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A Good Frugal Day

June 6, 2008 By Frugal Babe

I had a good money day today.   I went to a maternity clothing consignment store and sold three items that never fit right while I was pregnant.   I got them for a total of $7 in thrift stores, and the store I took them to gave me $15 for the three.   Sweet!   I have a pretty good collection of maternity clothes that I found at various thrift stores over the last year or so.   I put them in a storage bin and stashed them in our crawl space for now.   I have no idea if we’ll ever have another baby, but I’m not going to get rid of all my maternity clothes just yet.   In a couple, years if we’re still happy with just one child, I’ll get rid of them.   But for now, I might as well keep them.

Last weekend, a friend was in town and we went to a huge scrapbook store near my house.   It’s a crazy place, and I never go there unless friends or family are in town and want to go.   Well, last weekend while my friend was shopping, I started browsing the scrapbooks.   I needed a book for my son’s baby album, and I found a really nice one, for $30.   At the time, I knew it was expensive, but for some reason I bought it anyway.   Very unlike me, but that’s how it was.   I guess I knew it wasn’t a good idea because it sat on the counter in the bag with the receipt all week.   So tonight I took it back.   I had decided that I could get a less expensive one at Hobby Lobby, and use their 25% off coupon that’s always on their website.   Well, after I took back the expensive scrapbook, I went on the Hobby Lobby website to print the coupon, and guess what?   All of their scrapbooks are 50% off this week!   So tomorrow I will be walking over to Hobby Lobby to get a scrapbook, which will probably cost less than $15.

And to finish off my money hat trick for the day – my husband and I went on a date with our baby tonight.   For $8.   It started with my husband driving to the gym while the baby, dog, and I walked to the gym.   The walk took a little over an hour, so it gave my husband time to get in a good workout before we met him there.   And it was a good walk for me and the dog, and the baby got in a nap in his sling.   From the gym, we drove to a nearby restaurant where we had a coupon for a buy one get one free meal.   With two free glasses of water, our bill came to $8.

So that makes a good money day.   $15 for the clothes, $30 back on my credit card for the scrapbook – (another one will cost me half that much), and a nice Friday evening for $8.   Lots of little things that add up to a good frugal day.

Filed Under: hobbies, just my life, Our stuff 4 Comments

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  1. GG @ This Writer's Wallet says

    June 7, 2008 at 6:54 am

    I was actually just thinking about getting a scrapbook, so this suggestion is very well-timed! Thanks!

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  2. udandi says

    June 7, 2008 at 8:42 am

    very cool! I always make a beeline for the clearance rack at my LSS although lately, I’ve gone back to recycling cardboard from food boxes (any coworker will give me theirs) into albums. I just posted on mini album and I’m still working on another.

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  3. Smart Girl says

    June 7, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    What, no tip for the server (waiter/waitress) at the restaurant? Or, do they not have wait staff that take the order, bring the food, or bus the table? Please tell me that in today’s economy and with the rising prices on gas, food and other items, you didn’t tip a hardworking waiter/ess.

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  4. FrugalBabe says

    June 7, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Smart Girl – don’t worry, we always tip waitstaff at least 20%. but this was the sort of place where you order at the counter and bus your own table.

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