I feel like I really need to get back on the frugal bandwagon these days. Here are the things I did this week to help save money:
- I matched sales and coupons at Tops and Wegmans to save money on my groceries.
- I saved the most money on my grocery expenses by doing the majority of my "shopping" from my existing stockpile.
- I combined errands on my outings to help save money on gas.
- I stayed home 1 day this week to also save money on gas.
- I redeemed my Tops gas points to get a discount of $2.30 per gallon. I was able to get about 25 gallons at $1.67 per gallon, which saved me a little over $56 in gas.
- I cooked a cheap cut of meat (smoked pork shoulder picnic, one of my favorites, bought previously on sale for only $0.99 per pound!) and had enough to serve dinner one night plus leftovers for 2 additional meals. On top of that, I put the bone in my freezer to save for making soup or beans in my crockpot in the future.
- I packed leftovers for my husbands work lunches.
- I made sure not to run my dishwasher unless it was full, and I cut the tablets in half. I find this has really been a saver -- the tablets don't clean any differently when I only use a half of one, so I'm getting them to last twice as long.
- I took advantage of several freebie sample and coupon giveaways I found online at Vocalpoint and Facebook.
- Because of the unseasonably warm weather, I didn't run the heat at all this entire week. Hurray for the best March weather ever!
What are some things you did this week to save money?
Great savings this week! Great price on the smoked pork shoulder. I have never tried that.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maria! Smoked pork shoulder has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid, but I don't find it very often at the grocery store for some reason.
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