Keeping my home clean and tidy helps me want less for some reason. When I feel discouraged about the cost of things going up, I get busy cleaning something big. Works for me 😀
I find when I declutter I tend to not want to shop/spend money as I don't want to accumulate more again. I think I class myself as a frugal minimalist 😂
My jaw dropped when I saw how ALL of your clothes are in those 3 drawers ! Wow! I had to watch several times to take it all in !! I’m in USA and most of the homes have massive walk in closets . Some of the closets are big enough , you could turn it into another room . Most of the women I know, have massive shoe & purse collections . I feel like the oddball because I have 2 pair of dress shoes for summer, 1 pair of dress boots for winter , & a couple pair of tennis shoes . I have 1 purse . I just hate to spend money on stuff to wear . If I’m going to treat myself to something , I’d rather it be on chocolate or maybe buy a favorite movie on DVD for keepsake . I used to collect pillows . I had a lot of pillow covers to change up my decor ( mostly w/ season changes ). I ended up getting rid of most of them . I kept some favorites & that’s it . I am learning so much from your channel . Thank you for sharing your unique tips !!! ❤ also … I like your scarves ! I am the only person I know of , where I live, who wears scarves nearly year round ! I wear a lot of solid color shirts & a cute scarf really adds some pizzaz ! 😊
Yes I was surprised how few clothes Jane and Mike own and I consider myself to be quite a minimalist. I guess working from home saves uou from needing quite a few clothes as you don't need office or shoes, for example .
I look for ways to avoid heating up my kitchen in the summer time. Eating meals that don’t need cooking such as salads, apples and nut butters, cheese and bread, olives, fresh veggies…. I make a pot of coffee, drink my hot cup and put the rest in a quart jar in the refrigerator. I may drink iced coffee for 2 or 3 mornings from one pot of coffee. I only brew a pot every 3 or 4 days. I make solar tea for iced tea. I also make it when I travel, with a jar of water and tea bags in a jar in my car. It is a free caffeine hit as I drive to my destination.
My frugal lifestyle habit is showering at gym instead of at home. My gym membership cost is reimbursed by my employer each paycheck if you go to gym three days a week. So it’s a win-win for me. I don’t pay for my showers plus I get to go to gym for free.
I have a critically ill child and one thing we do is share and trade supplies with other families. That way everyone has why we need, and none of us need to make very expensive medical supply purchases. 💜
Cutting down on clothes is a no brainer. When you have less there is less to choose from. I find it's others who comment when l were the same clothes. They're clean and don't smell so l couldn't care less what others think.
I have a method to help with that, hang the clothes up and wear them again later, then people won't see you wearing them two days running. Then, they will never know. I used to do this when I taught in a school.
Thank you for this video. Our frugal habits...live in a smallish condo with limited storage. That way you can only have so much stuff. Declutter so drawers and cabinets are easy to deal with, and the house is easier to clean. We only have one car. It's almost 17 years old. We take care of it. Don't take a shower every day. Also saves our dry skin. Practice gratitude. Buy what we want! That way you don't keep buying something you don't really want and hoping it "will do". And lastly, I always make soup. It's cheap, it's nourishing, and I put some in the freezer to take out on days I don't want to cook much. Thanks for all you do.
Three years ago, I bought a really big wardrobe/cupboard. It's 4 meters long and 2,50 meter high, but I only use one sixth of it for clothes. I store books, art material and papers, documents, tissues/toiletpaper, bedding and a lot of other stuff there. I love that this cupboard looks so clean and tidy from the outside and that I have so much space without having the feeling of "too much" or "too chaotic"
I have an old French armoire that contains everything we use for craft, sewing, office supplies , and winter boots. Thanks for sharing your thrifty storage,
I'm catching up with some of your previous videos and enjoying them very much. My frugal wins this week: I made pumpkin pie using free pumpkins given to me after Halloween, when people usually discard them. (I put a small notice on Facebook asking for them. People were very generous!) I have several quarts of pumpkin in the freezer for the future. We had family members coming over today for Thanksgiving dinner, and we didn't have napkins. Instead of going to the store and buying disposable paper napkins, I made a dozen cloth napkins from fabric in my (way too abundant) stash. I'm using up a huge amount of fabric scraps to make doll quilts for charities at Christmas. I've made close to 200 over the years, and enjoy thinking about each child who gets one. Thank you again, Jane and Michael! Your videos are always encouraging.
My frugal habit: We have some fruit trees in our garden and I am canning, drying or freezing every fruit! In this moment we have got a phenomenal harvest of plums. In the last days we already have harvested 20 kilogram and that' s not everything. Also apple sauce. Since 12 years I make tons of apple sauce from our own apples and put them hot in jars. Since 12 years we don't need to buy apple sauce, jam, apple chips and so on. My habit is to make as much as possible from the garden or from scratch. And I don't buy gifts. I sew, bake, cook, knit or crochet little gifts from things that I have at home. But: I love to learn from you so much more habits. I love how you speak.....and I hope you don't look at my grammatical errors. My English is not the best but I try my best.😊 Send you greetings from the north of Germany.
I used to work for an energy company and was astounded by how much we waste in electricity. Leaving phone chargers plugged in when not in use is £25 per charger a year, same for kettle, toaster and microwaves..just flip thr switch and save tons. TVs left on standby £50 per year each.. so it all adds up. I cut my electricity bill by £300 per year.
I have energy saving plugs on all my things I can’t easily unplug like my bedside lamp which plugs in behind the bed. They switch off with a remote control.likewise with my washer and dishwasher.
Can’t believe there are actually people downvoting this very sensible advice 🤦🏻♀️ We have a dryer rack that lives in our bedroom under our Velux window. That side of the house catches the sun and can be a cozy spot even in winter so ideal for drying clothes and saving on the leccy bill.
