Second Frugal Friday of June 2026

 

Welcome to Frugal Friday
Each Friday here at Frugal Workshop, I love sharing the frugal wins, quiet savings, and simple strategies that helped us stretch our budget over the past seven days. It’s a gentle look back at the small things that make a big difference. 
My Frugal Week
Bailey are I are both tutoring this summer. Bailey is tutoring on Thursdays and I’m tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That will be some extra income for both of us this summer. 
Cell Phone Service
This week I switched my cell phone provider from Verizon to Visible. Verizon charged me $72.16 per month and we went with them for years because it was the only carrier that worked in our rural area. But, that is no longer true and other carriers offer more affordable rates.
My new cell phone rate will be $25 per month, which is a savings of $47.16 per month and an annual savings of $565.92. I'm just thrilled to save this kind of money every month. 
If you're interested in switching carriers and want to save $20, please use my referral code to sign up: 69HPQ9B
The Great Cleanup

What you're looking at above is a trailer load full of trash and a pickup bed full of metal to be recycled. There are over 600 pounds of trash in the trailer and over 300 pounds of metal that was recycled. 
I made a deal with our garbage man and we are bartering his services for a freezer, lawn mowing, some home repairs, free garbage service, and some odd and end jobs around here in exchange for some of my Dad's machinery downstairs. 
It's a win-win situation!
My siblings were willing to let all the machinery go with the house, but I wasn't, so I struck up a deal with him and we're both very happy about it and his wife is especially thrilled. 
We got so much done downstairs that even I am surprised! All the cabinets are now empty and even though there is still machinery down there and at least one more load of metal to go to the scrap yard, the majority of the non-useful items are gone and the floor has been swept as clean as a machine shop can be swept clean. 

Best of all was that I got in over 17,000 steps that day! 
Yard Sale Friday & Saturday
Wow! We had a terrific yard sale weekend! 

One of my better deals was these two packages of Seventh Generation laundry pods priced at $1.00 each.  These sell for $24.30 on the Amazon website. 

These are K-Swiss shoes that are leather and sell for $69.95 on Amazon. The seller had two pairs of these in brand new condition, which fit both Bailey and I and they were asking $20 for both pairs, but they accepted my offer of $30 for both pairs of shoes. 
These are just a few things we picked up at yard sales. We went to a big church yard sale on Thursday and spent a couple of hours there. I’ll include some of the items I got at that sale next week. 
Health Update
I went to the retina specialist on Tuesday for injections in both eyes. And saw my dermatologist on Wednesday for a follow up appointment. I’ve been taking Cosentyz since January and it’s really helped keep my psoriasis at bay. My lab work turned out well this week too, so good news on the health front. 
How was your week?

Thank you for dropping by my frugal blog, you are always welcome here. 
We would love to hear all about your week in the comment section.

Belinda 🫶 💕 Homemaker at Heart 💕 ~ Living within our Means ~My Linktree
~ She looketh well to the ways of her household ~Proverbs 31:27