Most outlandish frugal thing you did

[Thrifty Ray]

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Now to answer the question...

When I was pregnant, many, many years ago- I snipped the waistband on my pantyhose to allow for a more comfortable fit....throughout the day, I found those hose around my knees and had to make some pretty wide strides to keep them from hitting my ankles...lol

Another time, I had a slip that the elastic had worn out on, so I pinned it...one day, I forgot the pin so I tucked it into my panyhose...it worked great until....
I was heading home and stopped at the store...the slip had worked its way out of the hose and fell to my ankles...I kicked it out and picked it up without missing a beat!!! lol

[Ima saver]

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If we take too many "things" when we are dining in a fast food place, I always leave them on the table, hoping that someone (employee) will put them back.

[mom-from-missouri]

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Actually, in some states "things" may not be put back for public use-against state sanation laws--"things" include, ketchup, hotel items such as shampoo.... My cousin manages a hotel, and these items can be given to employees or donated to places such as group homes or shelters. He gives them to us for our scout troop to pass on. Some states and businesses and insurance companies are afraid the items could be tampered with and left behind for another person to use. I do remember years ago a article in the paper about someone putting nair in shampoo at a hotel...
Based on knowing that fact, I do take my shampoo and bar of soap from my hotel room on my final day of my stay.

[Ima saver]

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I take the shampoo and unopened soap in a motel room.

[boefixepa]

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ooooohhhhh.....I always take my own shampoo and conditioner as my hair is VERY long...currently just past my waist...and has great body..ie lots of natural waves. It's the one thing about me that I feel is naturally....just pretty. If I put nair on it and it was SUPPOSE to be shampoo.....I would be spitting nails, crying, screaming, and then hunting down the last person who had the room to shave their heads....not really but I'd be really tempted. I cut it all off once and hated it...it took me four years to grow it back....FOUR YEARS!!

[marjorie]

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The most outlandish frugal thing I ever did was buy Wisk detergents in a puck-like form. I forget now what they called them, but sample size detergents sold for around $.50, but contained a coupon for $1 off. Eventually I found a drugstore with a manager who REALLY wanted to get rid of them. He not only "let" me use the coupons, he actually had 2 employees behind counters waiting for customers to open the small sample boxes, take out the coupons and ring up a sale for the detergent disks. After some time he decided to make it really easy, and loaded the entire stand up display into my car. It was a great deal for me... $.50 bought enough detergent to use for a then family of 6 for 11/2 years. Love to do something like that again! The only other cost was sales tax.

[BCHGRL]

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I guess this is pretty mild, but I never buy a box for gifts, especially clothes. Cereal boxes, granola boxes, etc. work just fine. Even is you still have some food left, if it has another inside container (such as cereal bags or individual wrappers) you can still use it.

[BCHGRL]

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I take shampoo and soap too. If the place is swanky enough, I might even get make-up remover. The last place I stayed was overseas, and I forgot my $180 hair straightner though.

[getforfree]

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$55 a month for water, is too much. I pay like 27 and I think it's too much. Well, we still pay the same regardless how much we use, so I make sure I use enough what i pay for. I water my lawn good, so the grass would be green and the garden would have veggies and save me $$.

[getforfree]

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I guess that the people that have more than one person in the family can do this. Once 1 person needs to use the bathroom, ask other family members if they need to go, then after everybody is done, flush it. That way it won't stink for a half a day or so, and the toilet cleaning would be easier and lees friquent.

[getforfree]

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Yesterday I was at Walmart. I bought some cucumbers. the price said 44c / lb.

When I got to the register the cashier said they are sold by each, so they are 44 c each. I said, no, whatever price it says there, you have to give me that. Each cucumber is about 12oz, so it's less than a pound and it would be cheaper that way. The other guy working there went and checked it and I was right. They didn't know how to sell it by weight, so they charged me for 2 instead of 3 that I had. So they charged me 88c instead of 1.32 that they were going to. And best of all I was right.

[meenah]

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when i was in college i took a on your own time excersize class, i would go whenever i wanted. i would go to school in my sweats, work out, then shower and dress for the day, on my way home i would stop in the locker room and pick up my sweats and wear them again the next moring. i had my water heater off at home for 5 days of the week. only when i needed to run the dishwasher. i never showered at home thanks to my work out routine, no electricity for the hair dryer, and part of being in a p.e. class is a towel, not a very big one so i would take my own also. i would place my home towel it in the sauna after showering and dressing, (which was rarely used and only dry heat when not used. ) when done doing my hair, brushing my teeth and make up i would get my dry towel and fold it and place it it my locker. (i actually had 2, 1 for clean stuf, and one for the sweaty clothes. this saved on laundry also. college requires frugal.

[razzxxx]

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wow you guys really are frugal, but im taking tips thanks

[Ima saver]

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I would never go without flushing the toilet to save money, ugh!!

[razzxxx]

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I know thats just too extreme for me