The working from home habit is a good one. I reckon I save at least £150 each month on diesel, make-up, clothes, food at work, charity and birthday donations, tea fund etc, not to mention feeling like resorting to takeaway/ready made options because you’re just exhausted from a day in the office. It’s been one good thing to have come out of the pandemic, I’m determined not to go back in full time. Another fab video x
My tip is I purposely purchase/wear blue denim skirts/ pants because when the color fades I dye them with fabric dye. They last forever that way. Thanks for sharing..love your videos
You’ve given me a great idea. I have a black skirt that’s starting to look greyish. I think l’m going to buy some black fabric dye and watch a UA-cam video on how to dye it. Thanks!
I find the more I declutter, the more I want to get rid of, or sell, or donate. I also wherever possible prefer to use cash rather than debit cards. I can see where I am with cash, if you know what I mean. Loved this video by the way.
Even though you have been able to share some of these tips before, I love that you made a video with all of them together!! Thanks so much for taking the time to do that. All the tips are so useful! I especially love the water tips. Here in Tennessee (USA) it rains frequently, and I am hoping that one day soon we will be able to get a water catchment system set up to catch the rain water that comes down the gutters off the side of the house, I think it would be worth the investment to have free water to water the garden with. 😊
My daughter and I share a car. I live near a bus route so only need a car for long trips. I line dry. I love the small of fresh sheets and pillow cases. I also work from home one day a week to top up my pension.
We changed out the faucet aerators to water saving ones so less water comes out. Our shower head has a shut off button so while we’re soaping up we can shut the water off so it’s not just flowing down the drain. Every little bit helps
Hanging out of laundry and composting kitchen scraps are probably the things we do most effortlessly to save money. I’m now trying to only leave the house 2x week for errand running to save on fuel expenses
My abiding principle is to recognise where and what one’s needs are, and prioritise accordingly. Before the pandemic when one worked from an office, commuting, lunches, and clothes were where the costs needed management. Now WFH full time, things are different; the top priority is energy consumption, with electricity at the top of the list of things to manage down. Another abiding principle is that we don’t need much to live happy and well. All we need is flair and resourcefulness, both of which are rewarding when practised. Each time I see some ad for some needless and useless “must haves”, it really grinds my gears! Lastly, since Jane resides in France, it would be really interesting to see an episode on how the French manage a stylish and curated personal wardrobe of key pieces which work well together in various combinations. To my mind, this takes the mundane need for clothing to an art form, and is more rewarding for it.
You are so cute. The smiles you do before cutting to another scene MAKE ME SMILE :) You're amazing. The water collection to flush the toilet, is brilliant! -Fru-gal
With young children (ages 4 and 6) we save money by attending activities that are free, like the local junior park run and library activities. They also love walks to local parks and picnics too. The only activity we pay for for them at present is swimming lessons, and this helps us save money. Love you channel! Thank you 😊
We use bowls in the sinks and a bucket in the shower to collect water too because here in the south of Spain , water supplies are low. We even collect the water from washing fruit and vegetables and use it to water plants or flush the toilets. Great for money saving and, more importantly, the environment.
this year: we have a compost. we purchased a rototiller. we have a summer, herb, and winter garden. we save rain water to use on plants. we purchased a pressure washer to use on the outside of our home. on the deck, and concrete. we incorporate left overs into other meals, freeze them or use in compost.
I live in Australia..installed cheap water barrel to harvest rain water off roof. I hang 2 cheap camping solar water showers I have free hot water to have a shower and do the dishes ( harvested water). Use rainwater for garden. I wash and rinse my car in the rain... I place a smaller bowl in my sink to use less water when washing up... I then discard water from bowl as a flush for the loo. When boiling the kettle I make a cuppa and the rest of the water goes into the thermos flask to save boiling kettle each time for hot drinks. I use junk mail and used envelopes etc to make paper logs and bricks for bbq/ fire pit. I regrow suoermarket veges .. see Utube.
Good tips, especially about the clothes- most people have far too many clothes in their wardrobes that they never wear, or that don’t fit them ……. It’s like hanging your money in the wardrobe & never using it 🤣🤣
I saved $19:95 yesterday at the cinema buy getting free ticket I bring lunch from home when going out use public transport were I can I try living bare bones budget I try to use reuse repurpose let over meat vegie stock goes in a container in freezer make kitchen sink soup yum
My best frugal habit is not buying meals or coffee at work. I'm always there for 2 out of 3 meals when I go because of the hours I work so I have to get organized. I feel as though if I give in just once and buy from the coffee shop next door or the takeaways downstairs I'll set a precedent and be more likely to make it a habit. So far its 13 years and I only gave in one time in an emergency situation. Occasional splurges can become habits very quickly.
We like you have only one car and always have done, we are in our sixties and retired early due to our frugal habits and paying off our home early, we also never upsized our home, it’s the same one we bought before we had children and they are now long left home, we had only a single income most of our working lives so it is indeed possible to live a rich, thrifty life and live well. Blessings from Australia (in lockdown)
Super video nice to be reminded that the little savings all add up. People think it’s not worth doing the little things but over the year they all add up to bigger savings.
In our Northern Illinois Midwest home we have to have many coats to provide warmth and protection since the weather in year can go from way below zero to 100 degrees. If you add in wind chill and heat index the range is larger. Clothes and shoes need to bought and stored by the season. When something wears out if is too worn to be reused for anything else than rags. I noticed you did not seem to have dresses. I have very few, but a still have a few. We do many of the things you do except I use a dryer. At 75 I am just getting too old to hang out clothes.
We hang dry our laundry . We shop from home first, whether that's food, clothes, new stationery/backpacks for the kids going back to school, etc. Most of us have more than enough of everything once we actually take a look! Use the library. Try to walk places if we can. I try not to waste electricity and gas but our bill is higher than I want it to be, I don't know how to address it as everything I can think of I'm already doing.
