– My students brought so much stuff to our end of the semester class parties I have ended up giving some away and bringing some of it home so it wouldn’t get thrown away. What is in the picture above is only a small portion of the leftovers I ended up with (and that’s after asking my students to take everything they wanted!). Unfortunately, almost none of it is healthy but I will try to distribute it so it doesn’t go to waste.

– I made it to a community garage sale and found some great summer clothes and a few pairs of jeans to sell on eBay

– We are making meals mostly out of food we already have in the house

– I returned 10 items to Dollar Tree that didn’t work or we weren’t using. They do exchanges so that saved me $10 off of the items I was buying for my end of the semester class parties with my students.

– I brought my own water and coffee with me to work, I love the free water fountain refill stations at some of the colleges I work at

– Instead of making an additional trip to put gas in my car I made the time during my trip today

– Our cat has fleas! This is not frugal, it’s expensive! We don’t normally flea treat our cat because she has never had them before and I don’t use chemicals unless I have to. This means that we have had to wash/put away all of the rugs and blankets in the house. Instead of washing and rewashing all of them and we are saving time, energy and money by living without rugs for a couple weeks.

– I just requested a new PayPal Debit card to use for my eBay business. Once you have used up our PayPal balance the money comes directly from your checking account and you get 1% cash back! I’m wondering if this could be a good alternative cash back debit card. My only concern is how long it will take the money to come out of my checking account.

– I found 2 quarters on the ground

– I got a free coffee from racetrack with a coupon we received in the mail

– I have run out of time to buy candy prizes from Dollar Tree for my students review games in my college classes. I still plan on buying candy in the future but I do realize I have saved money not buying it. Now I tell them we are playing for knowledge and we all laugh!

– I took advantage of my remaining free eBay listings on the last day of the month to relist any expired listings

Not so frugal

– Buying lunch on my 10 hour work days because I have been too exhausted to make it; however, if you look at the income vs. time vs. savings ratios then I still am better off buying lunch if I need to.

– Paying for flea treatments for the cat and washing everything!