Do you get the streaming service that many libraries offer? It’s called Kanopy and they must have at least a 100,000 titles. All genres. You get 20 tickets per month and most movies use 2. There are so many recent movies too. I always look there after seeing that something I want to watch is $3.99 at least on other streaming services. I’m usually happily surprised to find many of them there.
My tooth brush(es)! My grandmother always told me,”take care of your teeth and they will take care of you”. Meaning, if your oral health is in check, your general health will be too. No chance of having poor nutrition related to loss of teeth in the future. She died at 100, with a FULL SET OF NATURAL TEETH!
A great oral care tip is to swish a tablespoon or teaspoon of coconut oil, either solid or liquid in your mouth. Try to swish for 5 to 20 minutes. MOST IMPORTANTLY NEVER put the swished oil down any drain, sink, tub, toilet. It will build up and cause problems. I have a small mouthwash cup that I put a couple of pieces of toilet tissue into and I spit it out into that. Give it a few minutes and it will start to become solid then put in your trash. You can do this everyday and I was told to use only coconut oil so I do not know if other oils can be used.
Years ago at my gynecologist's suggestion, I started using a squirt bottle to rinse after urination nstead of using toilet paper. My bottle has developed a leak, but the mustard and ketchup bottles in the picnic section at Dollar Tree are about the right size and I get two for $1.25. A few years ago we added a simple bidet to our existing toilet. The amount of money we save on toilet paper and wipes is significant. When people were stockpiling TP during Covid, we were untroubled. The small amount we buy for guests lasts a long, long time.
Remember to cut open toothpaste, lotion, and shampoo tubes. Plenty of product left in tube when you cut them open. Sometimes 2 weeks worth of daily use!
Those Carmax yellow tubes for lips-split them open and heat in a small bowl in the microwave. Then put in the fridge . When it is cool you will have a " scum" of Carmax Lypsyl you can put in a little pot for use.
Our dogs 🐕 best security alarm, best exercise motivator and companion, best stress reliever, best garbage disposal, best pre wash dirty plate cleaner, the list goes on!
My sewing machine has save me thousands over the years. Another money saver, rabbit ears for my TV. I get about 19 channels free. Another item is an old fashioned rug sweeper (no electricity). My floors are not carpeted but I have a few rugs I use it on. Take away the tools we use and the most important is the knowledge and skills we use to save money! I try to teach anyone who is interested (just like you two do). Thank you!
I bought two of those sweepers one for upstairs and one for main floor. still cheap here in Canada I also have an old one for cottage bought 50 yrs ago
Not an item so much as an attitude: learning to be happy and content in a smaller, practical home. I did have a learning curve on this one, but really think this change in dreams and attitudes saves so much money over time
This is so true ! The way the size of new homes has increased over time is amazing . I live in MA and smaller , functional homes are often demolished to build a large home . The price of upkeep for anything needed must be astronomical .
My sewing machine, my coffee maker, the library, and facebook marketplace have saved me lots. Also, talking my employer into letting me work remotely has saved me a fortune….gas, dress clothes etc. Finally…TH-cam in general! This is probably the biggest one.
FB Marketplace saved me hundreds on the two air fryers, two crockpots and two instant pots. I recently picked up a MCM pole lamp that sells for hundreds that I found for $40!I will have it for many years. and a fun fact for conserving heat… spouses bath in same water and then, leave it in tub until cool in the cold months when you are heating your home. The surrounding area is heated for hours from a hot full tub! Why waste heat?
@@Cybil017 Let's do this! 🤓 I've just had to travel for work and had several issues come up while I was away from home that needed me to spend way outside of my budget. Hopefully I'll be home in the next few days and can get back on track 🙏🏽
I don’t own a dryer. I tell people that I live in a giant dryer called Florida! 😂 I dry my clothes inside on two racks. You can also use your bed or the backs of chairs to dry items. I have dried large blankets by draping them over several chairs. Also, TH-cam has saved me TONS of money. I have learned how to do so many DIY projects around my house… installed my own mailbox, repaired my roof (before I got a metal one), redid my floors, fixed drywall holes, painted, and fixed my AC myself! I’ve saved thousands and thousands of dollars!
I have to go to the laundromat as our apartment does not allow washers. I don't dry my clothes at the laundromat. I bring them home and hang them around my apartment. Usually in 3-4 hours several things are already dry and can be put away.
I got a laundry spinner for $40 on Craigslist. I take clothes out of the washer and further spin water out of my clothes to dry even faster. It is extremely useful on clothes that I wash by hand and great to use for really wet towels.
Have used a Flowbee for both hubby and myself for the last 15 years. Most likely have saved thousands of dollars over the years. My husband absolutely refuses to go to the barber even when I beg him to if I am super busy! lol. I color my own hair as well. Such a money saver!!
Ditto!........been cutting my own hair since I can't remember when. If I go to a beautician, I have to come home and fix it. Get a three way mirror from Temu.......your welcome:)
My husband got frustrated not having his haircut how he wanted it. He found a guy here on YT showing grooming tips and one was how to cut your own hair, it happened to be in the style hubby likes. Once he started doing that he hasnt looked back! I have found a couple hair dressers on YT showing how to cut/maintain long hair and that is what I do. I also unpoo, I use baking soda mixed with water for shampoo and add rosemary EO to apple cider vinegar & water as conditioner. I had stopped and gone back to conventional hair products and then I got really really sick and lost at least 1/3rd of my hair. So I went back to unpooing and my hair came back better than before. Its thicker and grows quickly vs using store products. BUT, I know for some people it can dry their hair out so I suggest if you look into this to use a small amount of baking soda to see how your hair feels and adjust from there. 😊
I have found that my well stocked Sewing Basket has saved me a bundle. I sew on buttons; make repairs and darn and that means clothes stay in good shape for longer. I am, as a Canadian, a huge fan of the Royal Family and it may interest you to know that they are all VERY frugal! Queen Elizabeth refused to raise the heat during the winter months (and now King Charles also maintains 'cold' rooms "just wear a sweater" - much to the chagrin of his wife Camilla). The late Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher wrote in her autobiography that she spent a weekend with the Queen at Sandringham Palace and after dinner the Queen disappeared. Mrs. Thatcher tracked her down in the back kitchen - where she saw Queen Elizabeth with yellow rubber dish gloves up to her elbows in dishwater 'washing up'! The Queen tossed Mrs. Thatcher a dish towel and asked her to dry. Princess Anne has been photographed numerous times wearing the same outfits from back in the 1980s! King Charles' regularly wears his late father's wool trench coat (40 years old!!). So apart from their devotion to service and charity and despite the family being interesting historical figures, they are also very very conscious about frugality and waste! Cheers from Toronto!
Another benefit to perennials is that when they get too big, you can split them down and plant them in other areas of your garden and you can share with a sister and neighbors.
I grow perennial vegetables, too. Collect poppyseeds for baking. Rhubarb which can grow in my landscaping as the deer leave it alone. Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries. Planning an asparagus bed. Artichokes and Swiss Chard! Kale winters over! Works in western WA
Same here! I rent free dvd's from the library when I want to watch a movie or tv show, and watch it on my portable dvd player. I don't miss tv at all, especially all of the commercials! 🙄
My husband was so against not using paper towels, so I just started using cloth towels for everything. Now he uses cloth towels as well and we rarely use paper towels anymore. Huge Savings
I thought about giving up paper towels but we have a septic system and we have to be careful about not letting grease and fat go down the drain. So if I was to use cloth for wiping up all my messes it would still need to be washed and go down the septic. What do people with septic systems use. Any ideas?
@@joycewright5386for grease pour grease on an old jar like empty store pickle jar and use paper towels to wipe out. Then wash pots ect. Or instead of putting grease in jars let it cool and put in trash the wipe out with paper towel. That way no grease goes into septic tank. Be careful be cautious be mindful be watchful be prepared above all PRAY. 🙏📖🛐🕊️ Show ❤ like Jesus then if need be 🔫🏹 then victory 🙌🙌
Undershirts! A T-shirt will save your sweaters and dress shirts from needing a wash every time, and are easier to wash and dry. It saves wear on your nice clothes.
I love sheets from the charity shop. I make everything with them. Pillowcases, aprons, drying up tea towels, petticoats, you name it I use them for it and all my off cuts become napkins
@@grannyprepper1181Used drapes also give a lot of fabric for the money. I once spent one dollar on a single drapery panel. (because who else is going to buy only one?) It was the most beautiful and luxurious fabric,Dupione (spelling?) Silk. I took the ratty upholstery fabric off the bench at the foot of my bed,cut and stapled on this fabric and WOW! I have also done this to piano benches and foot stools. Drapery fabric is usually pretty sturdy and I can replace the fabric cheaper than cleaning it!🙌🏻
This may seem a bit...extravagant... but, I'll explain. I love having animals around me. They are *companions* and *entertainment.* I also love to be creative - another form of personal *entertainment.* And, I love to bake and cook...again, *entertainment.* Reliable, knowledgeable, affordable carpenters are few and far between, so... I invested in a chop saw, hammer drill, compact circular saw, and set of chisels. *Tools are always an investment.* I built a 4'x8' raised chicken coop and it looks gorgeous! Shower pans for the floor, used cabinet doors, plastic shower wall sheathing and lumber. All but tge lumber and hardware were bought at a non-profit salvage shop similar to Habitat for Humanity. Now, I have a $5,000, insulated, heated chicken coop with windows and rechargeable light bulbs for the exterior lights, that's easy to clean and keeps my hens safe, healthy and warm. But, aside from the cost of the *tool investment* (though lumber yards WILL cut your lumber for you,) the entire coop cost me about $300. And, aside from tge fun I had this summer building it, and the joy I get from my hens, I'll have eggs at minimal to no cost since I can sell the extras. 🤗 My main tip though is, *shop thrift and second hand stores!* And my new tools will serve me next summer and many more years to come! No more $50/hour carpenters!
A month ago we bought laundry lines & clothespins because it finally occurred to me that, since we live in the dry southern Nevada desert, might as well let the crazy summer heat dry our laundry for us and save some $$$. And yes, please do video 2! 😊
Clotheslines don’t work very well where I live. We’re surrounded by pastures and fields, which means there is little to stop the wind when it picks up. The wind blows as high as 70 mph. I tried using a clothesline many years ago and they kept getting pulled off by the wind to the point they had to be rewashed. We hang clothes on a rack in the laundry room and on the shower bar. The wire pantry shelves work too in a pinch.
I buy the majority of my clothing at thrift stores. Keeps old clothes out of landfills and I've gotten like-new $100 jeans for $6, for example. Bath towels are so much cheaper at thrift stores, too. Like-new, high-quality towels are less than one-fourth the price of new.
You are my kind of people! I'm 76 and live by myself. My favorite slo cooker is a 6 quart cooker. I like to cook a large batch with sale food then divide it into single meal portions and put into my small extra freezer. I have quite a collection of books from library sales.
I do both of those things; big pots of soups and stews, and great books for .50 cents. I've got my own library. My husband saw that one library was getting rid of an entire set of encyclopedias from 1960, in pristine condition and with yellow and green bindings. He brought them home. They match my blonde wood furniture. I love these books. They have facts, info and pics I can never get on the Internet.
