Let's see what actions of note we preformed to stay frugal this past week other than the usual..........
* We finally decided on "the" buffet for the dining room. I like this one as it's "me" style wise(yes, I am such a style icon lolz), it doesn't overwhelm the room and if in our retirement house we don't have a dining room per se the we can use it in a living room or other spot in the home. It's a great storage piece.
I bought it online so it was cheaper and within the budget I set. I also found a coupon code and went through a cash back site so got a few dollars in kickback money.
* The payment for selling those free to me TRU gift cards arrived and I cashed it in and added this to my money stash.
* I received some Weis(PMITA)Markets coupons in the mail. Inside the cover was an offer for 10% off when you buy a $50 or $100 Visa/Mastercard Debit Gift Card.
So, depending on the purchase fee on these(and there is ALWAYS a purchase fee on these unlike a store branded gift card), if I buy a $100 Gift Card it ends up being a 7% or 5% offer.
If fee is $4.95 I pay $94.95 for a $100 card and if the fee is $2.95 I pay $92.95 for a $100 card.
So $5 or $7 free if I spend it all before they access a monthly $3 fee after 30 days. No problem spending $100 in 1 month between groceries and prescriptions.
* I sold 6 of 8 items I listed on eBay last week. That's $150 in my pocket before all those Paypal/eBay/shipping fees. 8-(
* I bought a pint of "high protein/less sugar" ice cream called Enlightened this week. It was $4.99 but after receiving a $4 Ibotta rebate and using a $1/1 Q from the Fall/Winter Weis Coupon book I got paid .01¢ to bring it home. I'll let you know if it's as tasty as regular ice cream. 8-)))
* I finally was able to exchange some of the size 5 diapers I got in Oct. as part of that Huggies/TRU gift card deal so I can sell them. (Size 5s don't sell easily like the smaller sizes do.) With that TRU deal in October all the Rite-Aids ran out of every size but 5's and have been slow to restock so it's taking time to get the right sizes. I just keep receipts and a bag of diapers in my car and anytime I have to go in I just check if they have gotten any diapers in. lolz
I will probably just put the exchanged diapers out in the garage until the Holidays are over and get around to selling them on the local tag sale site in the Spring. I don't "need" the cash now but a garage full of diapers is as good as money in the bank. lolz
Here's hoping y'all had some frugal wins this past week!
Tell us about any really good ones.
Sluggy
* We finally decided on "the" buffet for the dining room. I like this one as it's "me" style wise(yes, I am such a style icon lolz), it doesn't overwhelm the room and if in our retirement house we don't have a dining room per se the we can use it in a living room or other spot in the home. It's a great storage piece.
I bought it online so it was cheaper and within the budget I set. I also found a coupon code and went through a cash back site so got a few dollars in kickback money.
* The payment for selling those free to me TRU gift cards arrived and I cashed it in and added this to my money stash.
* I received some Weis(PMITA)Markets coupons in the mail. Inside the cover was an offer for 10% off when you buy a $50 or $100 Visa/Mastercard Debit Gift Card.
So, depending on the purchase fee on these(and there is ALWAYS a purchase fee on these unlike a store branded gift card), if I buy a $100 Gift Card it ends up being a 7% or 5% offer.
If fee is $4.95 I pay $94.95 for a $100 card and if the fee is $2.95 I pay $92.95 for a $100 card.
So $5 or $7 free if I spend it all before they access a monthly $3 fee after 30 days. No problem spending $100 in 1 month between groceries and prescriptions.
* I sold 6 of 8 items I listed on eBay last week. That's $150 in my pocket before all those Paypal/eBay/shipping fees. 8-(
* I bought a pint of "high protein/less sugar" ice cream called Enlightened this week. It was $4.99 but after receiving a $4 Ibotta rebate and using a $1/1 Q from the Fall/Winter Weis Coupon book I got paid .01¢ to bring it home. I'll let you know if it's as tasty as regular ice cream. 8-)))
* I finally was able to exchange some of the size 5 diapers I got in Oct. as part of that Huggies/TRU gift card deal so I can sell them. (Size 5s don't sell easily like the smaller sizes do.) With that TRU deal in October all the Rite-Aids ran out of every size but 5's and have been slow to restock so it's taking time to get the right sizes. I just keep receipts and a bag of diapers in my car and anytime I have to go in I just check if they have gotten any diapers in. lolz
I will probably just put the exchanged diapers out in the garage until the Holidays are over and get around to selling them on the local tag sale site in the Spring. I don't "need" the cash now but a garage full of diapers is as good as money in the bank. lolz
Here's hoping y'all had some frugal wins this past week!
Tell us about any really good ones.
Sluggy
Great frugal wins! My fun frugal moment was realizing I had enough points expiring from a hotel chain I rarely use (work travel) that I could convert them to a $10 Starbucks card. I'll put that in the gift pile for the holidays.
ReplyDeleteGood job on those ebay sales!!!!
ReplyDeleteand that buffet is REALLY nice... good choice!
Diapers are white gold, lol. I am auctioning a bunch of stuff off this weekend on our facebook bidding site, wish me luck
ReplyDeleteYou win again!
ReplyDeleteI got 60% off vouchers for take and bake pizza and chicken meals which will come in handy the next 6 weeks. $31 for 4 large pizza vouchers and 2 8 piece chicken meals through local radio shopping show.
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