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Subscribe to RSSBy now you've probably heard of "the new frugality" that has come after the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Eat out less. Cut down on going to the movies. Go grocery shopping with a specific list. Those are just a few of the many ways people are saving money these days.
Now our friends at WalletPop have come up with some offbeat ways to be frugal. Among them: Join a babysitting co-op; and, swallow a spoonful of olive oil in the morning to feel fuller all day.
Readers: Do you have any weird ways to be more frugal?
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EVOO ONLY!!!!
Italian only at that! all the others will make u obese!
olive oil is very good for you, and does not contribute to obesity
Lots of em! Fluorescent bulbs last 7 years! Reuse plastic bags! Park further from where you're going and walk the rest of the way! Hang your laundry on the line on sunny days! Wear a sweater & turn down the thermostat a few degrees! (We really need to repackage "green" as "paying down credit card debt" and then we may actually have some buy-in.)
Use a Kindle. Buy books from Amazon for Kindle. Only .99 cents a book vs. $7 or 8 for a regular paperback. Start with Fury From Within or
Hang your clothes on a line.
Shop at a limited-selection grocery.
Use the library instead of Kindle.
Shop garage sales and thrift stores.
Dumpster dive. Lose your ego.
Shop eBay on big ticket items/electronics.
Trade with friends: clothes, household goods, leftovers; get creative. Have a swap party.
Lower the house thermostat & use a portable radiator in your closed bedroom at night.
Drop the land line and use Boost Mobile ($50 unlimited phone, text, AND web)
Eat frozen veggies; nutrious and affordable.
What about taking a medium sized, nicely ripened cantaloupe, cutting an inch and half hole in it (stoping when you hit the pulp/seeds) and placing it in the microwave at 50% power for 45 seconds. Pour out any juice to avoid a sticky mess (you'll make that later), and lube the up hole with a liberal amount of Vaseline. When properly aroused you're now ready for intercourse with this orange fleshly melon. It's a cheap and safe thrill that will never give you a STD, a kid, or ask you to take out the trash the next day...