Gardening not only saves my sanity, I find it unbelievable that letting even a single lettuce 'go to seed' after it's provided so many leaves will provide food for pollinators AND gives me thousands of seeds to resow and also to share with friends. I've literally broken an overripe tomato over soil, sprinkled with a little soil and had SO many seedlings germinate - potted up LOADS of smaller pots to share with friends. Same story with my bell peppers - I took the seeds and sprinkled them in an open pot and voila - LOADS of seedlings that I transplanted once they'd grown a little. SUCH joy - thank you for all the tips you and Paul share.
Flannel sheets keep you warm during winter nights. Also, use an outdoor barbeque vs your stove or oven to prepare meals to avoid heating up a house when a/c is on
We live in SC and deal with heat and humidity much more than cold. In the summertime grilling is big here. And cold dishes. For instance deli sandwiches, pasta salad with meat and cheese in them, salads, cold soups. These also keep the stove use down and thus keep the house cooler. I use my crockpots (and Instant pot) a lot year round much more than the oven. Our great grandmothers had to use wood stoves to cook. In the summer they would often just use it early morning (5am-6am) to cook for the whole day. My paternal grandmother had an electric range on one end of the kitchen and her wood cooking stove on the other end. She would make huge breakfasts and cook meat and a big pan of biscuits for the rest of the day using her woodstove. At lunch and dinner time, if something needed to be re-heated, she turned on the electric stove to heat quickly. She also preferred using the electric range for canning days because you could control temperature better. Once they got a freezer, she froze more than she canned because it didn't heat the kitchen up as much. She had a bank of windows over the sink which were as important as having upper cabinets back then in order to open them and let the heat out.
Our neighbor questioned us one day about why we go often to the library. We were a little stunned, but that day we were returning dvds we checked out of old movies we wanted ro see. We explained how we didn't want to pay $3.99 to rent a download if we could check it out for free. When my kids were little, we used to check out learning computer games for them. They had fun and learn reading and math skills along the way. For free!
My sewing machine and 45 years of sewing has saved me thousands and thousands of dollars. I sew for my family And friends. My garden is my passion, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, perennial onions, rhubarb, herbs, and all my other vegetables. My home steading skills, canning, dehydrating, using food savers bags , buying in bulk, cooking from scratch, natural remedies keeps me from the goIng to the doctor, thrift stores, auctions and garage sales. Learning to do it myself!
Growing spices will save you a bundle. Basil is our family favorite. There are lots of videos to teach you how to get the most from pruning. Also, I have an extra spring shower rod in my shower. This is where I hang my clothes to dry. I'm short, and the extra shower rod doesn't touch my head.
This may sound silly, but nail polish. I used to get manicure and pedicures monthly. Now i but a couple nail polish colors and give myself a home spa day. Way more cost effective!
We used cloth diapers for our 2 children, 1995-1998; they were the terry cloth style, and now are used as cleaning rags. The kids think we are so cheap!
@grannyprepper1181 Sane with my girls ! Less expensive than purchased disposable! Plus, found out that my oldest was allergic to them ! I didn't like that they went in the landfill and weren't biodegradable. I used cloth diapers as burp cloths and later for dusting and cleaning.
I make cloth reusable feminine pads for pantiliners, menstruation and incontinence. Absorbent layers with a raincoat type fabric for leak proofing. Save about $60 a month. I sell extras. Helps keep pads out of landfill.
Every time the weather turns cool, I cook batches of either chicken stock or of rice, so I can just pull it out and add veggies and meat. Quick cooking and on my diet.
My best money saving is not and item but a person. My husband can fix most everything, lawnmowers, cars, house hold items, hot water heater element and then installation of a new hot water heater. He, like Paul will look around his garage and storage building to find things that he can make work for a repair or even a solution to an issue without us having to spend any money. Learning to do things on your own is HUGE. In money saving. I many many coworkers who have house cleaners come in one a weak to clean and so they laundry!!!! Blows our minds!!! And now that I am set to retire early they say I don’t know how you can do it?! Well I could tell them the years of planning that has gone into this decision. I could mention all of the things I notice they spend money in that we do not. But I just smile and say it’s taken a lot of time preparing. And leave it at that lol Thanks again. For all you both do to make a wonderful channel PS I would love a part 2 😊😊
I would encourage you to share with them. They truly may not know. I know when I was younger I hung on to all advice my “older” coworkers gave me. It’s helped me so much over the years.
Excellent tips. The American Woman's Cookbook is phenomenal. When my grandmother got married in 1949, a local newspaper gifted her a copy, and last year, she gave her copy to me. I treasure it and use it all the time. The book can be pricey, even used, but free PDFs are available online. Most of what I grow in my garden (flowers, herbs, other plants) are perennials. Something I did to save more money this year on all that is NOT a perennial was seed save from what I grew LAST year (carrots being the only exception). Tomatoes, peppers, squash, flowers....you name it! My sister and I also did a seed exchange so neither of us needed to purchase anything. I took cuttings from whatever herbs were not cold hardy and started new plants from those. Lastly, I saved potatoes from the store that we hadn't eaten before they sprouted, placed them in egg cartons so they'd get some good "eyes" on them, and planted those instead of buying seed potatoes. Everything is growing beautifully! Seed saving from your own garden and planting food scrapes are both so easy to do and save a lot of money.
❤ seed saving is wonderful! Did you know your carrot will go to seed if you just leave one or two in the ground? The tops get tall, will flower and give you seed😊😊🎉. Then you have seeds that are perfect for your area❤
So many great ideas! My tips: Spent $40 on Roku 7 years ago and we haven’t paid a dime for cable or movies since. We also indoor line dry everything except towels, sheets and underwear. My experience with our auto scanner: I got a dash light on my 15 year old car. The scanner code alerted me that the gas cap was not on correctly. Thankfully I didn’t stop by the auto repair shop because the fix cost zero dollars. We also have a jump pack in each vehicle in case the battery dies which has saved us on towing/shop costs. A bidet has saved us hundreds on toilet paper and is better for the environment. We have used our flower beds for perennial edibles such as herbs, strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, etc. A note on the wood: we pay a small fee and harvest dead wood from State land. It is some work up front, but we can heat our home with the wood stove all winter for $20.
I live in Ireland so some things are different here but I try my best to be frugal….I have fleece bedding in winter time and fleece pyjamas nice and cosy….I have two wood burners so I hardly ever put on central heating…I have a crockpot and air fryer both brilliant and used constantly….my car I bought new 6 years ago it’s economical and reliable I get it serviced once a year and this year I needed 2 new tyres…..a lot of people here change cars every 2 to 3 years but this car will do me another good few years.I swear by snoodies in winter like a big fleece blanket jacket I wear in the house….I have air dryers for my clothes…I do spend on my dog because he has a few minor health issues so I refuse to skimp on his needs. Please do a part 2 and have a lovely week
I live in Wisconsin...and my dog has also developed a few minor issues. It occurred to me, the dog, like me, does not go outdoors much in winter. I take vitamin D for that...but my dog does not! I started giving her unadulterated codliver oil capsules in a bit of liverwurst, and a kelp tablet daily. All her issues began reversing in 3 days and are completely healed now. Just in case your dog is a homebody...
Small freezer so smart can run on solar generator. Wow first video i have seem of yours. I am so impressed. Oh yes glass jars and canning. Thrift stores and garage sales and sometimes marketplace and OfferUp are such great sites.
Yes, that is why we need to be in a community/large extended family, where people are assigned certain tasks. Women working full time & can barely keep the house & kids clean, cannot do all this on their own.
The more ideas the merrier! Do part 2 please!👍. In the winter my biggest money saver is warm pjs- the way I can almost do without the heater is my biggest money saver!🔥🤑
Also totally agree re free, manual temperature control in the form of my trusty Eddie Bauer down throw. Lifesaver! And though requiring electricity, the WooZoo fan we got from Costco is another money saver. That thing cools so excellently, I have to turn it down after just a few minutes. A nightstand and desktop must.
My food saver attachment for wide mouth canning jars has saved me a bunch. Also, my pressure cooker helps me gleen extra meals from bones and carcasses for quick and easy soups. Emmie, you are so right about the vintag Betty Crocker cookbooks. I have dozens of cookbooks, but the red Betty Crocker book is the one I usually end up using.
@@cindimarshall8525mine too, my husband is a jigsaw fiend and gets through a lot in a year. All free from our library and the cost to buy would be hundreds! Also our church has a jigsaw stash that we all swap in and out of.
I bought a metal clothes drying rack 20 years ago this summer. It folds up for storage and has saved me a great deal of money. Using my toaster oven rather than my large oven has saved me money too.
The name of the beautiful lavender flowers you showed a picture of in this video is Ajuga Reptans or Carpet Bugle... they are one of my favorite flowers!
I love finding some dear old woman's things in a thrift store. Muslin sheets. Thick towels, old cookbooks, quality items younger ones don't seem to like. I have old family canning books with how to mix fruits to get the soft ones that require pectin which others have in abindance. We even made our own pectin from sour inedible apples. Worked very well. Pressure canner was a big money saver. We had our own meat. Putting it in jars saved freezer space. Very old cookbooks tell you how to make healrhy satisfying meals from during the depression or when living on food rations during WW2. A good healthy wife earned her salary by her work to make a clean, comfy home, with healthy food. We have lost many good things with 'keep up with the Jone's and modern cheap ways.
I can remember rationing after WWII. Still cook many of the dishes my mother did then. My sister in law makes the egglrss chocolate cake for her sons birthday each year. He's allergic to eggs.
I watched an appliance repair man on TH-cam and he said we only need a Tbsp of detergent in our laundry. I’ve tried it and have had good results. He mentioned something similar about a dishwasher, but I don’t remember what it was because I don’t have one.
Our frugal journey is going much better then we thought. We retired (early) almost two years ago and we have been able to stay within our budget even with some unexpected events that have cost us money. I bought a Happy Planner after you showed yours on a video, and I use it to log all of our purchases and it works great!
I make all of my own dog food and freeze it. I usually either use my slow cooker or my electric pressure washer. I know it saves me money rather than buying dog food and our dog is very healthy!
Me too, my dogs have allergies to some if the preservatives in commercial dog food home made costs me about$50/60 per month commercial such as Fresh prt rubs me$15/25/ week, I have 2 small dogs.😊
Hi Ms. Emmie. I’d love to watch a part 2 of this video. I got so many great frugal money saving ideas from this one. Thank you for including the info on your Food Saver. I’m asking my family for one for my birthday coming up in June. Also, I would love it if my family and I could cancel our streaming services and start using Roku. Please say a li’ prayer about that. My $ saving tool which has come in so handy over the years sounds kind of funny but it’s my hot glue gun. I love to decorate for EVERY holiday and season and my family seems to really enjoy it. But invariably things get broken or come apart and over the years I’ve been able to salvage my decorations by fixing them with hot glue. Thank you again for todays video. I always look forward on Fridays to seeing you and Paul (& sweet Dixie). I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.💕~Sarah
Learning home remedies for pretty much every single thing short of surgery, even how to set simple fractures, home chiropractic, and learning to be a licensed EMT... Priceless! I have saved lives, not just thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Taught myself to pressure can 5 years ago. Buy meat on sale and can it. Dehydrator. Use Mason jars to vacume seal dried foods and fresh berrie, etc. They stay fresh much longer. Also use electric roster. Steel shelving units to store my canning jars and tools. Separate ice machine on counter instead of in refrigerator door. I will be 81 in a couple of months. Never too old to learn new or old things. Thanks for sharing good advice.
