What Do You Save That Most People Don't?

[Staceyy]

I save rubber bands, twist ties, plastic bags, pens and pencils, paper clips, plastic containers, baggies and aluminum foil, hotel toiletries, hotel coffee and teas, change, I wash and reuse plastic coated paper plates, plastic throwaway cups, plastic utensils. I save all bread heels in the freezer and then grind them in the blender to make bread crumbs. I save cigarette points (dh is a smoker). I save hotel and airline points. ( A previous co-worker told me she didn't have time to sign up for these programs even though she flew every week and stayed in hotels like me, for months at a time!)

I save old washcloths for rags. I save 2 liter soda bottles and refill them with tap water for emergency use. I stockpile food, toiletries and paper products. I save my old books for trade. I save coupons from the Sunday paper. I save newspapers to wrap presents in and for miscellaneous uses. I save computer paper and use the other side. I save extra napkins and condiments from restaurants (I never steal these). I recycle Christmas decorations, cards, bow and boxes. And I recycle shipping boxes and materials. Last but not least, I save money.

[Ima saver]

I save money!

[shengmei]

Those little rings under the milk caps. My cats love them.

I save perfume strips and burn them in lieu of incense sticks.

Samples. You'll be surprised how many people throw them away.

[jodi]

I save Cool Whip and similar plastic, lidded containers. They are great for freezing soups, taking lunches to work, etc.

[Lori63]

I save bread end pieces and make my own bread crumbs.

[PrincessPerky]

I tend to not use paper/plastic, that is a pain to rewash, but I do save bread bags (to put..bread in .) and I save paper/cardboard packaging..to put paper/cardboard for recycling in

[Kris10Leigh]

I'm with Ima. I save money! Actually, I throw it all at CC debt, but whose counting?

I don't keep a lot of things. There's recycling and penny pinching, but to me it's all clutter. Also to me, clutter repels money. The more clutter I have, the more likely it is that I will be unable to find one of many paperclips I saved and I will run out and buy more. (Bad example by the way...I do save paperclips and I know exactly where they are)

I do save twisty ties though...I use them frequently. And old t-shirts make great dust rags...better than I could buy.

[fake_usa]

I remove and save screws, bolts and fasteners from stuff before I throw it away.
I keep them in a organizer in the garage to be reused.
They come in very handy sometimes.

[greedy4chips]

Virginity?

We save alot of the same things listed here, but I cannot convince the wife that ziplock baggies can be washed and saved. To me they are like flexible tupperware.

[LuxLiving]

Plastic grocery shopping bags which we use to line the small bathroom & bedroom trashcans. Senseless to throw them out only to go out & buy more little plastic trashbags! Who cares if they have printing on them?

[rdeel2000]

I save the bags that cereal is in inside the box. These are airtight and make great freezer bags. Also great for putting onion in the frig, the smell can't get out.

[JanH]

We save the plastic grocery bags for kitty litter disposal bags. Just scoop and toss.

[boefixepa]

Shengmei,

Carefull on those plastic rings, my cat at one! Along with a rubberband and a twist tie! When she was growing at half the rate of her brother I took her to the vet, they could find nothing obviously wrong and gave me a supplement. As I tried (unsucessfully) to get her to eat some I managed to gag her and she threw up the whole mess!! I am confident she ate these things before she came into my care, but I was careful to make sure she didn't have access to things she could eat after that! She is 5 lbs now and is full grown (5 years old), very small for an adult cat. Her brother was 13 lbs with no fat on him when he died (4 years). I am sure she was stunted as a kitten because she was allowed to play with and eat the above mentioned, so just be careful, vet bills are EXPENSIVE!

[PauletteGoddard]

Canadian gold coins.

[DivaJen]

I save the inner bags from cold cereal and use them when I'm scooping out the cat litter boxes.

[Fern]

I save corks from wine bottles, as my cat likes to play with them.

[LuxLiving]

I save my sanity. This past month I've let my youngest (CashHappySon) sleep in during the morning hours since we've constantly butted heads the last year or so! He works in the afternoon/evening hours and until he's ready to move away from home it is easier for me to enjoy the quiet morning hours with him sleeping instead of up arguing! No matter what I say he has a grumble or argument or is wanting to buy something.

..auugghghhhhhhh...he's in crazymaker teen mode.

Letting him sleep is the easy way out I know, but for right now EASY is feeling pretty darn GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!

vs. : . Which would you pick?

[crazyBMB]

To much stuff!!!!!!!

[PrincessPerky]

Actually studies show teens need almost as much sleep as toddlers..and they seem to get the best 'REM' in the early AM..which needs to be followed by 'deep slumer' or something like that, I can't remember where the study was, but so long as your kid is getting some social time with the family, I would let him sleep..I plan on letting mine when are that age, and I wish I was allowed when I was that age! (who am I kidding I would rather I was sleeping right now!)

one report:
mayo

[PrincessPerky]

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/...eepy.teens.01/

more on the whole late sleep thing

though both say 9 hours of sleep, which is less than the study I read couple years ago.