How frugal is *too* frugal?
The Digerati Life asked,Who Are The Cheapest People You Know?
The examples ranged from sweet and sensible to unethical to wrong, just wrong. I could actually see hubby and myself using the idea for anniversary cards (we agree that cards are a waste of money), but you won't catch us digging through the trash or toilet for anything that's going to end up in our mouths.
Did you ever go too far in your attempts to be frugal? Can you laugh at yourself when you look back, or are you just plain mortified?
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7 Responses to “How frugal is *too* frugal?”
October 14th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Thanks for checking out my post FrugalMommy!
Frugality is such a sport and it’s so interesting how everyone can have a different take on it. My grandmother was the queen of frugality — recycled gift wrappers were the norm in my household!
October 14th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Someone told me the other day they cut whole milk in half with water to make “2%” milk. That is too frugal for me!
October 15th, 2007 at 2:33 am
My grandma would rinse her used paper towels and set them out on the countertop to dry so she could reuse them. It was a *very* delicate task. She lived with us and wasn’t accustomed to my mother’s love of paper towels–couldn’t stand to throw something away after one use. I used to chuckle at her but now I wish I’d paid more attention.
October 16th, 2007 at 6:11 am
My family was (still is kinda) a big re-user of Christmas and Birthday wrapping paper. My Dad also still cuts the front flap off Christmas cards (the part with the picture) and re-uses them as gift tags the following year. The later is a little too frugal for me.
October 24th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
My grandfather gave my sister a birthday card for her birthday with NOTHING written in it so that she could use it again! I’m not making this up! Sorry, thats WAAAAY too frugal!
October 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Rachel,
That reminds me of the time that an elderly lady friend of our family gave my dad a birthday card.
It wasn’t written in, and almost before he had finished reading it she was reaching to take it back.
My dad wasn’t too sensitive to have a good laugh over it, right then and there.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:44 am
My Granparents got married during the Great Depression and it colored the rest of thier lives. My Grandfather used to save “blinks” on the car by turning off the turn signal half way through the intersection!
God bless him!
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