Chest freezer saves more money than the stand up one. The cold air literally falls out of the stand up freezer. Also you can easily convert a chest freezer to use as a refrigerator saving a lot of electricity
Instead of using sunscreen all the time (I live in Florida), I wear long sleeve, light-colored shirts for short trips to the store or whatever, and if I’m driving with shorts or a skirt on, I always protect my legs with a towel which I keep in my car at all times. Sunscreen is expensive, but I will still use it if I’m going to be out in the sun for a while.
I made what I call my “pandemic napkins”. In the early days of the pandemic there was a shortage of paper products. My answer to this was to tear up an old towel into 6 inch squares. These were our napkins. We still use them instead of paper napkins or paper towels. My husband prefers them over an actual cloth napkin. I do bring out the real cloth napkins if we have company for a meal. 🤗
Ok here’s my 2 cents family, during C-19 when toilet paper was short around here, I tried using baby washcloths to clean with and put them in a garbage can with water, laundry soap, and a little bleach. I dumped it right into the washer and added soap and bleach and washed in hot water. Never had to touch them afterward until freshly washed. Put them in the dryer and back in a basket in the bathroom. I realize this may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it was what I had on hand. Also didn’t have a bidet.
Instead of cloth napkins, I bought an 18-pack of cotton washclothes from Walmart for $5.78. They work great as napkins and wiping rags. For my birthday, my daughter gave me a wonderful wooden drying rack. I am widowed and this rack serves me well for everything except sheets. Yes, please make a second video on money saving ideas. Diane
My mom gave me the Betty Crocker Cookbook when I got married 45 years ago. My son always tells his wife... go get mom's red cookbook that where the good recipes are.
Every food item I bring home from the store I write the expiration month & year (3/25) on the front & top in large numbers with a black permanent marker, before putting it in my pantry or cupboard. Never again will I mistakenly use expired baking powder in bisquits or cake! It is easy to instantly see which jar or can is oldest so you avoid having food sit on the shelf to expire. It is too tedius to keep checking the small print to see which can of soup or beans is growing old. MARK THE DATE.
I have saved so much money having my children wear hand-me-downs. I have two older nieces and two older nephews whom I'm able to use their old clothes for my own kids.
I luv those lawn mowers and I believe God will Bless you for it because they don't give the animals a nervous breakdown and the animals really hate loud noises like those leaf blowers.( which also end up blowing dirt all over and making the air dirty
3 acres. Not flat. Not an option. Especially as my husband has had several strokes. Takes 3 days as it is. Does not scare coyotes. For a small lawn they are perfect and actually easier for small spaces.
Loud lawn mowers grrrr. When they use them as a power kick and a toy to play all day on a tiny little yard it is ridiculous. The epa needs to get those out of residential areas. Older folks have to hire in help and don't have much control over them
I have a little toolbox with bits and bobs of tools my dad gave me when I became a lone parent 30 years ago. My children have all grown up and left home following their own dreams. But that little toolbox has fixed many broken toys. Or undone tiny screws so I can change the battery. 😊 if I get stuck, I can phone him up, and he tells me what I need to do. 😊 Blessings and hugs to you both. Fantastic video and definitely informative. Along with a reminder about doing a food inventory 😅 Hugs xxx From Leicester England xx
My grandma had her own toolbox! Grandpa could be gone a week fixing a RR wreck She couldn't wait to fix a leaky faucet or gasket in the washer. She kept all her appliance manuels and parts lists. She purchased the parts needed and seldom needed one of the boys to help. She did get my cousin to help put a new ceiling in ! She taught me a lot !
Moving to the UK has made me inadvertently more frugal. Small house and yard; no dryer; no dishwasher; learning to cook so I could eat favourites I used to get mixes for; quitting almost all toiletries except deodorant, mascara, lip gloss, bar soap, and sunscreen. Creating the right environment and capitalising on laziness (I stopped using most toiletries out of laziness and then realised you can live without most) makes frugality easy 😂
Wonderful! For me it is: bar soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste (I assume you use that one, too), antiseptic mouthwash, and lip gloss. I even replaced my feminine napkin products with washable ones.
Yes , part two please !! I have an antennae for my tv , the library has saved me $ , and of course watching your videos saves me ! Thank you for all you do !!
Hi emmi and paul We've had 7 german shepherds during our 50 year marriage (all from rescue shelters) we've always bathed them ourselves as well as clipping thier nails. German shepherds fur doesn't grow so no need to cut thier fur.....Don't ask us how much shedded fur is all over our house & cars!!! But they are & have been our babies & we have adored each & every one of them. LOVE your channel! Both of you & Dixie ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The lavender flowers look like Ajuga also known as Carpenter's Herb or Bugleweed. It is a lovely perennial groundcover. It is a member of the mint family.
I started measuring my laundry detergent about a year ago instead of just guessing what I needed. I do have a lot of laundry, my husband has a lawn business. Every time I do a load of laundry, I put $! in my little bank. I also make sure I have a full load of laundry before I wash. At the end of the year, I will split that savings between myself,for something I need or want, and someone else who may need a little extra help at Christmas time. So far this year, I've saved $110. I don't miss the money through the year, and it's a fun way to treat myself, and give to someone else. Every year after Christmas, I start buying Christmas for the following Christmas on heavily discounted things. I have my Grandchildren's Christmas ready to go, and the nieces and nephews gifts too. It also allows me to give for toy collections for families in need at Christmas, as long as I'm able, I'll always do that. I love it. Some of my family use to get a big laugh when after Christmas I'd be Christmas Shopping for the following Christmas. Now they understand. It's always wonderful tobe able to adopt a family at Christmas. I have Never wanted a dishwasher. I wash dishes as I cook, and believe me, I have big family dinners at my house often, I fed 23 people on Friday, and the same 2 weeks prior. Family Dinners are our entertainment. I cook, and everyone brings a dish. We invested in a water slide/bounce house about 5 years ago. That's all the entertainment the Grands/ nieces and nephews need. They love it. Worth every dime. I keep a well stocked pantry with sale items, and rotate often. I'm thankful I love to cook, and can't remember the last time I bought coffee or any convenience item while out. I carry my insulated cup full if ice water/coffee from home. I forgot to add, we use an outside antenna for TV. My husband loves it.
I live in AK and am a military brat. We had to have our Christmas shopping/ordering done by Halloween or would have nothing under the tree. As a parent when I see something that a child would like I would get it. Write on the calendar where I put it- Christmas on December and if birthday on that month. I buy all year too as if don’t get it when see it, won’t find it again up here. I try and be done with holiday shopping by Halloween so can take time wrapping and baking.
A basic sewing kit can save so much money by extending the life of your clothes, stuffed animals, etc. I’ve saved hundreds of dollars just buying patching tears and replacing lost buttons, and I can make basic adjustments to the fit of my clothes so I enjoy them even more.
I snip off the bottom portion of root ends of green onions, lettuce & celery. Place in water till roots sprout or become longer & plant in my patio garden. Throughout the yr, I just snip off what I need. Keeps regrowing. Even toss in a discarded piece of tomato with its seeds. Keeps regrowing ea season.
Great video! Much appreciated! My tip is that I use glass jars for much more than I used to. I have a lot of canning jars. I don't can as much now that I live alone but use the glass jars for food storage in my pantry and freezers. I always buy milk by the gallon as it's cheaper that way and split it up in glass quart jars and keep two in the fridge and freeze two. That way the milk doesn't go bad before I can use it. If it's on special sale, I'll buy two or three gallons and store all the extra in glass jars in the freezer. Milk just seems to taste better out of glass containers!
In the small town where i live, there is no public transit, and i only have a car some of the time. Walking in good footwear saves me so much money. I can get anywhere on my own steam and have walked on average 6 kms per day. Good exercise, lifts the spirits and gets me outside
All of these suggestions are great and I use most of them. I would love if you did a part 2. A big thing that has saved me $: my library card. The library has a treasure trove of things you can use for free. Our library has an area too called the Hive which allows library patrons to use sewing machines, 3-D printers, laser cutters, podcasting and music recording studios and equipment for free. You have to take a safety training and then a class on the equipment you want to use and then you can sign up for blocks of time to use the equipment.
My food dehydrator has saved me tons of money. When I have fruit that is becoming soft and ready to go off, we slice it up and put it on the dehydrator and use the ingredients to make tea or fillings for pies. No more rotten apples or mushy berries.
Watching from the UK. I think I would have to say my pressure cooker. I can make delicious soup from chicken bones and vegetables - even scraps like leaves and stalks of broccoli and cauliflower. I also soak and cook dried pulses instead of buying canned - so much cheaper and, here in the UK, a much greater variety.
1. I use Coconut Oil as my only facial moisturizer. I do not use soap but instead use a wash cloth to wash and effoliate my face. I am 65 and only have a couples of wrinkles - I swear by my routinue. 2. For homemade gifts I make hand/body lotion using Coconut Oil and Corn Starch it is economical, great for skin, has no additives. 3. I use Paper Towels instead of Kleenex or Paper Napkins in addition to using them for cleaning and grease removal when cooking. 4. I buy inexpensive tank tops at Walmart when they are discounted. I wear them under tops in summer and under sweaters in winter. Tank tops that are stretched out are matched with flannel pants for pjs. I also wear them around the house. When they get really bad I cut them into cleanings rags so I get my moneys worth. 5. I call monthly for coupons to use on my car food, litter. I have even received free products just call ! 6. I combine errands to save money. 7. The clearance spots in stores are my first stop. I am a huge clearance fan. 8. Now I am retired I rarely wear makeup . But when I do, my foundation is Cover Girl from Walmart, eye pencils, blush, eye shadow is from Dollar General or Dollar Tree. 9. I do purchase bottles of water - dont shoot me - I dont have to remember to bring a water bottle with me but keep some in the car in a cooler. I need to driink alot of water so I always have it ready. It saves me from buying soda or more expensive water bottles when out and about. 10. I make sure to include a good amount of vegetables in my meals. This saves me money by keeping me healthy. 11. I look into resources as a low income senior I qualify for $50 of free veggies from a local farmer. 12. I have never had cable tv. I enjoy Public Broadcasting shows and TH-cam. I already pay for my phone so use it often for TH-cam videos. 13. My mechanic is aware money is tight. He will often give me reduced rates without my asking. Once in a while I will drop off snacks such as Builder Bars for the guys as a thank you 14. Save good clothes by wearing pjs around house on winter nights. I purchase inexpensive, lightweight long sleeve tops to either layer when I have to clean snow off my car or to wear when sitting around. 15. I often purchase childrens shoes size 7. 5 women size 5 kids shoe. Kids shoes are usually better made and less expensive. 16. I purchase Sandals when they are discounted and get my use of them. Flat sandals are worn 1-3 years then if they look shabby I wear them around the house instead of slippers, tossing them when they are no longer in an okay condition. I just recently threw out a pair of heeled sandals I had had for 14 years as they had worn out. I cut the straps up and save the leather for jewelry or crafts.
Great presentation. I saved so much money with my insulated lunch bag. I used one for 30+ years working and also use them for car excursions to keep snacks cool. Watching co-workers BUY lunches always confused me as i KNEW how much money they made, and buying lunch out just did not compute.😊 Taking your lunch to work uses up leftovers, as well as ensures the food you take stays cool and safe to eat. There were only three items on your list i do not have- the tire pump, the electric ice chest ( i use the old fashioned kind), and the scale. Happy Springtime! I love your channel.
The insulated lunch box helps if using freeze dried foods for rehydrating. When need hot water to rehydrate it put the container in the insulated lunch bag, it just seems to help the process. Just FYI.
