I bake for the holidays to gift to my siblings n their families. For bdays I shop all yr long. I buy alot if 2nd hand items I know the person would love. My gifts are frugal yet thoughful❣
You're so fun. I too have given trees or other outdoor plants. My sister lost her twins. They just came too early. We gave her 2 dogwood trees. And a friend lost both her parents at the same time we gifted her with an oak leaf hydrangea. Plants are a great gift idea. Food is another option. Homemade or bought. I'm a senior, married 42 years to the same man, but anyway we adore getting food gifts. When our boys were young we never had birthday party. Instead we let them choose a restaurant and 1 friend and that was it. Sometimes it would cost a lot but when it was over the party the gift and party cleaning all done. Yep, plants, food and a nice restaurant. That's what I do.
Eating a more plant based diet is such a good reset for your body. It is so hard for your body to break down dairy and milk. I'm not saying being vegan or vegetarian is for everyone. I understand that. But to give your body a break from those foods, in the least, can just give you an amazing feeling.
When the Virus shut everything down, I couldn't get my nails or hair done. I was spending $20 every 2 weeks on nails and $110 every 7 weeks on a cut, color and tip for my hair. Not to mention the time at the salons and traveling back and forth. I now color my own hair for $2.98 per box and my own nails for next to nothing saving over $1,100/year and lots of time!
That's what i also feel about gravesites. The person is always with you, in different energy or form. But still, when I have time or flowers, I purposely save them to bring to my father's grave.
We have a good friend that we share lawn equipment with, the bigger stuff like electric edger ect. We need them but use them so infrequently that it really makes sense for our families.
Agree agree agree!!!!! Also older items are very well made! One thing where my OP differs: Organic, Grassfed Meats contain very important nutrients including fats needed by the body ( think cavemen.). Healthy/ Clean Keto girl here! (Former vegetarian.)
Thx for your intresting videos, Jennifer, I like them very much. I guess suustainibility, minimalism and a frugal life, and you are the future. Europe and Sweden watches your videos
Meal planning, how I love meal planning! Somehow I used to think that planning meals meant I had to eat in a specific, fixed, way, that I didn't like, because I couldn't be trusted to make good decisions. And meal planning was just for families anyway. But it turned out to be a flexible tool especially useful for singles, that saves me money, while I'm eating healthy, simple, varied and delicious meals. Because I live alone, and cook for myself, I think of meal planning as sharing with my future self.
I do this too! Eyes locked on shopping list, in and out guerrilla style! Remember, tempted for five minutes here, or 24/7 at home?? But I try to also take a quick look in the reduced section.
Love all you advice. I use cloth or canvas bag at the grocery store so I can wash them. And I get the big bag of yellow microfiber clothes at Costco to do my mirrors and bathroom. They work amazing, and dusting, wiping your hands . Counter…. They are great and wash great too. Wool balls in the dryer😊😊
Any time we go out we have a Bottle of Water and often a small cooler with extra. That takes away the temptation to buy a soda or anything else while out. Saves money and keeps off the extra pounds. I make a list when grocery shopping and do my very best to stick too it.
We refill gallon water bottle at Walmart for 27cents. Even if I only refill the stainless bottles in the car, way better saving than buying a commercial brand bottle of water for$1.00 +
I wash and reuse make-up brushes and sponges for as long as possible. I've been using the same blush brush for years. You wouldn't believe it if I told you how many years! It was the door prize at a Jafra home party, and I was lucky enough to win it. I can certainly vouch for Jafra make-up brushes being very good quality!
A former student and I exchange used books as Christmas gifts each year and add homemade cookies and candies along with the gift. Knowing I am going to get a new used book is one Christmas gift I really look forward to each year. Then I take other books I no longer read and pass them onto our local friends of the library group.
Hey Jennifer, thanks for sharing and for mentioning the animal welfare and environmental impact of eating meat, alot of the frugal channels only seem to focus on the money side of things.
