First Frugal Friday of January 2024

My Frugal Week
I received good news from the eye Dr on Tuesday! The swelling/bleeding in my right eye is completely gone on this new medicine! So, even though I did have one more injection in that eye, I won’t need another one! He will only have to treat the left eye, which is also very improved! I was thrilled! 
We have a stray cat who is very mean, eating our cat food, fighting with our cats, and making loud cat noises while sitting under our cars and comes every day to torment. 
We have been wanting a trapping cage for a while, so I looked on Facebook Marketplace and found one for $20, offered the seller $15, and he accepted. We brought it home and set it up that night and this is what we caught the first day. 

Following a hilarious discussion on our local Facebook group, a sweet lady came to get him and relocate him to where she lives, and I had multiple offers of areas to relocate him. The next night I caught another one. Ugh! I think I'll be catching more possum than annoying cats. But, we did catch the mean cat and a dear friend relocated him as well. 
Now that my Dad has passed away we have the honor of going through his possessions and figuring out the next stage. My brother, sister and nieces are coming in from Illinois & Michigan next weekend to help. 

One of the items he had was an Emeril Lagasse French Door Air Fryer like the one pictured above. It is also a convection oven, grill, and dehydrator. Dad would have wanted me to have this, so it is now in my kitchen and I will think of him often when I use it. 
I was getting Dad's mail while he was in the hospital and kept it in my bedroom for when he came home. Included were two packages, so after he passed, I opened them and included was a package of laundry sheets, which he had been telling me about recently. So, we kept these to use in our own laundry. 

Also included was this new pair of gloves. I knew he needed gloves and bought him a pair recently, so I will keep these for myself and take the ones I got him and the ones I bought for myself at the thrift store last month and donate them on Trade Day. 

I was running low on toothpaste and in the last few years made the switch back to basic Crest paste toothpaste. I buy the tubes at Walmart and the single tube is $1.96, but you can get a package of three for $4.96, which saves $1 over the single tubes. 
I came home with the new tubes and although it's tempting to open a new tube, I will try and get all I can out of my last tube, so far I've gotten five more uses out of it. 
My Pioneer Woman Skillet was showing its age recently and I casually mentioned to Bailey that would be a good Christmas gift for me next year. She goes into a tall cabinet that only she can reach and pulls out a brand new skillet in the box, which we picked up at a yard sale and I had forgotten about. LOL How neat is that? 
On Tuesday after the eye Dr, we stopped at Red Lobster and had lunch using the gift card from my Dad. We also stopped for our free Firehouse Subs, which will be lunches for the next three days, went to PetSmart for cat food, and went to the thrift store. 

I picked up a monthly dry erase/bulletin board for $1.99, which I am going to use for my monthly menu. I also picked up three new to me dish cloth/hand towels for 99 cents each, which will replace some very thin ones. I also picked up a set of three Anchor Hocking glass nesting bowls with lids for $3.99.

Swaggerty's sent me a flyer with recipes and coupons in the mail this week. There is a page full of coupons with enough to to share with friends and family. So, if you didn't sign up when I mentioned it a few weeks ago, be sure to sign up now if you'd like some coupons. 
Finally, I rolled up a towel to put on the window sill in my bedroom as the condensation on the windows can be harmful to the wooden window sill.
Freebies & Photo of the Week

These are free items we picked up at Trade Day on Sunday. We brought three bags of items with us to donate and they were gone by the time we left. In the photo are four potatoes, one tomato, two onions, one can of diced tomatoes, three packages of hot chocolate mix, two cans of pork and beans, one bottle of Pampered Spice ranch seasoning, and four packs of cranberries all for free. 
Thanks to Linda over at Practical Parsimony for posting this, you can get a free scoop of Classic Carol chicken salad at any Chicken Salad Chick location on January 18, 2024 for customer appreciation day. 
Savings of the Week

I had an errand to run in Publix and found these two packages of Hurst's BBQ Style Cowboy Beans on the clearance rack price at two for $3.09. We love Hurst's Beans and especially their HamBeens 15 Bean Soup beans in the plain, but especially the cajun flavor. We like to use those to make Pizza Beans, which are delicious. 
Saving Money YouTube Videos
Save $140 Dollars on Groceries This Month ~ Demonstrates how to save money crossing items off your grocery list using a five pound bag of flour. 
What I've been Reading This Week
The Legacy of Home ~ Reducing Expenses

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