The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living : Tribute to Leo Babauta
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- This blog post was the first thing I ever read about Frugal Living and Mimimalism back in 2007. Leo Babauta has this amazing blog called Zen Habits and has been an inspiration to me. He's the OG of frugal living and minimalism! Here is the blog post that planted the seed that this was something that I wanted to practice:
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Thank you Leo for sharing your journey! It inspired me so much!
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Favorite tip was quit smoking as I’m on day six smoke free now! Just thinking of the $300/mo I’m going to save! Love the tip and am gonna take it to heart ❤️ (love diy too)
Good move! I quit nine years ago and it has changed my life in amazing ways. You can do it!
Good job! Hope you're still doing well. Quitting is hard. 💪💪💪
As some one who lost both her parents to cancer caused by smoking, you've literally just saved your life and extended your life by giving up smoking.
Are cigarettes worth dying for.
One that really changed my thinking was the book, “ your money or your life”. And “. Can you live without a job”
Oooh, I need to check those out! Thank you for sharing!
@@KateKaden awesome books Kate.
I just love your personality! You’re so humble, down to earth and fun! 🙂
Thank you SO much K L. That means a lot to me.
clothes get washed on a short cycle unless really dirty. use 1/2 the soap suggested
Another tip.use good detergent. Tide is fairly cheap,where I live,for a small bottle,it is around $3. If you buy good quality items that get the job done the first time,it saves money.clothes dont get ruined by over washing,still dirty,to boot,use way less water,soap,power to clean.same with dish soap.or trash bags
THank you!
Woolite!
I dry clothes on a rack indoors. Dryer costs $2 in my building, but no thanks. Also saves me an extra trip to the laundry room.
I have a black tee shirt with a hole in it. I love it, it says Pirate Cat and has a picture of a kitty wearing a patch over his eye 😼 I don't want to throw it away so I wear a black tank underneath it and the hole disappears! Nobody would ever guess.
Love this!
And before him there was Amy D. With the Tightwad Gazette. She is the one who helped me know all about frugal living. We need two cars but right now our car died so we are having to rent a car, buses don’t run where we are nor late at night.
AHH! I have heard of her! I should look into her stuff! I bet I'd love it!
yes! I still have her books!!!
Love Amy D...read all her books
Frugal Mama me too and they are very worn.
I loved her ideas. I went overboard couponing and rebates. Save up to buy things Amy said ie tires
My motto is " don't buy anything full price iunless you absolutely have to"
HECK YES PAULA! Good motto!
Zen Habits was my first introduction to minimalism! And then Joshua Becker. ❤️❤️
DJ! YAYYY!!!! Love love love Zen Habits! (And Joshua Becker!) Thanks so much for watching!
Happy Friday Kate & fellow K Squad!! :) One of my fav tips you mentioned Leo gives is eating a cheap breakfast. My kiddo's are all in college now, but when they were younger..I stopped buying boxed cereals. I know, I know, lol...boxed cereals are so easy during morning household rush hours lol. But I would wake up a little earlier and make pancakes, omelets, poached eggs, breakfast sandwichs, toast, oatmeal. I would make the pancake-French toast batter the night before to be ready. My kiddo's and husband would make comments on how they noticed they stayed full all the way until lunch.Not only did this save me $$, but I felt better how we all started off our days.
Happy Friday to you Gabby. KSquad 👍
I want to come to your house for breakfast! YUMMMM!!!!!!!
@@sandrafromscotland you too!! I think I've also seen you on LOAD's RUclips channel...I think the frugal community is a small world :) BTW-Always wanted to visit Scotland!!!
Yes! planning -the key. Next week is a heavy teaching schedule. have packed for the whole week. Some things in the freezer, some in refrig. Will grab all Monday 6 am. Place in work refrig/freezer. When I worked in the prison & there was NO refrig, I planned food differently. There is a way but some people wont do this.
This sounds like my dream breakfast! Thanks for sharing :D
Kate, getting out of a mess right now.
QVC no more. Those easy pays of 5-6 for "lovely" tops and bottoms have my credit card statements looking like ticker tape.
No more TV shopping.
It sure is easy to get into trouble with those easy pays. Gotta go cold turkey. :)
@@diannthomas7849 I stopped turning that channel on.
The hosts sounded so friendly that in my lonely mind as a widow they became my daily "friends".
