Frugal Accomplishments 2nd Full Week of February 2018
Received free candy at work for Valentine's Day.
My mom came to visit for the weekend. She repaired a cookbook of my daughter's that had a plastic spiral notebook type binding that had come apart (tied through the holes with strong crochet thread). She also brought a fleece zip-front vest that had belonged to my grandmother and that my mom no longer wants. It fits me.
Paid off summer camps for my daughter through a nice Grandma contribution plus the remaining "refund" from last year's dependent care FSA (probably the last year we will use that service).
Took a Pinecone Research survey and checked my balance.
Signed up for getreferred.com based on Money Saving Mom's post.
Was notified that my Disney Movie Rewards points would expire if I didn't do something with them; redeemed some for a $5 concession cash coupon that does not expire until end of this year.
Finished three library books. (Ginny Moon is quite good.)
Mardi Gras dinner was a modified shrimp pilau recipe from my dad using some shrimp and bacon that had been in the freezer. Another meal involved thawing some of the leftover pulled pork we took home from extended family Christmas dinner and using for sandwiches. Made rhubarb coffee cake using rhubarb from freezer. I also made a recipe I've had and wanted to try for a while, grapefruit pie. It's a cold pie, using a strawberry jello base with grapefruit slices in it. It was all right, but I probably won't make it again. Daughter made pumpkin bread earlier in the week (and ate most of it herself).
I am in the midst of a trial run of a local yoga studio which offers a "$30 for 30 days" special for new students; you can take up to 2 classes a day during that timeframe. I tried one of the classes with a new-to-me instructor this weekend.