What is the cheapest thing you do?
03-08-2011, 06:57 PM
#281
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There sure are a lot of handy saving hints on this thread that I can personally attest to doing!
Where I live, we have a green bin recycle program, where you are supposed to throw out your food scraps, egg shells, pits, bones,etc. They sell these compostible bags for this purpose, but I collect my scraps in a bucket & wrap in newspaper before disposing (and I recycle my newspaper at the same time, too).
It definitely pays to switch to energy saving light bulbs. When I did this, my bill showed a significant saving. I found that if I switch off the lights when we are not in a room and unplug commonly used small appliance items when not in use, the savings adds up even further. Our bill dropped approximately $18 in a month doing this! I also try to do things in off peak electricity hours - it really does help!
Where I live, we have a green bin recycle program, where you are supposed to throw out your food scraps, egg shells, pits, bones,etc. They sell these compostible bags for this purpose, but I collect my scraps in a bucket & wrap in newspaper before disposing (and I recycle my newspaper at the same time, too).
It definitely pays to switch to energy saving light bulbs. When I did this, my bill showed a significant saving. I found that if I switch off the lights when we are not in a room and unplug commonly used small appliance items when not in use, the savings adds up even further. Our bill dropped approximately $18 in a month doing this! I also try to do things in off peak electricity hours - it really does help!
03-09-2011, 01:12 AM
#282
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For a young pup, take a strip of fleece probably 4 inches wide and about 18 inches long. Tie it in a dbl. knot in the middle. Let your pup chew on this while he is teething or just play tug of war. With a sock, a dog thinks that material is fair game to chew on, so all of your socks may disappear. Not good if a dog ingests a sock. Surgery has been the only resolution and some dogs have not made it. So fleece is best. Sure cheaper than the string type Booda toys at the pet shops!
I also buy bell peppers, onion & celery when it is on sale. I chop them in sm pcs for cooking and freeze them is zip locks. When I am ready for them, they are ready to be tossed into a pot. Homegrown tomatoes the same. If I have potatoes about to go bad, I will cook them then peel them & dice, then freeze them. When we want potato salad, the potaotes are already cooked & only need to be thawed. Cheap apples could also be done this way for pies or applesauce.
If I make a cake for just DH & I, I serve it up in indiv. servings and freeze. Otherwise we would eat the whole darned things. Brownies can be done this way also. If I have 1 or 2 banana's going bad, I will stick them in the freeze, unpeeled and cont. to do this until I have enough to bake banana bread. I buy cranberries when they are in season and freeze those. I make Cranberry tea in the Winter & Cranberry bread.My friend makes her dogs, dogbones with healthy ingred. rather than buy the expensive ones from the Pet Shops. I do also make homemade noodles and have those on hand. Much cheaper than bought from the Store. You can freeze them or store in air tight container for a month.
I also buy bell peppers, onion & celery when it is on sale. I chop them in sm pcs for cooking and freeze them is zip locks. When I am ready for them, they are ready to be tossed into a pot. Homegrown tomatoes the same. If I have potatoes about to go bad, I will cook them then peel them & dice, then freeze them. When we want potato salad, the potaotes are already cooked & only need to be thawed. Cheap apples could also be done this way for pies or applesauce.
If I make a cake for just DH & I, I serve it up in indiv. servings and freeze. Otherwise we would eat the whole darned things. Brownies can be done this way also. If I have 1 or 2 banana's going bad, I will stick them in the freeze, unpeeled and cont. to do this until I have enough to bake banana bread. I buy cranberries when they are in season and freeze those. I make Cranberry tea in the Winter & Cranberry bread.My friend makes her dogs, dogbones with healthy ingred. rather than buy the expensive ones from the Pet Shops. I do also make homemade noodles and have those on hand. Much cheaper than bought from the Store. You can freeze them or store in air tight container for a month.
03-30-2011, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by valinwa
this is a bad one, my DH puts holes in sox faster than I can buy them, so I put them on turned around so the hole is on top of my foot, and I wear them around the house like slippers, they're kinda big so I turn the cuff down. Needless to say I am looking for ways to use old worn sox, any ideas? I have bags full. They're all white short crew sox.
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