There are hundreds of things you can do to scrimp and stretch that don't require you buying something else. Lack of imagination can be costly.

Especially with the intarwebs now. You can look any number of little tricks.

Or you can go to TFD and get mocked for being poor.

• Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ

I for one bow to our new Popeil overlords.

I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

My god we are a dumb people sometimes.

I spent probably $45 this year growing tomatoes and peppers. Not because I was trying to save money, but because gardening is something I've been trying to get into.

Anywho, I go to Home Depot and the lady there is showing me all this really expensive stuff people are buying to "save money". Unless you have a pretty extensive garden, and you're growing from seeds, you really aren't saving very much.

ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ

"But this says that rancid meat is good for another three days!"

GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.

I'm thinking of buying another indoor electric counter-top composting machine.

Knucklepopper: sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.

I just buy new toothpaste.


Go dream your farking dream and sing a song about it, you rich, homely farking biatch.

Only brush your teeth once a week or for special occasions (wedding/funerals/3rd dates), you can get your toothpaste to last forever...

Virulency: what_now: Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.

dude in some places you can sell those cans and make money!!
/lol

Sell them???

I cook on them!

what_now: I spent probably $45 this year growing tomatoes and peppers. Not because I was trying to save money, but because gardening is something I've been trying to get into.

Anywho, I go to Home Depot and the lady there is showing me all this really expensive stuff people are buying to "save money". Unless you have a pretty extensive garden, and you're growing from seeds, you really aren't saving very much.

Growing your own veggies will almost never save you money even without the gadgets (after all folks in the business of farming take advantage of every economy of scale possible) but it IS an affordable luxury that is SO worth it. I'm really lucky because my local rec center will rent a a 20x20 plot from Mar-Nov for $20, and that includes all the water you want. As I told my son, you've never actually tasted a tomato until you've had a home grown one ripe off the vine. For $25 worth of seed packets We ate tons of heirloom Tomatoes, Peppers, carrots, lettuce, squash beans and melons and herbs last year- every damn one of them better than anything I could even get at the local farmers market.

The recession isn't deepening.