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Old 11-21-2008, 07:30 AM   #1
Question Frugal tips you detest  
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There is so many frugal tips out there, there has to be a few that you can't stand, what are they??
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Old 11-21-2008, 08:01 AM   #2
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One that I heard was to keep the last slivers of soap and put them in a bottle. Add water a voila- instant hand soap. It just didnt make a heck of a lot of sense- I like "frugal" tips but thats just silly. Hand soap is $1 at the dollar store! If you do the soap in a bottle thing, you get this scummy soapy water in a bottle, not frothy anti-bacterial handsoap! yuck- its just wierd!
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Old 11-21-2008, 08:20 AM   #3
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Mine is reusing aluminum foil and sandwich bags! I could never seriously clean and reuse those bags after storing meat in them and so on! Another plus is that you can also pick up these items at a dollar store!
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Mine is reusing aluminum foil and sandwich bags! I could never seriously clean and reuse those bags after storing meat in them and so on! Another plus is that you can also pick up these items at a dollar store!


Also, while I use vingear a lot, I still want bleach to clean my toliets and bathtub!
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Old 11-21-2008, 09:58 AM   #5
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reusing kleenex.... bleh.
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Using handkerchiefs instead of kleenex - yuck! Seems so unsanitary to me.
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Old 11-21-2008, 10:03 AM   #7
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Mine is reusing aluminum foil and sandwich bags! I could never seriously clean and reuse those bags after storing meat in them and so on! Another plus is that you can also pick up these items at a dollar store!
I was think of this just the other day.
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Old 11-21-2008, 10:21 AM   #8
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Not flushing the toilet! You know that saying " If it's yellow,let it mellow.....if it's brown flush it down".........EWWW,YUCK, GROSS!!! That's so disgusting to me. Apparently whomever came up with that idea didn't have a teen age boy in the house. Not sure what it is but that boy's urine smells so strong in the mornings.
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Not flushing the toilet! You know that saying " If it's yellow,let it mellow.....if it's brown flush it down".........EWWW,YUCK, GROSS!!! That's so disgusting to me. Apparently whomever came up with that idea didn't have a teen age boy in the house. Not sure what it is but that boy's urine smells so strong in the mornings.
OMG- you are too funny Tanya!!

I do have to agree with that one, especially in the summer time!
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Not flushing the toilet! You know that saying " If it's yellow,let it mellow.....if it's brown flush it down".........EWWW,YUCK, GROSS!!! That's so disgusting to me. Apparently whomever came up with that idea didn't have a teen age boy in the house. Not sure what it is but that boy's urine smells so strong in the mornings.
We had to do this during the flood to conserve water. Gross.

Camping style showers aren't much fun either. Brrr
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