10 EXTREME FRUGAL LIVING TIPS | CRAZIEST THINGS I EVER DID TO SAVE MONEY

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[FrugalFitMom]

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[kettlebops]

I have eaten expired food forever - my nose and eyes tell me everything. I'm in a position now to not need to, but I hate waste.

[michellehommes]

When my son was little, I was at a grocery store that had kids clothing on sale for 90% off the out of season clothing. I bought him every size of the same PJ's from toddler 4 up to junior 12, at 3.00 each. They had 2 different colors white or navy with a sports motif .Every Christmas Eve he opened a new size of his same Pj's and we would take a Christmas photo with him in his Pj's. When he turned 13 and the sale PJ's ran out, he got a new style of PJ's. He's now 26 and fondly remembers his sports PJ's that he had for 8 years. Only 24.00 dollars and years of memories.

[cathyphillips]

In 1985 I was divorced and found myself being a single Mom to my then 3 and 6 year old boys. I worked in a job that was strictly commission. One memorable week, my paycheque was $18! I put $10 worth of gas in the car (because I needed the car for work) and spent the remaining $8 on bread and peanut butter. All we had in the house to drink was koolaid. I felt like the worst mother in the world. Amazingly, my boys (now in their 40's) still talk about that week as "the awesome week" that Mom let them eat as many peanut butter sandwiches as they wanted, and let them drink green koolaid for breakfast. 😂 Thank heavens it was only a week. We all survived.

[janeellis]

I donated plasma. My kids wore cloth diapers. I bought bread at the stale bread store. I shopped at a store that sold food that was near expiration dates or dented canned food. I didn't hire a trash pick-up service. I drove my trash to the dump and paid $1 fee to dump it there. (It was way cheaper). I prayed for things and God always delivered. Thank you, Christine, for causing me to remember back on those times and remember what God did for me.

[maryjanegibson]

When she was raising her family, my grandmoher became known as the person who would come and "clean off" a garden at the end of the season, after people had already harvested all the food they needed. In exchange for the food that was left, she would finish off the garden and get it ready for the enxt season, which was a lot of work. She was still doing it when I wa a kid and we kids would spend hours with her at the end of the summer in other people's gardens and orchards. It was hard work but it was good experience for us, and people were delighted to have us come to do it. Then my grandmother and I would can and process all the food for the coming winter. We would process hundreds of jars of fruits, vegggies and jams, and fill the freezer.

[larrydavidwillissr]

When I was a poor student I bought 100 boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese Dinner for $10 at a store going out of business. I ate Mac and Cheese for months! Friends would say how can you eat that every day? My answer: it was 10 cents!!

[eileencapelle]

We saved so much by asking for hand me downs when our kids were born, people gave us cribs, mattresses, clothes, toys, and plenty of other baby stuff. Barely bought anything except diapers and wipes. It was great! Babies don’t need everything to be new, they grow so fast anyway. They just need lots of love.

[robinmcmillin-offf]

I stop at my parent’s house every night for dinner! 😁. The best thing is it was my mom’s idea, she’s a great cook, since I live next door to them it’s not out of my way & I often get to take leftovers home to take to work for my lunch the next day! ❤️ you mom!!!

[emilychapman]

My neighbor and I would purposely take our toddlers for walks with double strollers on the eve and mornings of trash day in a rich neighborhood to get nice stuff for free. You know, one man's trash is another man's treasure. One time I cruised that same neighborhood and loaded a huge air compressor in the back of my suv then sold it in a moving sale years later for $200. It paid for the moving truck rental.

[loveGG]

Selling boxes of potatoes as a school fundraiser is the most Idaho thing I've ever heard.

