Five Frugal Things | a free Moen soap dispenser, for starters!
1. I'm getting a free soap dispenser from Moen.
The nozzle of ours broke off rather randomly, and while searching for a replacement part, I discovered that our faucet is actually discontinued.
I called Moen and they told me the soap dispenser was covered by the lifetime warranty. SWEET.
They still had one in stock, so it's on the way to me for an output of $0.
(and a small investment of time for the phone call, of course)
2. We used up some frosting.
While organizing the fridge, I found a leftover container of buttercream (which I'd made last time we had these sweet rolls).
It seemed a shame to waste it, so we spread it on saltine crackers for a treat.
Sometimes I suffer through veggies I don't love in the name of food waste prevention. This was a much easier task. 😉
3. I sold a DVD.
The listing had been on eBay for so long, I completely forgot it was even there! Someone finally bought it, though.
Slightly less clutter in my house, slightly more money in my bank account.
Of course, I reused a padded envelope I'd saved from an online purchase.
4. I finished a book the day it was due.
Library fines are quite affordable, to be sure, but I still prefer not to pay them.
Luckily, Sonia had a 1 hour appointment before our library trip, so I finished the book while I was waiting for her.
This is a pretty popular book that someone in my blogging mastermind group had recommended. It had such a long wait time when I put it on hold at the library, I almost bought a new copy (the horror!)
But patience won out in the end and I opted for the library hold copy + a long wait.
Patience comes in handy pretty frequently in the frugal life.
5. I organized my fridge.
An organized fridge is one of the most important tools in preventing food waste.
And left on my own, I am as good at maintaining an organized fridge as I am at keeping my laundry room clean.
(Which is to say, not very.)
So, I have to make a serious effort to go through and give it a quick organize every few days or I find myself in trouble!
1. While on vacation I decided to declutter. I do all the time but I wanted to get at the stuff that is often overlooked. My goal is 1 an hour. The first few days were easy, now it's been tougher to get rid of stuff. What makes it easier for me is the thought of abundance instead of scarcity. Plus when I was younger with little money I bought plenty at thrift stores. So for me donating passes the blessings on.
2. I'm restying old clothes I have. Clears out what is not used save me from buying new.
3. I was asked to repaired a jean quilt, really needs replacing. Used supplies I had.
4. I always save zippers and buttons off items being made into rags. A new idea to me was saving elastic that is still good. This happened because of having to go shopping before I finished some shorts. Then I needed cuffs for leggings and used the tops of socks(holes)that were still good.
5. Losing weight which helps me earn health points. Which save money on my insurance. Plus I'm feeling better than I have in awhile. Still have more to lose but I'm working on it.
cc - I like what you said about a mindset of abundance instead of scarcity. I have been on what I call my "summer austerity program" while I save for major plumbing repairs/upgrades. Whenever I think I don't have enough money to do what I would like to do (buy new clothes, splurge at the grocery store, go to the movies, shop for a new craft or buy a magazine, etc.) I make a list (sometimes mentally, sometimes on paper) of what I DO have - the food in the pantry, the clothes in the closet, the entertainment available for free at the library or community events and I see that really I have PLENTY. More than I can use, really. And then I feel blessed instead of deprived.
Exactly how I feel. I often use something here that I already have to fix a problem. I tell myself it's temporary and doesn't have to last. But it usually works good enough that I don't have to go shopping for a replacement.
Some great frugal stuff this week
1. Our dog food brand has a reward system. You can turn in 12 UPC codes for a free bag. Hit my free bag yesterday!
2. Was given some free dog treat samples when I picked up my free bag of dog food. Will use them to help train our one dog who stubbornly refuses to sit.
3. I used to do extreme couponing but as the deals became fewer and it took more and more time I quit. HOWEVER, there was a deal too good to pass up this week, and I have access to many many circulars. So far I scored 22 tubes of free toothpaste AND was given $5 back as I have a store rewards card that lowered the price even more. I plan to go back today to get more. I’ll keep what we can use in a year and then share the rest with a local charity organization.