Since working from home not been buying any clothes. Also, since I'll be retiring I've purged quite a bit of purses, shoes & clothes to friends first then to our charity. Next working on my storage unit and a bookcase full of baking/cooking books.
I buy one good hand bag on mother's Day and it lasts me a year I buy two pairs good quality shoes per year one for summer one for wonder mind you we live in the hills
I have been following you for years Jayne. I have incorporated your tips over the years and like you they are second nature. I always take my lunch with me to work and wrap up warm when it starts getting chilly before putting the heating on. Xx
Good morning Jane, thanks for another interesting video. What a good idea to keep a bucket in the shower to catch the cold water. I will be buying a bucket for our shower next time I am at the shop! 🙂
Oh yes I will want to do that with the sink basin....but do you wash your hands & with that water do you flush the toilet ? Or empty the water into the sistern tank....for the next time you use the toilet ?
If we only need a couple things, my husband goes to get them on his bike. The only time we use our car is if I have to go somewhere cause I am in a wheelchair. We also don’t buy any paper products we just use old rags. We bought a bidet so we don’t buy toilet paper anymore either.
I also organize my trips to different areas. Only once a month my hairdresser and combine with activities in that area. If I can carpool with a friend from my clubs I do - I'm on a low mileage insurance plan.
I garden and preserve what I grow to feed myself all year long. I also raise chickens for eggs and meat. I reuse, reduce and recycle whenever possible! I combine my errands to one day a week to not have to drive as often. If I’m shopping for the sales, I will go to the furthest store first and work my way back towards home so that I’m not wasting gasoline.
In Canada the cost of water is high. So I save my bath water (called grey water) and water all outside plants. Shut off all electrical items if not in use. Don’t flush for voiding unless I have visitors. Buy gas for my car on the Reserve as its 20 cents cheaper per litre. Most vegetables are bought frozen as I am one person and can’t eat them up fast enough and some go to waste. I do buy shredded cabbage and insert a paper towel on each side of the bag to absorb moisture. Can keep a bag for a week at least. Wrap green onions with tin foil to keep them fresh longer. Buy my food from a food warehouse. When there is an extreme sale (those are rare) I buy as much as I can afford. A tub and bath cleaner was on sale for $1.00 a large bottle. I bought 40 and it lasted over 2 years. Applied a special film on my windows to reduce the heat in the house in the summer. Last year had extra insulation put in and I saw a dramatic drop in my heating bill. Line dry all my clothes. In the summer its hung outside and in winter I hang it in the basement.
I saw something recently that said, look around your home at all that stuff that used to be money. Showing us your clothing storage reminded me of that as yours is all tidied away and your have enough, not a surplus.
Thank you so much for all your tips, they are so very helpful. I have started a budget book for the first time in my life, and I am a grandmother! I do have a question, I love your backsplash in your kitchen. Did you buy each tile individually or did it come as a 'set'? Thank you both again!
We installed a water meter because the water company was just taking the Piss. We've got it down to £14 per month..of we have a shower over the bath. So we save the bath water to flush and clean the toilet instead of flushing. If we've watched our hands or face in the sink we'll use that just clean the sink when we've finished. If it wasn't estimated by the water board they'd happily charge us £ 30 + per month.
I love your pink toilet paper!! I will compile my list and post again. I am curious if y'all plan to grow more trees since you do cut them for heating and cooking.
We cut our own would too. I feel like it Heats you twice. The first time I get hot is when I'm chopping the tree down and I'm splitting the logs,hauling the wood up to the house, putting it in the wood shed and stacking the logs and the second time I get hot is when we burn them
Do you plant trees to replace your little forest? We moved to live in tropical nthn Australia, its warm all year round, we have solar fed back to the grid (and get an annual cheque from the elec company) and a fixed water expense charged on our council rates. Frugal is now our middle name, lol!
Great video, thanks Jane. Like someone else commented, just watching your videos keeps me on track! I do well with meal planning and shopping in Aldi, I’m also doing much better at budgeting and tracking our expenses at the moment. We saved money today because some of the things that came up on our car’s MOT my husband is going to fix himself, he’s a teacher not a mechanic but he’s taught himself how to do these things and it saves us a fortune! He grooms the dog as well, that’s a huge saving. One area for improvement for us would be lowering our expectations of what we can do in terms of holidays and house improvements. I’m ok with not travelling the world or paying £10,000 for a new driveway, (especially because we have three daughters to help through university.) We’re still working as a couple to get on the same page with that. How about you? Did you let go of some dreams or plans because you just realised you were never going to be able to afford it?
I always knew had a brown ale income and that a champagne lifestyle was for me. I’ve always been realistic. So many of my fellow teachers were on UPS3 and still overdrawn, in debt and still did things beyond their incomes like cars on finance, massive mortgages, cleaners, meals out and behaving like they had bigger incomes. They were often victims of their own expectations. We all need to be realist and save.
Considering CV19 and lockdowns and just not wanting to be about a lot- do you stockpile items other than food like cleaning products and hygiene? Or do you buy as need?
@@jeannestott1456 we always have a spare pack. The price rarely changes here, it’s €1.09 for a pack of four rolls. We have mild weather, no shortages either, no panic buying either.
When supplies were running low in the uk last year I decided to just buy the normal amount we usually use as I didn’t want to compound the situation - I had made the decision that was f push came to shove we would use old rags that could be washed and hung on the line to dry - even when the shelves were empty we never got to that scenario thankfully 😅 xx
I don’t often Donna but I will be making some to show how affordable home baking . We try to stick to a healthy diet. Thanks for watching and taking time to ask a question.
@@dmeyerification I was wondering the same : an oven is very useful as you can cook homemade pastries and gratins but it does use a huge amount of energy, doesn't it ?
