I did something frugal today

**McD** · 02-18-2007, 06:46 PM

So I needed new dress pants for work. Okay probably not needed, but wanted new dress pants for work. With my portion of the tax return money I was planning on buying some clothes and saving the rest. However, I usually only get my dress pants from the Limited, which can cost upwards of 60 dollars per pairs of pants....I was looking on Ebay and I found a ton of their pants dirt cheap! Well cheap compared to the in store price. So I got three pairs of their pants for 40$ total. 3 pairs for not even the price of one! I am ecstatic.

So has anyone else done anything frugal?

**dcompton** · 02-18-2007, 07:35 PM

Not today, but where there's life, there's hope!

**Marie78** · 02-18-2007, 07:35 PM

Good deal on your pants for work. Our frugal thing here today was eating our leftovers for lunch and dinner! They are all gone now, now I have to decide what meal to make tomorrow for dinner.

**FrugalMomof3** · 02-18-2007, 07:36 PM

I havent dont anything frugal today but I do frugal things all the time.

I am glad you got such a great bargain, I love eBay too!

**Telephus44** · 02-18-2007, 10:21 PM

Not much today, but I did the same thing three weeks ago. I found a pair of jeans that fit my post-baby figure at the Gap - they're $50 a pair - and I bought two pairs on eBay for $20 including shipping.

I also buy my bras on eBay - I love the Victoria's Secret Body by Victoria, but they run $35-$40 each in the store, and I can pick them up for $10-$12 each on eBay.

**mom2hancj** · 02-18-2007, 10:26 PM

I did!! I just got 4 Fisher price toys on an online deal for $32 which includes tax and shipping. They have a buy one get three free and then I did a google checkout which took another $10 off. I have birthday and two for Christmas for the baby.

ETA: this deal is through toysrus.com in case anyone else wants to get in on the deal.

**acidcookie** · 02-18-2007, 10:32 PM

Just the other day I was on the hunt for a top to go under my suit (which I have not yet worn) for a conference this Friday. I found a cute silk blouse-y top at Express. It was $49.50. So I put it on hold and hunted around the mall. I found a top that works at B.Moss which was originally $28, marked down to $18. So no, I didn't go used, but I didn't drop my money on a $50 top at Express because it's the first thing that worked, and instead saved $32.

And also, the suit is from Target, for about $60.

**acidcookie** · 02-18-2007, 10:34 PM

Oh, and I just bought a 3-pack of color printer ink for $12.49 on eBay with free shipping! Normally each color cartridge is $14 and I'd need three (cyan, magenta, yellow) for $42 total. So I saved roughly $30 there.

**autumnlynn** · 02-19-2007, 12:59 AM

You got a really good bargain with the pants. The most frugal thing I did today was stay home!

**SammeyG** · 02-19-2007, 08:15 AM

After I got home from work that is where I stayed. That is the only thing that I did frugal.

**getnrichslowly** · 02-19-2007, 08:39 AM

This isn't the most frugal thing but we are just beginning to redo a bathroom and four months ago I saw the shower curtain that I had in my head for the project at Kohl's. It's was $30 and I would not let myself pay that much. Since then I have looked and looked for something similar, online and everyplace and never found anything near what I wanted.
So, we start the construction next week and I decided to check Kohl's again and the original shower curtain that I wanted was marked down to $20, still more than I wanted to pay but better than $30.

Good job with the pants!

Megan

**Cricketlegs** · 02-19-2007, 10:28 AM

Well my dd is sick today so I don't have to drive anywhere or leave house today. (I wish she wasn't sick tho!)

We are eating last nights left overs for lunch today.

I have items going off ebay today that have made a pretty nice little bit.
I have hope they will go up since I have over 10 watchers apiece on 2 items.

I went through my cleaning supplies and condensed/rebottled(I DO RELABEL) cleaned them out.

It is only 9:22 so I may do more!

Good thread.