@@lorrainestanhope8859 I totally understand that. I got hooked when I was pregnant and on full bed rest. It was more pleasant than 24 / 7 news and you can only watch so many reruns. I hope you have been able to find a better outlet for your lonely times!
YASSSS LORRAINE!
Oh I used to BE SOOOOO BAD with QVC and HSN. I do still get some things, but I have probably cut back 75%. Those easy pays and flex pays can get out of control REAL FAST.
Cheap breakfast for us is Oatmeal in the crock pot, one cup of oats feeds 4 of us with at least 2 servings each,,hard to get cheaper than that. Its cheap, filling and tastes good
Thats a great idea! I always forget about the crock pot, should utilize that more!
that IS a great idea! I forget about my crock pot too!
SAME!
Kate my neck hurts from nodding so much... YEESSS!! lol brown baggin baby!!
HAHAH!!!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Happy Friday!
When I receive mail I take the used envelope & cut it up into 2 or 3 pieces & that is note paper for shopping lists etc...
frugality has increased my freedom, my money = feels good. Donated $300. today -feels great.
Peppie this is AWESOME!!!!
Thats so cool to hear! Donating has lasting effects on us so that's a cool investment. Money is a tool for us to achieve freedom :)
@14:09...frugal gifting.....for 4 years in a row...my New Year's Resolution was to stop gifting other$.....i had a real addictive uncontrollable issue with this one...now, i went the opposite way for the last 5 years of not gifting at all. I'm sure people don't like the new me.....but i love the new in-control me with strength and conviction.
Being in control must feel nice:)
My favorite tip is the Minimal wardrobe. I always stressed over what to wear. NEVER AGAIN😀
YASSSSS!!!!!! I love that one too!!!!!! Thanks for watching Tamyra!!!
I like dressing monochromatically, since I am short. Never have to color coordinate.
There were so many good tips. I can't remember the last time my husband and I have had a car payment. We simply pay cash for them. Although, we pretend we do have a payment each month.
,So we move $400-$500 from our "bills account to our "auto" bank account so we'll hav,e cash to pay for the next car combined with the money from the sell of our pervious car. If something happens and we need to skip a month, we can..until wie are able to get back on track.No penalties.
Recently a friend told me that she could never live in one bedroom apartment like I do. She “needs” a spare bedroom to “study”. In the last 8 years she hasn’t gotten any new degree or diploma, not even in a foreign language. Meanwhile I got a second degree in mu 350 sqm apartment.... and my apartment IS PAID IN CASH. Meanwhile she is in between jobs and has just signed for an apartmet that will cost her 7000€ a year. Sometimes life can be easier when we just become less spoiled.
Thank you so much for sharing with us Carol!
Wouldn’t want be ur friend look down on ppl
j borrego I you mean that I look down on people I have to say I don’t usually judge, I just get frustrated when people outright disrespect my life decisions
Even the interuptions (by buns and Kaden) are cute. I'm glad you left them in the video. I had a good giggle.
Thank you Coleen!!!
dressing: I buy high end tags bc I teach in college: all Goodwiil, Salv.Army etc. $15. suits whi i have tailored to give them a polished look. My tailor charges $10-20 a suit.
Oh nice!
Great tips! Just found your channel. Peering around the car butt was hilarious!! Made my day!
HAHAH! He's so silly! He HAS to be the center of attention! :)
love love love the library tip. never even thought about it
I was pumped!
I don’t celebrate Christmas, so that’s a bonus benefit for my budget! 😊🙌🏼
Jenn, that totally is!!!!! Thank you so much for watching!
I’m starting to cut back on Xmas. Experiences over gifts
Yep Jenn Jenn Don't celebrate xmas either.
Omg...I loved Zen Habits!!! Leo’s so lovely in how he shares this thoughts, observations and ideas.
YESSS! LOVE HIM! So glad you are familiar w him! HE ROCKS!
They were all so good! I really like the Christmas one though! That's definitely something I need to work on
Thank you SO much Sienna!
I loved this! I am reading over the 50 things now. Perfect timing finding this vlog as I am inspired to save like crazy.
Cutting cost on gift giving... our friends are moving to Washington state and are having a yard sale tomorrow. Invited us over to see if there was anything we wanted (for free!) and she says You want any games? No... oh wait is that Guess Who? She said Yes! I told her I was getting it for Gracie for Christmas that she would get a big kick out of it because 20 years ago she LOVED playing it with her grandma! So, a generous free gift to gift my daughter for Christmas of 21. She will LOVE it!
