Another Vacation Themed Frugal Friday post today....rah!
Here's what's been going on on the frugality front this past week............
* While visiting Fort Sumter was NOT very frugal($23 each for the boat ride over but the tour of the Fort was free)I resisted buying souvenir crap for the most part.
I had Hubs take this photo of me with the tiny Confederate flag they were selling(only 1 of 2 CSA things they were hawking there)but didn't buy one. I did cave and buy a Xmas ornie however........
* The local place we wanted to go for lunch was just a clusterf**k of people so we got back on the road and saw a billboard and went to a cafeteria style restaurant instead.
Really good "real" food, really good prices and attentive waitstaff. Even better we got an Early Bird Senior discount on the meal. Score!
* We visited a distillery($6 tastings are pretty frugal)and then a really big tree on Saturday..........
The iconic tree and park were free and we only bought a Xmas ornie in the gift shop there.
* Again, the place we selected for a late lunch on that day had a line(it was a Saturday)so we found another place nearby on the phone and it turned out to be excellent!(Well except for the loudmouth hipsters at the table next to us but that's a story for another time.)
I noticed on their chalkboard by the register that if you liked them on Facebook you got a 10% discount on your bill.
Hey!, a $3.48 discount is a win in my book! lolz
* Speaking of Hubs.....when we got to Charleston SC it was much warmer than they had forecast but Hubs had only brought 1 short sleeved shirt with him(and had already worn it).
On Friday after we got into Charleston hubs and I went up to a local Goodwill store and he bought 3 short sleeved shirts for $14+ tax.
Here's one of the shirts that got a workout in Charleston. Much cheaper than going to Walmart even and buying them new.
* Stopped on the way outta SC to see Hubs siblings and did NOT pay for their drinks!
* Stopped in Rockingham NC later for "linner". Again the place we chose didn't work out so we went next door to Captain D's. They had a Sunday special of TWO Family Style Dinners for $7.99 total, so that's what we got.
I found another penny in their parking lot(no photo).
* Got to the motel in NC to discover they had an indoor pool so we went swimming.
Found this in the pool.........
.85¢ IN the pool. lolz
So I'm up .86¢ in found money for this week.
* The next day we went to do a free thing...........
* While walking around to look at monuments that day I found a dime!
* On Tuesday we hit another free historical site............
* We were finished staying in motels as of Wednesday. Besides the discounts I got through Hotels dotcom app, using a discounted Hotels docom gift card to pay for the Myrtle Beach stay, and $4.05 earned back on Ibotta for that stay as well, I am awaiting a cash rebate on the one stay I made through Booking dotcom to credit to my c/c and am awaiting $39.94 more cash back on Ibotta.
* On Wednesday evening my brother and his wife took us out to a fancy pants dinner..........
Wednesday at this place the Prime Rib dinner is half off so we all got that, of course! They had one cut of steak priced at $55 on the menu. Well, you KNOW I didn't get that. lolz Have you ever spent that kind of money on a piece of meat? I bet it was tender and almost melted in your mouth but still, that $55(plus tip)could buy a whole mess of groceries..........
* Afterwards we went to Dairy Queen down the road for a First Day of Spring Free small cone............
* My brother found a penny in the DQ parking lot and gave it to me so it counts as mine!lol
* Then we hit a second DQ for another free cone.........
I changed it up by getting chocolate this time. ;-)
* Hubs and I went to lunch of Thursday at Chili's.
We used a gift card bought last year so nothing spent this year OOP for that lunch and some more gift card script got used up.
* We hit a few Rite-Aids and I got some more free fig newton cookies(Checkout51), some free Cover Girl mascaras and free Russel Stover chocolate eggs. After Ibotta rebate the 3 pack of Kleenex I bought was free as well. If I can find a R-A with enough clearance CG mascaras on the way home I'll pick up those and 2 tubes of Colgate toothpaste for free as well.
I also found a whole shelf of 50% off wine and am bringing this bad boy home........
5 liters of wine for $8.49 plus tax.
* I found another penny on my brother's walkway when we got home.........
That makes .96¢ found this week. Thank you Change Fairy! 8-)))
Ok, that's about it for us this week. I hope everyone had a good week.