I always ask coworkers who complain about being broke if they'd love to have an extra $7500 per year. That is $25 spent on lunch out, coffee, and drive thru for 300 days. Most people lose their money a little here and a little there which adds up big over a lifetime. Home cooked runs me $2.50 a day for meals, snacks, and tea.
My savings is Fermenting. When I get veg on sale I buy extra and will ferment. This way I can eat these yummy foods all year long, get healthier, and save so much by doing so. Also, I started making milk Kefir, a great probiotic and I use it to make "cheese" which is like sour cream. So I no longer buy sour cream and all I need is whole milk to make several quarts of milk Kefir each week.
❤ I tried keifer from Walmart. Liked it but can't see where to get the grains to make your own. Can you use a bit ftom store bought to "inoculate" milk like you can making homemade yogurts?😊
@@heatherk8931I bought my grains online years ago. You only need to buy them once. They grow and then you can freeze some to always have extra. I would like to know how you're making cheese with it? I sometimes use half and half which yields a pretty thick end product, but still not as thick as sour cream. Are you using heavy cream?
My crockpot and my drying racks are the big places I agree! The only thing I can think of quickly that you didn’t mention are fans, ceiling fans, exhaust fans above the stove to remove smells and heat and humidity. There is a small fan attached to our Exercycle that is really appreciated. Carole
I mended the scrub pants for a co worker who would otherwise have thrown her pants out. She paid me with venison sausage her husband had smoked. I told her I would mend whenever she wanted.
A quilt is really a very special gift! I was gifted one and although it is a size for sitting in your chair, I love it! Not all quilts have to be so large. It is great for that extra layer when I need to warmup.
I have chickens, I charge $3 a dozen for the eggs to my coworkers, which feeds the hens for a month and we all get fresh free range eggs that get feed fresh veggies daily.
Cloth napkins… yes I started using the huge numbers of washcloths in our closet as dish towels!! Perfect!!! These are small enough to wash the counters, stovetop, so many uses!
What a great list! I would add, for me personally, at least, my sewing machine, bread machine and dehydrator. Oh, and a set of crochet hooks and knitting needles. With these I have been able to make so many things rather than buy them. I know not everyone would think a bread machine is a must have, but I have Celiac and work 6 days a week, so being able to make my own gluten free breads is a life saver. Oh!! And, just this evening I picked up a push mower from a gentleman on Facebook marketplace for FREE!! I already tried it out and it works!
Would you mind sharing your recipe for homemade gluten free bread? My husband and son are gluten free and bread is so expensive! I would love to be able to make it for them.
My house was built in 1958 for solar effect. The roof has a large overhang with picture windows facing south and 2 windows facing north. There are no windows east or west. The garage on the west side protects our living space from winter winds and the overhang allows full sun to come in during the winter and no sun in the summer. If it is sunny and not below 20 the furnace never kicks on during the day. I use a wood stove to help heat at night which sits below the cold air return next to the furnace. The living room, kitchen, and dining room are open to both the north and south windows that can be opened to allow air to pass through in spring and fall. I grow my garden plants from seed, freeze, dry, and can the surplus, have a large compost pile, get eggs and honey from my son who has chickens and bees, and cut my acre of lawn, myself. For many years I cut my family's hair and mine, sewed my clothes, and did needlework. I also baked and made our bread and rolls. I have a large freezer but just use and keep reusing plastic freezer containers. The freezer is not frost free so I don't have the problem of freezer burn. I also wrap meat in freezer paper and seal with masking or filament tape. I have used this food for up to 2 years with no issues.
Thank you for explaining that! You have exactly the kind of house I'm dreaming of, although I'd surely miss sunrises and sunsets! Wouldn't miss the storms!
TH-cam "How to" videos have saved us a lot of money. You can find a tutorial on just about anything you need to do. And they even have videos about how to fix the mistakes you made the first time... 😁
Yes, I would love a part 2 video! When I buy strawberries, I always place them in my mason jars as soon as I get home from the store. They keep much longer in the glass jar than in that plastic store container. Same for lots of the fresh produce I buy. Glass keeps food fresher longer in the fridge.
I love how you think..and do much of the same for many things you shared...my 4 adult kids are the quick and easy and costly options of everything...reuse? That word doesn't exist in their lives...surprises me as they grew up with savings of all kinds...they tease me as the coupon queen...I track all my savings from coupons and sales and so far in 2024, savings hover around 3K! Why not, I say! God bless you!!!
Another great video! Yes, please, part 2! My tool that has saved us money is small but mighty: hair cutting scissors. ✂️ In October I will have been married for 50 years. Considering all the haircuts for my husband and 4 children (even grandchildren when they come into town) I can’t even calculate how much I’ve saved. I started cutting my husband’s hair right after we got married. He had a friend cut his hair and it was butchered! I thought, I can do better than that! And I did! Blessings
My ninja foodie all in 1 saves me sooo much money! I'm constantly amazed at what I can do with this machine, and I really can't remember the last time I had to turn my oven on! Living in the south, that makes a huge difference in warm weather!
In the summer I plug my cooking appliances like toaster, crockpot, etc. into the backyard outside plug. Might not work for everyone but sure works great for me.
I adore my Ninja. Got the large 10litre one, has one massive draw, comes with a divider, it roasts, bakes, dehydrated,super air fry, air fry. Proves. Reheats. Sync timing. Absolute treasure. 💯
Bought a $12 camping kettle from Kmart (one of our biggest stores in Australia) and use it multiple times a day on our woodstove. Saves so much on electricity. Those little woodstove fans are fantastic. They may be tiny and not seem to blow out much air but they really do make a difference in warming up our whole house as opposed to one room.
I hang shirts and pants on clothes hangers and then hang then to each side of the doors inside especially in winter. I also have 3 clothes drying racks which are outside in summer and inside in winter in an out of the way place.
My library card!
Absolutely right!
Do you get the streaming service that many libraries offer? It’s called Kanopy and they must have at least a 100,000 titles. All genres. You get 20 tickets per month and most movies use 2. There are so many recent movies too. I always look there after seeing that something I want to watch is $3.99 at least on other streaming services. I’m usually happily surprised to find many of them there.
And Free Library Book stands at people s houses. Where I come from this is a nice gift.
My tooth brush(es)! My grandmother always told me,”take care of your teeth and they will take care of you”. Meaning, if your oral health is in check, your general health will be too. No chance of having poor nutrition related to loss of teeth in the future. She died at 100, with a FULL SET OF NATURAL TEETH!
Love that!
A great oral care tip is to swish a tablespoon or teaspoon of coconut oil, either solid or liquid in your mouth. Try to swish for 5 to 20 minutes. MOST IMPORTANTLY NEVER put the swished oil down any drain, sink, tub, toilet. It will build up and cause problems. I have a small mouthwash cup that I put a couple of pieces of toilet tissue into and I spit it out into that. Give it a few minutes and it will start to become solid then put in your trash. You can do this everyday and I was told to use only coconut oil so I do not know if other oils can be used.
Good one! Good diet and lots of k2 (butter) helps re-enamel teeth via saliva, also helps A LOT.
Why did she die?
Years ago at my gynecologist's suggestion, I started using a squirt bottle to rinse after urination nstead of using toilet paper. My bottle has developed a leak, but the mustard and ketchup bottles in the picnic section at Dollar Tree are about the right size and I get two for $1.25.
A few years ago we added a simple bidet to our existing toilet. The amount of money we save on toilet paper and wipes is significant. When people were stockpiling TP during Covid, we were untroubled. The small amount we buy for guests lasts a long, long time.
Remember to cut open toothpaste, lotion, and shampoo tubes. Plenty of product left in tube when you cut them open. Sometimes 2 weeks worth of daily use!
Yes! Thanks for the reminder!
Those Carmax yellow tubes for lips-split them open and heat in a small bowl in the microwave. Then put in the fridge . When it is cool you will have a " scum" of Carmax Lypsyl you can put in a little pot for use.
What if my lotion is in a glass bottle?
Wow! 😮 ~ never thought of this. The flat end, or the cap end?
Yes, and also turn all bottles upside down for the same reason!
Our dogs 🐕 best security alarm, best exercise motivator and companion, best stress reliever, best garbage disposal, best pre wash dirty plate cleaner, the list goes on!
So true !!! We have a dog, too. You are right about them ! Thank you. Your comments made me laugh.
We love our Dixie too!
Yes, especially if you adopt your dogs from your local shelter! 🐾🐕🐕🐾
For sure 😂😂😂
Absolutely
My sewing machine has save me thousands over the years. Another money saver, rabbit ears for my TV. I get about 19 channels free. Another item is an old fashioned rug sweeper (no electricity). My floors are not carpeted but I have a few rugs I use it on. Take away the tools we use and the most important is the knowledge and skills we use to save money! I try to teach anyone who is interested (just like you two do). Thank you!
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment D!! You are so right about sharing what we know!
My mom had one of those rug sweepers! I forgot about those.
I bought two of those sweepers one for upstairs and one for main floor. still cheap here in Canada
I also have an old one for cottage bought 50 yrs ago
I've never heard of a rug sweeper
I didn't that rug sweepers exist. Would you please advise on the brand you use and where I can find it? Thanks.
Not an item so much as an attitude: learning to be happy and content in a smaller, practical home. I did have a learning curve on this one, but really think this change in dreams and attitudes saves so much money over time
Absolutely! Great point!
This is so true ! The way the size of new homes has increased over time is amazing . I live in MA and smaller , functional homes are often demolished to build a large home . The price of upkeep for anything needed must be astronomical .
Turning my sons 2 car garage into a 430 sq foot 1 bedroom apt. 72 yrs old. Had to be grateful and keep a good attitude. Thank you Holy Spirit🕊
Yes! It's not getting what you want, it's wanting what you have!
@@bobchevallier8456Yes be very grateful,we never had kids,so don’t know who would do this for us.🫤
My sewing machine, my coffee maker, the library, and facebook marketplace have saved me lots. Also, talking my employer into letting me work remotely has saved me a fortune….gas, dress clothes etc. Finally…TH-cam in general! This is probably the biggest one.
All great tips! Thank you!
Oh that's awesome you can work remotely!
FB Marketplace saved me hundreds on the two air fryers, two crockpots and two instant pots. I recently picked up a MCM pole lamp that sells for hundreds that I found for $40!I will have it for many years. and a fun fact for conserving heat… spouses bath in same water and then, leave it in tub until cool in the cold months when you are heating your home. The surrounding area is heated for hours from a hot full tub! Why waste heat?
My goal for the next six months is to be more organized and more frugal so I can build up my emergency fund again 🙏🏽
That's so smart!
I will join you in that. 🤩
@@Cybil017 Let's do this! 🤓 I've just had to travel for work and had several issues come up while I was away from home that needed me to spend way outside of my budget. Hopefully I'll be home in the next few days and can get back on track 🙏🏽
I will be thinking & pulling for you to be an absolute success with this!!😊
I hope you completed your goal!
I don’t own a dryer. I tell people that I live in a giant dryer called Florida! 😂 I dry my clothes inside on two racks. You can also use your bed or the backs of chairs to dry items. I have dried large blankets by draping them over several chairs.
Also, TH-cam has saved me TONS of money. I have learned how to do so many DIY projects around my house… installed my own mailbox, repaired my roof (before I got a metal one), redid my floors, fixed drywall holes, painted, and fixed my AC myself! I’ve saved thousands and thousands of dollars!
Wonderful!
