Fourth Frugal Friday of September 2023

 

Welcome to Frugal Friday! 
Quote of the Week

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life” ~ Dolly Parton

My Frugal Week

I scanned all my receipts into Fetch this week. It’s great how fast it all adds up as you get 25 points for every receipt and sometimes more. I’ll be using my reward points for $50 gift cards for Kroger or Walmart. We could definitely use free groceries for something as simple as scanning our receipts for items we are buying anyway. 
If you are not a member of Fetch and want to sign up using my referral link you can sign up here with code KB3EV and get 100 points in the process. 
I filed a claim form with Angie's List for the stolen artwork, broken appliance dolly, and a service call for an HVAC company. The total cost was $120, so now we will wait and see what happens. 

We received a check from Sweet WeePeets for the consignment sale, which was right under $500 for everything we sold this past week. I ended up with one item from the consignment sale for the kitchen, which was this scraper for $1.00. I’m such a big spender. 😂 

I was out of the house on Tuesday and Wednesday for physical therapy and a routine doctor visit. The physical therapy office had a Little Free Library in there. I picked out three cook-booklets for myself and will bring some books with me for the next time I go back.
My doctor wrote me a DME prescription for my physical therapist. Rather than having to drive back to Chattanooga to give them the prescription they allowed me to take a photo of it on my phone and text it to them, which saved me time and gas. I just love technology. 
Also on Tuesday I had a Zoom meeting about bank overdraft fees. There were three other people in the meeting with me and we spent ninety minutes in the meeting and were paid $150 for our time. Cha-Ching! 
I redeemed a $5 coupon Etsy sent to me via email and used it to purchase a Christmas present. 
On Saturday we decided to get out of the house and have some fun. Yard sales weren’t very good as it kept raining off and on all morning. So, we headed to Chattanooga and went to McKay Used Books. We brought multiple books to trade and we received $36 in trade credit. I spent all of my time in the cookbook section, which is always fun for me. 
Here is a photo I took of my new to me books. 

Here is the link to each book on Amazon, if you're interested. 
Southern Living The Slim Down South Cookbook Eating well and living healthy in the land of biscuits and bacon
Ultimate Superfoods by Kelly Pfeiffer
Good And Cheap by Leanne Brown
The Reboot with Joe Juice Diet
Vitamix Getting Started Plus The Perfect Inspiration for Every Meal
Vitamix Savor Recipes
The Great Chicago Style Pizza Cookbook by Pasquale Bruno, Jr. 
Alabama’s Historic Restaurants and their recipes by Gay N. Martin
Famous Dave’s Backroads & Sidestreets
Freebies
This week I received a free copy of the Halloween Magic issue of Good Housekeeping.

My three free cook-booklets from the physical therapy office. 
Through my no spend group I received a box of four rolls of toilet paper, one box of tissues, one roll of paper towels, one bottle of Dawn dishwashing detergent, and a bar of soap. Also received a box of spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, several granola type bars, corn, soup, canned chicken, a loaf of bread, grape tomatoes, and a bag of oranges. 
Photo of the Week

This is our cat Archie, who was so busy scratching his ear this week that he didn't realize he flipped his ear backwards. LOL
Avoiding Spending
I filled up my gas tank on Wednesday, so I couldn’t avoid spending this week. 
Saving Money on Entertainment
Shadow Casting on PBS The Making of “A River Runs Through It” 
What I've been Reading This Week
Last week in the comment section, Barb told me that Rhonda over at the Down to Earth blog is back to blogging again. Rhonda is a wealth of information as is her blog, so be sure to check it out. And thank you for letting us know, Barb. 
My Frugal Halloween
60 Dinners that will $ave you Money

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.

BelindaMortgage & Debt Free~ Living within our Means ~My Linktree
~ She looketh well to the ways of her household ~Proverbs 31:27