Comments on: 25 Babysteps to Frugality

By: deneicer1

deneicer1 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:11:04 +0000

I don’t buy magazines. I find it to be such a waste when they are piled up everywhere because I haven’t had time to read them…and I PAID for them! I love magazines, by the way; and I find that I can collect a few from my friend who works in the healthcare field. When her office cleans out the old magazines then I stock up! This way I don’t feel guilty about wasting money. I can read them when I have a chance AND I didn’t have to pay for them! (Did I mention that I hate to buy something that sits around unused?) I recycle them when I am done by giving them to another friend or tossing them in the recycle bin.

If you don’t have a friend in the health care field (like I do) I would bet that your doctor, dentist, etc. would be happy for you to clean out their old magazines on occasion!

By: bernie.zeesman

bernie.zeesman — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:29:56 +0000

Ah but Nancy my dear – Costco is the ultimate place to try anything because they will take anything back for any reason!

By: alice.dick

alice.dick — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:29:58 +0000

@Nancy “Never buy something in bulk until I try it first” – Oh, hear, hear. I once bought those Star-Kist tuna lunch packs in bulk at CostCo – they were disgusting and I wound up giving several away to our office secretaries. I never should have bought them.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Sat, 28 May 2011 16:46:21 +0000

i believe in reusing sandwich bas, gallon & quart zip bags__I wash then out and turn them inside out to dry____I also disguise leftovers in new meals by cutting up meat and redressing it with a different sauce. One night we might have oven baked herb chicken and then a couple nights later have it a barbeque form.

By: HeatherSolos

HeatherSolos — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:32:13 +0000

As a severely introverted person -I'm working on it- if it isn't google-able I probably haven't seen it. So that's great advice for those of us who aren't sure who to ask. Thank you!

By: HeatherSolos

HeatherSolos — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:42:25 +0000

Kika, that is definitely a good tip. How did you find the coop? Many times people just don't know they exist.

By: Kika

Kika — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:59:40 +0000

I don't know if this is relevant everywhere but where I live, in central Alberta (where food is fairly expensive), it is often less expensive for me to buy organic grains in bulk through a buying coop than non organic through the local grocery store or walmart. Actually not just grains but many foods. It seems that people with lower budgets might sometimes assume they could never afford big bags of organic rice, oats, spelt, etc., but they should consider checking into it.

By: Susie Michelle

Susie Michelle — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:31:55 +0000

These are great tips – especially the one about watching portion sizes, and remembering to go to the store alone. I buy so much more when my kids are with me!

I love how the internet has made it so much easier to find grocery coupons. As a kid, I remember my mom clipping coupons and even filing them according to category and expiration date. I remember thinking that I was never going to take the time to do that. Now, we can just go online and print just the grocery coupons we want – so we don't end up buying items that no one in our house wanted in the first place. And savings cards make things easy, too.

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