4. Pet sitting this week, our son will earn some money helping.
5. Took advantage of free air at a local gas station to fill up my tires.
1. We found two wooden chairs at the Habitat for Humanity store that had been very poorly stained. The price was too good to pass up. College girl sanded both of them. One coat of primer and two coats of black paint later they will look perfect in her new apartment.
2. We found a beautiful set of dishes at the Hospice store. When we got to the cash register the manager noticed that there were coffee mugs listed on the tag that weren't with the dishes. She took five dollars off the price and when I told her we were happy to pay the full price--we didn't need mugs--she told me the discount was store policy.
3. Over a year ago we had to have our back lawn replaced thanks to grubs and skunks. The landscaper stopped by to take a look at everything a few days ago and decided a small section by the fence isn't up to his standards. (16 months later!) A crew is here this morning redoing that area at no charge! (The landscaper says a quality job is his best advertising.)
4. My health insurance has agreed to pay for a new blood sugar monitor. No more fingerpricks!
5. I turned two pairs of too short sweatpants into shorts--and eliminated one of my excuses for not working out.
1. Did the CVS thing for inexpensive toothpaste and conditioner.
2. Made lunch from leftover salad with dressing, leftover steak, and the butter lettuce I needed to use up.
3. Still trying to sell on Craigslist. I'm hoping that Katy's observation that items that generate lots of interest, eventually sell for listed price. I listed a teak table for 20-10% of list price, and still people want to pay half of that. Are they trying out of reflex?
4. Making egg muffins instead of buying. Even though the Sous Vide Bites are just sitting there, staring at me, when I accompany my coworkers to Starbucks.
5. Checked movies out from the library one county over, since mine didn't have what I wanted. Watched Gone Girl last night.
I think everyone assumes that bargaining is just automatic on used goods. But, like you, I don't factor in bargaining room when I price things.
What I did do was type in my ad PRICE FIRM. It seemed to stop the bargaining.
1. Hit a thrift store in a retirement community that has limited hours (I rarely get there.) Scored a ton of stuff for under $5. Their prices are dirt cheap. Shared/donated some of the items too!
2. Realized Lowe's was running a better sale on the washer/dryer combo we bought last month. They refund any difference for 30 days if they lower the price. Stopped by store with my receipt and was refunded $424!
3. Scored 20 pounds (yes, pounds!) of ice pops as a Friday Freebie and will drop off at food bank today (no kiddos here.)
4. Incredibly hot here so bundled chores and store trips and did early morning weekend run then hibernated in the AC.
5. Parked my car at a park, then walked into town to pay bills, do some errands. Saved on parking fees and got some exercise.
awesome #2!!!
How did you do #3!?
1. In middle of kitchen remodel. Not feeling especially frugal right now.
2. Found some old half used sonic gift cards. Loaded them into my sonic app.
3. Eating at home during remodel. We have a fridge and a grill !
4. Got two perennial plants for free from a neighbor.
5. Mixed all our grey paints with leftover white paint in big 5 gallon bucket and got a new pretty color to paint our living room.
like your #5
1. Found a free bin outside of a store and was able to score about 6 pairs of summer shorts and capris that were my size! I did have to get the moth ball smell out, but I decided a little hard work is worth it when they were free! Others may have just thrown them out due to the smell.
2. Yard sale season is in full swing here in PA. I was able to get out for a few hours on my own Saturday morning and found some clothes & shoes for both of my kids. Who can pass up $1 sneakers?
3. Somehow my June electricity bill was much lower than I expected . Shhhh don't tell anyone. I'll save what I had budgeted to help my July's HIGH bill (cause it was hot here)
4. My 3rd cousin who is very close to our family is a "junker" he used to go to many auctions and yard sales and now has way too much stuff. He is realizing he needs to start downsizing since his diagnosis of cancer. Slowly he is giving stuff away. I was gifted a large box of Barbie dolls and accessories. My daughter added those naked Barbies to her collection of already naked Barbies and I listed a few things on Ebay. (why are Barbies always naked?)
