Funny Frugal Stories

[Emeraldfire]

That just reminded me of another story. One morning as my sister was getting ready for school my mom realized the sole of her shoe was loose and flopping when she walked so she decided to do a quick fix on it with super glue. She ended up glueing my sister shoe and sock to her foot.

[pollypurebred39]

I remembered this one today, Now as I had said before my Grandmother was one frugal hen and would not let a scrap of anything go to waste. So she had this cat named Happy and Happy loved canned food but often would waste a whole can. My Grandmother decided enough was enough and when Happy walked away she picked up the saucer with the canned cat food and wrapped it in plastic wrap and placed it in the fridge to give to Happy the following day.

Later that afternoon my Grandmother's friend and neighbor stopped by for a chat. My Grandmother would never let anyone leave her house hungry so she offered her friend some potted meat and crackers to which her friend accepted. Just then the phone rang and my Grandmother waved her friend to the fridge to help herself. About 10 minutes later my Grandmother reappears in the kitchen, her friend sitting at the table happily munching on potted meat and crackers. She then says to my Grandmother, "Nancy, I've never had potted meat like this before. What brand is it?" It was then my Grandmother discovered that her friend had spread her crackers with Happy's cat food and had eaten almost the entire saucer! My Grandmother was horrified, but could never bring herself to tell her friend that she just ate Happy's cat food.