When we were in lockdown in 🇬🇧 and everything was closed, I wanted to paint the shed but had no outdoors paint left, my neighbour needed compost soil for her plants… so one chat over the fences, we realised we were each other’s solution. I had soil… she had paint. No money spent and we both got what we needed 🎉🎉😂
We used to take 1 week vacations when I was young. The way they were paid for was how my dad saved for them. Everyday when he came home from work, he emptied his pockets of all extra change into a jar. By vacation time, we had enough. They never had a cc and we certainly weren't rich. I'm now 74 and disabled so no vacations for me but I have his last jar of change he was working on before he passed away. Thank y'all for sharing the tips. Really enjoyed them. Tc and have a great weekend. 🙏✝️
Again and again, all of the frugal gurus stress that partners have to be on the same wave length when it comes to budgeting and planning. My ex sabataged my efforts for years. It so much easier now that i live alone. 😊❤
Completely get where you’re coming from. My husband has a very different mindset than me about saving money and it’s very difficult to get on the same page so my efforts have been limited to the basics of spending less at the grocery store or buying used clothing, etc., and that’s on my end, not his. Very, very important to have a partner who is on the same wavelength.
@@kelleyspears1218 It's a frustration to be sure. ( Luckily I kept our bank accounts separate.) It was a big reason in our parting ways. I'd be gardening and canning, clipping coupons etc. And sitting down at the first of month with him to show him how to pay off his outstanding bills. Only then he would secretly spend even more on unneeded big ticket items so his credit card balances would be even higher by month's end! It really was an emotional self-destructive behavior over which he seemed to have no control. And he'd lie to me to cover up. And would have his on line purchases delivered elsewhere so he could furtively pick them up and stow them away without my knowing. He was also a bad diabetic and hid stashes of junk food to gorge on while pretending he was following a healthy diet. It made me so sad to see how lost he was. But I told him.i couldn't save him from himself
Thanks for the inspiration. I love your channel. Although we don’t know each other, we’d be good friends if we did. I’ve been living frugally since 1979. That year I got married to a college student and we were determined to not only pay for school out of pocket, but remain debt free and grow a savings account. We did this on a US poverty level income by choosing alternative housing and transportation options. If one (or two) is willing to stay the course and not follow peer pressure, it can still be done today. We were able to retire early and we still live frugally. It is much more relaxing and fun to be in control of your own money.
I love all the tips and especially the one about making your home a sanctuary that you love being in. Going out is not special if you do it too often. Finding contentment and peace in your life will help tremendously with your budget because you will not be chasing that with things! 💕💕🙏🙏
Thank you guys l love these videos ❤. I am really enjoying watching from England 🇬🇧. I turn 60 two weeks from today and l will be debt free! It's taken 5 long years and has been trying at times, to say the least. But I'm almost there and can't wait. I still have another 7 years to claim my retirement pension...but just being debt free and still working will be fun. Love you guys and thank you for all the time you spend making these wonderful videos ❤
Also from Missouri! Shop loss leaders and markdowns only. Cook two large meals weekly and then alternate days serving them. Leftovers put in freezer for easy lunches, etc. Crockpot meals. Homemade pizza. Lots of homemade soups. Combine as many errands as possible during one trip. Water down laundry soap to stretch it for more loads. Build up pantry using sales/loss leaders.
Ive been quietly following you for some time. I love your channel ❤. But only this morning I realized, that since Ive started following your advice and tips of the community, I have started using up my humongous food stash. I had 2 large freezers full of food and we are just 2 people, which is crazy. I have always considered myself careful with money and hate wasting anything, but I have to admit you have helped me crush that myth and become far more aware of my situation so 🎉THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!🎉 ❤
We do this with a crockpot I got at goodwill for $3. We call it the traveling crockpot I save easy meals on Pinterest in a travel crockpot folder so we can have easy meals while traveling. It's been a game changer we do an overnight breakfast casserole in the crockpot the first night the. Clean it out and put on for dinner before we leave for our daily activities and come home to a beautiful meal after a long day. I even brought two crockpots once and had baked potatoes going in one to add to our supper. Super easy!
My in-laws call it "Hunos" because they hired a lady to cook for them while they were missionaries in Nepal. She tended to cook pretty freestyle, without the use of recipes or measurements. Once when they asked her what she was cooking, she shrugged and said "Who knows?"