5. Random little things: Sewed my daughter's beach towel that was fraying at the edges. Set our thermostat a little higher while it was so hot out. When it feels like 110 outside, 78 doesn't feel so bad inside. Our back porch stays so hot during the summer, so I take the pool towels and wet bathing suits out there to dry on a rack. A few sales here and there on Ebay.
Maybe a cold water wash with detergent and vinegar? I find vinegar will neutralize almost any odor in clothing. I’d air drive in the sun if possible too.
Our library had fine forgiveness in June, and all I had to do was ask. They forgave almost $4 in fines. I really try to avoid fines, but it seems like all my on-hold books show up at the same time.
1. One of my coworkers and I are trying to set up an appointment for an insurance agent with the company our cancer policy is through to come to talk to us. We’ve heard they may reimburse us for some preventative screenings, even going back a few years. It may or may not work out, but we’ve got nothing to lose, and we’re both dealing with a lot of medical bills, so it’s worth the time to ask.
2. I’ve been diligently tracking my spending in the Everydollar budget app this month. I’m not great with money or with math, and we’re dealing with a lot of debt right now. I’m viewing this as a step toward getting out of debt.
3. One of our cats was recently diagnosed with asthma, and has to go on an inhaler, which is really expensive. We’ve had an asthmatic cat before, and learned that it’s much cheaper to order the medication from a pharmacy out of Canada. A few things have changed since the last time, and the process took a little longer, but it will save us hundreds of dollars, so well worth it.
4. It’s only in the 70s here today, which feels downright cool compared to the triple digits we hit over the weekend, and it’s rainy. So I put potato soup in the crock pot before I left for work this morning. We have some leftover barbeque chicken and chicken salad, so we’ll have soup and sandwiches for lunches and dinners for the next couple of days.
5. I’m waiting for the next book in the series I’m reading to be available at the library rather than buying it.
Good luck with the insurance! It takes a lot of persistence, but it can be worth it in the end.
1) We were able to avoid using the air conditioning this week (we were out of town for part of it, plus have been judiciously using the screens & fans). It's a double win, as we have solar, so we are generating lots of power, & trying not to use all of it.
2) Found $9+ this weekend, which I then cashed in at a Coinstar for an Amazon gift card. The kids will inevitably need a few things.
3) Sold a book & a necklace on eBay, earning around $70.
4) Got home late on Sunday from a flight, and we were tempted to go out. Instead, put together a creative dinner & served it with a nice wine, so it would still feel like a treat.
5) Took library books on our weekend vacation. I'm a fast reader, & a decade or so ago, used to buy books for each trip (maybe 3-4). That's a lot of money! Now, I stock up at the library & read my free books. 🙂
Sigh. At the moment, I'm trading frugality for convenience, and getting food from the hospital cafeteria daily, so not many wins. However:
1. I've got a tenant for some of the weeks that I'm on placement in another city.
2. I've sometimes assembled some weird dinners from what I have around the apartment and the local convenience store (Chocolate soy milk and popcorn! Walnuts and a banana! Instant noodles and cheetos---ok, that one was a treat and maybe a bad decision), instead of getting takeout.
3. I'm almost done my student loan applications for the coming year, and I'm fortunate to qualify for a number of federal and provincial grants.
4. My social activities this week are board game night, and then ice cream on the beach another day, so not too expensive.
5. I...hmm...well, I bought some clothes I needed on a deep sale, which was satisfying, and I was far from spending enough to get free shipping, but I didn't spend on things I didn't need to get the free shipping!
I think it is a win to keep your sanity when a hospital is involved, so if eating convenience foods helps then go for it. Weirdly, our local hospital (we have only one) has such a great cafeteria (flavor and cost) that people from outside the hospital go there to eat! Cheaper than fast food...
1.) Had a dead hard drive. Luckily it was my app install drive and music storage. Most of it was backed up but a couple things I'll have to see if I have a second copy of. Anyway, the frugal part is that I was able to find a decent deal on a replacement drive. I also came up with an elaborate solution for the future but didn't immediately jump on purchasing it.
