Frugal Friday

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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

[(Anonymous)]

I've never tried it, but I will, and I'll add that for the past few years I have been putting cut-to-fit sheepskin insoles in my house-shoes / slippers, and wow, though that was a bit expensive, it was totally worth it. Super warm and comfy.

Warning. I freaked out the girl at the cash register at a California shoe shop (um, yeah, a shoe repair shop) when I asked if they sold sheepskin insoles. She was horrified. She curled her lip at me and said, "Like, ooo, from a sheep?") I note that the store was filled with, um, leather shoes. Anyway they didn't carry the sheepskin insoles, so I went and ordered them from LLBean. I would have prefered to have given the business to the shoe shop, even still.

PS What's great about wool, apart from its insulating power, is that it is so light weight. For this reason I like to use felt tote bags. I find they are quite sturdy, too.