So what frugal wins did y'all have this past week?
Sluggy
Here's what's been going on on the frugality front this past week............
* While visiting Fort Sumter was NOT very frugal($23 each for the boat ride over but the tour of the Fort was free)I resisted buying souvenir crap for the most part.
I had Hubs take this photo of me with the tiny Confederate flag they were selling(only 1 of 2 CSA things they were hawking there)but didn't buy one. I did cave and buy a Xmas ornie however........
* The local place we wanted to go for lunch was just a clusterf**k of people so we got back on the road and saw a billboard and went to a cafeteria style restaurant instead.
Really good "real" food, really good prices and attentive waitstaff. Even better we got an Early Bird Senior discount on the meal. Score!
* We visited a distillery($6 tastings are pretty frugal)and then a really big tree on Saturday..........
The iconic tree and park were free and we only bought a Xmas ornie in the gift shop there.
* Again, the place we selected for a late lunch on that day had a line(it was a Saturday)so we found another place nearby on the phone and it turned out to be excellent!(Well except for the loudmouth hipsters at the table next to us but that's a story for another time.)
I noticed on their chalkboard by the register that if you liked them on Facebook you got a 10% discount on your bill.
Hey!, a $3.48 discount is a win in my book! lolz
* Speaking of Hubs.....when we got to Charleston SC it was much warmer than they had forecast but Hubs had only brought 1 short sleeved shirt with him(and had already worn it).
On Friday after we got into Charleston hubs and I went up to a local Goodwill store and he bought 3 short sleeved shirts for $14+ tax.
Here's one of the shirts that got a workout in Charleston. Much cheaper than going to Walmart even and buying them new.
* Stopped on the way outta SC to see Hubs siblings and did NOT pay for their drinks!
* Stopped in Rockingham NC later for "linner". Again the place we chose didn't work out so we went next door to Captain D's. They had a Sunday special of TWO Family Style Dinners for $7.99 total, so that's what we got.
I found another penny in their parking lot(no photo).
* Got to the motel in NC to discover they had an indoor pool so we went swimming.
Found this in the pool.........
So I'm up .86¢ in found money for this week.
* The next day we went to do a free thing...........
* While walking around to look at monuments that day I found a dime!
* On Tuesday we hit another free historical site............
* We were finished staying in motels as of Wednesday. Besides the discounts I got through Hotels dotcom app, using a discounted Hotels docom gift card to pay for the Myrtle Beach stay, and $4.05 earned back on Ibotta for that stay as well, I am awaiting a cash rebate on the one stay I made through Booking dotcom to credit to my c/c and am awaiting $39.94 more cash back on Ibotta.
* On Wednesday evening my brother and his wife took us out to a fancy pants dinner..........
Wednesday at this place the Prime Rib dinner is half off so we all got that, of course! They had one cut of steak priced at $55 on the menu. Well, you KNOW I didn't get that. lolz Have you ever spent that kind of money on a piece of meat? I bet it was tender and almost melted in your mouth but still, that $55(plus tip)could buy a whole mess of groceries..........
* Afterwards we went to Dairy Queen down the road for a First Day of Spring Free small cone............
* My brother found a penny in the DQ parking lot and gave it to me so it counts as mine!lol
* Then we hit a second DQ for another free cone.........
I changed it up by getting chocolate this time. ;-)
* Hubs and I went to lunch of Thursday at Chili's.
We used a gift card bought last year so nothing spent this year OOP for that lunch and some more gift card script got used up.
* We hit a few Rite-Aids and I got some more free fig newton cookies(Checkout51), some free Cover Girl mascaras and free Russel Stover chocolate eggs. After Ibotta rebate the 3 pack of Kleenex I bought was free as well. If I can find a R-A with enough clearance CG mascaras on the way home I'll pick up those and 2 tubes of Colgate toothpaste for free as well.
I also found a whole shelf of 50% off wine and am bringing this bad boy home........
* I found another penny on my brother's walkway when we got home.........
That makes .96¢ found this week. Thank you Change Fairy! 8-)))
Ok, that's about it for us this week. I hope everyone had a good week.
So what frugal wins did y'all have this past week?
Sluggy
