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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 161534" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>We have been tightwads for years. i go to Wild Oats when I am in the city with husband and buy my spices in bulk. They are MUCH cheaper this way. I also by TVP, which I sub for meat in all our soups/tacos etc... Usuallly for about 1/2 the meat.</p><p> </p><p>Our electric coop is supposed to send out enough bulbs for EVERY fixture int he house next month. We haven't bought the new flourescents because this. They will even DELIVER them.</p><p> </p><p>We are running MUCH fewer errands.</p><p> </p><p>I need to redo the flooring in the hallways, the dog had accidents on them. I am going to buy carpet flooring squares tehy pulled out of our library when redoing the floors = it will be $1 for and 18 inch square of industrial, barely used flooring. Then I only need the contact adhesive (like post it glue!) to put them down. they can be pulled up at any time if something happens. And they look very nice.</p><p> </p><p>I strongly encourage you to haunt the used bookstores, or ebay or wherever for The Tightwad Gazette. There are 3 indiv volumes, or a book that has ALL of every one of the 3 volumes in one. It retailed for $19.99 4 years ago. I had to replace 2 of the books due to long hard use.</p><p> </p><p>This book has hints/tips for most everything. And the best granola recipe (with my adjustments, of course!!).</p><p> </p><p>The Make a Mix cookbook by Eliason, et al is also a great resource. The bread mix is wonderful in the bread maker, and saves SOOO much $$$.</p><p> </p><p>I usually take 1 day every 2 or 3 weeks, health permitting, and go to the city with husband. I can run my errands there, avoid the small town pricing (they KNOW you don't have many choices) and we would spend the gas to get there anyway. AND all but our primary docs are there. The kids love to just curl up in the library, so any extra time is no problem - there is one just a mile from the office.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 161534, member: 1233"] We have been tightwads for years. i go to Wild Oats when I am in the city with husband and buy my spices in bulk. They are MUCH cheaper this way. I also by TVP, which I sub for meat in all our soups/tacos etc... Usuallly for about 1/2 the meat. Our electric coop is supposed to send out enough bulbs for EVERY fixture int he house next month. We haven't bought the new flourescents because this. They will even DELIVER them. We are running MUCH fewer errands. I need to redo the flooring in the hallways, the dog had accidents on them. I am going to buy carpet flooring squares tehy pulled out of our library when redoing the floors = it will be $1 for and 18 inch square of industrial, barely used flooring. Then I only need the contact adhesive (like post it glue!) to put them down. they can be pulled up at any time if something happens. And they look very nice. I strongly encourage you to haunt the used bookstores, or ebay or wherever for The Tightwad Gazette. There are 3 indiv volumes, or a book that has ALL of every one of the 3 volumes in one. It retailed for $19.99 4 years ago. I had to replace 2 of the books due to long hard use. This book has hints/tips for most everything. And the best granola recipe (with my adjustments, of course!!). The Make a Mix cookbook by Eliason, et al is also a great resource. The bread mix is wonderful in the bread maker, and saves SOOO much $$$. I usually take 1 day every 2 or 3 weeks, health permitting, and go to the city with husband. I can run my errands there, avoid the small town pricing (they KNOW you don't have many choices) and we would spend the gas to get there anyway. AND all but our primary docs are there. The kids love to just curl up in the library, so any extra time is no problem - there is one just a mile from the office. [/QUOTE]
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