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<blockquote data-quote="mom_to_3" data-source="post: 98049" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>I am a frugal type of person and basically live by the motto "waste not, want not". My mother and father were products of the depression. My father is okay, but my mother absolutly will not waste a thing! I try not to, but I don't have to rinse out ziplock bags to reuse or save EVERY single plastic or glass container that passes my way. My mother will, I kid you not save a tablespoon of leftover food from dinner. If I can't get my husband to eat it or one of the girls,so as not to waste, I don't have a problem tossing it.</p><p></p><p>I know I have lots of things I do to save money, but right now I can think of using less fabric softner than the product usually calls for. I would say I use 1/4 of what Downey recommends and my clothes are static free and smell nice. The other thing my mother taught me and I feel compelled to do is to cut a plastic bottle in half, dishwasher soap, ketchup, anything plastic that cannot be diluted with water and then use a rubber spatula to get the last little bit from the bottle. Of course you all know to add water to the bottle of shampoo, dish soap, conditioner, liquid laundry soap, etc. to get the last little bit remaining, don't you? :smile: When using tomato sauce or paste or even diced/ crushed tomatoes and you need to add more water to whatever you are preparing, you DO know to fill said can with the water to get the remaining product from the inside of the can???</p><p></p><p>My mother reminds me ALL THE TIME to do things like this. Drives me bonkers if I dwell on it. She means well, but God knows that I am actually a grown woman with adult children of my own! :smile:</p><p></p><p>I thought of a couple more things...... Others have mentioned buying used books. When my children were young and money was a factor, I used to buy them books at goodwill and at garage sales. Then when they finished reading those books, there was a used book store that would allow you to trade a book for a book. My girls were avid readers and this worked out well for us.</p><p></p><p>My two younger daughters are taking college classes and instead of buying their books on campus or other college bookstores, we order on line from half priced books or used from Amazon. This has saved tons of money!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mom_to_3, post: 98049, member: 30"] I am a frugal type of person and basically live by the motto "waste not, want not". My mother and father were products of the depression. My father is okay, but my mother absolutly will not waste a thing! I try not to, but I don't have to rinse out ziplock bags to reuse or save EVERY single plastic or glass container that passes my way. My mother will, I kid you not save a tablespoon of leftover food from dinner. If I can't get my husband to eat it or one of the girls,so as not to waste, I don't have a problem tossing it. I know I have lots of things I do to save money, but right now I can think of using less fabric softner than the product usually calls for. I would say I use 1/4 of what Downey recommends and my clothes are static free and smell nice. The other thing my mother taught me and I feel compelled to do is to cut a plastic bottle in half, dishwasher soap, ketchup, anything plastic that cannot be diluted with water and then use a rubber spatula to get the last little bit from the bottle. Of course you all know to add water to the bottle of shampoo, dish soap, conditioner, liquid laundry soap, etc. to get the last little bit remaining, don't you? [img]:smile:[/img] When using tomato sauce or paste or even diced/ crushed tomatoes and you need to add more water to whatever you are preparing, you DO know to fill said can with the water to get the remaining product from the inside of the can??? My mother reminds me ALL THE TIME to do things like this. Drives me bonkers if I dwell on it. She means well, but God knows that I am actually a grown woman with adult children of my own! [img]:smile:[/img] I thought of a couple more things...... Others have mentioned buying used books. When my children were young and money was a factor, I used to buy them books at goodwill and at garage sales. Then when they finished reading those books, there was a used book store that would allow you to trade a book for a book. My girls were avid readers and this worked out well for us. My two younger daughters are taking college classes and instead of buying their books on campus or other college bookstores, we order on line from half priced books or used from Amazon. This has saved tons of money! [/QUOTE]
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