Ive read this blog post before! It’s changed my life!!
Right? It's SOOO GOOD!
It's Saturday now, but Happy Frugal Friday! I love that Zen Habits inspired you so much for this kind of lifestyle. I never hear about him anymore but this was a great tribute!
Thank you Mary!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Frugal exercise. For those all about that gym life,most health insurance covers gym membership costs,or pays back. Worth looking into. Our complex has a fitness room
Thats very interesting to know, thanks! I'll have to look into that and spread the word! haha
Nice!
:)😀
Loved the tip about waiting 30 days to buy something. Also, libraries where I've lived (from CT to AL) have bought books I've suggested for years. Great tips overall. Thanks.
Thank you so much! And that is awesome about your libraries! LOVE IT!
I just discovered your channel. Now I’m going to binge watch your videos!
Amylou!!! YASS! I'm so glad you are here! Can't wait to read more comments as you watch through!
Love your conversational style. I feel like I'm chatting with my best friend over a coffee and pastry :)
AHHH!!! Thank you! That is what I was hoping for! Hope we can hang again next Friday Adriana! See you in the next video! YOU ROCK!
I stayed until the end. Some great suggestions! P.S. You rock toooooo!
Thank you so much!
All the tips have merit but my two top favs are meal prep and dealing with clutter (which in my case is mail, paperwork). I feel so much better since I’ve become a little more organized. I really enjoy your channel and your authenticity. Thank you! ☮️
Thank you SO much Janine! That means the world to me and I love reading your comments! Have an awesome weekend!
Hi Kate..good to see u again!!! I love the coffee mugs you're using everytime you post a video...I do also love to sip a cup of coffee everytime I'm doing something... Have a great weekend!!!😍😍😍
Rechel thank you so much!
Half of list everybody take a sip of something 😂🤣😂
I love your channel glad I stumbled across it 😊
Alyce thank you SO much!
Thank you girl ❤❤❤ I'm staying focused and I'm loving your tips!!
I agree cutting down your grocery bill and eating out less is HUGE!! We basically gave ourselves a RAISE by doing this.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!! I feel like that's a total game changer!
I love how your son pops in and out of your videos. Real life. 👍🏻😄
Aww, thank you! Totally! He's always with me:)
hey kate, i have been following leo's tips for years. i love leo and i even named my cat after him.lol. great video. leo helped me save alot of money. thank you leo.👍👍👍
NO YOU DID NOT! I LOVE that you know him and that you named your cat LEO!!!! What kind of cat do you have? (Huge cat lover here!)
Kate Kaden leo just a gray cat, was a stray and he and sister " lily" came to live with me. i take all strays
You rock!! I found your channel a couple days ago and I am enjoying them!! Thank you for these!
I am so happy you are here! Welcome to the family!
Awesome 👏🏻 video!!! I’ve been utilizing the library for way more than books. They show movies, have guest authors and monthly speakers on a variety of topics. We need to support our local libraries so they don’t go by the wayside like bookstores have!!!!💗
Hi Pauline! Thank you so much for watching and sharing with us!
Love these. Leo Babauta is so great. Ratty t-shirt, yes! Mine's the best color red ever invented.
LOVE IT!
Love this! Frugal high fifty!! 😂. Oatmeal is my jam for any meal. Sweet savory it’s the the perfect food to me. 💕
YASSSS!!!!! YUM!
Just started watching you and I love you and your attitude!
Gretchen, thank you sooo much!!!! I’m so glad you are here!
New subscriber here! Your little boy is adorable. Love your tips!
Welcome Rivah Cat!!!!! So glad you are here!!! Thank you so much for your kind comment!!! Hope to see you next video❤️
Nice glasses Kaden! 🤓👌 Kate I really liked the he suggesting to take good care of yourself and stuff it's going to last in a way better condition.
Thank you Chantal!
I'm 70 and focused big time on continuing to downsize unnecessary items out of my home. Looking around, I debated for quite some time. I don't spend much time in my home. Therefore, I made the decision to move to a studio apartment. It'll save $200 per month on rent. And $40 per month on utility bill. It allows me to only keep what I absolutely need. Will let you know how it goes.
Awesome Karen!!!!! Thank you so much for watching and sharing with us!
That is a great idea! Seems like a lot more people are starting to do that to save more money really at any age. We can still be happy even with less things! :)
Hi Karen. I'm rewatching Kate's video again 04/11/21 & saw your comment & wondered how your downsizing went/ still going?
