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I don't normally post things like this. You all know that. But if I can save someone $5 on something they were gonna get anyways then I did my part for the day 🤣
Aren’t you kind?
You might enjoy the compilations of the Tightwad Gazette, by Amy Dacyczyn.
While some of the specifics are dated, the general pointers and broadly-applicable concepts of frugality still apply.
For a few years while we were in serious poverty, they were like a bible to us.
@LnzyHou @Timmah1979
But the concepts aren't just for poverty and survival. A lot of it is about just not _wasting_, so that you have more energy and resources for the stuff that really makes you happy or secure.
@AskTheDevil @LnzyHou I'm gonna look into that. Thanks! I just hate needlessly spending money. It's not because I won't. It's because I put values on things then weigh them against my wants esp now since I'm out of work til September (going to work for schools so that means 2 months out of year I won't be working (which is fine by me lol))
I grew up with a stepmother who could squeeze a quarter out of a nickel.
Learned to wash the bathroom sink with a cut-open finished tube of tooth paste—“polish the porcelain”
Save margarine wrappers to grease a frying pan.
Run coffee through the percolator twice.
You get my drift.
@LnzyHou @Timmah1979 We still re-use aluminum foil. We no longer wash out ziploc bags, now that the cheapo plastic containers exist that can be reused over and over.
But we kind of Marie Kondo our purchases, asking "do we need this or will it make us happier?"
My filter is where will this live? I have 650 sq ft.
I hate clutter.
Almost always it’s walk away. With rare exception.
Picked up this ruby glass vase for $5 while thrifting.
It’s home is on the window sill.
@LnzyHou @Timmah1979 I love ruby glass and cranberry glass!
The sunshine through it is beautiful.
@LnzyHou @AskTheDevil @Timmah1979 it really is beautiful!
@LnzyHou @AskTheDevil @Timmah1979 Lovely. It’s right where it belongs.
@LnzyHou @Timmah1979 A friend's mom used to bring the leftover coffee from church on Sunday home, and then heat it up in a pot on the stove all week.
It was disgusting, and I think the flavor of week-old coffee will always smell like dire poverty to me.
It's important when being frugal, not to make things worse than not having something at all.
My father had $78,000 in his checking account when he died. But they drank left over coffee.
Not this chica
@LnzyHou eh something like that I weigh against is it worth the money back vs how much id spend to take it back. Sometimes it's just cheaper to throw them out
Wait until you live on a fixed income. You plan your returns based on your errands.
I also have a deep resentment for being ripped off whatever the reason.
@Timmah1979
Frugal is my fav word.
I take onions back that are rotten inside. Blueberries that are mushy. Etc