I have to go to the laundromat as our apartment does not allow washers. I don't dry my clothes at the laundromat. I bring them home and hang them around my apartment. Usually in 3-4 hours several things are already dry and can be put away.
I got a laundry spinner for $40 on Craigslist. I take clothes out of the washer and further spin water out of my clothes to dry even faster. It is extremely useful on clothes that I wash by hand and great to use for really wet towels.
Only use the dryer once in a while. Always hang clothes.
Try drying on an outside line. So much healthier and fresher smelling having been in the fresh outside air.
Hair clippers, I haven't paid for a haircut in 25 years
We bought a Flowbee hair cutting device 20 years ago. My husband saves $ not going to the barber.
Yes! Great!
Have used a Flowbee for both hubby and myself for the last 15 years. Most likely have saved thousands of dollars over the years. My husband absolutely refuses to go to the barber even when I beg him to if I am super busy! lol. I color my own hair as well. Such a money saver!!
Ditto!........been cutting my own hair since I can't remember when. If I go to a beautician, I have to come home and fix it. Get a three way mirror from Temu.......your welcome:)
My husband got frustrated not having his haircut how he wanted it. He found a guy here on YT showing grooming tips and one was how to cut your own hair, it happened to be in the style hubby likes. Once he started doing that he hasnt looked back!
I have found a couple hair dressers on YT showing how to cut/maintain long hair and that is what I do. I also unpoo, I use baking soda mixed with water for shampoo and add rosemary EO to apple cider vinegar & water as conditioner.
I had stopped and gone back to conventional hair products and then I got really really sick and lost at least 1/3rd of my hair. So I went back to unpooing and my hair came back better than before. Its thicker and grows quickly vs using store products. BUT, I know for some people it can dry their hair out so I suggest if you look into this to use a small amount of baking soda to see how your hair feels and adjust from there. 😊
Thank you for discouraging people from buying single use items!!!!
Absolutely!
I have found that my well stocked Sewing Basket has saved me a bundle. I sew on buttons; make repairs and darn and that means clothes stay in good shape for longer. I am, as a Canadian, a huge fan of the Royal Family and it may interest you to know that they are all VERY frugal! Queen Elizabeth refused to raise the heat during the winter months (and now King Charles also maintains 'cold' rooms "just wear a sweater" - much to the chagrin of his wife Camilla). The late Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher wrote in her autobiography that she spent a weekend with the Queen at Sandringham Palace and after dinner the Queen disappeared. Mrs. Thatcher tracked her down in the back kitchen - where she saw Queen Elizabeth with yellow rubber dish gloves up to her elbows in dishwater 'washing up'! The Queen tossed Mrs. Thatcher a dish towel and asked her to dry. Princess Anne has been photographed numerous times wearing the same outfits from back in the 1980s! King Charles' regularly wears his late father's wool trench coat (40 years old!!). So apart from their devotion to service and charity and despite the family being interesting historical figures, they are also very very conscious about frugality and waste! Cheers from Toronto!
thank you that was interesting, I know the King loves organic gardening
I agree on the stocked up sewing box. I have one of those too.
What a wonderful comment! Thank you so much for taking the time to share all that great info!
I read somewhere that Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip often ate TV dinners when they were dining alone. They seem delightful.
Love this! Thanks for sharing!
Another benefit to perennials is that when they get too big, you can split them down and plant them in other areas of your garden and you can share with a sister and neighbors.
So true. My neighbor wants to split her giant peony and give me half and I have rhubarb to do the same for her.
Absolutely! My sister-in-law is always sharing hers with me!
I grow perennial vegetables, too.
Collect poppyseeds for baking.
Rhubarb which can grow in my landscaping as the deer leave it alone. Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries. Planning an asparagus bed.
Artichokes and Swiss Chard!
Kale winters over! Works in western WA
@@countryfrau8328 Rhubarb can be split every 7+ year. 👍
I havent had a TV for 8 years and I dont miss it at all . Saves money for sure
That is one item I wish I could give up. I’m just not there yet lol
Same here! I rent free dvd's from the library when I want to watch a movie or tv show, and watch it on my portable dvd player. I don't miss tv at all, especially all of the commercials! 🙄
We haven’t had tv for several years now and don’t miss it at all! We can watch TH-cam, DVDs, and various shows on our iPad or laptop.
Same here
Me too. Don't miss tv at all.
My husband was so against not using paper towels, so I just started using cloth towels for everything. Now he uses cloth towels as well and we rarely use paper towels anymore. Huge Savings
Yes! Paper products have become so overpriced!
Don't you wash them using water and detergent ? How do you dry them?
Yes! I have 5 kids requiring so much cleanup. Cloth towels are a must!
I thought about giving up paper towels but we have a septic system and we have to be careful about not letting grease and fat go down the drain. So if I was to use cloth for wiping up all my messes it would still need to be washed and go down the septic. What do people with septic systems use. Any ideas?
@@joycewright5386for grease pour grease on an old jar like empty store pickle jar and use paper towels to wipe out. Then wash pots ect. Or instead of putting grease in jars let it cool and put in trash the wipe out with paper towel. That way no grease goes into septic tank. Be careful be cautious be mindful be watchful be prepared above all PRAY. 🙏📖🛐🕊️ Show ❤ like Jesus then if need be 🔫🏹 then victory 🙌🙌
Undershirts! A T-shirt will save your sweaters and dress shirts from needing a wash every time, and are easier to wash and dry. It saves wear on your nice clothes.
Great idea!!
Good one!
I love sheets from the charity shop. I make everything with them. Pillowcases, aprons, drying up tea towels, petticoats, you name it I use them for it and all my off cuts become napkins
My kinda girl.!! I do the same.
I love getting sheets and making things with them. It’s a lot of fabric for little money.
I love your idea. I made some pajama bottoms from a duvet cover that matched an old t shirt.
My very best set of sheets came from Goodwill. They were like new when I purchased the set and have outlasted new ones I paid a whole more for. Diane
@@grannyprepper1181Used drapes also give a lot of fabric for the money. I once spent one dollar on a single drapery panel. (because who else is going to buy only one?) It was the most beautiful and luxurious fabric,Dupione (spelling?) Silk. I took the ratty upholstery fabric off the bench at the foot of my bed,cut and stapled on this fabric and WOW! I have also done this to piano benches and foot stools. Drapery fabric is usually pretty sturdy and I can replace the fabric cheaper than cleaning it!🙌🏻
This may seem a bit...extravagant... but, I'll explain.
I love having animals around me. They are *companions* and *entertainment.* I also love to be creative - another form of personal *entertainment.* And, I love to bake and cook...again, *entertainment.*
Reliable, knowledgeable, affordable carpenters are few and far between, so...
I invested in a chop saw, hammer drill, compact circular saw, and set of chisels. *Tools are always an investment.*
I built a 4'x8' raised chicken coop and it looks gorgeous! Shower pans for the floor, used cabinet doors, plastic shower wall sheathing and lumber. All but tge lumber and hardware were bought at a non-profit salvage shop similar to Habitat for Humanity.
Now, I have a $5,000, insulated, heated chicken coop with windows and rechargeable light bulbs for the exterior lights, that's easy to clean and keeps my hens safe, healthy and warm. But, aside from the cost of the *tool investment* (though lumber yards WILL cut your lumber for you,) the entire coop cost me about $300. And, aside from tge fun I had this summer building it, and the joy I get from my hens, I'll have eggs at minimal to no cost since I can sell the extras. 🤗
My main tip though is, *shop thrift and second hand stores!*
And my new tools will serve me next summer and many more years to come! No more $50/hour carpenters!
LOVE this so much! Good for you! I want chickens too... LOL
A month ago we bought laundry lines & clothespins because it finally occurred to me that, since we live in the dry southern Nevada desert, might as well let the crazy summer heat dry our laundry for us and save some $$$.
And yes, please do video 2! 😊
Thanks for sharing!!
I live in Canada. I use my line from the moment I can get near it in the spring, until I can't the following winter. A rainy week being the exception.
You'll find out that by time you finishing hanging your clothes the first ones will be ready to take down.
Clotheslines don’t work very well where I live. We’re surrounded by pastures and fields, which means there is little to stop the wind when it picks up. The wind blows as high as 70 mph. I tried using a clothesline many years ago and they kept getting pulled off by the wind to the point they had to be rewashed. We hang clothes on a rack in the laundry room and on the shower bar. The wire pantry shelves work too in a pinch.
Our HOA forbides clotheslines
I buy the majority of my clothing at thrift stores. Keeps old clothes out of landfills and I've gotten like-new $100 jeans for $6, for example. Bath towels are so much cheaper at thrift stores, too. Like-new, high-quality towels are less than one-fourth the price of new.
Great tip!
You are my kind of people! I'm 76 and live by myself. My favorite slo cooker is a 6 quart cooker. I like to cook a large batch with sale food then divide it into single meal portions and put into my small extra freezer. I have quite a collection of books from library sales.
Love it!!
I do both of those things; big pots of soups and stews, and great books for .50 cents. I've got my own library. My husband saw that one library was getting rid of an entire set of encyclopedias from 1960, in pristine condition and with yellow and green bindings. He brought them home. They match my blonde wood furniture. I love these books. They have facts, info and pics I can never get on the Internet.
Gardening not only saves my sanity, I find it unbelievable that letting even a single lettuce 'go to seed' after it's provided so many leaves will provide food for pollinators AND gives me thousands of seeds to resow and also to share with friends.
I've literally broken an overripe tomato over soil, sprinkled with a little soil and had SO many seedlings germinate - potted up LOADS of smaller pots to share with friends. Same story with my bell peppers - I took the seeds and sprinkled them in an open pot and voila - LOADS of seedlings that I transplanted once they'd grown a little.
SUCH joy - thank you for all the tips you and Paul share.
Wonderful! You are absolutely right!
Flannel sheets keep you warm during winter nights. Also, use an outdoor barbeque vs your stove or oven to prepare meals to avoid heating up a house when a/c is on
Great idea!
When we do "fire up the grill" we try to cook extra so there's always leftovers. We try to fill the grill so charcoal or propane is not wasted.
worn flannel sheets can make great tea towels. Cut into squares and hem. Tah dah!
We live in SC and deal with heat and humidity much more than cold. In the summertime grilling is big here. And cold dishes. For instance deli sandwiches, pasta salad with meat and cheese in them, salads, cold soups. These also keep the stove use down and thus keep the house cooler. I use my crockpots (and Instant pot) a lot year round much more than the oven. Our great grandmothers had to use wood stoves to cook. In the summer they would often just use it early morning (5am-6am) to cook for the whole day. My paternal grandmother had an electric range on one end of the kitchen and her wood cooking stove on the other end. She would make huge breakfasts and cook meat and a big pan of biscuits for the rest of the day using her woodstove. At lunch and dinner time, if something needed to be re-heated, she turned on the electric stove to heat quickly. She also preferred using the electric range for canning days because you could control temperature better. Once they got a freezer, she froze more than she canned because it didn't heat the kitchen up as much. She had a bank of windows over the sink which were as important as having upper cabinets back then in order to open them and let the heat out.
Where can I get flannel sheets?
Hello from my off grid forest mountain home. At 63, happy frugal healthy.
Wonderful! Thanks for being here!
Our neighbor questioned us one day about why we go often to the library. We were a little stunned, but that day we were returning dvds we checked out of old movies we wanted ro see. We explained how we didn't want to pay $3.99 to rent a download if we could check it out for free. When my kids were little, we used to check out learning computer games for them. They had fun and learn reading and math skills along the way. For free!