I stared being frugal and minimal..one thing at a time and what worked for me.
Made my own laundry soap
Hang dry clothes
Cook from scratch and eat up everything before shopping
Minimum clothes... Almost uniform
Decorate seasons from nature
Wash my car myself
Free entertainment concerts in the park
Brown bag nights with friends everyone brings there dinner to our house and have a game night
Saturday morning coffee and chat for lady's at my house...
Ronda, this is SUCH great advice to change things ONE THING at a time! This makes it a habit and you're less likely to stop once you've made it part of your routine. Then you see how satisfying that one thing is and can move on to the next. I TOTALLY agree! These are great ones by the way! How long have you been practicing frugality and minimalism?
I started reading Amy about 18 years ago. And started with a pantry challenge. Then in the last seven years started really working on one thing at a time. Now it's habit. One of my great accomplishments was when I saved 4000 dollars secretly from hubby and surprised h im by paying off car. 😁
Leo's Zen Habits was one of my starting points too. 💯❤
Hi Kate, thanks for the nice video but I'm missing 3 tips.
1. Go with one car
2. Go with a smaller house
3. Go with a smaller car
4. Rent rather than own
5. Look for used first
6. Eat out less
7. Eat out frugally
8. Bring lunch to work
9. Adopt a minimalist wardrobe
10. Stop online impulse buys
11. Don't shop
12. Wait 30 days before buy things
13. Cut your cable
14. Use library
15. Find free entertainment
16. Frugal exercise
17. Stay healthy
18. Commute by bike
19. Carpool or ride bus
20. Walk
21. Sell your clutter
22. Frugal gifting
23. Quit smoking
24. Alcohol in moderation
25. Sweets in moderation
26. Drink water
27. Stay home
28. ?
29. Stop using creditcards
30. Cancel subscribtion
31. Make your own
32. Do it yourself
33. Stop paying interest
34. Travel frugally
35. ?
36. Cut the cell phone
37. Cut your oen hair
38. Maintain stuff
39. Save energy
40. Save on gas
41. Only buy bargain clothes when you need it
42. Telecommuting
43. Plan ahead
44. Cook ahead
45. Wash clothes less
46. ?
47. Eat less meat
48. Save on groceries
49. Frugal Christmas
50. Eat a cheap breakfast
THANK YOU!!🤗
Long time Zen Habits fan here too...can't choose a favorite tip because so many are a part of my lifestyle...biggest money savers all revolve around food...cook at home, pack my lunch and give edible home baked gifts...thanks for your great channel!
YOU ARE SO WELCOME! Thank you for being here every week. I appreciate you so much!
Hi Kate. Happy frugal Friday. Interesting hearing where you started. Buns taking over the screen 😂😻😂 KSquad still here! I'm a fussy eater so always packing my own food! 🎶 Beauty & the beast 🎶 You're fab. 💜 Library offered & bought the barefoot investor book when I was looking for it! Strong Kaden 💪 & the 😎 😂. Thanks for the tips & the laughs. You rock.
YOU rock Sandra! Thank you SO much!
I love breakfast for dinner! Eggs and pancakes are so inexpensive and my kiddos all love them
Heck yes Leah!
My fav tips are: stay home, eat out less. My goal is to travel to states where my family & friends have invited me. 😄 Thanks for all your terrific inspirations. 🤗 to Kadens
I sew so most of time I sew my own ,decor purses ,wallets
Christina!!!! That is a wonderful skill to have!!!! I LOVE IT!
Adorable Kaden ☘️. I am doing an 18km hike on the Cliffs of Moher spectacular!! And yes I will be packing a thermos and lunch!!! ☘️☘️☘️. Thank You Kate!!
That is awesome!
Sometimes libraries will buy things or they'll have a list of things to purchase. But even when they won't, a lot of libraries will do what's called Interlibrary Loan. That means they can borrow the item from another library somewhere else in the United States.
Such a adorable kiddo.
Thank you Sara!
Hi Kate am back had my injections am so sore it will take another week for me to rest so glad I’ve got you to keep me company with your channel we’ve done Xmas on a budget and can’t believe it everyone’s happy. Can’t believe it nice to be back hun 💚💗💗💕💓
Hope you are getting better and better!
Kate Kaden a tiny bit but I ache with this flu I cough of my hubby and my injections have not propyl licked in yet thankyou so much for asking your so kind xxx
I love your videos. Thank you.