2.) Stopped by Aldi when out visiting my grandmother and some things were cheaper there than at home so we bought them and brought them home. Luckily it was nothing perishable.
3.) Had to pay for my car insurance and home owner's insurance this month (expensive month!) but I put them on my credit card (and have since paid them off immediately so no interest) and earned some good cash back points from it.
4.) Line dried all my clothing all weekend. It's been hot and dry (though now cool and rainy today) and it saved me from having to run the dryer. The power company was asking people to not use dryers if at all possible. We also went most of the weekend without AC (just in the bedroom in the evening.)
5.) The usual, I guess. I'm making lunch at home, eating homemade bread, staying within budget on everything etc.
1. My twins needed new sneakers. I find that the Rack Room deal of buy one get one 50% off is always a good deal to fall back on. Walked into some other stores with sales at the mall, but refrained from any other shopping since I have no absolute needs.
2. Second weekend in a row visiting a free museum, this one in our hometown so no driving hassle. For a little extra fun, visited a coffee shop with the family, which is still cheaper than eating out.
3. CVS couponing for toiletries. Also found that a combined sale and store coupon for cat food was cheaper than buying the bulk package. My phone calculator always comes in handy when trying to figure these things out.
4. My friend needed mint from our garden for a dinner. She came back with leftovers in return which I enjoyed for lunch.
5. Paid off the remaining balance of a loan, yay. We have some other loan that will be paid in full soon. Can't wait to start redirecting the money into savings. I up the amount in savings with the exact amount I was paying for the loan.
One more bonus! A neighbor is moving and decluttering, and my kids got several good as new books in a series plus a board game. We have nice neighbors 🙂
1. Made a homemade card for my nephew’s birthday instead of buying one.
2. Picked and froze two more big bags of black raspberries from our yard. Also made raspberry waffles for dinner one night.
3. Packed lots of snacks for work and our outings this week so no money was spent on buying food.
4. Cut my own bangs at home to save paying the salon price. I’m getting better at it!
5. Went to lots of parks and used our zoo pass for free summer entertainment.
Since our washer died weekend before last, I knew I was going to be spending some money, and I have, but:
1. I made sure to get a washer I liked that was in stock at Lowe's, to get the veteran's spouse discount. The discount is not available on ordered items. It was also on sale, not clearance, so I got the discount on top of the sale.
2. When it rang up, I questioned the amount. Sure enough, the computer had not given the correct discount. A manager found a way to correct that, which saved me $40 more.
3. I also received the delivery (almost 60 miles each way!) free.
4. I hit up a clearance rack at a "healthier" store and got cans of cat food for one quarter to one half their normal price, organic apple cider vinegar for less than half price, and organic powdered sugar, which I'll use at the holidays, for about one third the normal price. All have expiration dates in 2020. My cat and I are both happy about it.
5. I walked through a downpour and the soles of my shoes came loose! I've glued them back on and will see if this holds them.
JD,
There's a product called ShoeGoo that works amazingly well!
1. I bought the display model of a Safety 1st car seat from Costco, but did not realize the cup holder was missing until later. The cup holder also helps keep the liner in place. I went to their website, and after an online chat a free one was on the way. They actually sent 2 so I have a spare.
2. When my husband wants things out of the way, he will dispose/give away to achieve the quickest results. I persuaded him to let me sell the old riding mower, and the first person that stopped gave me $100 for our patience. 🙂
3. Zero food waste. Another family member threw away what they thought was an empty peanut butter jar (Costco size). With what I rescued with a spatula, I made half a sandwich and my husband finished the rest with apple slices (1/8-1/4 cup I’d guess).
4. I don’t have a spot/time to hold yard sales, so I give my items to a friend on a fixed income and she sells them. I feel better knowing they have a better chance of being used than just sending them to a second-hand store. It is frugal (no cost) for me to help her in this manner, and I feel she prefers this kind of “help”.
