Most outlandish frugal thing you did - Page 9

PetMom · #**161** (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 01:06 PM

I have watched as our basic living expenses are going up. The electricity last summer was bad. I have always thought myself careful with electricity but now I am getting very strict with it's usage.

I have been following this bill and to my dismay happened upon our never above $75.00 water/garbage pickup bill. It was $90.00!!! And we do not have a pool or hot tub.

You can bet I am gathering every little tip.

A few cities have had water shortages and one used the slogan:

If it is yellow, stay mellow (don't flush)
If it is brown, flush it down.

This little slogan helped all remember to follow this. Fortunately it did not last for long.

Me? I would hate for a drop by friend to happen in upon a mellow toilet. But it is
good to take note of some ideas and the cost of flushing.

I do know the low water usage flushing toilets always take me two flushes to flush.

My deodorant tip: I use my husband's antiperspirant/deo in the Sport scent, but also use
just coconut oil if I am home or not going to perspire much. (It really does work and is organic and natural, no chemicals - read about this on a coconut forum).

lieweheksie · #**162** (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 12:29 AM

""My deodorant tip: I use my husband's antiperspirant/deo in the Sport scent, but also use just coconut oil if I am home or not going to perspire much. (It really does work and is organic and natural, no chemicals - read about this on a coconut forum).""

Hi Pet mom
souns interesting-Could you post the link to this forum- DH finds that most deodrants make him itchy!
may thanks LH

LuxLiving · #**163** (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 05:26 AM

inexpensive underarm tip: learned from a missionary - for the deodorant portion of your skin care regime: Use rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball for a quick underarm refresher rather than showering or bathing in 'jungle/low-water' conditions!

mom-from-missouri · #**164** (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 07:34 AM

This one is gross, but works if you have chickens or pigs and want to cut down on your feed bill:

Offer to help the local schools and nursing homes cut down on their trash. What you do is provide each with a large rubbermade trash container daily. The school dumps left over food off of kids plates into it. After lunch (on a daily bases) go pick it up and leave them a replacement container. Just trade them out daily (the have to be washed daily also). Some meals you cant recycle--such as meals with garlic in them (affects the taste of eggs). The school can not put any trash or paper items in it though, only food scraps.

Our Christian School jumped at the idea after we told them we would donate a pig that they helped feed with left overs at the annual school fund raiser auction.

Kids at school waste more than they eat. They are too busy talking at lunch time.

PetMom · #**165** (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 10:30 AM

lieweheksie: I found that forum months ago while surfing the net for info about coconut oil and had just briefly read about the various uses for
coconut oil. Since I already had some in the house it was worth the
try. It is a hard product at room temp. and has to be melted to
body temp. to apply each time.

PetMom · #**166** (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 10:46 AM

I found it:

www.Coconutoil.com

click research on coconut oil

then click coconut diet forums

then you will find the Skin Health section and is in that,
should also explain how to warm up in palms before
applying too.

tinapbeana · #**167** (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 11:04 AM

regarding coconut oil:

it comes in several grades and varities, and while 92 degree coconut is solid at room temp (up to about 92 degrees actually, as you might guess by the name), there is 'liquid coconut' oil otherwise known as 76 degree coconut oil. this would be liquid or semi-liquid at room temp.

lieweheksie · #**168** (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 11:43 AM

thanks pet mom and tina-
guess i'm going shopping

Ima saver · #**169** (**permalink**) 02-14-2007, 01:15 PM

I served snacks to my bridge group on monday. I covered them with glad wrap until I served them. Then I saved the glad wrap pieces and reused them again today. The glad wrap never touched the food, just the top of the glass bowls.

klbb90 · #**170** (**permalink**) 04-07-2007, 11:37 PM

When valpak get mailed to my house and has a really good coupon in them I stop by the local post office on my way home from work and go through the trash can they set out for po box holders to throw away unwanted mail. Since there isn't any food/garbage just paper I don't mind. I could print the coupons out but I don't have a printer.

baking23 · #**171** (**permalink**) 04-08-2007, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mom-from-missouri

This one is gross, but works if you have chickens or pigs and want to cut down on your feed bill

I don't think it's gross at all, that's what the pigs are there for.

Just check for bones in the food scraps so that no animals choke.