On the soup.....I have a bucket in the freezer, and put anything in there that is left over (with the exception of fish). Any meat, pasta, rice, and any veggie that is left over from a meal that we would likely put in a soup. When the bucket is full, we make soup. We call it "freezer Bucket Soup". Some of the greatest tasting soup has come from those buckets.
I'm that person who brings to-go containers to every potluck and work event. There is always extra food as well as treats I wouldn't normally buy. Less food waste and I save on meals. Win-win!
Anytime we’re going in a car drive that’s an all day thing I make enough peanut butter sandwiches and chips in sandwich bags to eat on to avoid eating out while traveling. Take our own drinks. We try to make eating out a very special treat.
For my wedding reception (Second for both of us), I asked people to bring a potluck dish IN LIEU OF A PRESENT. We are very casual people. We posted an open invitation on the church bulletin board. Other friends and family were mailed invitations about the size of thank you notes. People really outdid themselves, bringing extravagant food dishes! Everyone LOVED the reception. They loved being able to participate as well.
❤ A tip I got from my Mother in law gave me many moons ago is; the plastic bag that milk comes in, after it is emptied of milk wash the bag out and air dry it. It makes a nice sturdy plastic storage bag. There are 3 one litre bags, so your getting 3 free storage bags.
Like the readers' tips. Here's the one that has saved me the most money. I keep track of ALL my income and expenses in a spiral notebook using a pencil. I not only write down my salary. but I'll write down the penny I find on the sidewalk or the nickel I find in the Coin Star (still haven't figured out why people are willing to fork over 11% to count their own money when they can spend the change as they go along). I'll also track my expenses, large and small. It really came in handy when the water company's computer got hacked and I needed to prove I had paid the bills. The budget helps me keep track of itemized expenses when doing taxes. In addition, I do a zero-based budget to go along with the ledger to make sure I am -not- spending too much in any one category. It sounds tedious, but I write down entries using receipts at the end of every day.
When my brother and I were small children and we were going somewhere in the car, my Dad would give 10 cents to whichever of us put our seatbelt on first. We always thought it was great fun, and buckling up became standard practice as we grew up.
Psychological truth is that intermittent Rewards will create a new behavior for instance sometimes somebody looks under their shoes that have been put where they are supposed to be put.and see a quarter... you can use the same principle when you are trying to instill the new habit of keeping lights shut off when not in use
Yes, I enjoy these tips. I save these videos to have coffee with you both. I broke my Proximal Humerus bone. I'm not funny any more! (I pulled a "Larry") Now I'm the one with the broken arm. Thank you for all your videos! They give me comfort when I watch them.❤❤❤😊❤❤❤
Hi Larry and Hope! I like to buy gift cards at Dollar General when they go on sale for 15% off. Our favorite card is Lowe’s. We will buy a $100 gift card for $85. If I find an item 25% off and use my gift card it’s like saving 40%. Most years we use the card to pay for spring plants
I have the dollar general app and I look in the weekly ads for what cards are on sale. Lowe’s rarely puts them on sale but I pounce when they do. Other cards that regularly go on sale are Cracker Barrel, subway, zaxby’s, chipotle, bass pro, Cabela and some game cards. Not quite as often McDonald’s and Taco Bell.
I can understand not overspending and saving money. Many of your tips and experiences are valuable and I strive to be more financially stable. However, having experienced so many personal trajedies and deaths, I can see the other arguement that "you cant take money with you when you die". So, I do believe in not overspending and having a healthy savings but I also believe that you have one life to enjoy. If you can save some money and still enjoy some of lifes pleasures without guilt, I say go for it! Having money makes things easier but it is not the root to happiness, your relationships are priceless.
One aspect that most frugal people have is thst they do as many diy things as possible be it in the kitchen, the yard, gsrage, vehicke, home decor, and repairs. These things take skills, tools, equipment, and knowledge; materials and supplies too. For ourselves, we try to continually learn, try, explore, and expand what we know. We slowly built our tool cabinet as we buikt our skilks. Weve addressed needs with considerable savings over the yesrs. We have met one heck of a LOT of wants bringing savings along the way but, only because we hafe diy'd have we been abke ti meet a number of our wants. To keep learning curve costs down, weve often begun learning on free materials and otjer's cast offs.
