From a lowered electric bill to a passel of pizza, it’s been a pretty frugal week so far! Here are some of my top frugality wins.
1. Our electric bill is lower than a year ago!
This was definitely the biggest frugal win of the week/month: Our electric bill came in the mail this week and I was delighted to find that our electricity usage for last month was a good hundred-plus kilowatt hours lower than in April 2023. LeeLee and I have been working very hard this month to keep lights off when not in use and, most importantly, our HVAC thermostat at a higher temperature, and our hard work has paid off! We’re thrilled by this and hope it can continue for May.
2. I got a free expedited shipping code on running shoes I needed to buy anyway.
Now, these shoes – Hokas – are decidedly NOT cheap, but they’re what my ol’ bones need at this point in my life, so anything I can do to get them for slightly cheaper is a win in my book. I was hoping to get them before the weekend but certainly wasn’t willing to pay $20 for expedited shipping, so I was thrilled to find a free-expedited-shipping promo code on the site!
3. We got a BOGO coffee deal (of GOOD coffee!) at the grocery store.
I make a habit of trolling the 50%-off bins at both the Safeway and the Harris Teeter whenever I visit them, and while usually I come away empty-handed, sometimes they yield great rewards. This time, I left with $28 of good coffee for $14; a win for our coffee-guzzling household!
4. We’ve been using our “weekend leftover” plan with great success.
Remember how I wrote about our new “Leftover Revolution” the other week? Well, it’s still going strong! This week we enjoyed spaghetti pie (left over from Friday night) and chik’n divan (originally made on Saturday), plus plenty of leftover sandwich fixings for lunches. What a joy! But the best leftovers are yet to come, with …
5. Free pizza from work!
I went into the office today – a rarity for me nowadays, but today several of my remote-working friends were in town – and the office operations team hosted a pizza lunch. An hour or so after the dust had settled and everyone had had their fill, I sauntered back through the kitchen and brought home a few more pieces for LeeLee and me to enjoy tomorrow for lunch. I carried them home by bike in a little to-go container, which I tucked into my backpack for safekeeping. ;)
What have been some of your frugal wins (or sins!) this week? Sound off in the comments!
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