You know how I recently did some Very Professional jewelry repair?
Well, I brought that same energy to a shoe repair this week.
1. I glued my work shoes
Every shift, I wear my eBay-obtained Altras to work. Unfortunately, a little piece of the tread on my current pair came loose.
The overall tread still has lots of life, though.
Please notice the foot shape! No pointy toes here.
So I took my container of black Shoe Goo (which I bought several years ago!) and I glued the piece down.
The bottoms of these shoes have SEEN some things, so don’t worry, I was very careful to wash my hands after doing this repair. We don’t want to be touching the bottoms of hospital shoes more than necessary.
Anyway, now the shoes are ready to go see some more things. 😉
2. I placed a Safeway driveup order and saved $40
I opened my Safeway app and noticed they had a coupon for $40 off a $75 driveup order.
I never do online grocery shopping, but a discount of over 50% was enough to lure me in!
I carefully picked out mostly things that were on sale, in order to maximize my savings.
Overall, I didn’t love the whole experience; I can see the appeal if you have mobility challenges or you have kids in tow, but for me at my stage of life, I’d rather just go in the store!
Still, it was very worth it for the deal. 🙂
3. I spent nothing on Black Friday
I got up early and left my house in the dark to….earn money. Ha.
I worked a 12-hour shift that turned into a 13-hour shift, so I seriously had zero opportunity to spend any money.
And that was fine with me, because most current-day Black Friday deals are seriously unremarkable.
4. I ordered a $100 gift card on sale
On Sunday night, I did not feel like cooking. So I ordered a gift card with my Citicard reward points* and used it to get a free dinner from Panera for Zoe and me.
I know people hate on Panera for being like hospital food, but I don’t care; Zoe and I like their food.
Also, they have quite a few options with a decent amount of protein, like the Green Goddess salad (37 grams!)
(I use my Citicard exclusively for groceries, because they give 5% back in points for that. So I earn my reward points by merely buying necessities. Perfect. Also, since I have my card set to autopay the full amount every month, my credit card use costs me nothing.)
5. I…
- filled up my tires for free with my portable tire pump (no need to pay a gas station or deal with the ever-broken air machines there)
- packed lunch after lunch
- packed coffee after coffee
