Frugal Friday

[ecosophia]

Welcome back to Frugal Friday!  This is a weekly forum post to encourage people to share tips on saving money, especially but not only by doing stuff yourself. A new post will be going up every Friday, and will remain active until the next one goes up. Contributions will be moderated, of course, and I have some simple rules to offer, which have changed as we've proceeded. (As things have settled down to a nice steady conversational pace, for example, I've deleted the rules about only one tip per person per week and about limiting the length of comments; I was worried early on about people flooding the forum with too much too fast, but I think we're past that risk.)

Rule #1:  this is a place for polite, friendly conversations about how to save money in difficult times. It's not a place to post news, views, rants, or emotional outbursts about the reasons why the times are difficult and saving money is necessary. Nor is it a place to use a money saving tip to smuggle in news, views, etc.  I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #2:  this is not a place for you to sell goods or services, period. Here again, I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #3:  please give your tip a heading that explains briefly what it's about.  Homemade Chicken Soup, Garden Containers, Cheap Attic Insulation, and Vinegar Cleans Windows are good examples of headings. That way people can find the things that are relevant for them. If you don't put a heading on your tip it will be deleted.

Rule #4: don't post anything that would amount to advocating criminal activity. Any such suggestions will not be put through.

With that said, have at it!

Comments

Re: Keeping feet warm

[kayr]

Wool felt is great for that and a little bit of online exploration will reveal where you can by thicker wool felt and you can cut your own. You can also find wool fleece insoles as well that also make boots and slippers toasty warm.

Just a quick question, do you bring the temperature up in your house during the day or not and do you have to be concerned about frozen water pipes?

Re: Keeping feet warm

[(Anonymous)]

Hi,
We have a wood cook stove and we fire it up in the morning and within a couple of hours, the house is toasty warm again.

The habit of sleeping with the windows open comes, I suspect from the time of treating TB. Fresh air and sunshine were the only tools they had at first to keep people uninfected. I got the custom from my old mom.
Maxine

Re: Keeping feet warm

[methylethyl]

I bet you could felt an old sweater and cut your own as well...