I'm glad to know others feel the same way about not visiting graves. I know my family members had Jesus in their life and they're with him. I would much rather pray and send messages to them then visit graves. Graves to me are a small thing and when a believer dies it isn't sad. My husband believed the same way. I know where he is buried but he isn't there. He is with Jesus.
I don’t even own a hair dryer, air drying for the win. We also use our towels a few times and when they start smelling musty we wash them. I mean, all you are doing is wiping off clean water anyways.
Would love to see a video or series of videos on FIRE, Coast FIRE and other types of popular savings approaches. When my grandma was alive she would have a paper grocery bag of books for me every few months. I miss it so much ❤️
I only read non-fiction until my husband introduced me to the Pendergast Series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They seem to come out with a new book at least every year for at least the last 20 years, and I look forward to it every year. The first one I read was Cabinet of Curiosities (it turned out to be out of order, but it got me hooked and I have read it twice!
Interesting about Dreft! Is it in liquid 🤔 format? I don't own a hair dryer. I wash towels once per week; I call it "Towel Tuesday." On that day, I wash the bath towels and hand towels then! I don't even use make up, haha except for lipstick and eyebrow pencil. Farmer's markets are my husband's & I....our fave Saturday trek! Today, we bought 🍅tomatoes, 🥔 potatoes , & unsweetened pear jam made by an Amish family. Last week was sweet onion and yellow squash, along with more..tomatoes, potatoes and raspberry jam!
Please do a plant based video. ! 💚🌱. To avoid plastic waste I make my own powder detergent and I use 1/2 cup of vinegar for fabric softener. Clothes are clean,soft and they don’t smell of vinegar afterward
Any given day. The life & times of Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux. A book I think you would really appreciate. I have read it many times. She wrote this book in a Senior citizen class to tell her story to her grand children. Years later it was published. Just an average lady who grew up during some hard times.
There’s a book I think you may enjoy called, An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler. It’s a wonderful book, that will inspire you to cook.
Here where I live in Brazil farmers markets are a scam. People buy from the same huge place that sells to supermarkets, overprice and sell on the street. I buy from a fixed place that regularly has great sales on less than perfect produce and is cheaper overall.
I’m in a women’s FB group from my hometown where we can sell, buy or exchange and it’s so great 😀. I love the books, plants and clothes that i have obtained from that group and also the opportunity to meet new acquaintances 💜
I have said it before, meal planning is not my thing. Works for lots of folks..not for me. If I eat a meal I'm not hungry for, it's blah. I want to enjoy what I eat. But we are frugal. We keep a very well-stocked pantry & have 2 freezers & 2 fridges w/ freezers. We get food on sale. We get meat for half-price, or better !...then I vacuum pack it. It keeps for years w/ no freezer burn or deterioration in taste. I can put a meal together quickly using food from freezers & pantry ( which is a room, not a cupboard) & it's at sale prices. This is how I get around my need to eat what I'm hungry for at that moment w/ out blowing the budget. If there's a will, there's a way.. 😄 We have a no meat meal at least weekly..& meat isn't the biggest portion on our plates. Also, I prepare some meals in advance & freeze them. I usually have some soups & casseroles in freezer...so when I'm hungry for a specific something, if it's in freezer, I'm all set ! We went to the town farmer's market a few weeks ago where we met a lovely young woman..struck up a conversation w/ her. She was selling goat's milk soap she'd made from milk from their own goats ! I bought a bar & love it. And now we also buy their goat's milk...we go out to their farm. I make soap, too, & have given it as gifts many times. And I crochet..friends & family frequently get things I make ..pot holders, shopping totes, filet crochet done in crochet thread, etc. I air dry my hair 99% of the time. Your suggestion is excellent. We love Half-Price book store...& I opt for used books on Amazon if I want to own it. But have lifelong love for libraries! I grew up using a bath towel once because that's how my mom ran our house. After getting married, that habit lasted maybe 1 week ! 😄 Ron wasn't raised that way & it quickly became apparent that we'd have a whole lot of laundry fast & in a hurry...so we started changing out the bath towels weekly. Another great video, Jennifer, & pretty white blouse !