There are a zillion exercise videos on youtube...yoga, pilates, aerobics, cardio, weight lifting...it's a great way to introduce yourself to lots of different workouts and ideas so that if and when you DO decide to join something, it will be something you will actually love and stick with. But there's really no need to look outside of your home or daily life living for exercise. I live in Montana, so it's cold and icy for, like, 8 months out of the year....so youtube workouts are my friend. :-) Thanks for this video! First time I've seen your channel and will DEFINITELY be watching more!!
I've GOT to check out more of these exercise videos! I'm SO glad you enjoyed your first video of mine and thank you so much for watching and commenting. I do new ones every Friday, so if you're interested, I hope to see you again at 9am today! (Or later this weekend when you can!) Welcome welcome! Have an awesome day! Oh you're in Montana! I'm in Maine and the weather just surely shifted to FALL which I enjoy. Definitely time to break out the warm clothes. Hope to see you soon!
Oh Yeah !!!!!! Thank you for finding LEO!!!! Ok, #10 for sure !!! I made a Splurge List on Amazon and let me tell you .... IT'S 328.47! And I'm waiting "patiently" for someone to ask me what I need or want for Christmas. Another GREAT video!!! Thank you !!!
I LOVE IT!!! YASS Tracy! Thank you soo much for watching and for being amazing:)
Leo was my first inspiration. Still my favorite inspiration!
Yesss!!!!! He is awesome!!!!!!!
Good stuff ! Muah🌬
Happy birthday 🎁🎉🎂🎈🎊
Being vegetarian is the absolute number 1 budget tip. You will save thousands
Very true. We've started doing more vegetarian meals and it's saved us a lot.
Awesome Kristin!!! Meat can be so expensive. Thank you so much for watching and sharing!
Watching hour Video again...per your 2022 Birthday Request. But I really do not need an excuse to watch them over and over.
Awwww you're the BEST! Thanks Brenda!
Inexpensive Christmas!
YAS!
1:34 you said when you felt overwhelmed you went to the zen habits blog to centre yourself. I come here to this channel!
AWWWW Bonnie, thank you! That is the biggest compliment! So happy to see you each time you are here.
Thanks for the tips
You are SO welcome! Thank you so much for watching!
Kaden is so cute. I loved the airplane 🙂
Thank you so so much! I’m so glad you are here!
Hi kate, from the netherlands I want to thank you for all your positive uploads and ideas. Just today a dear friend was visiting and she had had a bad time in the passed months. She lives far from my place so we talk on the Phone but don' t see each other often.
I sensed her body was tensed and asked If was allowed to give her some positive energie by laying my had between her shoulders. As some minutes went by she totally relaxed. Afther about 15 min she was all happy again. Just by giving her some time and really be there for her. That's was someting you said in one of your episodes. Sorry forgot the name...
It was about what you can give but what does not cost anything...although to her it was priceless and so she said to me. But it was you who started it. So all your good things are getting to effect People even in a small country in europe! Say hi to your son and I wish you both a great day!
My frugal kindness video! CHANTAL! I am love love LOVING this story!!! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this with me! I'm grinning ear to ear and I can feel my insides all bubbly and happy! THANK YOUUU!!!!
@@KateKaden and that in return makes me smile big time, thanx for your lovely respons!!! 😍
And I see I made made small mistake in the first post. I mean to say I was laying my HAND between her shoulders....😁
hoardrobe :D ... I totally agree. recently, I have moved to another country for temporary work for 6 months, so I could bring only what I could fit in one huge suitcase... one month in and I haven't thought once: "man! I wish I would have this or that"... just make the things match with other things :D
Cherkkiable! That is SO awesome!!!!!!
LOVE THIS!! Immediately subscribed! But hey KSquad, can we take a collection to get Kate a holder for her phone.
YAYYY!!! I am SO SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE! Welcome to the family!!!!
Star jumps are my favourite frugal exercise.....😎🤘
Oooh! No one has ever told me that! They are pretty fun!!!
I am new to your channel. Loved this one. Congrats on your new house.
