The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But still, it’s kinda nice that the 10th was free. I got a free drink at Panera (by accident) I went there after clinicals to work on some of my paperwork assignments. ” I dunno if he realized I am only a student nurse (maybe he gives free drinks to anyone in scrubs?) So, this saved me paper, ink, and time.

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Her bed, her bookshelf, her nightstand, and her dresser are all free/inexpensive secondhand AND they are all painted in the same Benjamin Moore Cloud White paint. Continue Reading Want to see a free bookshelf I painted for Sonia? I put this at the end of Sonia’s bed, and it fit perfectly.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 5, 2024

I used a free $10 at Victoria’s Secret I signed up for their credit card ages ago (probably back when they still sent out catalogs. So I just always pop in and use them to get some free undies. ( Click here for a picture of Schumann. And tell me if you agree.) Remember those???),

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I used Chick-Fil-A points for a free tea/lemonade After my competency tests last week, my mouth was as dry as the Sahara, from the nerves. I used my in-app points for it, so it was free, and oh, it tasted so good. And I didn’t even have my water bottle with me!

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Also: I can fly to Hawaii to visit her for free once I have a break from school. I shed some tears last night, coming home to her empty room. I miss my girl! But she has work to do on planes in Hawaii. And I have schoolwork to do. Annnnnd we can talk on the phone, thank goodness. __ Alrighty…enough about me.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I had an offer for a free chicken sandwich and a free brownie in my app, so my total was only $11. ? I often start my day with scrambled eggs and a side of greens!) Wednesday We both got home at 9:30 pm (Zoe from work, me from lab) so I picked up some Chick-Fil-A for us. and we ate that with some naan from Aldi.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I got some free ornaments from my Buy Nothing group I don’t have a lot of my original Christmas ornaments, and that was fine last year because of Lisey’s Brobee Christmas tree. Disney bundle had been added to my service (maybe it was a free trial year when I signed up? Somehow, an $18.99 I don’t know!).

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Before kids, I spent my free-time volunteering at a stray rescue shelter for dogs. This doesn’t include the many free in-library activities we’ve enjoyed over the years. Louis means so many options for free activities! We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. Enjoying some outdoor time. Purple raspberries from my garden.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Thursday I had a free pizza in my Domino’s app so that’s what I picked up for dinner. ? Wednesday Zoe was at work, and I made myself an egg burrito (with cilantro, avocado, and queso fresco) I scrambled the eggs in a little bit of the fat I’d saved from cooking the chorizo, and that was super tasty.

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I got a free drink at Starbucks so I could use the wifi This past weekend, Tropical Storm Ophelia moved up the east coast, and although it mostly just dumped a lot of rain, we lost power early in the storm. I chose a pumpkin spice latte because I saw there was a bonus star offer, so now I am super close to getting a free drink with stars.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 17, 2023

My cart total was only $5 away from free shipping (which otherwise would have cost $9). Then I made sure to select the slow, free shipping at checkout. My one current tee I added them to my cart and then remembered to go to TopCashback to get 4% back on my purchase. My stuff won’t get here for a bit, but that’s fine.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s even better if that thing is free. free + in terrible shape = PERFECT That way, it’s very low-stakes! Ok, I want to tell you something that helps me with courage: start with something that is so ugly/worn that you couldn’t possibly make it worse. And even if you don’t, it’s no big deal!

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

So, yay for a free ice pack! I thought he’d charge me a few dollars, but he said he sharpens pocket knives for free all the time. Luckily, I had saved the gel packs and stretch band that the oral surgeon gave Zoe last summer after her wisdom teeth removal, and I was able to make those work to go around my ankle and foot.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 31, 2024

Ooh, also that black chair is free from Facebook Marketplace. It’s pretty amazing what you can get for cheap/free. ? Incidentally, the little stool next to the bookshelf is from my Buy Nothing group. And the lamp was an extra that got thrown in with some that I bought from Facebook Marketplace.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 11, 2024

Joaquin, our sweet, trusted, good-looking companion lives with us rent-free. Our plan provides a free gym membership for each of us. My hubby and I retired in Central Florida after downsizing to a new home in order to age in place and enjoy the warm weather. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl?

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Monday I had a free frozen pizza from Safeway sitting in my chest freezer, so that’s what we ate! I love blueberry pancakes! Sunday I had eaten a late lunch so I don’t think I even actually ate an official dinner. And Zoe picked up some dinner on the way home from work.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

So I poked through my email to find it, and yay, my book was free to me then. And then I remembered that I had a $25 Amazon gift card because someone had bought a propane tank refill from Cynch through my affiliate link. That happened on the shirt! So I took a needle and thread and just hand-sewed both of the ends closed.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sooo, I’ll put out a few suggestions, BUT if you’ve tweaked another one of my posted recipes, feel free to share that too. She suggested I put out the top five recipes and ask for your tweaks on those. Brinderaded Chicken This is a super simple recipe for a quick brine/marinade to use with chicken.