How much water does a tree need each day? There is a reason the area of the USA, I live in is called the meat and potatoes region. I have very few issues with the Vegan/plant based community except they believe their way is better for (the environment). Our meat is sourced locally. We raise it and eat it. Is that for every one nope. A huge trend is locally sourced everything...but try and locally source a plant based diet within 100 miles of me, is near impossible, unless you use those trucks you talked about. I am not condemning or even disagreeing with your way of eating....just putting out there...to be open to choice and personal responsibility. Frugality in your area may not be frugal in my area when it comes to food. Blessings and good eating.
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I bake for the holidays to gift to my siblings n their families. For bdays I shop all yr long. I buy alot if 2nd hand items I know the person would love. My gifts are frugal yet thoughful❣
My mom and I used to be "bulk buddies". We would split big packages of TP, meat, paper towels, laundry detergent, etc.
You're so fun. I too have given trees or other outdoor plants. My sister lost her twins. They just came too early. We gave her 2 dogwood trees. And a friend lost both her parents at the same time we gifted her with an oak leaf hydrangea. Plants are a great gift idea. Food is another option. Homemade or bought. I'm a senior, married 42 years to the same man, but anyway we adore getting food gifts. When our boys were young we never had birthday party. Instead we let them choose a restaurant and 1 friend and that was it. Sometimes it would cost a lot but when it was over the party the gift and party cleaning all done. Yep, plants, food and a nice restaurant. That's what I do.
To save money and power I line dry my laundry (bonus.. it smells great)
Eating a more plant based diet is such a good reset for your body. It is so hard for your body to break down dairy and milk. I'm not saying being vegan or vegetarian is for everyone. I understand that. But to give your body a break from those foods, in the least, can just give you an amazing feeling.
When the Virus shut everything down, I couldn't get my nails or hair done. I was spending $20 every 2 weeks on nails and $110 every 7 weeks on a cut, color and tip for my hair. Not to mention the time at the salons and traveling back and forth. I now color my own hair for $2.98 per box and my own nails for next to nothing saving over $1,100/year and lots of time!
That's what i also feel about gravesites. The person is always with you, in different energy or form. But still, when I have time or flowers, I purposely save them to bring to my father's grave.
Cathy Glass broken doll.this book taught me so much
Will look into this book. Thanks.
We have a good friend that we share lawn equipment with, the bigger stuff like electric edger ect. We need them but use them so infrequently that it really makes sense for our families.
I make meals from meal planning and freeze all but 1 or 2. We end up with 4 or 5 different meals with several of each x
Agree agree agree!!!!! Also older items are very well made! One thing where my OP differs: Organic, Grassfed Meats contain very important nutrients including fats needed by the body ( think cavemen.). Healthy/ Clean Keto girl here! (Former vegetarian.)
I meal plan for the week and on sundays i eat the leftovers.i don't even waste a bit of food.
Thx for your intresting videos, Jennifer, I like them very much. I guess suustainibility, minimalism and a frugal life, and you are the future. Europe and Sweden watches your videos
Meal planning, how I love meal planning! Somehow I used to think that planning meals meant I had to eat in a specific, fixed, way, that I didn't like, because I couldn't be trusted to make good decisions. And meal planning was just for families anyway. But it turned out to be a flexible tool especially useful for singles, that saves me money, while I'm eating healthy, simple, varied and delicious meals. Because I live alone, and cook for myself, I think of meal planning as sharing with my future self.
I have to grocery shop with blinders on---all those tempting point of purchase displays are a real battle to avoid. Love your channel.
Thank you Beth!
I do this too! Eyes locked on shopping list, in and out guerrilla style! Remember, tempted for five minutes here, or 24/7 at home?? But I try to also take a quick look in the reduced section.
