Using Old Toothbrush Heads To Clean Electronics: Works Great For AirPods!

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My glass measuring cup fell and shattered. Instead of buying a new one, I started using an old pasta sauce jar

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Instead of buying new skates i got these thrifting for 15$. Soaked them in the sink with gentle laundry cleaner and then got a permanent fabric marker from an art store. I still need to get laces for it though

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My two tomato plants have been giving me an abundance!

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I can’t bring myself to use a cleaning service. Just finished 6 hours cleaning - including the insides of the cabinets, drawers and refrigerator. I’m beat.

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Reusing jars for individual cold brew teas and loving it!

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I was about to buy a new purse, but stopped to think about why I wanted it. Mostly I was annoyed with the lining that was coming apart on my old purse. So I fixed it!

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Shrinkflation IRL

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what happened to thrift stores?price for a toddler jacket is insane

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A really bad Ikea couch costs double what this cost me (500$) - extremely comfy and everyone loves it

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I thought I was being frugal by rolling my own cigarettes...but quitting is the real frugal - 74 days later check what I’ve saved

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When they start charging 3$ a unit for dunkaroos

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Always check the direct manufacturer website when searching Amazon!

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Free empty wine crates from a local liquor store? Free bookshelves!

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Friendly reminder you can easily regrow your supermarket green onions! Just stick the roots in water or plant.

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Home grown Potatoes!!

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May be a no brainer but, never buy prepackaged fruit. This was a $2 watermelon that would have cost $20 precut.

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Who needs a sugar daddy when I have a Scrub Daddy

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Picnic > cafe

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I freeze my plant milk in ice cubes if I’m going away for a few days / travelling.

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FINALLY got a clothesline up after living here for two years. It doesn't get full sun all day, but the airflow is good and it's safe from bird poop, caterpillars, and light precipitation. Excited to see the electric bill drop, we do a lot of laundry.

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I put a timer on my scent dispenser

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After about 2 years of a near-constant battle between myself and about $7,000 worth of CC debt, I finally paid it off this week. Seeing this updated balance this morning made me so happy. It's entirely thanks to this sub and their spending advice. Thank you r/frugal!

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Just bought a house! 24M & 24F ~ these are our base bills • all other money goes towards savings & unexpected expenses

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Found this beauty in my apartment dump. Cleaned her up and now I have a new couch!

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ALWAYS read the fine print.

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This one belongs here!

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Adopted a pup and didn't want to spend 200€ on stuff so here's the outcome: cushion from my mom, old harem pants as cushion cover, old sweatshirt I cut to make a blankie; random rope and undetermined origin stuffed tiny animal as toys. Pic of exhausted pupperino after our first walk.

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Repurposed pallets for a raised bed. $9 total, spent on fasteners and hardware, with half left over.

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Patched and painted my doors rather than replacing them

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Dad’s fix to the thermometer. It still works. The cover broke and can’t be repaired. I call it Appalachian Engineering combined with Depression Era Economics. He’s 85 and super frugal. The fact the thermometer is still in the packaging slays me.

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Repurposing a damaged frying pan, with a bit of paint it's now a cool decorative bowl

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If you live in an apartment complex just check the dumpster once in a while. Found a working V6 Dyson and just had to clear the roller to fix. People throw away just about anything

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New But Frugal: My New 2023 Toyota Corolla Hatchback!

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Take a frozen pizza, cut it into individual slices and then back in the freezer just take out a few pieces when you need it. Bonus: Portion control!! Now you don't feel like you have to eat the whole thing!

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I let my wife commandeer my office upstairs, so I finally took all the carpet samples I’ve collected and put them to use. Covered old vinyl tile and makes the room feel more comfortable.

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Does anybody make their own yoghurt? Takes 3 minutes a week and I save around €30 a month, as well as saving loads of plastic.

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Bought a cheap glass baking dish from a value store instead of buying name brand. $5 dollars down the drain for the pan and $9 for the pork loin. Also, dinner’s ruined. Sometimes it may be better to buy the better quality product.

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Neighbor threw this awesome chair to the curb. One screw fixed the tilt problem!

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Picked up $110 Bucks Worth of Coffee For $30

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TIL WD-40 removes sticker residue. The middle bottle still had a snowman label on it; my bathroom is going to look civilized again.

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Realized today that I’ve used this same back pack for almost 11 years now. Not in perfect condition, but it’s still sturdy in all the places that matter.

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Turkeys Post-Thanksgiving

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Sometimes it's OK to spend more or you'll get lenses that won't allow your glasses fold.

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Went to get BOGO Pork Butt for son’s 1st Birthday party. Stumbled upon ground pork for $.61 #

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I am sick to death of losing an otherwise solid pair of jeans to wearing them out like this. How can I stop this or slow it down?

