What is the most extreme thing you do to be frugal?

United States
January 28, 2008 4:46am CST
Just curious! I know I try to reuse my freezer and storage bags, if possible. Also, we found the perfect size plastic cups for our kids to use, so I do wash and reuse them until they literally fall apart.
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KKKBsmom
@KKKBsmom (1092)
• United States
29 Jan 08
Well I know that my aunt that raised me... she would wash her storage bags... and then put them over the sink handle to dry each time she emptied one!!
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kimbers867
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
2 Feb 08
Our newest one is that we split the trashbill with a neighbor. It has gotten that it now costs us $250 to have our trash picked up. So we were talking and came up with this idea. If only more people did, they could save some money. So I have to walk across the street to put my trash out, I have no problem doing it.
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KKKBsmom
@KKKBsmom (1092)
• United States
2 Feb 08
How much a month is your garbage??? but that is a good idea to split your garbage... I know we fill ours totally every week... so that would not happen here.. I do know that if we did not fill it weekly we can go and have it so they only pick up every other week...so that would be a helpful situation if we did not fill it up every week!
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kimbers867
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
10 Feb 08
Sorry Yvonne, our yearly cost was $250. LOL Which I think is a sin. I guess because when I lived in the next county over, it was part of our taxes. We usually fill up a trash can twice a week. So our neighbor puts out one and we put out one.
deebomb
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
9 Feb 08
I also wash and save the freezer bags. We haul our own trash to the huge dumpsters.
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