Back from the first local vision seminar this morning and the travel agency this afternoon. My husband wants to take a vacation before we get a puppy.
After the puppy, we will have to tighten the belt again. My eyes have always been bigger than my belly!
Of course, there are sources of free stuff that can hold me over. I have talked a lot about free, audiobooks from BARD. YouTube has free movies and music if you want to search. I know many of you ‘got’ that but some of our older, less tech savvy friends might not be aware. Right now I am listening to Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s “Human”. It has been my favorite song for about two months. “It’s got a good beat and it is easy to dance to.”
Or, you could dig in the attic and get into the ‘archives’. Next up is Michael Jackson with “Billie Jean”. I would suspect lots of you have a pile of 45s or 78s somewhere. A couple of years back I got an inexpensive turntable to play mine. Cheap, nostalgic entertainment.
Many years back I got into rebating and free stuff. I have not done it in a while but now in the age of online opportunities, it looks as if you can score all sorts of fun stuff…and no envelopes or stamps required.
Again, I have not used any of these and I cannot actually recommend them, but it looks like freeflys.com has all sorts of money off coupons you can print out. And if you like to get things in the mail, they also offer free samples.
Refundsweepers.com offers all sorts of money-off coupons as well. I gave them my email address and they did send me an email saying I had a soup coupon. I had trouble printing it out but maybe you will have better luck. I will let you know if I get inundated with spam.
And as I am looking for free stuff I just found a possible option for our friends in Massachusetts. Anyone ever hear of Maximize Assistive Technology in Consumer’s Hands? Massachusetts MATCH has a website and a phone number (877-508-3974) and a Facebook group. Not sure what the requirements are exactly. I looked at their offerings of ‘pre-owned’ mobility and ‘sick room’ equipment. Nothing for vision that I saw but I think some of us may need a bath chair. Not to mention, if you have assistive equipment you don’t need, they say they will get it into needy hands for you. If you check it out and they are legit, let us know. I did look at a few pieces of equipment and there were no prices.
For the opposite coast, Berkeley,CA, the Center for Accessible Technology has free classes for seniors in accessing everything from email to online dating sites. They also advertise iPads for loan. That number is 510-841-3224.
Just throwing these out as possible sources of bargains and free stuff. Penny pinching options for us all. Keep spending money like this and I just might need them!
written September 23rd, 2017