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Cheap mason Jars, sauce included.

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Buying a 10 buck USB caddy online and stripping your old/faulty laptops and consoles for working drives makes for free high capacity removable storage that still fits in your pocket!

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Never buying bread again. I realized I can bake about 50 loaves of bread from 50 lb of flour. Mega savings.

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147 Days Ago, I proudly posted my account balance, having saved just over $2000 in 4 months after starting at $12 in my account, working at $11/hr in Chicago by making a budget plan compiled from tips found around r/frugal. Today, I’ve saved an additional $1000 by tweaking those tips just a bit.

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So I saved $700 by replacing my brakes myself today

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Made a big batch of pierogi today: 120 of them for $20!

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Thanks to a great tip from a redditor, I found out you can buy rubber inserts for wiper blades from the dealer instead of buying the entire blade as long as you have factory blades still! Total for two rubber inserts was $20 instead of $40 - $50 they usually charge for the entire blade replacements.

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Family game night update! All these games are complete with all their pieces. The catch is they are only from thrift stores or garage sales. Hunting for them has been as fun as playing them!

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Not the best wrapping job but all reused paper!

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I was meal prepping my lunches for the week and it occurred to me they must be super inexpensive, so I did the math- 69¢ each!

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PSA: It's time to oil your leather boots

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Just made 22 burritos for lunches instead of chipotle

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We get fresh fruit on sale and cut up and freeze them for smoothies.

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The local Chinese restaurant gives us a BUNCH of soy sauce packets when we order from them. Modern problems require modern solutions.

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My wife and I thought that we could do a better job than Mattel.

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Celery limp or rubbery? Add it to a container of water and stick it in the fridge for a few hours. It’ll be crisp and ready to use

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$30 total thanks to the “too good to go” app. Plenty of baked goods for the whole family and the rest will be frozen

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Buyerarchy of Needs (Sarah Lazarovic)

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Have a crappy desk chair that offers no back support? Slide a pillowcase over it with a firm, fluffy pillow.

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Work smarter not harder

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So my 10 year old has saved up her pennies and nickels for 6 years and we finally decided to roll it as a family (well her dad and I). She has saved $41 (us). Now she can buy her first pair of “high” heel boots she wants! (Kids boots with a small heel lol) so proud of her!! 🥰

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$3 dye = new life for my dingy hand towels

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I recently lost a lot of weight and had to replace my whole wardrobe. I didn't want to throw away old clothes that still had some kind of life, so here we see 11 leggings, 9 tank tops, 1 top, and (part of) one skirt repurposed into a rug.

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I got everything for my new living room from the street

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Almost died when I saw this 6x4 rug at Goodwill for $24.99. Saw one for $350 last week in Georgetown.

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I restored my own headlights today and am pretty proud of the result. Saved over $100 compared to taking it to a shop.

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Protip, throw hairpin legs on any piece of wood to instantly upgrade your furniture.

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4 months ago, I planted some sprouted potatoes in a small pot on my balcony. Here's my first harvest!

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This store brand jar of salsa has measurements (imperial and metric) on it for reusing.

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Peanut butter jar caps fit ball jars perfectly

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My strawberries started to get mushy in the fridge. Got out the dehydrator and now they'll be good for a few more months!

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Student loan forgiveness: If you qualify, you still need to apply!

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I started 20 tomato plants from seed (thinking I'd have a low germination rate). Now I end up picking this much every day... SEND HELP.

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Save clothes from the trash with a $10 fabric shaver. Sweater went from fuzzy and pilled to like new in a matter of minutes.

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Instead of buying the expensive one time use swiffer cloths, I just use a reusable towel and cleaner in a bottle.

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Reuse your empty cereal bags. They are very strong.

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Our Too Good To Go haul for $4.99

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Who else does this

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Got a couple of sticky label rolls with misprints for free. Works great to remove pet fur from clothing (instead of paying for lint roller refills)

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Be a saver not a buyer

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Scoop of Ice cream added to your coffee makes for a frugal frothy delight.

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Favourite dollar store items?

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use less enery to cook more food

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Only buy appropriate/needed quantities of medications.

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Decided to put my hobby to use and make reusable swiffer pads! I have three cats and one dog and I get so tired of buying those ridiculously expensive dusting pads to get up all the pet hair. You can also wet this, dip it in cleaning solution, wring it out and you’ve got a mop 🙂

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This redditor turned their old jeans into pot holders. I think they look great.

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Making your own pizza isn’t super hard and saves a ton of money

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A 2 pack of cream cheese is more expensive that 2 single bars. This makes no sense!!

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Ordered pizza last night and for some reason got about 100 red pepper packs so I put them in an airtight jar.