💚libraries are awesome
We go often because it's AWESOME LOL!
I’d love to see a second video like this one.
Refilling my foaming soap dispensers saves me about $4.00 each time! That adds up fast
Please do a part 2!
Yes, we dilute ours with water as well!
My sewing machine and 45 years of sewing has saved me thousands and thousands of dollars. I sew for my family And friends. My garden is my passion, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, perennial onions, rhubarb, herbs, and all my other vegetables. My home steading skills, canning, dehydrating, using food savers bags , buying in bulk, cooking from scratch, natural remedies keeps me from the goIng to the doctor, thrift stores, auctions and garage sales. Learning to do it myself!
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Growing spices will save you a bundle. Basil is our family favorite. There are lots of videos to teach you how to get the most from pruning. Also, I have an extra spring shower rod in my shower. This is where I hang my clothes to dry. I'm short, and the extra shower rod doesn't touch my head.
Great tip!
This may sound silly, but nail polish. I used to get manicure and pedicures monthly. Now i but a couple nail polish colors and give myself a home spa day. Way more cost effective!
When using vacuum pack ,you can reuse the bags after washing 😊
We used cloth diapers for our 2 children, 1995-1998; they were the terry cloth style, and now are used as cleaning rags. The kids think we are so cheap!
You are not cheap you are frugal lol 😂
Tell the kids “I’d rather be cheap, than in debt and broke” I did the cloth diapers in the 80’s with my boys too.
@grannyprepper1181 Sane with my girls ! Less expensive than purchased disposable! Plus, found out that my oldest was allergic to them ! I didn't like that they went in the landfill and weren't biodegradable. I used cloth diapers as burp cloths and later for dusting and cleaning.
I make cloth reusable feminine pads for pantiliners, menstruation and incontinence. Absorbent layers with a raincoat type fabric for leak proofing. Save about $60 a month. I sell extras. Helps keep pads out of landfill.
I used cloth diapers for my kids in the 1980s and now use for my grandkids
Every time the weather turns cool, I cook batches of either chicken stock or of rice, so I can just pull it out and add veggies and meat. Quick cooking and on my diet.
That's a great idea, Suzanne!
My best money saving is not and item but a person. My husband can fix most everything, lawnmowers, cars, house hold items, hot water heater element and then installation of a new hot water heater. He, like Paul will look around his garage and storage building to find things that he can make work for a repair or even a solution to an issue without us having to spend any money. Learning to do things on your own is HUGE. In money saving. I many many coworkers who have house cleaners come in one a weak to clean and so they laundry!!!! Blows our minds!!! And now that I am set to retire early they say I don’t know how you can do it?! Well I could tell them the years of planning that has gone into this decision. I could mention all of the things I notice they spend money in that we do not. But I just smile and say it’s taken a lot of time preparing. And leave it at that lol
Thanks again. For all you both do to make a wonderful channel
PS I would love a part 2 😊😊
This is a great comment! Same goes for me.
You are very blessed to have such a handy husband!
My husband was like that. I lost him to cancer just over 2 years ago. 😢
I would encourage you to share with them. They truly may not know. I know when I was younger I hung on to all advice my “older” coworkers gave me. It’s helped me so much over the years.
They look like bugleweed( ajuga)
Excellent tips. The American Woman's Cookbook is phenomenal. When my grandmother got married in 1949, a local newspaper gifted her a copy, and last year, she gave her copy to me. I treasure it and use it all the time. The book can be pricey, even used, but free PDFs are available online. Most of what I grow in my garden (flowers, herbs, other plants) are perennials. Something I did to save more money this year on all that is NOT a perennial was seed save from what I grew LAST year (carrots being the only exception). Tomatoes, peppers, squash, flowers....you name it! My sister and I also did a seed exchange so neither of us needed to purchase anything. I took cuttings from whatever herbs were not cold hardy and started new plants from those. Lastly, I saved potatoes from the store that we hadn't eaten before they sprouted, placed them in egg cartons so they'd get some good "eyes" on them, and planted those instead of buying seed potatoes. Everything is growing beautifully! Seed saving from your own garden and planting food scrapes are both so easy to do and save a lot of money.
Absolutely! Thank you for sharing those wonderful ideas!
@@FrugalMoneySaver welcome 😊
❤ seed saving is wonderful! Did you know your carrot will go to seed if you just leave one or two in the ground? The tops get tall, will flower and give you seed😊😊🎉. Then you have seeds that are perfect for your area❤
Part two please!!
Part two please please!
So many great ideas! My tips:
Spent $40 on Roku 7 years ago and we haven’t paid a dime for cable or movies since.
We also indoor line dry everything except towels, sheets and underwear.
My experience with our auto scanner: I got a dash light on my 15 year old car. The scanner code alerted me that the gas cap was not on correctly. Thankfully I didn’t stop by the auto repair shop because the fix cost zero dollars. We also have a jump pack in each vehicle in case the battery dies which has saved us on towing/shop costs.
A bidet has saved us hundreds on toilet paper and is better for the environment.
We have used our flower beds for perennial edibles such as herbs, strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, etc.
A note on the wood: we pay a small fee and harvest dead wood from State land. It is some work up front, but we can heat our home with the wood stove all winter for $20.
All wonderful tips! Thank you!
Run towels&jeans in dryer for about 10 -20 min then hang u get the fluff & save a few $$
Wow!
Great ideas!!
This is the way. This is real conservatism and environmentalism. Y’all are ahead of the curve and will benefit greatly in the difficult years to come
Thanks so much for the kind words!
I live in Ireland so some things are different here but I try my best to be frugal….I have fleece bedding in winter time and fleece pyjamas nice and cosy….I have two wood burners so I hardly ever put on central heating…I have a crockpot and air fryer both brilliant and used constantly….my car I bought new 6 years ago it’s economical and reliable I get it serviced once a year and this year I needed 2 new tyres…..a lot of people here change cars every 2 to 3 years but this car will do me another good few years.I swear by snoodies in winter like a big fleece blanket jacket I wear in the house….I have air dryers for my clothes…I do spend on my dog because he has a few minor health issues so I refuse to skimp on his needs. Please do a part 2 and have a lovely week
Yes! We never ever skimp on our pets care or need!
Does a wood burner make a lot of smoke in the house?
I live in Wisconsin...and my dog has also developed a few minor issues. It occurred to me, the dog, like me, does not go outdoors much in winter. I take vitamin D for that...but my dog does not! I started giving her unadulterated codliver oil capsules in a bit of liverwurst, and a kelp tablet daily. All her issues began reversing in 3 days and are completely healed now. Just in case your dog is a homebody...
@@nafeezabolia9724 not if used properly!
@nafeezabolia9724 no I have never had any issue with smoke in the house....I love my woodburners
We just canceled cable last week. Spectrum internet and cable was $255 a month. It was beyond ridiculous.
Whoa! You won’t miss it!
My granddaughter has used Roku for awhile. She’s 20 & can be frugal if she wants to!
Small freezer so smart can run on solar generator. Wow first video i have seem of yours. I am so impressed.
Oh yes glass jars and canning.
Thrift stores and garage sales and sometimes marketplace and OfferUp are such great sites.
So happy you found us! Thank you!
Yes, that is why we need to be in a community/large extended family, where people are assigned certain tasks. Women working full time & can barely keep the house & kids clean, cannot do all this on their own.
The more ideas the merrier! Do part 2 please!👍. In the winter my biggest money saver is warm pjs- the way I can almost do without the heater is my biggest money saver!🔥🤑
Yes! That’s a great one!
Totally agree re doing a part 2! I love these kinds of videos.
Also totally agree re free, manual temperature control in the form of my trusty Eddie Bauer down throw. Lifesaver! And though requiring electricity, the WooZoo fan we got from Costco is another money saver. That thing cools so excellently, I have to turn it down after just a few minutes. A nightstand and desktop must.
Besides my mortgage, that's my biggest expense as well. I would love to learn how to reduce my gas bill in the winter too?
My food saver attachment for wide mouth canning jars has saved me a bunch. Also, my pressure cooker helps me gleen extra meals from bones and carcasses for quick and easy soups. Emmie, you are so right about the vintag Betty Crocker cookbooks. I have dozens of cookbooks, but the red Betty Crocker book is the one I usually end up using.
Yes! Betty really is one of my best friends lol!
I love the old Red Betty Crocker Cookbook! Every recipe is a winner!
The Library ! Books ! Movies! Magazines !. Things like puppets when my kids were young . Printing at a very low rate when necessary.
Absolutely right!
My library has now starting to let you check out Jigsaw puzzles!
@@cindimarshall8525mine too, my husband is a jigsaw fiend and gets through a lot in a year. All free from our library and the cost to buy would be hundreds! Also our church has a jigsaw stash that we all swap in and out of.
I bought a metal clothes drying rack 20 years ago this summer. It folds up for storage and has saved me a great deal of money. Using my toaster oven rather than my large oven has saved me money too.
Great tip!
The name of the beautiful lavender flowers you showed a picture of in this video is Ajuga Reptans or Carpet Bugle... they are one of my favorite flowers!
Thanks for the info!
I love finding some dear old woman's things in a thrift store. Muslin sheets. Thick towels, old cookbooks, quality items younger ones don't seem to like. I have old family canning books with how to mix fruits to get the soft ones that require pectin which others have in abindance. We even made our own pectin from sour inedible apples. Worked very well. Pressure canner was a big money saver. We had our own meat. Putting it in jars saved freezer space. Very old cookbooks tell you how to make healrhy satisfying meals from during the depression or when living on food rations during WW2. A good healthy wife earned her salary by her work to make a clean, comfy home, with healthy food. We have lost many good things with 'keep up with the Jone's and modern cheap ways.
Yes! Very true! It’s time we all need to learn to slow down a bit
I can remember rationing after WWII. Still cook many of the dishes my mother did then. My sister in law makes the egglrss chocolate cake for her sons birthday each year. He's allergic to eggs.
We buy 5 gallon buckets of laundry detergent, dishwasher tablets, and dish soap. This has definitely saved us thousands over the years.
Oh yes!
From where do you buy the 5 gallon buckets of detergent and dish soap?
Where do you shop for 5 gallon buckets of those products? I love this idea! Thank you for sharing!
I watched an appliance repair man on TH-cam and he said we only need a Tbsp of detergent in our laundry. I’ve tried it and have had good results. He mentioned something similar about a dishwasher, but I don’t remember what it was because I don’t have one.
Bought in U. S. ?
Our frugal journey is going much better then we thought. We retired (early) almost two years ago and we have been able to stay within our budget even with some unexpected events that have cost us money. I bought a Happy Planner after you showed yours on a video, and I use it to log all of our purchases and it works great!
Wonderful! Aren't they great!
I love the old cookbooks. The original Joy of Cooking talks about skinning rabbits and making butter. Such cool stuff!
I make all of my own dog food and freeze it. I usually either use my slow cooker or my electric pressure washer. I know it saves me money rather than buying dog food and our dog is very healthy!
Such a great idea!
Me too, my dogs have allergies to some if the preservatives in commercial dog food home made costs me about$50/60 per month commercial such as Fresh prt rubs me$15/25/ week, I have 2 small dogs.😊
Would you please share your recipe?
Likewise! And healthier pets mean lower vets bills too! The yt chan Veterinary Secrets is really helpful for treating pets at home!