Pamela welcome to the family! I’m so glad you are here! Hope you find lots of valuable content here❤️❤️
Cheap breakfast 🍳!!! I’m nuts 🥜 about breakfast 🥞!!! I eat most of my calories in the morning!!! Great 👍 for weight loss or maintenance 🎤🎤🎤💡💡💡🌈🌈🌈📚📚📚🙏🙏🙏⏰⏰⏰to ✈️✈️✈️!!! I’m loving 🥰 this!!! I started using these things when my husband died in 1995!!! I’m now helping my daughters teach my tricks to my grandchildren!!! I love ❤️ malinials🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤💡💡💡to y’all for getting sooo soon!!!Much love ❤️,keep it coming 🔥🔥🔥
Librarian here. We always look for ideas of how to spend that money!!! Yes, ask ask ask if you want a book or movie or something!
Frugal Excersize is one that I like. Just get up and move. You don't have to get to a gym to do that! Also, bringing lunch... Ive been without a car since June and the quick spots around my wirk are a ways away. I've been bringing my lunch and eating at work. I can see a difference in my budget.
YESSSSSS MICHELLE! :)
Haha I am watching this today and realize this is old because you own a home now! Haha
I'm already doing a few of these tips. I'm currently downsizing my home and I prefer to own my home. I'm on DR baby step 2, so I'm trying to stop using CC. I've thought about cutting the second car since I'm working 2 days a week from home. That has cut my gas usage and I don't need all the clothes I have. Can't cut the gym, but I've considered it. Good video Kate 👍
Thank you Lydia! Way to be rockin baby step 2!!!
I have this AMAZING "electric lunch box" that I take to work. I am able to add either leftovers to it or actual raw food and steam my lunch instead of having to use the microwave, which I avoid. I can cook a whole grain and lean protein with vegetables and mix it up every day or enjoy the same meal I made the night before as leftovers. It is the absolute bomb, it saves me so much money on days I find myself running late and unable to pack lunch. i just bring the ingredients and make it at work in my office. It is basically a hot pot with two stacking metal inserts where you put your food. Love love love it.
This sounds AWESOME!
Why have I not heard of this before lol THATS SO COOL!
Running errands together
NICE!
During my pressure canning sessions, I factor in jelly jar size lunches. Ready to eat meals in a jar. Shelf stable lunch.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing with us!
I find online shopping 1 day a week is much better than every day shopping for 1 thing per day because extra things used to be bought too.
Love your kitties!
You are so kind! Thank you!
Love it!!
My colors are black and navy. Most tops will match with these colors
I really need to cut cable...I am still in the fence on this one.
I LOVE that color scheme! I was SUPER on the fence for a bit. It totally depends if you use it a lot ya know? I found myself only watching the Real Housewives on Bravo! (SO MUCH DRAMA!) LOL! I gave it up and don't think about it much anymore:) But if you watch it all the time and it's a really great source of your entertainment and joy, then of course you could find somewhere else to cut. Carol what state do you live in if you don't mind me asking?
Kate Kaden I’m in Houston Texas!
More great ideas! We just had breakfast for supper last night! we do that at least once a week. My grandsons favorite meals are Hens in a nest (some people call is eggs in a blanket), French toast, or cream chipped beef. If he is hungry for a breakfast meal, I will certainly make it! People think I cheat on my grocery budget, I keep my receipts, but I do not. I just have a large stock pile. For two of us, four eggs, four pieces of bread and about two tablespoonfuls of butter makes the hens in a nest, my eggs were 1.50 a dozen, so .50 for four of them, bread 10/$10, .40 for four slices, and the margarine for a three pound container 2.99, now I don't know how many tablespoonfuls is in there, but I am guessing high .20 for the margarine so our meal $1.10 total, that is not per serving that is for both of us, there is no food waste. to supplement, we don't have desert, but we use fruit cups, fresh fruit - watermelon, bananas, oranges for desert. but I only buy the fresh at the beginning of the month, since this is the end of the month later in the evening he had mandarin oranges in jello that were .50 for four of them, he ate two of them .25......so managing for two of us for $120 for the food purchases is totally doable. I also have my $20 of fun money and yes there are times I have purchased a few groceries out of it when I went wild at the store for what I thought were great purchases like .49 chicken thighs, 1.99 ground beef....things like that! oh I also use 40.00 on household stuff, this time I purchase two pillows for 9.99, detergent 1.75 a bottle and I stocked up. so being frugal comes second nature, I am retired I make about 22 a month too much with my retirement check to qualify for any kind of assistance. Oh, and I have friends who buy stuff try it and don't like it. They will often say I have some stuff I am not using, you want to try it. I am allergic to fish and seafood, so as long as it is not fish or seafood I gladly accept it and that saves my food budget.....big time! Also, I do not budget his lunch money into my grocery budget, that is 6.00 per week, about 30.00. For 1.20 a day I don't have to prepare lunches for him. I am at home since retiring so I can have whatever is in the fridge.