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$8 at home $25 at the local restaurant

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Been paying off $18,000 in debt over the past few years, finally down to my last $6,000 🎉

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Update: i used some leftover acrylic paint. The skates worked great and the marker and paint didnt come off at all.

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Have you been to the library lately? Rows and rows of DVDs as well as flip books full of them. You can cut off the cost of streaming services and make some pretty fun movie “rental” nights.

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found this wood reel on the side of the street and decided to roll it home and use it as an outdor table

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All made from Dollar Tree items.... DIY’ed..... My kids like it

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Everyone needs to know this! If you work at the local farmers market, you WILL get tons of free food

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Organic fruit and veggie box for 4€

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Does anyone have any good uses for these? We have so many!!

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The shoes I’ve had since 8th grade. I’m now 22 and yes, my feet stoped growing when I was 13.

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Nothing mildly infuriating about this. I do this all the time.

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Add vinegar, olive oil, and salt to almost used up jam jar. Shake vigorously. (Fruit) vinagrete for basically free!

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Relevant

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When the sun hits your laundry, like you're saving that money, that's amore!

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I switched to the old school style safety razor because I found a deal for 100 blades around $8 — I use one blade per week. Cost for shaving blades just dropped under $5 per year.

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A while back someone mentioned the price of chives. Others wondered how easy they are to take care of. I present you one of my random chives. I do nothing to take care of them, in SW Wisconsin. FREE chives everyday throughout summer.

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Milk carton is now my scallion garden.

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12 Sausage, egg and cheese English muffins. For a 600g block of cheese (used less than half), 29 breakfast sausage links, made into Patties, a 1 litre of egg whites, and 2 packs of muffins cost me $24 CAD. To get 12 Sausage McMuffins would cost $ 48. Saved half and still have left overs.

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Learned this from my mom. Everytime you buy chives/green onion just cut most of it off and use them or store them in the fridge. Then put the roots in a cup with half an inch of water. Regrows back to full size or more within a few days. Can repeat up to about 2-4 times if you have a good batch.

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My standing desk

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Using moving blankets over windows to help with insulation

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My new grocery store “hack”

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Obvious but not obvious

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Neat guide for Costco shoppers

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I was told to post this here. This is 2 lettuce butts (after getting chopped) after 2 weeks of sitting in water. Easy way to save a little cash and one less reason to leave the house during the pandemic.

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This is an example of cheap/easy DIY wall art that I did for my apartment (the clean lines are achieved by painting over painter’s tape and then removing the tape just as the paint is starting to dry).

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Hardware stores ran out of faucet covers

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Pretty wild difference between brand names on this one.

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This is 40 cents worth of pancakes (yep, I know I burnt one)

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Personal record for gas mileage today in my camry. Just going the speed limit, took about 2 mins longer than estimated to get an extra 10 mpg.

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but mason jars will perfectly preserve your berries for several weeks

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Saved myself from a stupid $247 dollar mistake.

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My local rural gas station makes fresh food all day everyday and throws everything away when they close. 30 min before closing they gave me all this for free. They offered more but I was modest about taking too much.

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ALWAYS check the per unit pricing. This is the most blatant example I have ever come across

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Game changer: a local library near me now has switch games. Will be buying less games and instead borrowing them from the library (with books as well). Gonna be a instant pot dinner and Mario odyssey kinda night!

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Couldn’t afford fencing material so I made my own. English wattle fence

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Any salvation for this non-stick pan? It has good weight to it, but the non-stick coating is peeling?

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Dad doesn’t toss his hoodies when the zippers break. Buttons made from a broken broom handle and loops from p-cord. This is an upgrade from when he used to just apply a strip of duck tape.

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Recently replaced my pillows and wanted to do something with the old ones. Two Dollar Store fleece baby blankets and a half an hour and I had a cute little dog bed for my dog to lay on in my office for the price of $2 total!

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Don't pay for scientific journals

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I hope that I chose the appropriate flair. I made my own Spice Rack out of K'nex (with the help of a wall clamp).

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How much is cauliflower in your area? In my local market it’s $9!!! (NYC)

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Reduce section at my local grocery store. I got three slightly ugly mangoes for a dollar.

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Hot sauce from the garden. Besides the bottles which I reuse, this cost less than $1 to make.

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If you have a bakery outlet store near you, you can pick up the same, fresh bread and cakes that you get at your local store for less than half the price. I picked up all of this yesterday for less than $13 with more than a week of shelf life on everything

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Nothing’s going to go bad on us in this house!

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Psychological tricks and tactics used to make people buy more

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I hated my black table. Instead of buying a new one, I painted it. Love how it brightens up the space

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Bought this 100 year old 180 cm x 120 cm painting for $70 at a local flea market.

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