A friend of mine is so frugal he takes an individually wrapped cheese in his pocket to put on his McDonald's burger. Saves maybe 10 or 15 cents. True story. Any humorous examples of extreme frugality? Must be true.
I read in one of those 'how to be frugal' books that someone took their burnt out light bulbs and replaced them with new ones from a business or other establishment. Such a practice was understandably frowned on by the author however!
That's not frugal, that's stealing!
ABSOLUTELY!
This is one of my pet peeves -- very few restaurants use decent cheese on burgers. Practically all of it is that ubiquitous "pasteurized processed cheese food product" that is essentially limp plastic.
I wouldn't go so far as to carry my own, but I'm far more likely to order a burger without cheese unless I know what I'll be getting.
Great idea - I always skip the guacamole at Chipotle due to the price
...Recently I was annoyed that my socks had developed holes in the bottom (socks were not that old). I was going to throw them out but discovered they were just as comfortable if I flipped hem upside down even though they had a heel. Now my plan is to flip my socks before they develop the hole and apply a "wear leveling algorithm".
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...I wonder if washing ziploc bags or whatever really makes sense by the time one considers the cost of hot water, soap, time, etc. to save 8 cents or less. Radical!
Save junk mail envelopes for messages and grocery lists.
I bring home soaps and lotions from hotel rooms. I have a basket of them in the guest bathroom. I haven't bought a bar of soap in years.
Recently I was annoyed that my socks had developed holes in the bottom (socks were not that old). I was going to throw them out but discovered they were just as comfortable if I flipped hem upside down even though they had a heel. Now my plan is to flip my socks before they develop the hole and apply a "wear leveling algorithm".
I think I'm going to be less frugal to make up for the rest of y'all!
No way you can! Even though these frugal ER's only save a penny or two with toothpaste squeezing, they outnumber you so vastly that a couple of tins of caviar you are going to buy would not make a dent. Nor would an extra European vacation or two. You would have to be as rich as Buffett.Originally Posted by audreyh1
I think I'm going to be less frugal to make up for the rest of y'all!
What is the pass number, I may have failed.Or maybe a breathalyzer for posters...
A friend of mine is so frugal he takes an individually wrapped cheese in his pocket to put on his McDonald's burger. Saves maybe 10 or 15 cents. True story. Any humorous examples of extreme frugality? Must be true.
I resemble some of these approaches. I definitely
* flatten and save aluminum foil (provided it's not 'foody')
* rinse, dry, and reuse 'freezer' quality zip-locks (the expensive ones)
* darn my socks
* wear t-shirts (for the same reason I use bed sheets) because it's much cheaper and easier to wash a t-shirt, and thus I can wear the over-shirt 3 or 4 times. I could likely wear them more, as they don't get sweaty, they just stop feeling 'laundry fresh'.
* tear up old clothes to use as rags rather than tossing them
* make rag-rugs from the above occasionally (it's not very hard really to make a rag rug for the kitchen or bathroom).
* freeze and actually use leftovers such as lasagna (as opposed to my mom who freezes and never uses anything til it is needs to be thrown out).
* tell the teens to put on a sweater, socks, and sweats of course, when they complain of being cold in December, and I see they are dressed like they are going to the beach in the summer.
* sigh, when I see all the savings disappear, when my wife comes back from costco with enough pre-packaged food to have the family hike across the state.
Oh well.
just wait til we all stick together--we'll keep those ziploc and toothpaste factories in business!
I also hate to throw away a good pair of socks with holes in the heel, but turning it around causes an uncomfortable bump at the inner ankle joint. Yes, I had the same idea as yours, but it did not work.
If you are going to do the preemptive "wear leveling" method to prevent a hole from developing in the 1st place, I wonder if the following is going to work. Why rotate the socks 180 degrees, when 90 degrees would also work?
There's always tube socks.The above does not work for me because the sock heel at the wrong location bothers me with its bump.
Rich people are perfectly comfortable wearing bummy clothes. Back when the first President Bush was in office someone wrote an article about life at the Bush’s Maine estate. The whole family wears ratty old junk. No, they don’t appear in glamorous vacation attire. They schlep around in faded, raggedy stuff they’ve had forever. Asked why this is so, President Bush answered, “But it still fits.” Poor people would be ashamed to look like that. Rich people don’t give a hoot what everyone else thinks.