5. We also had a (ancient) Moen faucet that needed repair. We contacted Moen and they sent a couple items free and we paid a small fee for others. Saved us the plumbing bill to replace an entire faucet.
We give our dog our "empty" peanut butter jars and she likes them clean! Not one little bit is wasted!
We do the same thing! Keeps the dogs busy and I don’t have to wash them out before recycling them. Lol
1. Saved up for our new roof which was put on at the beginning of this month. Paid the bill yesterday in full!
2. Wrote down everything we bought on vacation last year. Doing same vacation this year so now I have a realistic budget to go off of.
3. Using coconut oil for face moisturizer
4. Walked my dog
5. Found a 15 cent off/litre coupon while cleaning my desk and it expires on the 28th....win-win, clean desk AND cheap gas!
1. Got three spools of thread, silver earrings and Mamma Mia DVD for $4 at a yard sale. I need those thread colors. I polished the earrings and they look great. We watched Mamma Mia and loved it.
2. Ate cucumbers, dill and zucchini from the garden. Waiting on the tomatoes.
3. Shut off the water while soaping up my hands to save water from running for no reason.
4. Decluttered pens and pencils. Gave extras in excellent/perfect condition to local charity.
5. Made ice tea at home from tea bags.
1. Filled up my gas tank using points from the grocery store. Saved 30 cents a gallon, which for my van on empty equaled $5.10 savings.
2. Finally painting my younger son's room after thinking I needed to for the past 3 years. It was still a very "nursery" feeling yellow, and since he is now 7 it is long overdue. Doing all of the spackling, priming and painting myself. Before we went to the store, we carefully checked our painting supplies and determined we had brushes and rollers, which we had put on the list to purchase. Taking that extra time saved some $.
3. Did a deep pantry and fridge clean. Resulted in a lot of food (mostly spices) being thrown away from being looooong expired. While THAT was certainly not frugal. my belief is that an organized pantry and fridge leads to better meal planning and that is frugal!
4. While clearing things out of my son's room, some items have been set aside for the upcoming consignment sale in September. Made sure I was registered, signed up for volunteer hours as well.
5. Taking advantage of two programs for the kids this week at the library, as well as reading books from there. I believe the library is largely underutilized where I live and I appreciate all of the things offered there.
1. Returned a pair of squeegees I bought on Amazon. Who knew there was more than one type of squeegee? I needed a straight edge one. This was only a couple of dollars and in the past, I would have either kept them where they'd take up space somewhere or given them away. This time I went through the return process and shipped them back for free.
2. I like wearing perfume and didn't have a drop (didn't receive any as gifts this year). A local pharmacy was having a big sale on perfumes. I made sure I only shopped the buy one, get one free products and came away with two nice smelling bottles that should last a long time.
3. Met up with a friend for breakfast to bring her something she'd been looking for and that we finally found for her. As a thank you, she insisted on paying and I ended up only paying the tip and had a lovely time with her to boot.
4. Took people out for lunch two days this week at my company's expense. Much nicer restaurant than I would normally go to on my own if I did eat out at lunch, but well under the amount I'm allowed to expense.
5. Needed file folders because I'm reorganizing my filing system. Found some at a substantial savings off the regular price.
1) mended a couple of summer blouses, which I really need in the hot weather for work. Unfortunately the fabric ripped again in both of them, in the same place from my backpack. Very annoying as the rest of them are great quality but it’s the third repair so they will have to go to the not for work pile now.
2) we are off on holiday next week and booked airport parking instead of cabs. this will save us £70. I wish we had booked the parking earlier but a week in advance is still better than nothing.
3) my kids needed new beach shoes and my daughter a swimming costume. I used vouchers from a credit card deal plus shopped the summer sales, to get 2 pairs of high quality shoes plus the swimming costume for £19.
4) I packed snacks, lunch, drinks and amusement for the kids for a trip to visit relatives in London. This meant we didn’t buy anything other than our train tickets and we got those for a discount too. After the trip to London instead of take out I made a salad with vegetables from the fridge and garden. It was really nice to eat in the hot weather.