Our speed limit on our highways is 110km/hour. I save money by always driving 5-10km/h under the speed limit. I have a journey of an hour once per week on the highway and I notice I am pretty much the only one driving at the speed limit or below. Everyone else is zooming by me at at least 20 or 30 km/h over the limit. I don't drive a tiny car but mine is fairly small compared to the huge gas-guzzling monsters that speed by me. I live on the Canadian Prairies where everyone seems to need to drive a huge truck or SUV even when they are not farmers/ do not have large families/do not use their trucks for their own business. We all need to be conscious of our fossil fuel consumption. Mindless wasting of limited resources such as water and fuel is a sad reflection on our selfish society.
I don’t think of it as a strict budget. It’s just a zero balance budget where we know where our money is going each month. We started budgeting properly in 2009 when we had an epiphany and decided to pay off all our debts. We then kept going to over pay our mortgage to pay it off early. We now just budget every month. Thanks for watching and I hope that answered your question.
I wised up years ago and bought clothes that don’t need ironing. On the rare occasions when something is a little wrinkly, l have a spray that takes the wrinkles out and smells nice. All you do is spray then hang it up. It dries pretty quickly!
Sorry but bath once a week wash my hair fortnightly in basin use spare bath water to wash my clothes if I have any soap left over I grate it and put it in the toilet system sorry if I gross anyone out if the dishes in the sink sent full I don't wash them same with washing machine and use cold water half detergent if oven isn't full I don't turn it on I use slow cooker slot for batch cooking freeze into small portions and lable place a serving as needed in microwave sorry for long answer xxxx
Keeping my home clean and tidy helps me want less for some reason. When I feel discouraged about the cost of things going up, I get busy cleaning something big. Works for me 😀
I love a sort and clean. I cleaned out my larder today. That is strangely rewarding,
Its exactly the same for me, the more I clean and organize, the less I want and the more content I feel. Lots of love from South Africa. ⚘
I find when I declutter I tend to not want to shop/spend money as I don't want to accumulate more again. I think I class myself as a frugal minimalist 😂
@@emilyrugman8457 I’m with you Emily, I want less and less too
My jaw dropped when I saw how ALL of your clothes are in those 3 drawers ! Wow! I had to watch several times to take it all in !! I’m in USA and most of the homes have massive walk in closets . Some of the closets are big enough , you could turn it into another room . Most of the women I know, have massive shoe & purse collections . I feel like the oddball because I have 2 pair of dress shoes for summer, 1 pair of dress boots for winter , & a couple pair of tennis shoes . I have 1 purse . I just hate to spend money on stuff to wear . If I’m going to treat myself to something , I’d rather it be on chocolate or maybe buy a favorite movie on DVD for keepsake . I used to collect pillows . I had a lot of pillow covers to change up my decor ( mostly w/ season changes ). I ended up getting rid of most of them . I kept some favorites & that’s it . I am learning so much from your channel . Thank you for sharing your unique tips !!! ❤ also … I like your scarves ! I am the only person I know of , where I live, who wears scarves nearly year round ! I wear a lot of solid color shirts & a cute scarf really adds some pizzaz ! 😊
Thanks very much for watching and your feedback
Yes I was surprised how few clothes Jane and Mike own and I consider myself to be quite a minimalist. I guess working from home saves uou from needing quite a few clothes as you don't need office or shoes, for example .
An old farmer told me that wood heats you twice once when you cut it and second when you burn it ! True!😁
You got that right!
I disagee- four times! Cut, load, transport in house, and burn 🤣
I look for ways to avoid heating up my kitchen in the summer time. Eating meals that don’t need cooking such as salads, apples and nut butters, cheese and bread, olives, fresh veggies…. I make a pot of coffee, drink my hot cup and put the rest in a quart jar in the refrigerator. I may drink iced coffee for 2 or 3 mornings from one pot of coffee. I only brew a pot every 3 or 4 days. I make solar tea for iced tea. I also make it when I travel, with a jar of water and tea bags in a jar in my car. It is a free caffeine hit as I drive to my destination.
My frugal lifestyle habit is showering at gym instead of at home. My gym membership cost is reimbursed by my employer each paycheck if you go to gym three days a week. So it’s a win-win for me. I don’t pay for my showers plus I get to go to gym for free.
Good money saver Mary, thanks for sharing
I am so disgusted with public showers or I would do that!
I have a critically ill child and one thing we do is share and trade supplies with other families. That way everyone has why we need, and none of us need to make very expensive medical supply purchases. 💜
Firstly, really sorry to hear about your child, wonderful that you can share resources with others. Thanks for sharing
Cutting down on clothes is a no brainer. When you have less there is less to choose from. I find it's others who comment when l were the same clothes. They're clean and don't smell so l couldn't care less what others think.
I have a method to help with that, hang the clothes up and wear them again later, then people won't see you wearing them two days running. Then, they will never know. I used to do this when I taught in a school.
Good for you!
Thank you for this video. Our frugal habits...live in a smallish condo with limited storage. That way you can only have so much stuff. Declutter so drawers and cabinets are easy to deal with, and the house is easier to clean. We only have one car. It's almost 17 years old. We take care of it. Don't take a shower every day. Also saves our dry skin. Practice gratitude. Buy what we want! That way you don't keep buying something you don't really want and hoping it "will do". And lastly, I always make soup. It's cheap, it's nourishing, and I put some in the freezer to take out on days I don't want to cook much. Thanks for all you do.
Great tips Courtney, thanks for sharing.