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Thursday Zoe and I finally had a night where we were both free, without any pressing homework due, so we watched the last two episodes of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. Tuesday I made chicken quesadillas and we had fruit on the side. Wednesday Leftover chicken quesadillas.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Sooo, I popped into the school library and printed all of those for free. I printed papers at school I needed to print out a bunch of pages of an OB lab packet, plus other homework, plus some forms (med card forms, blank concept maps, etc). I mean, obviously, I pay for this privilege because it’s rolled into my college tuition.

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The Frugal Girl

AUGUST 30, 2023

But if you are willing to digest them, then they can move on through and you can be free. And feel free to address the first question too if you have tips to share. If you ignore the hard feelings or push them down, they will just sit there, like rocks in your stomach, weighing you down. The metaphor breaks down (as all do!)

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What We Ate Saturday Domino’s had sent me a “free emergency pizza” (I think lots of people got these, because my friend Katy blogged about getting this offer as well!), My main goal is to mostly cook at home, and other than that, I’m not stressing for now. so I redeemed it that night.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 18, 2024

So now that that worry is past, I am free to just be delighted. I really did not want her to get stuck in Chicago without me! for the snow at home I was kinda worried we’d run into delays/cancellations because of the snow here, but we didn’t. The snow is beautiful! It makes everything so bright! It’s sparkly in the sunshine!

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I drank some free tea Every week, we get a little bundle of sale ads in the mailbox. Zoe said, “Nice socks, Mom!” ” when she saw me. Luckily, they’re a pretty similar cut and you can’t really see them once I have my Vans on. ?

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I got this for free last year! I can tell you, even without a test run, that I am most certainly not going to light my little candle carousel if Chiquita is around. That would be a quick trip to having my whole house burn down. ?

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This week, I am thankful: that my internet is all fixed, for free I’d been having issues with it, and I thought I’d gotten it back up and running, but then it went down again. A call to Verizon showed that my equipment was not even showing up virtually on their end, so they sent a tech out to look at it.

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Repairs Thankful Green And Frugal Health 220

The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A photo she sent me on her way back to Hawaii Also: her free flights are standby, so it’s always a relief when there still end up being empty seats. (I talked to our own Rose for advice, because I knew she had to have traversed this path before.) Thankfully, Lisey managed it all without a hitch. Yay Lisey!

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I… made a batch of this granola made a bottle of this simple vinaigrette got a free pound of butter through my Safeway app used the back of saved paper (it’s got printing on the other side) for my math practice Your turn! But it is not more expensive than getting takeout all week. What frugal things have you been up to?

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 24, 2024

I just had to enter my email address and a few other things to read the article for free.) Why you should buy everything used WilliamB sent me this Washington Post article titled, “ Why you should buy everything used ” and ooh, I love it! (I My Buy-Nothing cereal bowls!

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 23, 2023

So, feel free to bug me! And if you emailed me and I missed it, let me know in the comments, or send me a fresh email. Sometimes I get very behind on emails and things get lost, and that is particularly true now that I’m in nursing school.

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I’m still carrying my metal water bottle that I got for free at Fincon in 2019. I think reusable water bottles are a wonderful alternative to disposable bottled water but I’m pretty sure the environmental benefits disappear if you buy a new fashionable water bottle every time the trends change.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If I were in your shoes, I would focus more on the process and on good habits , rather than on the ultimate goal of being free of credit card debt. Daily habits are manageable and not nearly so overwhelming as looking at a pile of debt!

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 12, 2023

But do feel free to share your thoughts on what I brought up; I am sure we can find common ground there. I am not qualified to comment on the situation in the Middle East, and I am also not up for moderating a discussion about it in the comments. So, I’m not gonna publish comments that will lead us there.

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I didn’t really have a specific plan for the nightstands, but you know…a wonderfully freeing thing about starting over with very few possessions is that you can take on a, “Sure, I’ll take it! Recognize the base of my dining table? This is better than nothing.” ” approach to stuff.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

And that’s when I picked up the free pound of butter I mentioned in a previous post. I screamed a happy scream with her and gave her a big hug and my goodness, I almost cried because I was so happy for her. 5:00 I picked up some paperwork at home and drove to go drop it off at an office. Yes, I did.)

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Phones Calculators 7-Up Laundry 211

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

how to keep kitchen dish-free The most foolproof way to do this: never cook or eat at home. I was looking at a grouping of these terms the other day and I thought it would be fun to answer them in a blog post. Let’s just start from the top! If no one ever eats food at your house, you will never have dirty dishes. Problem solved.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 9, 2023

before anyone says, “Why don’t you just use a free digital calendar? I draw an extra line across the middle of the page, and then I use the area above the line for a daily plan, and the area below the line for a little to-do list. Those don’t produce any trash!”…man,

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