignore the Hungry Harvest beets until it’s too late!
I basically did them like these roasted carrots, figuring it would work out fine. And it did.
Your turn! What frugal things have you been up to lately?
Source: www.thefrugalgirl.com…