Hi Ms. Emmie. I’d love to watch a part 2 of this video. I got so many great frugal money saving ideas from this one. Thank you for including the info on your Food Saver. I’m asking my family for one for my birthday coming up in June. Also, I would love it if my family and I could cancel our streaming services and start using Roku. Please say a li’ prayer about that. My $ saving tool which has come in so handy over the years sounds kind of funny but it’s my hot glue gun. I love to decorate for EVERY holiday and season and my family seems to really enjoy it. But invariably things get broken or come apart and over the years I’ve been able to salvage my decorations by fixing them with hot glue. Thank you again for todays video. I always look forward on Fridays to seeing you and Paul (& sweet Dixie). I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.💕~Sarah
Sarah, what a great addition to our list! You must be so talented and creative!
I have had trouble with them breaking down
We love the Roku and it's saving us a lot of money over cable. You do still have to pay for Internet for it to work though.
Learning home remedies for pretty much every single thing short of surgery, even how to set simple fractures, home chiropractic, and learning to be a licensed EMT... Priceless! I have saved lives, not just thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Taught myself to pressure can 5 years ago. Buy meat on sale and can it. Dehydrator. Use Mason jars to vacume seal dried foods and fresh berrie, etc. They stay fresh much longer. Also use electric roster. Steel shelving units to store my canning jars and tools. Separate ice machine on counter instead of in refrigerator door. I will be 81 in a couple of months. Never too old to learn new or old things. Thanks for sharing good advice.
A chest freezer or a stand-up freezer to take advantage of meats on sale and other deals.
Yes, we love our little freezer!
Chest freezer saves more money than the stand up one. The cold air literally falls out of the stand up freezer. Also you can easily convert a chest freezer to use as a refrigerator saving a lot of electricity
We use hankerchief's instead of Kleenex.
We save our plastic bread bags & reuse.
Great savings!
Instead of using sunscreen all the time (I live in Florida), I wear long sleeve, light-colored shirts for short trips to the store or whatever, and if I’m driving with shorts or a skirt on, I always protect my legs with a towel which I keep in my car at all times. Sunscreen is expensive, but I will still use it if I’m going to be out in the sun for a while.
Great tip!
My sister died of skin cancer, it is advised to wear also on cloudy days, the uv rays still go through the clouds.
I made what I call my “pandemic napkins”. In the early days of the pandemic there was a shortage of paper products. My answer to this was to tear up an old towel into 6 inch squares. These were our napkins. We still use them instead of paper napkins or paper towels. My husband prefers them over an actual cloth napkin. I do bring out the real cloth napkins if we have company for a meal. 🤗
Great tip!
I appreciate this idea!❤
Ok here’s my 2 cents family, during C-19 when toilet paper was short around here, I tried using baby washcloths to clean with and put them in a garbage can with water, laundry soap, and a little bleach. I dumped it right into the washer and added soap and bleach and washed in hot water. Never had to touch them afterward until freshly washed. Put them in the dryer and back in a basket in the bathroom. I realize this may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it was what I had on hand. Also didn’t have a bidet.
Thanks for sharing!!
My friends from Iran use a plant watering can with a long spout in place of a bidet.
Instead of cloth napkins, I bought an 18-pack of cotton washclothes from Walmart for $5.78. They work great as napkins and wiping rags. For my birthday, my daughter gave me a wonderful wooden drying rack. I am widowed and this rack serves me well for everything except sheets. Yes, please make a second video on money saving ideas. Diane
Here is a link to the second video on the same topic th-cam.com/video/Ia70R6QJdZE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_E1wx2poTzXOpdMP
Get a pair of pinking shears and make homemade napkins from fabric yu aready have. Fabric s a precious commodity.
Thank you! 🙏🏻💞🙏🏻
My mom gave me the Betty Crocker Cookbook when I got married 45 years ago. My son always tells his wife... go get mom's red cookbook that where the good recipes are.
Lol! Love that!
I got my Betty Crocker cookbook as a wedding gift, too. I still love it!
Every food item I bring home from the store I write the expiration month & year (3/25) on the front & top in large numbers with a black permanent marker, before putting it in my pantry or cupboard. Never again will I mistakenly use expired baking powder in bisquits or cake! It is easy to instantly see which jar or can is oldest so you avoid having food sit on the shelf to expire. It is too tedius to keep checking the small print to see which can of soup or beans is growing old. MARK THE DATE.
Very important!
I do the same thing
I have saved so much money having my children wear hand-me-downs. I have two older nieces and two older nephews whom I'm able to use their old clothes for my own kids.
What a blessing!
I luv those lawn mowers and I believe God will Bless you for it because they don't give the animals a nervous breakdown and the animals really hate loud noises like those leaf blowers.( which also end up blowing dirt all over and making the air dirty
Yes! That’s very true!
Leaf blowers totally rock for snow removal though - unless the snow is heavy and wet, or packed down too much - and they save your back!
3 acres. Not flat. Not an option. Especially as my husband has had several strokes. Takes 3 days as it is. Does not scare coyotes.
For a small lawn they are perfect and actually easier for small spaces.
@@LauraMacMillan-el2kcREALLY?? Very interesting!!!!
Loud lawn mowers grrrr. When they use them as a power kick and a toy to play all day on a tiny little yard it is ridiculous. The epa needs to get those out of residential areas. Older folks have to hire in help and don't have much control over them
I have a little toolbox with bits and bobs of tools my dad gave me when I became a lone parent 30 years ago.
My children have all grown up and left home following their own dreams.
But that little toolbox has fixed many broken toys. Or undone tiny screws so I can change the battery.
😊 if I get stuck, I can phone him up, and he tells me what I need to do. 😊
Blessings and hugs to you both.
Fantastic video and definitely informative. Along with a reminder about doing a food inventory 😅
Hugs xxx
From Leicester England xx
What a wonderful comment! So smart to have something like that at hand!
My grandma had her own toolbox! Grandpa could be gone a week fixing a RR wreck She couldn't wait to fix a leaky faucet or gasket in the washer. She kept all her appliance manuels and parts lists. She purchased the parts needed and seldom needed one of the boys to help. She did get my cousin to help put a new ceiling in ! She taught me a lot !
Moving to the UK has made me inadvertently more frugal. Small house and yard; no dryer; no dishwasher; learning to cook so I could eat favourites I used to get mixes for; quitting almost all toiletries except deodorant, mascara, lip gloss, bar soap, and sunscreen. Creating the right environment and capitalising on laziness (I stopped using most toiletries out of laziness and then realised you can live without most) makes frugality easy 😂
Wonderful! For me it is: bar soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste (I assume you use that one, too), antiseptic mouthwash, and lip gloss. I even replaced my feminine napkin products with washable ones.
My apron is a must! I wear one daily.
Love, my aprons too!
Yes , part two please !! I have an antennae for my tv , the library has saved me $ , and of course watching your videos saves me ! Thank you for all you do !!
Aw, thank you! So kind!
Hi emmi and paul
We've had 7 german shepherds during our 50 year marriage (all from rescue shelters) we've always bathed them ourselves as well as clipping thier nails. German shepherds fur doesn't grow so no need to cut thier fur.....Don't ask us how much shedded fur is all over our house & cars!!! But they are & have been our babies & we have adored each & every one of them. LOVE your channel! Both of you & Dixie ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh wow! How wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!
Love that you rescued your fur babies. Congratulations on 50 years of marriage🙏🏻💞🙏🏻
The lavender flowers look like Ajuga also known as Carpenter's Herb or Bugleweed. It is a lovely perennial groundcover. It is a member of the mint family.
I started measuring my laundry detergent about a year ago instead of just guessing what I needed. I do have a lot of laundry, my husband has a lawn business. Every time I do a load of laundry, I put $! in my little bank. I also make sure I have a full load of laundry before I wash. At the end of the year, I will split that savings between myself,for something I need or want, and someone else who may need a little extra help at Christmas time. So far this year, I've saved $110. I don't miss the money through the year, and it's a fun way to treat myself, and give to someone else.
Every year after Christmas, I start buying Christmas for the following Christmas on heavily discounted things. I have my Grandchildren's Christmas ready to go, and the nieces and nephews gifts too. It also allows me to give for toy collections for families in need at Christmas, as long as I'm able, I'll always do that. I love it. Some of my family use to get a big laugh when after Christmas I'd be Christmas Shopping for the following Christmas. Now they understand. It's always wonderful tobe able to adopt a family at Christmas.
I have Never wanted a dishwasher. I wash dishes as I cook, and believe me, I have big family dinners at my house often, I fed 23 people on Friday, and the same 2 weeks prior.
Family Dinners are our entertainment. I cook, and everyone brings a dish.
We invested in a water slide/bounce house about 5 years ago. That's all the entertainment the Grands/ nieces and nephews need. They love it. Worth every dime.
I keep a well stocked pantry with sale items, and rotate often.
I'm thankful I love to cook, and can't remember the last time I bought coffee or any convenience item while out. I carry my insulated cup full if ice water/coffee from home.
I forgot to add, we use an outside antenna for TV. My husband loves it.
Wonderful comment! Very encouraging, Debbie! Thanks!
@@FrugalMoneySaver Thank you for the video.
I heard someone say they use 1/4 th the detergent the label says and her clothes come out just as clean.
I live in AK and am a military brat. We had to have our Christmas shopping/ordering done by Halloween or would have nothing under the tree. As a parent when I see something that a child would like I would get it. Write on the calendar where I put it- Christmas on December and if birthday on that month. I buy all year too as if don’t get it when see it, won’t find it again up here. I try and be done with holiday shopping by Halloween so can take time wrapping and baking.
I use about 1/2 of what the package tells me to use. I don’t use dryer sheets but instead bought the balls that go into the dryer, saves the earth!
A basic sewing kit can save so much money by extending the life of your clothes, stuffed animals, etc. I’ve saved hundreds of dollars just buying patching tears and replacing lost buttons, and I can make basic adjustments to the fit of my clothes so I enjoy them even more.
Absolutely!
I snip off the bottom portion of root ends of green onions, lettuce & celery. Place in water till roots sprout or become longer & plant in my patio garden. Throughout the yr, I just snip off what I need. Keeps regrowing. Even toss in a discarded piece of tomato with its seeds. Keeps regrowing ea season.
So smart!
Great video! Much appreciated! My tip is that I use glass jars for much more than I used to. I have a lot of canning jars. I don't can as much now that I live alone but use the glass jars for food storage in my pantry and freezers. I always buy milk by the gallon as it's cheaper that way and split it up in glass quart jars and keep two in the fridge and freeze two.
That way the milk doesn't go bad before I can use it. If it's on special sale, I'll buy two or three gallons and store all the extra in glass jars in the freezer. Milk just seems to taste better out of glass containers!
Thank you for sharing!
Can you freeze glass jars?
@@nafeezabolia9724 yes.
Great video! I think a large steel water bottle helps because I can refill it at water fountains and not need to buy cases of water.
So smart!
In the small town where i live, there is no public transit, and i only have a car some of the time. Walking in good footwear saves me so much money. I can get anywhere on my own steam and have walked on average 6 kms per day. Good exercise, lifts the spirits and gets me outside
That's so wonderful! Good for you!
All of these suggestions are great and I use most of them. I would love if you did a part 2. A big thing that has saved me $: my library card. The library has a treasure trove of things you can use for free. Our library has an area too called the Hive which allows library patrons to use sewing machines, 3-D printers, laser cutters, podcasting and music recording studios and equipment for free. You have to take a safety training and then a class on the equipment you want to use and then you can sign up for blocks of time to use the equipment.
