
From bulk groceries to free coffee to free keychains (!) and more, it’s been a varied couple of weeks on the frugality front! Here’s what we’ve been up to.
1. We joined Costco!
This one was a long time coming – I’ve been a shareholder for years! – but we finally became Costco members this month. I’d been wanting to for a long while, but never made it a priority. Now that they’ve doubled down on their diversity and inclusion work, though, I felt it was the perfect time to join the ranks. And so far, so good; I’ve brought home all manner of bread, bananas, ground coffee, $8 wine and more, saving a lot in the process so far.
2. I redeemed my free Starbucks coffee after the Super Bowl (and got upgraded to a grande!).
I was so pleased when, on Super Bowl Sunday, I received a notification via the Starbucks app saying that a tall coffee was on them the next morning. Sure enough, when I made my way to my local shop on Monday, redeeming the offer was a breeze. Even better: As she made my coffee, my barista said, “I went ahead and put this in a grande cup for you. Is that OK?” Why, yes, yes it was most certainly OK! What a great way to start the week!
3. I scanned many receipts into Fetch (including some that weren’t ours).
I’ve tried to be pretty faithful about scanning all of my grocery receipts into Fetch. Every so often I miss one, but I try to keep up with it! Although the points payoff for each individual receipt isn’t much, the effort is minimal, and we’ve decided to earmark our points savings for a Starbucks gift card to treat ourselves to coffee during our summer vacation. (We LOVE riding our bikes to Starbucks in the mornings at the beach – it’s one of life’s little pleasures!) It’s a fun little goal and keeps us motivated. Twice this past week, both LeeLee and I even “rescued” left-behind receipts that weren’t ours and scanned those too! No receipt is safe!
4. The “Free Keychain Library” came through for me!
Our neighborhood now has a “Free Keychain Library” (pictured above), and this week I made use of it after having a spare key made for our neighbors! I love our neighborhood for many reasons, but this is a new one. :)
5. As usual, the Leftover Revolution continues.
Nothing new here: We’ve been keeping up the Leftover Revolution day after day and week after week! This week so far we’ve enjoyed leftovers of mushroom tetrazzini and veggie “steak” and ale pie – so we’re not suffering in this endeavour!
What have y’all been up to in the frugal department this week? Let’s hear it in the comments!
:)