Three years ago, I bought a really big wardrobe/cupboard. It's 4 meters long and 2,50 meter high, but I only use one sixth of it for clothes. I store books, art material and papers, documents, tissues/toiletpaper, bedding and a lot of other stuff there. I love that this cupboard looks so clean and tidy from the outside and that I have so much space without having the feeling of "too much" or "too chaotic"
I have an old French armoire that contains everything we use for craft, sewing, office supplies , and winter boots. Thanks for sharing your thrifty storage,
I'm catching up with some of your previous videos and enjoying them very much. My frugal wins this week: I made pumpkin pie using free pumpkins given to me after Halloween, when people usually discard them. (I put a small notice on Facebook asking for them. People were very generous!) I have several quarts of pumpkin in the freezer for the future.
We had family members coming over today for Thanksgiving dinner, and we didn't have napkins. Instead of going to the store and buying disposable paper napkins, I made a dozen cloth napkins from fabric in my (way too abundant) stash.
I'm using up a huge amount of fabric scraps to make doll quilts for charities at Christmas. I've made close to 200 over the years, and enjoy thinking about each child who gets one.
Thank you again, Jane and Michael! Your videos are always encouraging.
Thanks Ann
My frugal habit: We have some fruit trees in our garden and I am canning, drying or freezing every fruit! In this moment we have got a phenomenal harvest of plums. In the last days we already have harvested 20 kilogram and that' s not everything. Also apple sauce. Since 12 years I make tons of apple sauce from our own apples and put them hot in jars. Since 12 years we don't need to buy apple sauce, jam, apple chips and so on. My habit is to make as much as possible from the garden or from scratch. And I don't buy gifts. I sew, bake, cook, knit or crochet little gifts from things that I have at home. But: I love to learn from you so much more habits. I love how you speak.....and I hope you don't look at my grammatical errors. My English is not the best but I try my best.😊 Send you greetings from the north of Germany.
Thank you, your English is perfect. I hope I speak clearly so I am understood.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance Thank you! Yes I can understand you very good! 😊
I used to work for an energy company and was astounded by how much we waste in electricity. Leaving phone chargers plugged in when not in use is £25 per charger a year, same for kettle, toaster and microwaves..just flip thr switch and save tons.
TVs left on standby £50 per year each.. so it all adds up. I cut my electricity bill by £300 per year.
We should all unplug. We have no switches on our sockets here in France
@@FrugalQueeninFrance I had no idea how much money it wasted at the time.
I have energy saving plugs on all my things I can’t easily unplug like my bedside lamp which plugs in behind the bed. They switch off with a remote control.likewise with my washer and dishwasher.
@@patmartin9727 I was amazed when I found out the average dishwasher cycle costs £3.50 (2.50 for the slim line dishwashers) I rarely use mine now.
@@lh7501 very much depends on the size of the dishwasher, temperature, length on the wash and the tariff you're paying for.
Can’t believe there are actually people downvoting this very sensible advice 🤦🏻♀️ We have a dryer rack that lives in our bedroom under our Velux window. That side of the house catches the sun and can be a cozy spot even in winter so ideal for drying clothes and saving on the leccy bill.
we certainly need to save, energy costs are so high. Thanks for sharing
The working from home habit is a good one. I reckon I save at least £150 each month on diesel, make-up, clothes, food at work, charity and birthday donations, tea fund etc, not to mention feeling like resorting to takeaway/ready made options because you’re just exhausted from a day in the office. It’s been one good thing to have come out of the pandemic, I’m determined not to go back in full time. Another fab video x
Hi Melanie, it saves us lots of money, plus time of commuting.
My tip is I purposely purchase/wear blue denim skirts/ pants because when the color fades I dye them with fabric dye. They last forever that way. Thanks for sharing..love your videos
Great advice, thanks for watching
You’ve given me a great idea. I have a black skirt that’s starting to look greyish. I think l’m going to buy some black fabric dye and watch a UA-cam video on how to dye it. Thanks!
I find the more I declutter, the more I want to get rid of, or sell, or donate. I also wherever possible prefer to use cash rather than debit cards. I can see where I am with cash, if you know what I mean. Loved this video by the way.
Thanks for watching and sharing
Even though you have been able to share some of these tips before, I love that you made a video with all of them together!! Thanks so much for taking the time to do that. All the tips are so useful! I especially love the water tips. Here in Tennessee (USA) it rains frequently, and I am hoping that one day soon we will be able to get a water catchment system set up to catch the rain water that comes down the gutters off the side of the house, I think it would be worth the investment to have free water to water the garden with. 😊
I’ve got lots more but sometimes a short video can say what’s needed
When we go on holiday I take my food from home same going out I buy a coffee lunch from home
My daughter and I share a car. I live near a bus route so only need a car for long trips. I line dry. I love the small of fresh sheets and pillow cases. I also work from home one day a week to top up my pension.
We changed out the faucet aerators to water saving ones so less water comes out. Our shower head has a shut off button so while we’re soaping up we can shut the water off so it’s not just flowing down the drain. Every little bit helps
We military shower, get wet, turn off water, soap, water on, then rinse.
Hanging out of laundry and composting kitchen scraps are probably the things we do most effortlessly to save money.
I’m now trying to only leave the house 2x week for errand running to save on fuel expenses
Those are great money savers.
My abiding principle is to recognise where and what one’s needs are, and prioritise accordingly. Before the pandemic when one worked from an office, commuting, lunches, and clothes were where the costs needed management. Now WFH full time, things are different; the top priority is energy consumption, with electricity at the top of the list of things to manage down.
Another abiding principle is that we don’t need much to live happy and well. All we need is flair and resourcefulness, both of which are rewarding when practised. Each time I see some ad for some needless and useless “must haves”, it really grinds my gears!
Lastly, since Jane resides in France, it would be really interesting to see an episode on how the French manage a stylish and curated personal wardrobe of key pieces which work well together in various combinations. To my mind, this takes the mundane need for clothing to an art form, and is more rewarding for it.
