Frugal Friday 11/15/24

 

Not exactly frugal, but I wanted to say Thank you to Belinda for sharing about the Softsoap she purchased. I'm not using mine as gifts, so (geek that I am) crunched the numbers on whether the small bottles or the big refill bottle cost less per ounce. The big bottle was the clear winner (Ibotta added a rebate for it after I already purchased mine & it was too late to submit my receipt). This bottle will last a whole year by using my foaming soap dispenser.  I absolutely love mint flavored things and this scent smells yummy. A few frugal things I did recently.

• Had an abundance of apples, so I decided to make apple muffins again. 
  
  
• Added more cereal 'crumbs' (the crushed parts that's usually at the bottom of the box) to my ziploc bag. I have a muffin recipe that requires crushed Bran Flakes, so I just add the crumbs to my stash every time I open a box of cereal then add it to my baking. 
  
  
• Used face scrub on my heels in the shower. The scrub works great and I just soften/moisturise the heels with Vaseline afterwards. I guess I created my own hack 😂 I had a pumice stone with brush that broke years ago and I never bothered to replace it. Good thing, cause I have lots of face scrub to use 😂
  
  
• Received some items I ordered in large poly bags, so I used the bags in my office trash can (it's a 13 gallon bin/trash can), which saves me money on trash bags. 
  
  
• Kohls had a BF sale last week, so I bought myself a spare coat for $50. Paid with earned gc (so free coat) and earned $15 Kohls cash. I still need to submit a ticket to Swagbucks, because I noticed that my cash back isn't pending. I normally use Rakuten, but Swagbucks had 6% cash back vs 1% at Rakuten. 
  
  
• Received 10 rewards for my birthday thus far. Hooray for more free money! 
  
  
• My CC once again had 15% discount on select gcs, so I used my points to get a BBW gc. I will use that during their semi annual sale (which is about the only time I shop there, unless they send me Qs for free items). I need to write a post about these discounted gcs. 
  
  
• Received a $15 Eddie Bauer Q. I wasn't planning on using it, because I didn't want to pay shipping. Then I found some good t-shirts for DS on clearance (they had extra 60% off clearance), so I decided to just order his items, pay shipping and score myself 2 free t-shirts (with Q) too. 
  
  I tell ya, retailers love me. They keep sending me free money. As long as they're offering free shipping, I'm shopping 😂🛍
  
  
• Replaced lots of HBA items (shampoo, deodorant, body wash, moisturiser) from my stockpile. I love being able to just grab items from my stockpile any time we run out. 

I know there's more, but that's all I can remember now. 

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!