5) On Sunday my husband was abit ill, so I just did a little food shop locally, so he didn’t need to mind the kids too long, and then I mowed the lawns and did house chores. Luckily the kids were quite happy to play at home together or ‘help me’ with the chores. I work outside the home and find a home day a real treat. My husband is completely better now thankfully.
Thanks for the opportunity to post I have had a really busy time at work recently and was worried I was spending too much but writing this has made me thankful for the small things I have been able to contribute to running our home on a tight budget.
1. Someone abandoned a coupon for a free loaf of bread, which I was able to use on "fancy" $3.49 bread that I only buy on sale normally.
2. Had 2 gallons of milk and 2 bell peppers that were rotten/moldy <2 days after purchase - emailed customer service at the store and I should be getting a refund.
3. The landscaping company I hired earlier in the summer is coming back to add some extra mulch to an area that has spotty coverage. Should be at no cost to me.
4. Discount Tire patched my tire for free after they found a screw in the tire.
5. My cousin went through 4 paper bags worth of clothing my sister and I were planning to get rid of and she kept about 2 bags worth of stuff.
6. Remembered to take snacks on our zoo trip. Our zoo membership was a gift, so free family activity for the day.
7. Used digital coupons for a free dessert item and 2 yogurt smoothies at the grocery store.
8. Our toddler is obsessed with Spider-Man, so my husband went through some boxes in the basement and dug out several Spider-Man toys we already owned.
9. Toddler went up a shoe size. Found 2 pairs of shoes in the new size on clearance.
Nine frugal things! You win! 🙂
1. We decided this month would be a no spend month after having spent too much for a few months in a row. It's worked well and our bank accounts are looking better already!
2. The local grocery store had several very good deals this last week and our fridge was getting pretty empty since I have been recovering from tonsillectomy surgery and hubby hasn't shopped. I used many of those awesome deals at the store and saved 48% over their regular prices!
3. Since I'm recovered pretty well at this point from the surgery we put our thermostat back to it's usual settings (I needed it to be cooler than normal in the house for about a week).
4. We've been cooking from our freezer rather than eating out or buying convenience foods even with my needing to eat soft foods. I prepped some foods before the surgery so we were good.
5. I checked books out from the library instead of buying them. Usually I'd just purchase books I want to read but I know that's not very frugal and when our local library had the books I wanted on the shelves and available I got them there! I did have to renew a couple of them before their due date but it was great to use the library!
I've gotten some pretty frugal things lately, that have made my life so much easier.....
1) I need surgery and will have to go out of state to get it. I got the flight and hotel (3 days) for free using rewards points. Savings- $600
2) I'll be using the super shuttle to transport me to/from the airport during this time. That costs $98 round trip. Way better than a cab. Savings- $300
3) Got a police report for free (It's a long story on why I needed one in the first place).
Savings- $10
4) Our youngest child won a $2,500 college scholarship the other day. It came from a group that gives them out to about 350 students a year and it's nationwide. I don't know how many people applied for it but it is a blessing. Savings- $2,500
5) I talked oldest child out of buying a car. Even a used one is a pretty penny. Savings- $26,000
1. I've been "shopping" from our freezer for meal planning & freezing things about to go bad much faster than before. It's been awesome to start to get the hang of this--less food loss!
2. Bought a bunch of organic Annie's Mac for 75 cents/box.
3. I've been watching gas prices more & trying to buy when low.
4. Waited to buy beeswax cloths I discovered out of state on vacation (to top Pyrex, etc.) until found I them on sale elsewhere & had a coupon & had a gift card!
5. I cook/make 95% of our meals at home. This saves us so much money & generally leads to us eating real foods. This does not save us on the amount of dishes we go through cooking/eating:)
Wow - that's an impressive week.
would you be willing to share what scholarship it was? my daughter is a senior in high school this year, and would love for her to apply! 🙂
1) Doing really well with zero food waste. I've come up with some out of the box combos that I would have missed if I wasn't watching the details. Nice surprise.
