20 MORE Things Frugal People Buy to Save Money

Frugal people spend money – and we sometimes even spend money to SAVE money. We LOVE thrifty living and reducing our expenses. Over the years, we’ve discovered some really great products that help us spend less money every month. Last week we did a video about 30 things we have purchased that help us to save money. This video is "Part 2" and features 20 MORE things we have personally bought to help us save money.

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[teresahunt]

By living a VERY frugal lifestyle, I was able to almost double my car payment and triple my credit card payment this month. I'll be debt free in less than 1 year. Feels good!

[taraburr]

Hey! We always preheated our thermoses or canteens with boiled water and let it sit while heating up the food that we would put into the thermos. When the food was heated, we'd transfer the hot water to a mug for tea. The food stays hotter for longer this way, and you get tea with breakfast :)

[jazziered]

The best game I ever bought at the thrift store was a game called Omega Virus for $2, it was missing a lot of pieces, I parted it out, and made $200 on eBay with the pieces.

[booksrus]

My way to keep warm in a cold house is to put on my almost-vintage Acrylic sweater from Value Village, (made of 100% Acrylic). I actually have to take it off after 20 min because I am getting too hot in my 17 C house. The sweater was 5 bucks, and actually looks brand new and the color suits me perfectly. (yes, yes...I know... 100% Acrylic... I too feel sorry for all the innocent little acrylics that had been robbed of their fur to make my sweater.. :P )

[melanienicholson]

I took you advise last year and bought 4 solar light bulbs. I have a small 1 bedroom apartment and i have one in each room that i use instead of turning on lights. My electric bill last month was 25.15. I batch cook my muffins and corn bread and freeze it for the month. I also barch cook chili and soups. So all i need to do is heat it up in the microwave. I keep my heat set at 64. When i have company once a month, i do think about them and i turn it up to 68. Which seems hot to me.

[sallyprzybil]

Sears use to have a scratch and dent store. We got a huge new refrigerator for my daughters house. Original price $1500, but I paid about $600. They said there was a scratch somewhere on the back. She’s had it for a few years, we’ve never found the scratch!

[AluraEmbrey]

Just bought a scratch and dent washer/dryer unit from Best Buy Outlet this morning. I got 60% off! 🎉

[firegirlfromga]

I buy new board games online at Black Friday sales and never pay over $5. Our 4-year-old granddaughter wanted the electronic games where the ducks go around in a circle as well as a fishing game that is very similar. While on vacation last year, hubby and I were walking around a mall in the town we were vacationing in and a toy store had tables set up right at their door and both games were clearanced on the table for 75% off so we purchased both for around $5 each. We gave her the fishing game for her birthday and plan to gift the duck game to her this Christmas 😊.

[navcenter]

I got my electrician when he rewired my house to put a switchbank by the exit door that I use to leave the bldg. I can switchoff all the lights and unneeded appliances while I am out. I also had my fridges/freezers put on seperate circuits and got a UPS charged by solar panels as a cheap form of insurance to protect my food from spoilage

[kimmyers]

We only made it to October 30th because we had a freeze warning and we didn’t want our pipes to burst. It was worth it to us.

[Maililnajul]

We made it to the 1st of November. But here is a funny, my daughter called me when she got home from work today, 11/7, and wanted to know if we had our furnace on because her house was so cold and she didn’t want to turn on before we did. She said she uses us as her guide. I feel I cheated her out of six warm house days🙂

[gurkamalkaur]

No heater for us. Southern California. Still Tshirts and shorts weather during the day, when the sun goes down, may need a long sleeve Tshirt or lite weight hoodie. Same drill for early mornings.
We open windows and blinds to warm the house in the morning. Usually close them around 9 pm as it starts to get a bit cool in the house.
We lived with 55 degree temperatures inside the house, at times, during winter 2022.

[katherinerichardson]

In the month of October, I rarely used my drier and we never turned our air conditioner on which brought my electric bill down significantly (It was lowered by $75.) At our local grocery store, I got 1/2 dozen large lemons and a dozen limes at the discount isle. Great news of which I was very pleased. Now the bad news--Got ill and could barely get around so today November 3, I had to use the drier for all 5 loads and turned the heat on because of the fever chills. Gratitude moment: At least the electric bill was very low in October, and the lemons/limes drinks soothed our throats. God is good! I noticed that Larry used his hand a bit when he was talking about the devices. Another reason to praise the Lord. Hope, you look good for the extra care you have to give at this time. Keeping you guys in our prayers.

[tiffanylee]

I invested in a heated mattress pad and some heated socks! I love your advice Mrs Hope and Mr Larry! Thank you

[natashapeters]

My library has a energy kit to borrow. It has a Kill-a-watt meter included in the kit.

[jonnaborosky]

We have a whole store that's only scratch and dents. It's not a warehouse for a particular company, but a store that sells all brands of scratch and dent appliances. I got a brand new, in the box Hot Point dishwasher. It was a discontinued style... the buttons are on the outside. The style now seems to have the knobs on the top inside. I don't care where they are, as long as they work. It was $400.

[Rosa-Perez]

I have the silicone cupcake liner..I love it. I do a lot of cupcakes and pumpkin cupcakes from Trader Joe’s, I bake both and give cupcakes and pumpkin cupcakes to my parents, ex husband & ex mother-in-law, and my current mother-in-law. Thank you Larry and & Hope for this 2 part videos…you both are amazing!

[GEAUXFRUGAL]

Nothing beats my rechargeable headlamp with motion sensor switch. $9 each WMT clearance.

[kathygarner]

Haven’t turned on the furnace, I live in the desert in AZ, it was 85 today

[oixvucd]

I don't have a scratch and dent washer but 15 years ago I switched to a front load washer saves tons on energy in my opinion to dry my clothes it takes over half the time to dry. My t shirts and underwear takes 20 min to dry, 15 minutes if I put a dry bath sheet in with the washed clothes.