I agree, my dad is always with me.
Love all you advice. I use cloth or canvas bag at the grocery store so I can wash them. And I get the big bag of yellow microfiber clothes at Costco to do my mirrors and bathroom. They work amazing, and dusting, wiping your hands . Counter…. They are great and wash great too. Wool balls in the dryer😊😊
Must wash microfiber separately. Never dry in dryer with anything else. Lint fibers will fill the "micro" and then it is just a bad polyester rag.
Any time we go out we have a Bottle of Water and often a small cooler with extra. That takes away the temptation to buy a soda or anything else while out. Saves money and keeps off the extra pounds. I make a list when grocery shopping and do my very best to stick too it.
We refill gallon water bottle at Walmart for 27cents. Even if I only refill the stainless bottles in the car, way better saving than buying a commercial brand bottle of water for$1.00 +
@@meman6964 I buy the 24 Pack at Walmart for $2.48
I wash and reuse make-up brushes and sponges for as long as possible. I've been using the same blush brush for years. You wouldn't believe it if I told you how many years! It was the door prize at a Jafra home party, and I was lucky enough to win it. I can certainly vouch for Jafra make-up brushes being very good quality!
A former student and I exchange used books as Christmas gifts each year and add homemade cookies and candies along with the gift. Knowing I am going to get a new used book is one Christmas gift I really look forward to each year. Then I take other books I no longer read and pass them onto our local friends of the library group.
Hey Jennifer, thanks for sharing and for mentioning the animal welfare and environmental impact of eating meat, alot of the frugal channels only seem to focus on the money side of things.
I'm glad to know others
feel the same way about not visiting graves. I know my family members had Jesus in their life and they're with him. I would much rather pray and send messages to them then visit graves. Graves to me are a small thing and when a believer dies it isn't sad. My husband believed the same way. I know where he is buried but he isn't there. He is with Jesus.
I love this channel! Its life -changing to me 😁
I don’t even own a hair dryer, air drying for the win. We also use our towels a few times and when they start smelling musty we wash them. I mean, all you are doing is wiping off clean water anyways.
Would love to see a video or series of videos on FIRE, Coast FIRE and other types of popular savings approaches. When my grandma was alive she would have a paper grocery bag of books for me every few months. I miss it so much ❤️
I love ❤️ “chicken Soup for the soul” different topics.
I only read non-fiction until my husband introduced me to the Pendergast Series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They seem to come out with a new book at least every year for at least the last 20 years, and I look forward to it every year. The first one I read was Cabinet of Curiosities (it turned out to be out of order, but it got me hooked and I have read it twice!
Mystery book lovers, I suggest Fiona Barton or Shari La Pena🥰
Anita Blake series is great I’ve loved it for years
Good video! You always have something nice frugal tips to share! Would love to hear how to teach your daughter how to be frugal some day ❤️
Band of Sister's by Lauren Willig. I recently borrowed this book ( I love the library) I highly recommend this book. It's an historically based book.
I love historical fiction
Interesting about Dreft! Is it in liquid 🤔 format?
I don't own a hair dryer. I wash towels once per week; I call it "Towel Tuesday." On that day, I wash the bath towels and hand towels then! I don't even use make up, haha except for lipstick and eyebrow pencil. Farmer's markets are my husband's & I....our fave Saturday trek! Today, we bought 🍅tomatoes, 🥔 potatoes , & unsweetened pear jam made by an Amish family. Last week was sweet onion and yellow squash, along with more..tomatoes, potatoes and raspberry jam!
Hi Julia, yes dreft has a spray stain remover. I love yellow squash!
Please do a plant based video. ! 💚🌱. To avoid plastic waste I make my own powder detergent and I use 1/2 cup of vinegar for fabric softener. Clothes are clean,soft and they don’t smell of vinegar afterward
You're right about makeup wipes. A couple of years ago someone told me about makeup erasers and I haven't bought any wipes since then.