Yes, thanks Gretchen! The library is a total game changer!
My food dehydrator has saved me tons of money. When I have fruit that is becoming soft and ready to go off, we slice it up and put it on the dehydrator and use the ingredients to make tea or fillings for pies. No more rotten apples or mushy berries.
So smart!
Watching from the UK. I think I would have to say my pressure cooker. I can make delicious soup from chicken bones and vegetables - even scraps like leaves and stalks of broccoli and cauliflower. I also soak and cook dried pulses instead of buying canned - so much cheaper and, here in the UK, a much greater variety.
Sounds great!
1. I use Coconut Oil as my only facial moisturizer. I do not use soap but instead use a wash cloth to wash and effoliate my face. I am 65 and only have a couples of wrinkles - I swear by my routinue.
2. For homemade gifts I make hand/body lotion using Coconut Oil and Corn Starch it is economical, great for skin, has no additives.
3. I use Paper Towels instead of Kleenex or Paper Napkins in addition to using them for cleaning and grease removal when cooking.
4. I buy inexpensive tank tops at Walmart when they are discounted. I wear them under tops in summer and under sweaters in winter. Tank tops that are stretched out are matched with flannel pants for pjs. I also wear them around the house. When they get really bad I cut them into cleanings rags so I get my moneys worth.
5. I call monthly for coupons to use on my car food, litter. I have even received free products just call !
6. I combine errands to save money.
7. The clearance spots in stores are my first stop. I am a huge clearance fan.
8. Now I am retired I rarely wear makeup . But when I do, my foundation is Cover Girl from Walmart, eye pencils, blush, eye shadow is from Dollar General or Dollar Tree.
9. I do purchase bottles of water - dont shoot me - I dont have to remember to bring a water bottle with me but keep some in the car in a cooler. I need to driink alot of water so I always have it ready. It saves me from buying soda or more expensive water bottles when out and about.
10. I make sure to include a good amount of vegetables in my meals. This saves me money by keeping me healthy.
11. I look into resources as a low income senior I qualify for $50 of free veggies from a local farmer.
12. I have never had cable tv. I enjoy Public Broadcasting shows and TH-cam. I already pay for my phone so use it often for TH-cam videos.
13. My mechanic is aware money is tight. He will often give me reduced rates without my asking. Once in a while I will drop off snacks such as Builder Bars for the guys as a thank you
14. Save good clothes by wearing pjs around house on winter nights. I purchase inexpensive, lightweight long sleeve tops to either layer when I have to clean snow off my car or to wear when sitting around.
15. I often purchase childrens shoes size 7. 5 women size 5 kids shoe. Kids shoes are usually better made and less expensive.
16. I purchase Sandals when they are discounted and get my use of them. Flat sandals are worn 1-3 years then if they look shabby I wear them around the house instead of slippers, tossing them when they are no longer in an okay condition. I just recently threw out a pair of heeled sandals I had had for 14 years as they had worn out. I cut the straps up and save the leather for jewelry or crafts.
Thank you for sharing all you do on your frugal journey.
My sewing machine. Grandmother's cook books, manual meat grinder. Grandmother showed me how to make many things from scratch.
Love that, Pamela!
The car reader deal is also a free service offered by O'Reilly Auto parts stores.
Love Paul's lamp in the background. Beautiful glow.
Me too! I think he did such a lovely job! Thank you
Great presentation.
I saved so much money with my insulated lunch bag. I used one for 30+ years working and also use them for car excursions to keep snacks cool.
Watching co-workers BUY lunches always confused me as i KNEW how much money they made, and buying lunch out just did not compute.😊
Taking your lunch to work uses up leftovers, as well as ensures the food you take stays cool and safe to eat.
There were only three items on your list i do not have- the tire pump, the electric ice chest ( i use the old fashioned kind), and the scale.
Happy Springtime!
I love your channel.
I agree on taking the lunches. I see people do the same thing.
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
The insulated lunch box helps if using freeze dried foods for rehydrating. When need hot water to rehydrate it put the container in the insulated lunch bag, it just seems to help the process. Just FYI.
I always ask coworkers who complain about being broke if they'd love to have an extra $7500 per year. That is $25 spent on lunch out, coffee, and drive thru for 300 days. Most people lose their money a little here and a little there which adds up big over a lifetime. Home cooked runs me $2.50 a day for meals, snacks, and tea.
Would love a part two. My husband teaches wild edible and medicinal plants. We have been using them for at least 40 years and saving a fortune!
We filmed one several weeks ago... Here is the link
th-cam.com/video/Ia70R6QJdZE/w-d-xo.html
My savings is Fermenting. When I get veg on sale I buy extra and will ferment. This way I can eat these yummy foods all year long, get healthier, and save so much by doing so. Also, I started making milk Kefir, a great probiotic and I use it to make "cheese" which is like sour cream. So I no longer buy sour cream and all I need is whole milk to make several quarts of milk Kefir each week.
Love that! I need to look into that!
❤ I tried keifer from Walmart. Liked it but can't see where to get the grains to make your own. Can you use a bit ftom store bought to "inoculate" milk like you can making homemade yogurts?😊
@@heatherk8931I bought my grains online years ago. You only need to buy them once. They grow and then you can freeze some to always have extra. I would like to know how you're making cheese with it? I sometimes use half and half which yields a pretty thick end product, but still not as thick as sour cream. Are you using heavy cream?
My crockpot and my drying racks are the big places I agree! The only thing I can think of quickly that you didn’t mention are fans, ceiling fans, exhaust fans above the stove to remove smells and heat and humidity. There is a small fan attached to our Exercycle that is really appreciated. Carole
Yes! That’s actually on list number two 😂
My number one saver is my sewing machine. I mend everything, shorten or lengthen things. Make my clothes from clearance fabric. Make gifts. Quilts.
Love that!
Yes, especially gifts!!
I mended the scrub pants for a co worker who would otherwise have thrown her pants out. She paid me with venison sausage her husband had smoked. I told her I would mend whenever she wanted.
And exchange fixing friends clothing with other services
A quilt is really a very special gift! I was gifted one and although it is a size for sitting in your chair, I love it! Not all quilts have to be so large. It is great for that extra layer when I need to warmup.
I have chickens, I charge $3 a dozen for the eggs to my coworkers, which feeds the hens for a month and we all get fresh free range eggs that get feed fresh veggies daily.
How I love that!
Cloth napkins… yes I started using the huge numbers of washcloths in our closet as dish towels!! Perfect!!! These are small enough to wash the counters, stovetop, so many uses!
Yes, great idea!
What a great list! I would add, for me personally, at least, my sewing machine, bread machine and dehydrator. Oh, and a set of crochet hooks and knitting needles. With these I have been able to make so many things rather than buy them. I know not everyone would think a bread machine is a must have, but I have Celiac and work 6 days a week, so being able to make my own gluten free breads is a life saver. Oh!! And, just this evening I picked up a push mower from a gentleman on Facebook marketplace for FREE!! I already tried it out and it works!
Would you mind sharing your recipe for homemade gluten free bread? My husband and son are gluten free and bread is so expensive! I would love to be able to make it for them.
Yay! All wonderful money savers!
I also have celiac and woukd love to have your recipe!!
My house was built in 1958 for solar effect. The roof has a large overhang with picture windows facing south and 2 windows facing north. There are no windows east or west. The garage on the west side protects our living space from winter winds and the overhang allows full sun to come in during the winter and no sun in the summer. If it is sunny and not below 20 the furnace never kicks on during the day. I use a wood stove to help heat at night which sits below the cold air return next to the furnace. The living room, kitchen, and dining room are open to both the north and south windows that can be opened to allow air to pass through in spring and fall.
I grow my garden plants from seed, freeze, dry, and can the surplus, have a large compost pile, get eggs and honey from my son who has chickens and bees, and cut my acre of lawn, myself. For many years I cut my family's hair and mine, sewed my clothes, and did needlework. I also baked and made our bread and rolls. I have a large freezer but just use and keep reusing plastic freezer containers. The freezer is not frost free so I don't have the problem of freezer burn. I also wrap meat in freezer paper and seal with masking or filament tape. I have used this food for up to 2 years with no issues.
Thank you for explaining that! You have exactly the kind of house I'm dreaming of, although I'd surely miss sunrises and sunsets! Wouldn't miss the storms!
If you like mint, peppermint, spearmint, beds to keep weeds down.. It spreads and is invasive, but makes tea and wonderful smell in the yard.
Yes, my mint is everywhere lol
One of those repels bugs too!
Makes great TEA too
TH-cam "How to" videos have saved us a lot of money. You can find a tutorial on just about anything you need to do. And they even have videos about how to fix the mistakes you made the first time... 😁
So true!
Yes, I would love a part 2 video! When I buy strawberries, I always place them in my mason jars as soon as I get home from the store. They keep much longer in the glass jar than in that plastic store container. Same for lots of the fresh produce I buy. Glass keeps food fresher longer in the fridge.
th-cam.com/video/Ia70R6QJdZE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=qV-bTy02TVSw-LWE that is a link to part two
I love how you think..and do much of the same for many things you shared...my 4 adult kids are the quick and easy and costly options of everything...reuse? That word doesn't exist in their lives...surprises me as they grew up with savings of all kinds...they tease me as the coupon queen...I track all my savings from coupons and sales and so far in 2024, savings hover around 3K! Why not, I say! God bless you!!!
$3,000! That's so amazing! Good for you!
Another great video! Yes, please, part 2! My tool that has saved us money is small but mighty: hair cutting scissors. ✂️ In October I will have been married for 50 years. Considering all the haircuts for my husband and 4 children (even grandchildren when they come into town) I can’t even calculate how much I’ve saved. I started cutting my husband’s hair right after we got married. He had a friend cut his hair and it was butchered! I thought, I can do better than that! And I did! Blessings
Great idea!! That probably has saved you thousands!
Yes! My son cut my hubby’s hair which saved $20 & time & gas too! I cut my own hair too!
I'm more interested in what is the key to your 50 yr marriage. Any tips on that would be appreciated!
Not buying bottled water has saved us $$$. Cooking at home. Canning. Shopping my pantry.
All wonderful saves!
My ninja foodie all in 1 saves me sooo much money! I'm constantly amazed at what I can do with this machine, and I really can't remember the last time I had to turn my oven on! Living in the south, that makes a huge difference in warm weather!
Have you made biscuits in it yet? They are like lightening speed!
Oh, that’s a good one! Thank you
@@d.parisi I haven't! I'm diabetic, so I can't have those little pillows of heaven! 😍 But that's great to know!
In the summer I plug my cooking appliances like toaster, crockpot, etc. into the backyard outside plug. Might not work for everyone but sure works great for me.
I adore my Ninja. Got the large 10litre one, has one massive draw, comes with a divider, it roasts, bakes, dehydrated,super air fry, air fry. Proves. Reheats. Sync timing. Absolute treasure. 💯
Bought a $12 camping kettle from Kmart (one of our biggest stores in Australia) and use it multiple times a day on our woodstove. Saves so much on electricity. Those little woodstove fans are fantastic. They may be tiny and not seem to blow out much air but they really do make a difference in warming up our whole house as opposed to one room.
Yes, those fans really do!
I hang shirts and pants on clothes hangers and then hang then to each side of the doors inside especially in winter. I also have 3 clothes drying racks which are outside in summer and inside in winter in an out of the
way place.
Helps so much!