r/frugal

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A blessing from the Kroger gods

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End of year teacher gifts. Simple, pretty, and resourceful. (Thank you to the poster the other day for the inspiration!)

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Cut open your skin care products. They are not empty!

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Very cheap home made tree ornament ideas! pinecones, roasted orange slices at 150 for 3hrs, and cinnamon sticks.

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I made my son this desk out of free scraps

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Started couponing and got all of this for $7!

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Uses for leftover bechamel sauce!

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Mechanics wanted $1200 for parts and labor to replace my axels and tie rod. I did it myself in two days. Saved $873.

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Bought all this for £4.95. Always try to hit the reduced section when they're doing final reductions

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If you want to save money on cleaning. Check this out!

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Always check your local TJ Maxx or Home goods. Got this 200$ All-Clad MC2 pan for 20$.

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My dad only likes practical things so I made him two things I know he loves: pickled jalapenos and blueberry jam. Total spent was ~9 dollars!

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$10 book shelf find!

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Learnt how to make our own pizza for a fraction of the price of takeout!

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Reupholstering my grandma’s dining room chairs for her so she doesn’t pay to get it done. Total cost is under $60 for all supplies to fix a broken chair and re-do all 6.

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My daughter tried throwing away a perfectly good gift bag...in THIS economy, with Christmas just around the corner?! It was on top so I saved it!

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On my 21st birthday I left home and moved into a camper trailer. Goodbye rent. Goodbye power bill. Hello Freedom!

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From the time I was a child, this is the image of frugality for me.

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My SO used free paper bags from our grocery chain to wrap presents. After the ribbon, all of these wrappings only cost $2 (and they're actually recyclable)!

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We wanted more countertop space, but the cheapest we could find in ikea costed 200€. Instead, we bought 2 small tables for 40€ and stacked them.

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Free upgrades - Don’t just ditch your old mustard jar. Add 3 parts olive oil, 1 part balsamic vinegar straight to the empty jar. Shake vigorously. [Optionally] Add garlic or dried herbs for some flavour kicks. Nothing wasted.

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I see your chopstick soap dish and raise you a bamboo bath rack.

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I thought something seemed off, this is now the bigger size.

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Goodwill is selling these curtains for $4 more than the store was when they were on clearance

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I started making my own specialty iced coffee at home when I realized my occasional habit was getting a little too frequent

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PSA: If you link your Chase card to your Amazon Account to use your rewards points automatically, you're not getting full value vs. getting Amazon gift cards through Chase's system (Amazon left, Chase right). I've redeemed through Amazon before - who knows how much I lost!

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Learning how to cook from scratch changed my life in a lot of ways. I encourage everyone to give it a shot if you haven't yet. You can save money and eat better at the same time.

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I broke the audio jack on my headphones and I was going to throw them out. Instead, I thought I'd try to fix them and they work again! It only cost me £2 and took 20 minutes.

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Everything except the aircon is found and renewed. What do u think ?

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My girlfriend uses toilet paper holders to hold her scrunchies

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Saw these words of wisdom on YouTube and from experience I'd say hes right.

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Hi-Vis jackets for dogs are between $40 and $80 nzd - I brought a second hand child’s hi-vis jacket for $1 and it fits perfectly! Frugal win!

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On today’s episode of yummy things I make with help of my bread machine, I put my skills honed by working at Domino’s for a year to the test by making a homemade 16” pizza for approximately $4.25 rather than going out to a restaurant and paying $14-20 for one! Sure beats frozen pizza too!

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The saying “when life gives you lemons” applied to bad bananas

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Saving money is not always frugal. Using this garden hose for 90 minutes and already kinked.

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THANK YOU to whoever recommended the Flashfood app the other day! All this for $5

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Low effort, try a food processor or butcher knife, but cute, frugal, earth-friendly fall confetti

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Made my own Swiffer pads with my brothers old sweat pants

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Turn two $5 mounted lasers and $10 cutting mat into a $25,000 Swedish precision machine. Sorry, I was doing laundry during proof-of-concept.

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Making my own veg stock in the slow cooker with scraps from cooking!

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I was craving coffee but decided to save the $ and make my own iced coffee at home. Extra win with a Wegmans pumpkin muffin! A box of 4 almost cost the same as one pastry from Starbucks.

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We keep bees, so I made my family matching knitted gifts. I wrote the patterns for the hat and mitten patterns (not the cowl pattern), so they're one of a kind. Average cost per set: $3.61

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Thought about Brandless? Here's my conclusion.

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I make my own 'interactive' chews for my dog with separation anxiety

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Don't forget to check the stickers

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Check your local ALDI! Cast iron pans for under $3

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Behold, my new desktop: the Macstrocity!

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My coworker got a new job! Instead of buying a card I made one with scraps I usually throw out from work.

