The Frugal Five: #47

With inflation on the rise and our salaries not being able to keep up, it seems like we have taken a pay cut and must be more careful with our money. The Frugal Five is a series where we celebrate the daily or weekly activities that help us live a frugal life.

This week I focused on food-gathering ideas and savings. Grocery Budgets are stretched to unknown limits, so any free food is delicious. This week I was able to find several opportunities to pick up some free food/treat items and I am so grateful.

1- Free Food

I made a point this week to use the store coupons before they expired which allowed me to pick up a Silk Almond Milk, Pepsi Sugar Free and 2 cans of baked beans. In addition, IBOTTA had a few offers which when combined with coupons made 2 Core Bars free. I also had a Register Reward that was about to expire, so I used it to purchase 2 bags of Twizzlers. When I combined the coupon, Register Rewards and Walgreens Cash, the cost was $0.00.

2- Community BBQ at Work

This week was our annual School BBQ where the PTO provides the meat for the BBQ. Each person can volunteer to bring a dish to share. I voilunteered to bring Baked Beans and since I was able to pick up several cans of free Baked Beans and only needed to add another can, my contribution was under $5.00. It was delicious and a nice break from having to pack my lunch.

3- PTO Snack Cart

Our PTO hosted a snack cart for the teachers this week. I selected a Diet Coke, bag of chips and a candy bar as my snack. It was a nice treat during the week and I am grateful for the PTO’s kindness and generosity.

4- Lunch and Snack Bag

Our family went to check out a church last Sunday and was invited to stay for lunch. We were treated to pizza, salad, chips and a drink. It was a nice treat and we were grateful for the hospitality. In addition, they sent us home with a welcome back which had popcorn and water in it.

5- Harvested Re-grown Vegetables

The other week, I placed my green onion ends in water and waited for them to regrow their green stems. This week I harvested them to add to my baked potatoes for my lunches. The green onion stems elevated my lunches each day and the cost to my budget→ $0.00.

Do you want to see what we did last week?

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Please leave a comment below with your ways of saving money this week.

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