Hand made candles xx
I was 12 when I ate pancakes with store bought syrup mom always mAde her own she also made spaghetti with tomato soup
#12 is a great tip! I need to develop a closer relationship with my trash can. Diane
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants.
Any given day. The life & times of Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux. A book I think you would really appreciate. I have read it many times. She wrote this book in a Senior citizen class to tell her story to her grand children. Years later it was published. Just an average lady who grew up during some hard times.
Great video
There’s a book I think you may enjoy called, An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler. It’s a wonderful book, that will inspire you to cook.
Here where I live in Brazil farmers markets are a scam. People buy from the same huge place that sells to supermarkets, overprice and sell on the street. I buy from a fixed place that regularly has great sales on less than perfect produce and is cheaper overall.
That's also true in USA. Many vendors buy wholesale, then mark up to gullible customers at "Farmer's Market"
I’m in a women’s FB group from my hometown where we can sell, buy or exchange and it’s so great 😀. I love the books, plants and clothes that i have obtained from that group and also the opportunity to meet new acquaintances 💜
I take cash when I go shopping. That way you can only spend what you have with you.
i don't wear make up......haven't in over 20 years.....I look like I did 20 years ago too.....
I have said it before, meal planning is not my thing. Works for lots of folks..not for me. If I eat a meal I'm not hungry for, it's blah. I want to enjoy what I eat. But we are frugal. We keep a very well-stocked pantry & have 2 freezers & 2 fridges w/ freezers. We get food on sale. We get meat for half-price, or better !...then I vacuum pack it. It keeps for years w/ no freezer burn or deterioration in taste. I can put a meal together quickly using food from freezers & pantry ( which is a room, not a cupboard) & it's at sale prices. This is how I get around my need to eat what I'm hungry for at that moment w/ out blowing the budget. If there's a will, there's a way.. 😄
We have a no meat meal at least weekly..& meat isn't the biggest portion on our plates.
Also, I prepare some meals in advance & freeze them. I usually have some soups & casseroles in freezer...so when I'm hungry for a specific something, if it's in freezer, I'm all set !
We went to the town farmer's market a few weeks ago where we met a lovely young woman..struck up a conversation w/ her. She was selling goat's milk soap she'd made from milk from their own goats ! I bought a bar & love it. And now we also buy their goat's milk...we go out to their farm.
I make soap, too, & have given it as gifts many times. And I crochet..friends & family frequently get things I make ..pot holders, shopping totes, filet crochet done in crochet thread, etc.
I air dry my hair 99% of the time. Your suggestion is excellent.
We love Half-Price book store...& I opt for used books on Amazon if I want to own it. But have lifelong love for libraries!
I grew up using a bath towel once because that's how my mom ran our house. After getting married, that habit lasted maybe 1 week ! 😄 Ron wasn't raised that way & it quickly became apparent that we'd have a whole lot of laundry fast & in a hurry...so we started changing out the bath towels weekly.
Another great video, Jennifer, & pretty white blouse !
My only complaint about your videos is they're NOT LONG ENOUGH! Guess I'm going to go binge watch all your videos. 💻🍿🍿
Thank you Judy! Some people complain when they are longer than 20 minutes. I try to do a variety. 🤗
Oh no, the videos are not too short -just perfect!
How much water does a tree need each day? There is a reason the area of the USA, I live in is called the meat and potatoes region. I have very few issues with the Vegan/plant based community except they believe their way is better for (the environment). Our meat is sourced locally. We raise it and eat it. Is that for every one nope. A huge trend is locally sourced everything...but try and locally source a plant based diet within 100 miles of me, is near impossible, unless you use those trucks you talked about. I am not condemning or even disagreeing with your way of eating....just putting out there...to be open to choice and personal responsibility. Frugality in your area may not be frugal in my area when it comes to food. Blessings and good eating.