Hi, Hope & Larry! Thanks so much for including my submission about the amazing versatility of cabbage as a substitute for lettuce and as a staple green item in general (I also enjoyed your photos of your own food preparations that used cabbage.) A very recent savings practice I've also begun using is to stop shopping according to the weekly grocery store sales flyers. Occasionally they have a fantastic deal on something I normally purchase, but more commonly they prompt me to buy things I wouldn't have otherwise considered and could do without. Instead I have checked my local stores for items that have regular low prices so that they don't have to be on sale in order to be affordable. Then I start my shopping trips at Dollar General where they have a lot of items for only $1, then move to Dollar Tree for their $1.25 items, then move onto Smart & Final where they have great everyday prices and clearance sales. And I always take a very specific grocery list with me so that I'm not just browsing without a plan. Anyway, I'm a big fan, and thanks again!
I live in a tiny space, that has a full size washer and dryer I which is great if you like those in your livingroom, under the stairs in full view. LOL I don't have full size anything really due to the small space and that works for me. I do have a portable washer and I recently bought a portable dryer too. I threw that idea around a while before actually doing it. The dryer plugs right into a regular wall socket and doesn't affect my power bill. I only use it in the winter as there is a clothesline out back. I buy store brands as much as possible. I find that store brands even beat brand names with a coupon! I have a small food supply to carry me for about a couple months incase of being without power or stuck at home for whatever reason. It's mostly canned foods as well as dry goods that one only needs to add water to and I have options to cook without power. I use can organizers where the cans roll towards you and you just pick the oldest can off that and I keep track if I need to replenish those. I also use my toaster oven more often than my stove oven. Saves on the power. If I do use the regular oven it's because I'm cooking a few things at once; meat loaf, salmon loaf etc. I portion them up into meal size portions and freeze. Take out the night before I want it and put it in the fridge to defrost for the next day.
Yes please, more videos like this. Because I scrimped and saved for years, we now have a nice nest egg. I still go to the thrift store and garage sales, but I will also allow myself to buy something new once in a while. I bough a beautiful dress on the 50% off rack at Cracker Barrel two days ago. I wouldn't have allowed myself to do so before.
One more. I use a kitchen trash bag for as long as possible. I just empty it in our big can and put it back in the kitchen can unless its stinky or messy. I'm amazed at how long one bag can last!
I buy dog food in big bags, which I use in my kitchen trash can. I use a little packing tape to close them, if it's the type of bag that won't stay crumpled closed.
Yes more! My husband is a veteran and we get lots of free tickets from Vettix! Not quite free... they charge $7 to deliver the tickets to will call. Have become greatly acquainted with our Symphony and other concerts and museum events! Sometimes the tickets would have been close to $100! Our symphony gives a 45 minute lecture before each performance, which we love, to learn all about the composer, guest artists, and conductors. Makes the experience so rich and fascinating!
Yes, definitely more coffee chats sharing viewers' tips. I really enjoyed this. I think you two gave just the right amount of commentary about the tips also. Thanks
We had a wonderful DIY wedding for under $2,500 for 100 people. Our big splurge was an awesome full band. I made my invitations. I bought my dress used, made the centerpieces and bouquets. We had it outdoors at my great uncles property. They had an outdoor kitchen and two bathrooms nearby. My 1 daughter played the harp when I walked down the isle. It was a county wedding in the fall. I used white pumpkins with succulents. It was beautiful. Bought used green satin cloth tablecloths. A friend brought chairs and I had tables. My other daughter helped with the food. Bought wine and drinks at wholesale grocery outlet. We started at 4pm. So many commented it was the best wedding they ever been too! This was our menu charcuterie & cheeses with baguette & crackers olives & pickled vegetables crudités with ranch dressing x 4 & artichoke boursin dip balsamic grilled vegetables guacamole, salsa, & bean dip with corn tortilla chips & spicy carrots farmers market fruit with honey & nuts sun tea & kumquat-limeade 4 gal carrot cake cupcakes strawberry naked cake❤
Doing stretches and knee bends and gentle swings and planks in the sunshine. Going for short walks. Doing the daily practice by Crappy Childhood Fairy, twice a day. Doing more stretches when lying down. Reading the Bible, and praying, attending church community group, and watching sermons on line, just to keep my sanity. Learning about anatomy, physiology, natural medicine, home steading, farming, prepping, and mental health. All of these things keep me healthy financially, physically, mentally, and saves on counseling. Also I watch Perry Mason,. Diagnosis Murder, and NCIS for free.
