DO YOU EVEN THRIFTY?

By cooking at home, at least I know who spit in my food.

Having lived through hyperinflation and multiple currencies over a few years once, I'm feeling these days are very similar to that time, and therefore, it is pointless to penny pinch right now.

I save condiment packets from restaurants to use at home. Why pay for salt, pepper, mustered, and ketchup when it is everywhere. I have bags and bags of condiments, and plastic eating utensil.
I reuse my plastic bottles as well several times.
Use my used dryer sheets to clean the shower and tub. It great for getting off soap scum.
I put my coffee Gounds in the garden along with most kitchen scraps.
I have used coffee can plastic lids, carboard, and a glue gun to patch the bottom of my kids shoes
Painted stained clothing to use shirts longer in public.
I shop often at the good will. clothing size 0-6 is plentiful, because kids outgrow their clothes. So, a lot of style and selection. Except for by couches and mattresses all my furniture is used and handed down.

Lately, I discovered the Amazon outlet stores. OMG... heaven! Except that as the random stuff comes in it is almost full price until more stuff is expected in and the deals get good and you get to haggle. But when you go, you make a whole day of it hunting for good finds in large bins and you have to be careful not to buy stuff you don't need.

I never turn on the heat at night, even when it's 20 degrees. Put a sweatshirt over your pj's if you're cold. (don't get sick either).

My family eats fast food about 10 times per month for Fast Food Fridays weekly, Little Creasers $6.99 pizza sporadically as schedule calls for, and first of the month Subway Sundays.

We take advantage all day of Veteran Day specials and traditionally start with I-Hop in the morning. It is a great time for me to start my Christmas shopping with all the discounts.

What my family is really bad at is not unplugging chargers, not turning off lights, leaving fans running, over all just using too much power.

I grew up with parents that would freak out over-power usage. We had HVAC and all my life I thought it was broken, until I was about 18 years old and one day my dad decided the house was too cold and turned it on. I was shocked! It was my job to have the fire going everyday after school for when my parents got home. Our rooms were freezing except the family room. I refuse to put my kids through that if I don't have too.

I had to re-engineer a washing machine clutch that had ridiculous materials.

Modern life.

Now you've done it, I saw your title and imeadiatly started playing on my mental mind player.

https://imgur.com/WEllLbb

That ain't no shit.. Plus you know exactly how and what was used to cook your meal.

We use hand towels around here. A roll of paper towels around here lasts forever.

Back in the day when the glue didn't work on old stamps, I'll crank out a batch of my own glue.....all the stamps were bad one Christmas and I had a lot of cards to send out......

My mom calls those "wall warts" LOL

buy full-fat milk then, after using 1/3 of it, top off with filtered water converting the rest to semi-skimmed

I buy a frosty at Wendy’s and grab a bunch of sporks. No reason to have both spoons and forks.

and that its only spit, right?

I do the water in shampoo thing.

I've done that too. I guess I'm a water-downer of numerous things now that I think about it.

Yep I've repaired my jogging shoes with "Shoe-Goo" (nasty worthless stuff) until the new pair comes in.

You would not believe what gets put near the trash bins where I live.

Love the large framed mirror and super comfy chairs in excellent condition. Encourage neighbors to collect the clothing in top condition and donate it to charity.

I gather the blown down, dried out palm fronds for my fireplace. Plenty of free scrap wood and junk mail to acquire too. Neighbors of my huge condo complex just turn up the gas and question my thriftiness. Oh well, no one has an herb & veggie garden on their patio either.

Psy op conditioning thread to demoralize Americans.

I'm very thrifty but i eat well. No sense living here if you aren't having some fun. I find other ways to make up for it...

I am very thrifty but no of those things are part of my lifestyle. Now if you asked what we do with the wood ash from our wood stove, or how we recycled our own egg shells and coffee grinds I could answer.

Not sure the last time I had a cheese packet from take out, but we take home and use the extra napkins from our family owned Italian restaurant that we frequent.

Using the toilet paper from a k of c sounds as unhealthy as eating the food from there. Gross.

I make our baked goods at home, home made cakes, slices and cookies.

by not buying everything at the store, and making it at home, has saved quite a few dollars off the shopping list. and saved loads of rubbish from packets going into the bin.

Yes sir/mam! I'll bet you were feeling pretty good when that baby took hold and went into the final spin cycle.

Over the years, I've enjoyed fixing lots of things, and have developed a list of must have repair products.

I can make a $4.00 package of chicken leg quarters into five nights of dinner for our family of 4.

Need a little rice, potatoes and carrots

When I was a kid, mom worked as a fry cook at a restaurant. They dumped their coffee grounds in an empty lot. That area produced the best fishing worms for my buddy to use. Never a shortage. Is there a connection or just a coincidence?

All of the above and more. I guess it's just habit now because I don't need to but I had to live thrifty because I was dirt poor in my twenties, then had kids in my thirties. Parenthood for me ment cutting corners to make ends meet and the kids never even knew.

I drive a 27 year old Ford. I buy all of my vehicles used, and drive them until they either get totaled by a jerk on the road, or they finally die, and go to the car boneyard.

I use only a few coupons, as a lot of the items the coupons are for over priced brand names. I hunt the reduced goods aisle with my grocery list first, and get as much as I can of my list from there.You can use coupons for marked down items. I have got items for free several times, or for a penny ! I always check out the reduced meats. I got herb encrusted chicken breast stuffed with asparagus for half price. We had them for dinner today.

All of my household furnishings, even towels, sheets, dishes, pot and pans, etc, are from thrift shops. The only exception was the sofa. I bought it new at a furniture outlet store, to replace the one my husband passed away on. It was on sale, a floor sample, so it was reasonably priced.

All of our clothes are from thrift shops, and they are all new or like new, and fashionable.Why pay a fortune for 1 item of clothing new from a retail store, when you can go to a thrift shop and literally get a whole new or like new wardrobe for what you would pay for 1 item at a regular store?

I grow some of my own veggies and fruits, make my own pickles, jams, and jelly. Nearly all of my canning supplies are from the thrift shops too. I home cook most meals. We go out for a meal maybe once every 2 weeks. Got to treat us once in a while.

I never have had a pay TV service. I don't watch TV, except when we are under severe weather warnings.It's unplugged.I am a big reader, and get my books at thrift shops for as little as $1 for a bagful. I have a basic flip phone.$30 a month unlimited text and calls. I have bottom of the line internet, for $9.95 a month.

I pick change off the floor when I am out shopping or running errands. I find, on average, about $100 a year in change. The most I found in one year, was slightly over $300.

You can live thrifty, and still live real good. It just takes a little effort, but it is worth it !

"thrifty" is j speak

Thrifty is a way of life when you want to live simply, or on a fixed income.

Thrrrrifty is Scottish. (You have to roll the R's)

J speak is:
such-a-deal
wholesale
I-have-a-friend/relative


So to tell, look up your R's. Up your R's!