[olakraszpulska]

After a few years on faculty I started attending faculty retreats. If you think it sounds fun- it's not, it 8 hours of meetings. But they feed you, and normally there's lots of extra food. One of my colleagues would bring a purse full of gallon size Ziploc bags and take home the bagels, cookies, etc. she offered the bags to other faculty but I was the only one who took her up on it. It was awesome to have all those bagels, but it was equally awesome to see someone loud and proud of their frugality. I'm now the Ziploc lady, and I take All leftovers offered from all events. Is this embarrassing 😅 or awesome 😎?

[PowerToolsWithThread]

In San Antonio, Whataburger used to have free tickets to a Spurs game (circa 1992) on the papers that lined their plastic trays for eat-in dining. I couldn't afford to eat there so I'd walk in and ask customers tossing out their food if I could have the paper tray lining. I'd then take my 8 year old son to a Spurs game for FREE (I was active duty Air Force (E-3) so I got free parking for vets at the AT&T Center) and our seats were in the nose bleeds. At the 3rd, after we eyeballed seats down near the court that had been empty all game (a.k.a. season ticket holders that didn't show) we'd high tail it down courtside and sit near the players. It was a game for us to find the best seats!

[susanhansen]

This is one my niece did. She signed up for a service where she would stay at people homes and take care of their animals while they were out of town. (I think it was called Rover) She scheduled one job right after the other and did not have to rent a place while she was in college. There were only a few times that clients cancelled, and she was able to stay a night or two at friends.
Personally, I have done many of the items mentioned by others. With the invention of YouTube I have fixed many appliances, laid new flooring and repaired simple things on my pickup. I schedule all of my errands on one day so I'm not spending gas money on countless separate trips to town. A friend and I started a business planting flowers for the 'country clubbers'. They want their patios and flowerbeds to look gorgeous, they don't want to do the work and many of the landscaping companies here don't want these small jobs. We now have 65 customers, work our tails off for a month and a half and make a very good chunk of change.

[jerim]

I had a very sweet apartment deal in a NYC neighborhood I absolutely couldn't afford to live in. My neighbors would put amazing things out for the trash. I once dragged an entertainment center 20 city blocks BY MYSELF, one excruciatingl step at a time. It took several hours, and I still have it 30 years later!

[tooblessedtobestressed]

When Dawn brought out the green apple version I tried it. I was disappointed and dropped an email singing the praises of blue Dawn to explain why the green apple one was such a disappointment. They sent me so many coupons for free Dawn products that I was giving it away & still didn't have to buy any more dish liquid for FIVE YEARS! 😂 I still love them & now they have me hooked on Platinum and Power Wash! lol😊

[nephilimslayer]

Gidday Christine. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I invested in buying books for her. I also purchased books from the school book club.
When she started school, I got her a library card. She could borrow up to 30 items per month. DVD’s and CD’s included. She also had free internet access.
I loved to shop at thrift shops. My favourite was St Vincent’s (Vinnies). They had regular book sales to clear the shelves.
When she was on winter holidays, I took her there. You would be given a large rubbish bag (clean) and you could fill it with books for $5.
I gave her a $5 note and the bag, she went crazy filling it and also took home other treasures she found, usually at cents per piece.
So she had whole book collections. Some bought new, some bought second-hand, some gifted to her.
Whenever she was grounded, we took her electronics away. She spent hours reading and it was good for her education.
She still loves reading books now, even with the technology. And she loves real printed books.
While we were the working poor, she had a good education, excelled in reading comprehension and learned how to be frugal.

[CCS]

This is why I listen to your channel - you’re real and you understand in a very real sense how tough things can get. You deserve all the success you have with this channel because you’ve earned it.

[elizmon]

As an undergrad student, I took a Spanish 101 class, where I was able to gather enough students and tutor them, since I was almost fluent!! Supply and demand. I used to clean homes, organize closets, since I was and still am a super organizer and know tricks for saving space. I am not afraid to work or hustle. That's a great quality.

[gailwentz]

My niece was an extreme couponer. What she couldn’t use, she gave to people In need. The rest went to the local Rescue Mission!😊