I absolutely, absolutely love your channel. If you do anymore budget tips on the matter of weddings my coworker is doing a backyard wedding and making it pot luck style to save money.
You asked whether viewers would like to see more of these videos. Yes, please! This was so informative and enjoyable. I live very frugally on a very limited income, but rarely feel deprived, and I feel bonded to our "club" when I get to find out how others live this way, too. I enjoyed so many of the contributions to this video and could especially relate to the last one from the person who had turned their home into a very affordable sanctuary with soft music and everything. I live fairly similarly and home is my favorite place to be!
I go to Food Banks, it off sets what I spend and enjoy at Farmers Markets. I've hit three different Farmer's Markets each Saturday in a row & going to another tomorrow. I am disabled & the walking is good for me. Great place to meet cordial people, maybe make a friend.
We use wood heat for the most part (and more with electricity prices). '22 was tight and we renewed our look abouts related to "use what you have" et al. In the end, we've been burning the little bits and pieces about the log splitter and else where this fall and winter. And its made enough difference to notice at the wood pile.
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt We use a transfer station and garbage goes over a rail into a container. You are not suppose to grab other's trash, thingscare pretty visible, plus carting things out is a dead give away. Folks are generally pretty cold about putting things in other's vehicles but we do manage to have select things in the back of the truck from time to time.....Right now, we will be burning the last of a tree that fell and then 1 or 2 other's we had cut down about 2 years ago. We have a couple of scrap piles to cut up but, im thinking we will be scouting for additional wood this summer.
Our school has a share table that students can put unopened food on if they don't want to eat it. I found out the school had limited refrigeration and threw out food left on the share table. I asked if I could take it and was told I could. I've got bags of carrots, yogurt, cheese, and milk, and fruit cups. I keep a cooler under my desk to keep it chilled until I get the food home. If it doesn't require refrigeration I'll donate to a food bank.
I would love, love, love to see a series of videos or tips or websites that deal specifically with cold weather places. I live in Alaska and I am looking for helps on grocery, wood (for my woodstove), and other hacks for cold weather living.
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt Not necessarily. That's something that's frequently done in different local areas. Just because YOU don't like it doesn't make it wrong.
Here is a Great tip I just found and used several times and it works Great When cooking pasta Bring water to a full rolling boil add pasta Stir Bring back up to a full rolling boil Turn heat OFF put lid on Half way thru the normal cooking time stir Lid back on It may take a minute or 2 more then the normal time on the instructions but it works Great 😊 I have used it on rice too,,I found I had to use less water for the rice ,, Try it it works awesome 😊
If you aren't making soup you are not fighting inflation. I made 6qt of lentil soup with 1 lb lentils soaked 30 min. 5 potatoes cubed,1 onion, 2 handfuls baby carrots, 5 bay leaves and enough chicken bouillon for 6 qts. Add water and boil until desired doneness.
There was a freeze that killed off the ice berg lettuce crop one season in the first half of the 1970s. KPIX had a section on the 6pm news with The Green Grocer (local produce stand owner) who showed great substitute greens. I can’t believe we used to only eat ice berg lettuce.
I love the idea of paying yourself to do your own laundry so you have the money to pay for your laundry detergent. I've decided to start doing this on Monday May 1st. I'm going to put a quarter in a jar for every load I do. It will be easy to track how many loads I do every week & month. This might even help me be more conscious and do less loads per week to save money on laundry detergent and electricity. Sounds like a win win tip. P.S. I might start charging my husband a dollar for every lunch I make him to take to work. LOL! Larry & Hope more money saving tips Please.
Love these videos! They just sing to my heart! Please post more. ❤️. Some I already do but once I retire and have more time to scratch cook and incorporate the laundry savings ideas, I mean…sky’s the limit!!
