Cheap Tricks

[lavinia_short]

I’m putting together a piece on little things that we all do that are, well, total cheapskate moves

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[lynnbo_momo]

I reuse tinfoil and rarely buy plastic wrap because you can't easily reuse it.

I use the plastic bag my newspaper comes in for dog poop scooping - it's biodegradable like the other bags, so why the hell not?

I don't use the color-saving shampoo about 3 weeks before I'm due to get a new hair job.

I have four quilts and a featherbed and keep my bedroom at about 60 degrees during the winter.

I line-dry in warm weather. I would do it all year round except Minnesota is tricky for that in the winter months. But I usually line dry from March to the end of October.

I am so depression-era

[duchess_k]

I reuse tinfoil and ziplocks.
I do buy Gladware but I use it to death.
I eat leftover dinner every single day for lunch, even if that means eating the same grey stew all week.
I save vegetable scraps and chicken bones to make stock.
I just wash my face with warm water (and it has never looked better!)
I cook almost exclusively from scratch.
Overripe bananas always go in the freezer for spontaneous banana bread.
Simmer sauces (especially Trader Joe's Indian-style ones) will "repurpose" almost any kind of dinner leftover into a palatable meal.
When I am sick I will blow my nose on a big towel all day instead of buying Kleenex.
I sweep instead of vacuuming (saves money and turns into exercise)
I only wash my clothes in cold water.
I use all-purpose cleaners so I don't have to buy a bunch of different products.
I drink my morning coffee at work so I'm drinking their coffee instead of buying my own.

I'm sure I can think of 45 more but I'm at work...

[seriously_tho]

I don't know if I'm a cheap grad student or a depression era-minded hippie, some of these are already mentioned