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here's one of my frugal projects from this weekend. A neighbor gave us some old redwood fencing so cut the rotted end off and made a little boardwalk for the dusty spot under the eaves.

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Progress on eating out

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My grandmother is still refilling this soap dispenser that's almost 20 years old.

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Sometimes eating cheap is repurposing what you have- French toast with blueberry compote

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New favorite thing to do for weekend dinners - order the entree we’re craving for takeout and making the sides/drinks ourselves! Bought the chicken of course.

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This is one of many fair-share stations in my city. Anyone can donate food and anyone can take what they want from it. There is a not-for-profit organization which collects food from supermarkets that the markets cannot sell anymore but is still good for consumption - and fills these stations UP.

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Filling up the Single-Use supermarket pepper mill w/ bulk-bought peppercorns.

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Bought this many years ago (so no more warranty) and only used it like close to a dozen times. Plugged it in and didn’t work anymore. Is there anyway of saving it? I’m doubtful of spending money on repairs for it. Thank goodness for my hand mixer.

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First Christmas in my own place! Thanks Pinterest

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This belonged to my neighbor’s grandpa and has been in our building’s attic for years. It was covered in some animal urine and grime. They were just going to send it to the dump. A couple hours, half a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, a lot of Qtips/paper towels later and voila! She’s lookin nice again!

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Needed some washers to hang a small drawer under my desk.

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Got this new $1800 couch for $500 from the furniture store because there were a couple rips in the fabric. Sewed them up and good to go. Really needed a couch and used ones on the market were going for the same price so it felt like a win.

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Taking up my partners work scrubs meant a load of unusable fabric so why not make it into a cat toy!

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[CHASE] Be careful when converting Credit Card points to retail partners. Conversion of my CC points to Amazon is 80% of actual cash value; cash out then use on what you want.

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Thankful for tofurkey

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Front plastic of freezer drawer broke. I made a mesh replacement with some synthetic cord which I already owned

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My first copper pipe repairs. Saved a bunch of money over a plumber.

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Used the Too Good to Go app to try a $6 meal from a local pizza place.

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My son wanted ghosts to hang in the trees. Instead of buying on Amazon for $20 I took an old tennis ball, hanger and old pillow case. Total cost $5.

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I need to get my electricity bill down and I don’t understand why it’s so high

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Girlfriend whipped these up for me, I think it was a hunt to clean my place rather then a kind gesture

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saw a post about roasting veggies! two trays of this made 12 frozen meal bags

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Making soup stock from a huge assortment of veggie scraps I've been saving in the freezer. Tasty, healthy, and of course, inexpensive!

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Up-cycled two free barstools for less than $10! (Before and After)

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Frugal date night... tea for 3!

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Helping parents move, they want to toss it, I don't need it, but I'd hate to waste if it'd be of value to give away or sell. Thoughts?

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Wanted a spice rack for our pantry that let us read the spice names in the back rows, Amazon wanted $35! $4 of 3D printing plastic later a custom spice shelf! Need to print one more!

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Rice=60 cents, chicken breast =$2, frozen veggies packet=$2. Total $4.60

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/r/Frugal might find this pic amusing

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I had 3 broken controllers. Now I have 2 fully functional controllers with zero cost. Really like the black and white design I created. Just wish the white was a bit less stained

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You can use a napkin holder as a laptop stand if you use an external monitor.

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Leg of my husband’s ratty college sweatpants+rice=warm neck pillow! Rock Chalk!

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A friend of mine gave me these 30 year old speakers for free because the foams were disintegrated. Spent $30 on a foam kit and a couple hours in an evening and they're good as new. I love fixing things!

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Went to a grocery bag giveaway and used the items to make this roasted broccoli garlic soup. Reheated the Bread they gave us in the oven with some butter, garlic powder & salt. The rest of the veggie stock I made is in the fridge :)

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I thought you guys would appreciate that I furnished my apartment for almost completely free! Tips in comments

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Does anyone else growing vegetables on their balcony or windowsill?

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Any tips to invest this windfall? 🤔

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The sheer size of my windowsill regrown scallions, from the tips of a supermarket bunch thrown in a tin of soil!

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Setting up my frugal seed station!

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Whatever these things are from my 3.99 Aldi bouquet, they're still going strong at 3 weeks

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Thought I'd start my own patch... 3 garlic, 1 leek and 5 spring onions. Any advice is welcome. Especially anything I can grow from a cut off root

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The book that got me into frugal living

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I scored all of this beef for free because my neighbor doesn’t like the taste of unground grass-fed beef!

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Drying rack; out here in the Arizona heat these dry in about ten minutes

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Cucumber trellis made from a crib panel found for free and some branches and twine for support.

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I accidentally smacked my coffee pot against the sink and shattered it. This mason jar works just as well, so I'm not even going to bother to replace it.

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??can i exchange this at a bank

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