Most French people don't live up to the stereotype of a curated wardrobe. There's no art. Most dress for practicality. Thanks for watching,
Thank you for sharing your frugal ideas for saving money at home. You are getting so close to having 5K subscribers! Great job Mike and Jane!
Thanks, we are indeed.
You are so cute. The smiles you do before cutting to another scene MAKE ME SMILE :) You're amazing. The water collection to flush the toilet, is brilliant! -Fru-gal
Thanks for watching and your lovely comment
With young children (ages 4 and 6) we save money by attending activities that are free, like the local junior park run and library activities. They also love walks to local parks and picnics too. The only activity we pay for for them at present is swimming lessons, and this helps us save money.
Love you channel! Thank you 😊
Thanks Anna, I did just the same when my children we young. Thanks for sharing and most of all, thanks for watching our videos.
We use bowls in the sinks and a bucket in the shower to collect water too because here in the south of Spain , water supplies are low. We even collect the water from washing fruit and vegetables and use it to water plants or flush the toilets. Great for money saving and, more importantly, the environment.
That's a great idea!
this year: we have a compost. we purchased a rototiller. we have a summer, herb, and winter garden.
we save rain water to use on plants. we purchased a pressure washer to use on the outside of our home.
on the deck, and concrete. we incorporate left overs into other meals, freeze them or use in compost.
All great things there, thanks for watching and sharing.
I always think a walk in wardrobe would make a good craft cupboard or library!
I live in Australia..installed cheap water barrel to harvest rain water off roof. I hang 2 cheap camping solar water showers I have free hot water to have a shower and do the dishes ( harvested water). Use rainwater for garden. I wash and rinse my car in the rain... I place a smaller bowl in my sink to use less water when washing up... I then discard water from bowl as a flush for the loo. When boiling the kettle I make a cuppa and the rest of the water goes into the thermos flask to save boiling kettle each time for hot drinks. I use junk mail and used envelopes etc to make paper logs and bricks for bbq/ fire pit. I regrow suoermarket veges .. see Utube.
that's awesome zero waste and thanks for sharing
Really interesting and very useful video. Also makes me feel that we aren't so unusual after all, with our necessary cut backs. Thank you
Good tips, especially about the clothes- most people have far too many clothes in their wardrobes that they never wear, or that don’t fit them ……. It’s like hanging your money in the wardrobe & never using it 🤣🤣
That’s a really good analogy. Well said.
I saved $19:95 yesterday at the cinema buy getting free ticket I bring lunch from home when going out use public transport were I can I try living bare bones budget I try to use reuse repurpose let over meat vegie stock goes in a container in freezer make kitchen sink soup yum
Hi Jane I follow maybe about 12 or 15 frugal youtubers and I think you are by far the best, I am glad the algorithms brought you to me
You are so welcome and so kind for making such a comment. Thank you.
My best frugal habit is not buying meals or coffee at work. I'm always there for 2 out of 3 meals when I go because of the hours I work so I have to get organized. I feel as though if I give in just once and buy from the coffee shop next door or the takeaways downstairs I'll set a precedent and be more likely to make it a habit. So far its 13 years and I only gave in one time in an emergency situation. Occasional splurges can become habits very quickly.
Those positive habits save so much money. Good for you.
Daylighting, using natural light and not turning on my switches.
Great point.
I boil kettle for my morning g coffee I fill up my urn with rest boiled water use that for hot drinks during g the day especially in winter
We like you have only one car and always have done, we are in our sixties and retired early due to our frugal habits and paying off our home early, we also never upsized our home, it’s the same one we bought before we had children and they are now long left home, we had only a single income most of our working lives so it is indeed possible to live a rich, thrifty life and live well. Blessings from Australia (in lockdown)
Hi Michelle, so nice to hear from you and thanks for sharing.
This is so wonderful. Thank you for sharing. We are one income raising children too.
Super video nice to be reminded that the little savings all add up. People think it’s not worth doing the little things but over the year they all add up to bigger savings.
They all add up, people think they don't matter but they do.
In our Northern Illinois Midwest home we have to have many coats to provide warmth and protection since the weather in year can go from way below zero to 100 degrees. If you add in wind chill and heat index the range is larger. Clothes and shoes need to bought and stored by the season. When something wears out if is too worn to be reused for anything else than rags. I noticed you did not seem to have dresses. I have very few, but a still have a few. We do many of the things you do except I use a dryer. At 75 I am just getting too old to hang out clothes.
Nope, I never wear dresses, impractical for me. Thanks for watching and sharing.
We hang dry our laundry . We shop from home first, whether that's food, clothes, new stationery/backpacks for the kids going back to school, etc. Most of us have more than enough of everything once we actually take a look! Use the library. Try to walk places if we can. I try not to waste electricity and gas but our bill is higher than I want it to be, I don't know how to address it as everything I can think of I'm already doing.
You sound like you’re really trying your best. Thanks for sharing
Since working from home not been buying any clothes. Also, since I'll be retiring I've purged quite a bit of purses, shoes & clothes to friends first then to our charity. Next working on my storage unit and a bookcase full of baking/cooking books.
You have a beautiful home! I’m wondering what you do for fun!
We’re keen hikers. Thanks for asking.
You have the best tips. I never even thought of saving water that way. Very clever 💜
Thanks, do you know, I only just got round to washing clothes in cold water after watching @underthemedian
@@FrugalQueeninFrance that tip I’ve always done because that’s how my mother taught me. Unless it’s a throw up or poo accident lol 😂
You are always so inspirational and you boost my morale to help me get my stuff done! Thank you 😊
Thanks for your kind support
I buy one good hand bag on mother's Day and it lasts me a year I buy two pairs good quality shoes per year one for summer one for wonder mind you we live in the hills
I have been following you for years Jayne. I have incorporated your tips over the years and like you they are second nature. I always take my lunch with me to work and wrap up warm when it starts getting chilly before putting the heating on. Xx
Those simple habits will save you a fortune.
