January Frugals

[rosarugosa]

Early: That is very exciting about your impending mortgage payoff!

[Yppej]

I went to the library and checked out 10 books. While not free this service is covered by taxes I have to pay anyway.

[JaneV2.0]

I went to the library and checked out 10 books. While not free this service is covered by taxes I have to pay anyway.

And for once, you get your money's worth. I couldn't love my library system more.

[Gardnr]

We're on vacation. Today is day 4. We've bought groceries to cook-in at the cabin. Our only expense so far. Oh wait, I needed 1 yard of fabric to finish a quilt-$11.25. Now that's it! Not that groceries are cheap in a small mountain town where everything comes in by big rig. I paid $7.99/lb for grass fed ground beef.

But....I'm on vacation so it doesn't matter.................right?

[SteveinMN]

But....I'm on vacation so it doesn't matter.................right?

Sometimes you don't get that much of a choice on the terms of the sale. And vacation is hard-earned; with what you've spent already, what's another few dollars? I've seen much significantly higher prices than $7.99/lb for grass-fed ground beef in local stores, so it doesn't sound like you've been throwing away money by the bucketload.

[Tradd]

I went through my diving gear and weeded out some things that didn't fit well (drysuit undies), a backup computer I don't use, and a few other small bits. I posted them on 2 FB diving gear sell groups. 3 items worth $275 sold very quickly! I have someone I know maybe interested in a $100 item. She knows I was posting it. That was very nice things sold so quickly.

[lmerullo]

Son-in-law and grandson both race at the dragstrip. With admission and parking it would be about $100 for myself and hubby. And that doesn't include food - and it started at 9 am, so arrival is around 730-8 am. Racing continued well past 8 pm. It's a long day! Well, since it was a special event, they were live streaming video - so hubby and I stayed home and watched on tv. I was able to handle some chores, hubby sat in front of the tv ALL day. He actually said he preferred it - you could see every race and hear all the announcers had to say. I call that a frugal win!

[Tradd]

Hah! That's great! I just sold another $45 item!

I've saved so much money by eating at home/taking lunch to work, it's incredible. My grocery bill has stabilized at about $50 a week, but I pretty much eat the same thing.

Breakfast is a bagel from the grocery store - the ones in a bag in the bread aisle.

Lunch is a lunchmeat sandwich or PB and banana, with Chobani black cherry yogurt, a cut up Granny Smith apple or two. Snacks are pretzels or banana (if I didn't have it on sandwich).

I have a travel mug I drink a ton of hot tea from at work (I bring tea bags) and water in a reusable container I fill.

Dinner is soup or pasta. I drink milk or hot tea at home, some water.

[Yppej]

I spend about $50 a week on food also, but also buy some nonfood items at the supermarket.

[Tradd]

I do most of my shopping at Walmart, but the non-food items I budget for separately. Yesterday it was $14 for allergy meds, $7 face moisturizer, $4 Burt's Bees lip balm, $5 toilet paper.