2) I got one of those Prime Day gift cards for the extra $5. Well, the $5 wasn't applied to my order as it should have been. I contacted customer service and asked why. They didn't know and offered me a $10 credit.
3) I have some stainless steel water bottles with broken or leaky lids. I went back to the company to see if I could buy replacement lids. They've discontinued the water bottle... maybe because of the lids!... and responded to me about a warranty claim. They're sending me something. I don't know what. (They didn't respond when I asked.) I'd be tickled with some new lids, but it may be new water bottles.
4) Trying to sell some excess homeschool books.
5) I got a bunch of full sized toothpaste for free (sale + store coupon) and will likely donate them after I get some toothbrushes.
#5 I’ve scored a ton of free toothpaste this week. I stopped extreme couponing a while ago but this deal was too good to pass up. I was able to score bundles of the coupon newspaper inserts. So far I have about 40 tubes of free toothpaste. Crazy thing is that because I have a gold rewards card I’m actually getting money back in the deal. So I think I made $18 cash on top of the free toothpaste. I’m gong back today to get more. I plan to donate the toothpaste to our church for their school backpack give away.
They sent two new bottles. I also noticed there's a new listing for replacement lids on Amazon.
One Frugal Save: I asked a service provider, by email, for a discount. I received a quick response that all late fees will be waived, resulting in a savings of $227.00 on a $1,127.00 invoice.
Full back story if anyone is interested: During the school year, my son was enrolled in his school's aftercare program which costs $300 per month (reasonable charge in my area). The program also charges $3 per minute for every minute you are late for pick-up after 6 PM (a bit unreasonable, but it is a deterrent policy). Due to temporary schedule conflicts, we picked up my son 10 minutes late over the course of 7 days in one month, resulting in $227.00 in late fees.
Special thanks to the Frugal Girl: I was all set to pay the full amount. I read this post and decided to send a quick email to the school asking for a discount. They offered to waive the late fees. I am so happy I asked!
Yay! I'm so glad you were brave enough to ask, and that the answer was yes.
Money Saving Mom's Matstermind?
Nope, this one is made up mostly of FIRE bloggers (Financial Independence, Retire Early).
Oh, Crystal definitely fits that. 😉
I'm glad you're in a group though. Other bloggers should learn from your awesome-sauce.
It's true that she herself might fit that description...but it's not what she blogs about. Quite a few people in this group blog specifically about FIRE, so that's why I'm a little bit of an anomaly in the group!
And thank you for your kind words. 🙂
1. Our 1st home sold last week. We made $56,000 on the sale, plus what we had already paid on the mortgage. We purchased a home that was significantly cheaper than our first one. What we made we will out on our current mortgage. Therefore, we plan to be mortgage free in about 3 years!
2. We moved into our new house last week. We rented a large truck for 2 days. When we found out we could save the cost of the 2nd day's rental if we returned the truck by 8 AM, we were determined. We ended up saving $80 by returning it early. The moving boxes we got for free and we did not hire movers. So, total cost of the move was $130. Not bad!
3. Got a beautiful comforter and sheet set from my sister for free. It was used less than 10 times. Put it on my son's bed in his new room. Used my son's previous duvet cover for our bed.
4. Took my son's lamp from his bedroom to use in our new living room. He was mad and asked for another lamp. Found a cool lamp in the shape of the moon for $3 at a garage sale.
5. We wanted a piece of art for above our new fireplace. We decide to purchase a canvas and paints and let our kids made a piece of art. It cost $20 and came out great.
Your first one! Yay!! What a huge win.
Cheryl- If there is a family member that works for Kroger/King Soopers, she can apply to the scholarship. Look at their website. Also try thekrazycouponlady.com as she has lots of unusual scholarships to apply to. I'll be honest and say the college itself has many scholarships that your daughter may automatically be entered into when she applies to the school. The colleges also have their own scholarship page that lists all of them. Best wishes on winning!