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Short story: A schoolboy is thrifty in a shifty way, or is he?

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 28 May 23

When John was at school, there was a system with the school canteen, where they would make the lunch order for the kids, and place any change into the brown paper bag, with the lunch, a hot pie, a sandwich etc. in too. A...

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I'm thrifty when it comes to myself but not to my loved ones

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 6 Mar 21

I think twice, even three times when I want to buy expensive stuff for myself, but when it comes to my parents, i do not really care much. My parents always say to not buy them lots of stuff because I need to save and...

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Free Costa Coffee

YoghurtGal @flapiz (23530) • United Kingdom 16 Sep 20

I know it’s not much but I love freebies and this I have membership card for anything. This one is my free coffee from costa after reaching a certain amount of points. I was a bit shy to redeem it so I googled it online first on...

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I´m waiting for my gas cylinders to be changed.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 27 Aug 20

It seems that those stupid men who did the first job with the heater also opened some gas into the air. The last big cylinder lasted just a little bit. I won´t mind. There´s nothing I can do about it. I will save in other ways....

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Got me the cookbook

Ms Rae @carebear29 (32002) • Wausau, Wisconsin 16 May 20

I have been looking for this cookbook everywhere and people are charging an arm and a leg for one but when I went to the local thrift store the other day I found one in a regular book form in mint condition. Only costs me 43...

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Savings.

rakski @rakski (156475) • Philippines 14 Jan 20

The past two days with my kids here because of the class suspension has been the most thrifty days for me. Why? Because we have a lot of leftover food from my son's birthday. We do not need to buy food. Also, we never go out...

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Are you going to the Halloween half price sales today??

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 1 Nov 19

Are you going to the Halloween sales today?Many stores have Halloween candy for half off.If you ran out of a favorite,here is your chance.What is your favorite kind of candy anyway?You can get Halloween costumes and decor on sale...

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Four nice shirts and I got $100.00

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 14 May 19

Well, they are kind of "blousey" I guess, since they are pretty and some have lace / crochet like detailing. I went to Goodwill today as I was thinking "I need some new shirts and I don't want to pay a lot." Now, there are...

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Bargains at the thrift store (and other places)

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 5 Nov 18

I grew up on hand me downs and cheap clothes. I've never really seen a reason in buying the most expensive brands. Today I went to goodwill and found two sweaters. I paid $8.00 for them. I came home to find that one of the...

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The thrifty burning question?

B @pitsipeahie (5758) 4 Jun 18

Do you cut open your toothpaste tube? Do you guys cut it to get the last bit of tooth paste out? I admit I am guilty of this! Countless of times I have shamelessly done it to scoop out the remaining and every...

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Frugal Food: Dinner for two for under ten bucks.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 11 May 17

Tonight we had potatoes stroganoff and toast points. I cheated and used the hamburger helper box, but substituted ground pork for ground beef, because me and the other half don't really like ground beef. I added everything up...

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Thrift Store Book Finds 4/29.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 29 Apr 17

As I said in my earlier post I stopped by the thrift store this morning on my way back home. I went with only one thing to buy. I wanted some more books. As you know if you keep up with these posts, the thrift store I shop at...

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Back from the adventures of going into town.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 2 Apr 17

Well, we just got back from going into town. We made five stops- Lowes, Dollar Tree, Winn Dixie and Tractor Supply and the liqour store. The other half picked out steaks for my birthday dinner and we got a new grill at Lowes to...

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Thrifty Shopping post for 4/1

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 1 Apr 17

I strive to be as frugal or thrifty whenever I can, saving money or being able to stretch my dollars as far as they can has been a big deal for me ever since I can remember. I have shopped at thrift stores my whole life and 9...

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Tips On How To Pay Off Your House Without Making A Lot Of Money!

Amy @simpleliving3251120 (497) • Manahawkin, New Jersey 17 Feb 17

My husband and I have never had high paying jobs. Regardless, we have a goal of paying off our house. If we pay off our house, we can work less. Doing this will make us free and give us more time to do the things we want to...

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Thift Store Find of the day.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 5 Nov 16

Well it wasn't exactly a thrift store but still it was an awesome deal. One of our friends buys and sells stuff and today when I went to pick up a fish tank today he told me to check out the movies. Well I did and ended up...

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Thrifty Find of the week.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 28 Oct 16

Yesterday afternoon on the way back from Walmart we stopped by a used game store in town to see if they had any games I wanted for the other half's Nintendo 2DS. After talking to the guy for a minute who works in the shop we...

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I Wanted to Make This

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169474) • United States 21 Mar 16

I saw this Easter door hanging on Facebook last week. I wanted to make one. They called it a wreath, but I do not, I call it a cross.'' When I went to Hobby Lobby the other day, I was looking for this kind of dried botanical, but...

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I am taking things apart

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 30 Oct 15

When I was young and living at home, both my mother and I took up crocheting. We crocheted afghans - all the time. We would sit and crochet together while watching television. Fast forward to years of working and raising...

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Why I don;t make my own laundry detergent!

Amy @simpleliving3251120 (497) • Manahawkin, New Jersey 20 Oct 15

I am a very frugal person and am always looking for ways to save. Recently I tried making my own laundry detergent and it just didn't work! Has anybody else had a bad experience making their own laundry detergent?

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