Re: Five Frugal Things You Did This Week
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:41 am
Here are a few frugal things from last week.
1. Signed up for Clairol's new rewards program, Clairol Platinum Rewards. I saw it in the coupon insert a few weeks ago. You buy 4 boxes of haircolor and get the fifth one free. I use Clairol Natural Instincts. It wasn't the easiest thing, but using my iPad I took a photo of my Walmart receipt with 2 boxes of haircolor. (Walmart receipts just say "haircolor" and don't list Clairol, but it worked fine.) I could not upload the photo to the Clairol website using the iPad so I emailed the photo to myself and, using my laptop put the receipt photo in my Pictures folder. Then I signed onto the Clairol website and uploaded the photo. I received an email from Clairol that they had received the receipt and then a day later another email that the 2 boxes had been added to my account. There's probably an easier way to do this but since I will only be adding the receipts once in awhile it worked for me.
2. Rented a Redbox movie using a free gift card. Also I am a member of Redbox's club where after 10 rentals you get one free. I have 9 rentals so only one more to get the free one. The movie was Danny Collins with Al Pacino, Annette Bening and Jennifer Garner. I really liked it.
3. Used a $5 giftcard from Swagbucks when I met my friend for tea at Starbucks on Friday. I only had .18 left on my previous gift card and was able to gather enough Swagbucks just in the nick of time last week. A $5 card only lasts me 2 visits at Starbucks so I'd better start working on my next card.
4. One from the previous week. I went out to breakfast for free with a friend who wanted to thank me for helping her with a writing project. Of course I then splurged and paid $15 to see a museum art exhibit that I had been wanted to see that was near the restaurant.
1. Signed up for Clairol's new rewards program, Clairol Platinum Rewards. I saw it in the coupon insert a few weeks ago. You buy 4 boxes of haircolor and get the fifth one free. I use Clairol Natural Instincts. It wasn't the easiest thing, but using my iPad I took a photo of my Walmart receipt with 2 boxes of haircolor. (Walmart receipts just say "haircolor" and don't list Clairol, but it worked fine.) I could not upload the photo to the Clairol website using the iPad so I emailed the photo to myself and, using my laptop put the receipt photo in my Pictures folder. Then I signed onto the Clairol website and uploaded the photo. I received an email from Clairol that they had received the receipt and then a day later another email that the 2 boxes had been added to my account. There's probably an easier way to do this but since I will only be adding the receipts once in awhile it worked for me.
2. Rented a Redbox movie using a free gift card. Also I am a member of Redbox's club where after 10 rentals you get one free. I have 9 rentals so only one more to get the free one. The movie was Danny Collins with Al Pacino, Annette Bening and Jennifer Garner. I really liked it.
3. Used a $5 giftcard from Swagbucks when I met my friend for tea at Starbucks on Friday. I only had .18 left on my previous gift card and was able to gather enough Swagbucks just in the nick of time last week. A $5 card only lasts me 2 visits at Starbucks so I'd better start working on my next card.
4. One from the previous week. I went out to breakfast for free with a friend who wanted to thank me for helping her with a writing project. Of course I then splurged and paid $15 to see a museum art exhibit that I had been wanted to see that was near the restaurant.