Hello, from Long Island, NY. I enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for the tips!
Thanks so much for watching
Good morning Jane, thanks for another interesting video. What a good idea to keep a bucket in the shower to catch the cold water. I will be buying a bucket for our shower next time I am at the shop! 🙂
The bucket trick really helps. Thanks for watching.
Oh yes I will want to do that with the sink basin....but do you wash your hands & with that water do you flush the toilet ? Or empty the water into the sistern tank....for the next time you use the toilet ?
@@sheridankuruppu4670 I wash my hands, then tip the water down the toilet to flush it
We've stopped having the heating come on automatically and for hot water use a stove top kettle to wash dishes .
All winter, I hand wash dishes as I have the stove in the kitchen. You don’t need hot water on all the time.
I turn on my water heater twice a week for an hour. I live alone.
If we only need a couple things, my husband goes to get them on his bike. The only time we use our car is if I have to go somewhere cause I am in a wheelchair. We also don’t buy any paper products we just use old rags. We bought a bidet so we don’t buy toilet paper anymore either.
Those are great saving Charlene.
I also organize my trips to different areas. Only once a month my hairdresser and combine with activities in that area. If I can carpool with a friend from my clubs I do - I'm on a low mileage insurance plan.
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Thankyou.we burn free wood and collect fruit from the countryside and use old sheets for cleaning. Xxxx
Don't write down but do check my freezer, refrigerator and pantry.
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Hi, im a new subscriber here from Kansas City- the ❤️of the USA. I enjoy your channel and style very much! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your kind words
I enjoyed that, very relaxing too!
Thanks, we aim to please,
I garden and preserve what I grow to feed myself all year long. I also raise chickens for eggs and meat.
I reuse, reduce and recycle whenever possible!
I combine my errands to one day a week to not have to drive as often. If I’m shopping for the sales, I will go to the furthest store first and work my way back towards home so that I’m not wasting gasoline.
Thanks for sharing! I'm really positive about getting a garden started this winter in readiness for next spring. Thanks for watching.
In Canada the cost of water is high. So I save my bath water (called grey water) and water all outside plants. Shut off all electrical items if not in use. Don’t flush for voiding unless I have visitors. Buy gas for my car on the Reserve as its 20 cents cheaper per litre. Most vegetables are bought frozen as I am one person and can’t eat them up fast enough and some go to waste. I do buy shredded cabbage and insert a paper towel on each side of the bag to absorb moisture. Can keep a bag for a week at least. Wrap green onions with tin foil to keep them fresh longer. Buy my food from a food warehouse. When there is an extreme sale (those are rare) I buy as much as I can afford. A tub and bath cleaner was on sale for $1.00 a large bottle. I bought 40 and it lasted over 2 years. Applied a special film on my windows to reduce the heat in the house in the summer. Last year had extra insulation put in and I saw a dramatic drop in my heating bill. Line dry all my clothes. In the summer its hung outside and in winter I hang it in the basement.
We can certainly learn from you Monica, thanks so much for sharing. You really are good at money saving.
I saw something recently that said, look around your home at all that stuff that used to be money. Showing us your clothing storage reminded me of that as yours is all tidied away and your have enough, not a surplus.
Yep, we have enough clothes, we always have clean clothes.
Wonderful tips and comments.
Thanks Kathy and thanks very much for watching
Another great video Jane 🙂🏴
Thanks Rachel. We are working very hard on tomorrow’s and our next midweek money chat. Thanks for watching
Another great video, Jane. Thank you.
Thanks Belinda
You really inspire me......thank you !
How kind, thank you
Great tips especially about clothes. I often buy too much children clothes but they and I could get by with less.
Great point, children grow so fast too.
Great tips. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Thanks for watching, I always appreciate your support.
Make all my own cleaners, water down my dish soap, run my dish washer at night (peak hours cost more money), open curtains and use natural light
Great ideas there
I like how you repurpose water. I am going to start!
Thanks for watching, thanks for saving water.
With me take away is a special occassion eg birthday
love the bathroom tips great idea ..we on a water meter so this would really help
We have to wash our hands, just a bowl from pound land saves so much money
Thank you so much for all your tips, they are so very helpful. I have started a budget book for the first time in my life, and I am a grandmother! I do have a question, I love your backsplash in your kitchen. Did you buy each tile individually or did it come as a 'set'? Thank you both again!
Thanks for watching and good luck with your budgeting. Each tile looks like four smaller tiles.
I like too think that you are doing something we all need to be doing for our future. Thank you for all the info and great videos
You are so welcome!
Your content is so helpful! Thank you for another great one!
Thanks Erin, happy to help.
We installed a water meter because the water company was just taking the Piss. We've got it down to £14 per month..of we have a shower over the bath. So we save the bath water to flush and clean the toilet instead of flushing. If we've watched our hands or face in the sink we'll use that just clean the sink when we've finished. If it wasn't estimated by the water board they'd happily charge us £ 30 + per month.
Good for you
I enjoy watching your money saving tips videos. They remind me of all the things that I do to save money.
You’re doing great Kelly, all the little things add up.
Great video.i.was brought up to cut my cloth accordingly and I love that you do .
Great advice Julie. Thanks for watching.
I love your pink toilet paper!! I will compile my list and post again. I am curious if y'all plan to grow more trees since you do cut them for heating and cooking.
Hi Cheryl, we didn’t cut any down, we just cut up those that were already down
What is the preparation for wood to use in wood stive
It has to be cut 2 years and stacked before burning it
Does the pink TP cost more than plain white? Used to here in states. Haven’t seen colored TP rolls in ages
It’s 1.09€ for 4 rolls.
