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What frugal thing have you STOPPED doing?

post #1 of 13
3/29/12 at 7:10am
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I used to rinse out the kids snack bags or freezer bags we used for pancakes (you know make a big batch on Sunday, freeze them for the week?) and re-use them. Yeah, I've been slacking and just throwing them out....wasteful!


The other thing I stopped doing that I need to start again is tracking my spending. It's not really a 'frugal' thing to do (well sort of, what do you think?) , but it does help me control my spending so I think it fits into this post redface.gif I need to do it again!

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post #2 of 13
3/29/12 at 7:57am

making things from scratch, like I used to do in India.

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post #3 of 13
3/29/12 at 7:59am

We are eating out way too often after almost stopping altogether.  This mama is TIRED at night, and I have gotten lazy.  I need to get out the menu planning again, get back to only buying groceries once a week, not daily, and stay IN once I get home at night!

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post #4 of 13
3/29/12 at 8:31am

Combining errands when I go out.  I know that there are places I need to go that are closer to my house than to work, but I don't want to waste the time after work going there.  So I go on my lunch hour and waste gas.

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post #5 of 13
3/29/12 at 8:56am

I've been using more baggies instead of containers.  Packing three lunches makes a lot of dishes. 

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post #6 of 13
3/29/12 at 9:00am
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Originally Posted by blessed_with_6 View Post

We are eating out way too often after almost stopping altogether.  This mama is TIRED at night, and I have gotten lazy.  I need to get out the menu planning again, get back to only buying groceries once a week, not daily, and stay IN once I get home at night!



I'm guilty of this too.  I haven't made any homemade laundry detergent lately.

 

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post #7 of 13
3/29/12 at 9:02am
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Combining errands when I go out.  I know that there are places I need to go that are closer to my house than to work, but I don't want to waste the time after work going there.  So I go on my lunch hour and waste gas.



I would consider as being "frugal" with your limited time.

 

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post #8 of 13
3/29/12 at 12:45pm
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Originally Posted by 2bearsmom View Post

The other thing I stopped doing that I need to start again is tracking my spending. It's not really a 'frugal' thing to do (well sort of, what do you think?) , but it does help me control my spending so I think it fits into this post redface.gif I need to do it again!



I absolutely think it's a frugal thing and something I need to start getting back on board with as well. I kind of let a lot of the household things fall apart when I lost the baby, need to just get a system back up. Schedules, finances, to-do's, etc. seem to flow better and stay in check with a routine.

 

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post #9 of 13
3/29/12 at 12:52pm

We eat out more than we should.

 

We waste a lot of food, by letting it get old or out of date.

 

I stopped hanging out all of my clothes in the summer a long time ago.

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post #10 of 13
3/29/12 at 1:41pm

Until last weekend I had stopped air drying my clothes until they were mostly dry and then only using the dryer for the last little bit to make them soft and wrinkle free.  I hadn't done it in months until last weekend.

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