What is the cheapest thing you do?
02-01-2011, 08:22 AM
#242
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I reuse the envelopes that come in the mail... u know the ones that come to return ur bill in ( pay it in person) or to send a " donation" in .... I just black out and write my address on the other side or just cover over the address.
I make my own "TV Dinners"... ther is always a dab of this or a little of that left over...(I obught plastic divided trays with covers at the dollar store) and I pop a top.. in goes the left over veggie, or mashed protato or that one lonely pork chop .... sometimes it takes a week or so but I eventually get the tray filled with enough left overs to have an entire plate ( there is just me and DH so we only need 2 plates)
I found a HUGE wedding aisle runner at Goodwill store and it makes the perfect interfacing/stablizer!( for $2.00
I rarely by anything if it is not on sale, I freq the Goodwill/Thrift stores, and love to grow my own food.
I was a single mom for a number of years.... learned to be frugal during those years of having 3 teenagers in the house and only having a income of $12k.... and that was only a few years ago!! ( no fed assistnace, foodstamps, housing allotment or anything)
We still buy meat in bulk and portion it out before freezing . Left over broth goes into ice cube trays, great for adding just little flavor to one pan meals/soups/etc.
I pack up all the free lotions.shampoo,etc when I stay at a hotel. ( the small sizes are are great for little kids just learning to " bathe/shampoo themselves" they dont over soap and waste alot .. and they are tickled to get their " own" bottle!
I make my own "TV Dinners"... ther is always a dab of this or a little of that left over...(I obught plastic divided trays with covers at the dollar store) and I pop a top.. in goes the left over veggie, or mashed protato or that one lonely pork chop .... sometimes it takes a week or so but I eventually get the tray filled with enough left overs to have an entire plate ( there is just me and DH so we only need 2 plates)
I found a HUGE wedding aisle runner at Goodwill store and it makes the perfect interfacing/stablizer!( for $2.00
I rarely by anything if it is not on sale, I freq the Goodwill/Thrift stores, and love to grow my own food.
I was a single mom for a number of years.... learned to be frugal during those years of having 3 teenagers in the house and only having a income of $12k.... and that was only a few years ago!! ( no fed assistnace, foodstamps, housing allotment or anything)
We still buy meat in bulk and portion it out before freezing . Left over broth goes into ice cube trays, great for adding just little flavor to one pan meals/soups/etc.
I pack up all the free lotions.shampoo,etc when I stay at a hotel. ( the small sizes are are great for little kids just learning to " bathe/shampoo themselves" they dont over soap and waste alot .. and they are tickled to get their " own" bottle!
02-01-2011, 09:32 AM
#244
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Location: Oklahoma
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I cut DH hair and he has learned to cut mine, I curl mom's hair weekly (saving HER $15-$20/week) Used old rags for swiffer sheets (then when they are dirty, I wash them). Make my own broth and soups. Can veggies when I have enough to can. Trying to grow my own veggies but the wild life eats it up before it gets ripe :(
Consolidate trips (live 10 miles from town)
Use coupons
When dd's were infants, used cloth diapers.
I don't reuse food storage bags since DH transplant...too much of a health risk...
Consolidate trips (live 10 miles from town)
Use coupons
When dd's were infants, used cloth diapers.
I don't reuse food storage bags since DH transplant...too much of a health risk...
02-01-2011, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kathidahl
Originally Posted by bluteddi
Originally Posted by renee765
When the kids were little, after they were asleep in their beds, I'd mix up a half gallon of powdered milk and add it to a half gallon of regular milk. I always put it in a gallon milk jug, and they never knew.
02-01-2011, 09:54 AM
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dd's were infants, used cloth diapers.
I don't reuse food storage bags since DH transplant...too much of a health risk...[/quote]
Yep... we used cloth diapers too.....
I reuse my ziplock plastic bags.. but rarely for restoring foods, unless it only had dry foods in to begin with. But , I store all kinds of non food items in the recycled ones...
I don't reuse food storage bags since DH transplant...too much of a health risk...[/quote]
Yep... we used cloth diapers too.....
I reuse my ziplock plastic bags.. but rarely for restoring foods, unless it only had dry foods in to begin with. But , I store all kinds of non food items in the recycled ones...
02-01-2011, 11:50 AM
#247
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Location: Once an Iowan, always an Iowan, but now suburban Chicagoland
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Originally Posted by bluteddi
Originally Posted by kathidahl
Originally Posted by bluteddi
Originally Posted by renee765
When the kids were little, after they were asleep in their beds, I'd mix up a half gallon of powdered milk and add it to a half gallon of regular milk. I always put it in a gallon milk jug, and they never knew.
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