Thursday Thrifty Roundup

This week I…

• Bought four dozen eggs for $5 during a one-day sale at Safeway.

• Found B a “toy” drying rack in a free pile on the curb. I’d been hoping to find a drying rack for his play kitchen because I often hear him over there saying “and then we put the dishes in the drying rack…” It’s actually a real drying rack, but he can still play with it. And bonus, we can use it ourselves if we ever need to.

• Got a $22 dollar haircut. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve spent $90 on a disappointing haircut. Never again – now my disappointing haircuts cost a fraction of that. But actually, I’ve liked these last few cuts.
• Cooked some recently-expired tofu. We didn’t have any plans to use it anytime soon, so I just threw it into the air fryer in cubes (tossed with a little soy sauce, olive oil and cornstarch) and B can snack on it the next few days.

• Froze leftover tomato paste in one-tablespoon portions. I used to open a can of tomato paste, use what I needed and the rest would always go bad in the refrigerator. Now I use a one-tablespoon cookie dough scoop to portion it, and I freeze it on a silicon mat before moving it to a storage bag.

• Stacked discounts to buy new bras. My favorite bras are from Thirdlove, and they needed replacing. They were running a promotion for 15% off digital gift cards, so I bought a $100 gift card for $85. Then I used the gift card to buy two bras on a buy one, get one half off deal, for a total of $117 (would have been $159). So I saved a total of $57 doing it that way.
• Sat in my car and read today instead of going to the coffee shop while my kid was in school. It was only for about 45 minutes after getting my hair cut, and I suppose I could have just gone home. But either way, I didn’t spend any money at the coffee shop.

• Food-prepped, as usual. This week I made big batches of pressure cooker collard greens, roasted broccoli, Turkish red lentil soup, oatmeal and hard-boiled eggs. I also baked some healthy-ish blueberry muffins and chocolate spice muffins to keep in the freezer for B (and me).