We cut our own would too. I feel like it Heats you twice. The first time I get hot is when I'm chopping the tree down and I'm splitting the logs,hauling the wood up to the house, putting it in the wood shed and stacking the logs and the second time I get hot is when we burn them
All good healthy living. I’m looking forward to autumn and planting more trees.
Hello, do you know if it is possible to find à clothes dryer like yours in France ? Thank you
Yes, look in Amazon France for a 'ceiling clothes drier'
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As always great tips! Thanks 😊
Thanks for watching.
Do you plant trees to replace your little forest? We moved to live in tropical nthn Australia, its warm all year round, we have solar fed back to the grid (and get an annual cheque from the elec company) and a fixed water expense charged on our council rates. Frugal is now our middle name, lol!
Hi Google Ariel view of Huelgoat forest in France. We effectively live in the middle of that area.
Great video, thanks Jane. Like someone else commented, just watching your videos keeps me on track! I do well with meal planning and shopping in Aldi, I’m also doing much better at budgeting and tracking our expenses at the moment. We saved money today because some of the things that came up on our car’s MOT my husband is going to fix himself, he’s a teacher not a mechanic but he’s taught himself how to do these things and it saves us a fortune! He grooms the dog as well, that’s a huge saving. One area for improvement for us would be lowering our expectations of what we can do in terms of holidays and house improvements. I’m ok with not travelling the world or paying £10,000 for a new driveway, (especially because we have three daughters to help through university.) We’re still working as a couple to get on the same page with that. How about you? Did you let go of some dreams or plans because you just realised you were never going to be able to afford it?
I always knew had a brown ale income and that a champagne lifestyle was for me. I’ve always been realistic. So many of my fellow teachers were on UPS3 and still overdrawn, in debt and still did things beyond their incomes like cars on finance, massive mortgages, cleaners, meals out and behaving like they had bigger incomes. They were often victims of their own expectations. We all need to be realist and save.
I was wondering what fuel you use to cook with when you're not using your wood stove?
We have an electric hob and oven. When only hear with wood. We have no other fuel.
Considering CV19 and lockdowns and just not wanting to be about a lot- do you stockpile items other than food like cleaning products and hygiene? Or do you buy as need?
We don’t stockpile, I’m not quite sure what I need a stock of.
Toilet paper is a good item to stockpile not huge amounts just enough never to run out .I just buy when on special offer.
@@jeannestott1456 we always have a spare pack. The price rarely changes here, it’s €1.09 for a pack of four rolls. We have mild weather, no shortages either, no panic buying either.
When supplies were running low in the uk last year I decided to just buy the normal amount we usually use as I didn’t want to compound the situation - I had made the decision that was f push came to shove we would use old rags that could be washed and hung on the line to dry - even when the shelves were empty we never got to that scenario thankfully 😅 xx
@@joannereynolds69 it never happened in France, no one panic bought, everyone carried in as normal.
A question for you; do you ever bake desserts (cookies, pies, cakes) to keep on hand for coffee or tea? Thanks!
I don’t often Donna but I will be making some to show how affordable home baking . We try to stick to a healthy diet. Thanks for watching and taking time to ask a question.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance that would be a great video! Lockdown taught me how economical home baking is.
@@dmeyerification I was wondering the same : an oven is very useful as you can cook homemade pastries and gratins but it does use a huge amount of energy, doesn't it ?
@@francois3116 it does. But in the winter I guess it could help heat the house.
@@dmeyerification Oh, that's a bright idea !! 😍
Our speed limit on our highways is 110km/hour. I save money by always driving 5-10km/h under the speed limit. I have a journey of an hour once per week on the highway and I notice I am pretty much the only one driving at the speed limit or below. Everyone else is zooming by me at at least 20 or 30 km/h over the limit. I don't drive a tiny car but mine is fairly small compared to the huge gas-guzzling monsters that speed by me. I live on the Canadian Prairies where everyone seems to need to drive a huge truck or SUV even when they are not farmers/ do not have large families/do not use their trucks for their own business. We all need to be conscious of our fossil fuel consumption. Mindless wasting of limited resources such as water and fuel is a sad reflection on our selfish society.
Small houses and small cars are a sensible option. Thanks for sharing.
Have you always lived on a strict budget or is it only since you have retired and moved
to France.
I don’t think of it as a strict budget. It’s just a zero balance budget where we know where our money is going each month. We started budgeting properly in 2009 when we had an epiphany and decided to pay off all our debts. We then kept going to over pay our mortgage to pay it off early. We now just budget every month. Thanks for watching and I hope that answered your question.
I only shop with a list, if not on list I don’t buy it!
That list is essential
Air drying washings sounds frugal, but then you need to iron stuff- high electricity usage, no?
I never iron clothes. Thanks for watching.
haven't ironed in 40 years, hanging saves on wrinkles compared to the dryer
I wised up years ago and bought clothes that don’t need ironing. On the rare occasions when something is a little wrinkly, l have a spray that takes the wrinkles out and smells nice. All you do is spray then hang it up. It dries pretty quickly!
I just went around the house unplugging everything.
That will help
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Cut up old t-shirts for cleaning raga
Us too, t shirts are great for cleaning
Sorry but bath once a week wash my hair fortnightly in basin use spare bath water to wash my clothes if I have any soap left over I grate it and put it in the toilet system sorry if I gross anyone out if the dishes in the sink sent full I don't wash them same with washing machine and use cold water half detergent if oven isn't full I don't turn it on I use slow cooker slot for batch cooking freeze into small portions and lable place a serving as needed in microwave sorry for long answer xxxx
I am use reusable toilet paper for no one saved but money
Thankyou.we burn free wood and collect fruit from the countryside and use old sheets for cleaning. Xxxx
Thanks for sharing Linda, very eco too.