Comments on: Learn harmless frugal secrets http://www.frugalvillage.com/2009/12/24/learn-harmless-frugal-secrets/ Frugal Living by Sara Noel Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://www.frugalvillage.com/2009/12/24/learn-harmless-frugal-secrets/#comment-52212 JP Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:58:08 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=2263#comment-52212 CJ's story is hilarious! I love it! Like Valerie, I too do not put large quantities of "special" groceries where they can be easily found by the rest of the household. And the Doer Of The Laundry is entitled to any money found, even if it's a ten or twenty dollar bill. If it was so important, why didn't they empty their pockets? Sneaking didn't work when I tried to substitute ground turkey for ground beef, though. That stuff is disgusting. CJ’s story is hilarious! I love it! Like Valerie, I too do not put large quantities of “special” groceries where they can be easily found by the rest of the household. And the Doer Of The Laundry is entitled to any money found, even if it’s a ten or twenty dollar bill. If it was so important, why didn’t they empty their pockets? Sneaking didn’t work when I tried to substitute ground turkey for ground beef, though. That stuff is disgusting.

]]> By: Jess http://www.frugalvillage.com/2009/12/24/learn-harmless-frugal-secrets/#comment-31780 Jess Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:26:40 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=2263#comment-31780 My 14yr old daughter swears she'll die if she uses any other shampoo than this $25 12oz bottle of stuff. Its a good thing that I have been cleaning the bottle and refilling it with a cheaper shampoo for several months now. One day I'll tell her.....maybe. My 14yr old daughter swears she’ll die if she uses any other shampoo than this $25 12oz bottle of stuff. Its a good thing that I have been cleaning the bottle and refilling it with a cheaper shampoo for several months now. One day I’ll tell her…..maybe.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.frugalvillage.com/2009/12/24/learn-harmless-frugal-secrets/#comment-30596 Marilyn Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:04 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=2263#comment-30596 We buy dishwashing detergent in bulk. The containers are often so large and bulky that the dispenser gets overfilled every time. So I cut the top of the box off and stuck a disposable plastic spoon in there. Two teaspoons is all i need to clean an entired load. I have been using the same box of detergent for about six months. I run a full load twice a day for 5 people. We buy dishwashing detergent in bulk. The containers are often so large and bulky that the dispenser gets overfilled every time. So I cut the top of the box off and stuck a disposable plastic spoon in there. Two teaspoons is all i need to clean an entired load. I have been using the same box of detergent for about six months. I run a full load twice a day for 5 people.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.frugalvillage.com/2009/12/24/learn-harmless-frugal-secrets/#comment-30577 Jennifer Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:51:17 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=2263#comment-30577 I have a tendency to use too much dish liquid so I put my dish liquid into a glass jar fitted with a pourer (the really cheap kind that you use for oil or liquor bottles). The dish liquid comes out VERY slowly and forces you to use a lot less. It seems to last forever. I have a tendency to use too much dish liquid so I put my dish liquid into a glass jar fitted with a pourer (the really cheap kind that you use for oil or liquor bottles). The dish liquid comes out VERY slowly and forces you to use a lot less. It seems to last forever.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.frugalvillage.com/2009/12/24/learn-harmless-frugal-secrets/#comment-30520 Kathy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:40:46 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=2263#comment-30520 Around my house they would eat from a jar of jam until about one inch or two from the bottom of the jar and leave it and open a new jar. When no one is around I empty the jar they abandoned into the fresh jar they opened and no one is the wiser. I do this with other items as well. Peanut butter, pickles whatever they abandon for whatever reason (could never understand why they do that) and the old stuff gets recycled to the new jar opened. I call it thrifty. Around my house they would eat from a jar of jam until about one inch or two from the bottom of the jar and leave it and open a new jar. When no one is around I empty the jar they abandoned into the fresh jar they opened and no one is the wiser. I do this with other items as well. Peanut butter, pickles whatever they abandon for whatever reason (could never understand why they do that) and the old stuff gets recycled to the new jar opened.

I call it thrifty.

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