I LOVE breakfast for dinner too!!! YUMMMM!!!!
I did make it to the end, but not all in one sitting, or even all in one day. Whew!
That was a long one for sure! :)
Hi Kate. You planted the seed for me.
Yay Diane! 🥰 So glad you’re here!
Hi Kate! I wasn’t a sub when you made this video (I am NOW) and I really enjoyed it! Re. Bookcases, I had a crafty friend who made her own very simple and cool bookshelves by using plain old clay flower pots turned upside down and placed Plain wood shelves on top. You could make it as tall and in any shape you like and it would look rustic and cost a song! 👏👏👏👍🙋♀️🥰💞💓‼️
Thank you so much Janet!
Thank you from a 67 year young natural born cheapskate.🤣
Shirley you are AWESOME! Thank you so much for watching!
Excellent
Thank you so much for watching Laetitia!
It is all about Buns,Coffee & Kate!!!
Awesome video!!! I love so many of those!!! One thing I will not be getting rid of anytime soon is phone plan or cable tv. Hubby works for cable company (does the phone side) & we do get a cheaper rate - tho I don’t watch it at all, he does. Mine is to take water wherever you go. Seriously, we take a thermos travel mug with us whenever we leave the house!!! My personal issue is that I LOVE sonic ice!!! Love making hard boiled eggs in my pressure cooker/instapot. Ice baths for the eggs afterwards. We used to get sonic ice (1-4x/month - 2 bags each time) because we would make hard boiled eggs and my ice craze would never keep enough ice for me or anyone else 😝🤷♀️ so hubby got “me” a used commercial size ice machine for my birthday a couple of years ago. Guess what we bring to every party?!!! That thing is worth its weight in gold! No joke! Lose power? We have tons of coolers & have had a fridge/etc go out on us. But no problem... we have the ice to handle it. Camping? Oh yeah!!! We’re all good!!! In fact we can fill up every cooler in our small group before we all go camping!!! Hubby won (yes, WON) a HUGE yeti(?) COOLER that we can stuff full of cold items & not have it go bad or ice melting for almost an entire week. That learn to do it yourself thing? Oh yeah!!! Hubby will usually part with something he’s no longer using to get something he does want (like a home brewer machine) & learn how to tweak things to how he wants it done. Like his 3D printer that he can make complicated things like a hotspot thingamajig (🤣🤷♀️✌️) that he can sell to others in the handheld radio crowd that he’s a part of. He’s a tech genius (& no college) but he loves teaching himself how to do things & he’s my mr fix-it! RUclips is also an awesome resource for so so so many things!!! Getting rid of things we don’t need, whether selling it or giving it away (we donate lots of my 5 year old’s clothes to friends etc. -which is hysterical because he’s so much bigger than most of his friends- about the size of most 7/8 year olds & they tend to have a little wait before they can fit them 🤣🤣🤣)!!! But all of them are awesome tips!! Use what ya can & leave the rest! One other one though!!! Don’t upgrade unless you seriously need to. I’m still on iPhone 7? I think? & really, I’ll probably just get a refurbished one of this same phone because I love it! Don’t feel like you need to upgrade just because there’s a “better or newer one” 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Oh & phone plan... we have the one we do because during tornadoes or power/weather outages... it’s the only one that works. Too many times we payed for not having any service. Not happening again, if we don’t have to.
Kim, thank you SO much for sharing with us! LOVED reading this!!!!
I'm never tempted to buy from Amazon. I may buy from HSN, haven't yet, watched it a lot..if it's a good price n what I need would do it . New things are I expensive in stores here if you shop around. Good video .
Hi Coetta! Thank you so much for watching and sharing with us!
Kate I cut my cable 3onths ago and tho I miss it I don't miss the 200 dollars a month bill. I got a smart phone and with Netflix I'm cool. I'm halfway thru this and can't wait to see the Christmas savings part.
YESSSS SHEILA!!!!
Frugal exercise: I have been using the same dumbells and ankle weights since I was in my teens and I'm 40 now lol. I also got a set of resistance bands on Amazon for $10 I have been using for 6 years. And I am really pretty fit :) don't need to spend much to get a good workout!
YASSS!