I like to challenge myself to not spend a cent beginning every Monday for the entire work week. I use to bargain shop for fun and now I walk for fun. Finding ways to not spend any money
I used to only buy new clothes for the first day of school. It was one outfit head to toe. All other clothes usually name brand were thrifted. Kids got Walmart’s new and preferred the thrifted ones
I love your videos, it is like visiting with friends. Y’all are awesome. I absolutely love your bloopers. I have learned so much about money saving from you both, my favorite subject. ❤️
Ty for this video. I really enjoyed hearing these won tips. You can really learn a lot, because people have different walks of life. Hope you have more of these videos
Love the tips! Great reminders for a few of them. Yes, I'd love to hear more frugal tips from your viewers! It's many many years since we've had a clothes dryer too. We dry clothes on our outside clothesline when the weather is good or on 2 airers in our undercover patio when it's wet. Saves a lot of money on power bills & saves on the wear & tear with the clothes in a dryer! 🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
I love the sweat shirt Larry. I lived in Eureka NC. It is a very small town as in one stop light. I still have property there but it has been sold. Closing should be within the next week to 10 days. I would push mow my yard.
When we were in lockdown in 🇬🇧 and everything was closed, I wanted to paint the shed but had no outdoors paint left, my neighbour needed compost soil for her plants… so one chat over the fences, we realised we were each other’s solution. I had soil… she had paint. No money spent and we both got what we needed 🎉🎉😂
We used to take 1 week vacations when I was young. The way they were paid for was how my dad saved for them. Everyday when he came home from work, he emptied his pockets of all extra change into a jar. By vacation time, we had enough. They never had a cc and we certainly weren't rich. I'm now 74 and disabled so no vacations for me but I have his last jar of change he was working on before he passed away.
Thank y'all for sharing the tips. Really enjoyed them.
Tc and have a great weekend. 🙏✝️
MORE COFFEE CHATS, please!!!
Again and again, all of the frugal gurus stress that partners have to be on the same wave length when it comes to budgeting and planning. My ex sabataged my efforts for years. It so much easier now that i live alone. 😊❤
Completely get where you’re coming from. My husband has a very different mindset than me about saving money and it’s very difficult to get on the same page so my efforts have been limited to the basics of spending less at the grocery store or buying used clothing, etc., and that’s on my end, not his. Very, very important to have a partner who is on the same wavelength.
@@kelleyspears1218 It's a frustration to be sure. ( Luckily I kept our bank accounts separate.) It was a big reason in our parting ways. I'd be gardening and canning, clipping coupons etc. And sitting down at the first of month with him to show him how to pay off his outstanding bills. Only then he would secretly spend even more on unneeded big ticket items so his credit card balances would be even higher by month's end! It really was an emotional self-destructive behavior over which he seemed to have no control. And he'd lie to me to cover up. And would have his on line purchases delivered elsewhere so he could furtively pick them up and stow them away without my knowing. He was also a bad diabetic and hid stashes of junk food to gorge on while pretending he was following a healthy diet. It made me so sad to see how lost he was. But I told him.i couldn't save him from himself
Thanks for the inspiration. I love your channel. Although we don’t know each other, we’d be good friends if we did. I’ve been living frugally since 1979. That year I got married to a college student and we were determined to not only pay for school out of pocket, but remain debt free and grow a savings account. We did this on a US poverty level income by choosing alternative housing and transportation options. If one (or two) is willing to stay the course and not follow peer pressure, it can still be done today. We were able to retire early and we still live frugally. It is much more relaxing and fun to be in control of your own money.
I love all the tips and especially the one about making your home a sanctuary that you love being in. Going out is not special if you do it too often. Finding contentment and peace in your life will help tremendously with your budget because you will not be chasing that with things! 💕💕🙏🙏
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Thank you guys l love these videos ❤. I am really enjoying watching from England 🇬🇧. I turn 60 two weeks from today and l will be debt free! It's taken 5 long years and has been trying at times, to say the least. But I'm almost there and can't wait. I still have another 7 years to claim my retirement pension...but just being debt free and still working will be fun. Love you guys and thank you for all the time you spend making these wonderful videos ❤
Congratulations that you're almost debt free. Enjoy it. 😊
Yes, I'd like to have more of the readers' tips. Maybe monthly???
Also from Missouri! Shop loss leaders and markdowns only. Cook two large meals weekly and then alternate days serving them. Leftovers put in freezer for easy lunches, etc. Crockpot meals. Homemade pizza. Lots of homemade soups. Combine as many errands as possible during one trip. Water down laundry soap to stretch it for more loads. Build up pantry using sales/loss leaders.
I’m from Missouri too. We have a Rulers in the next town. To me they are better than Aldi or Save A Lot on alot of their food.
Eating alternate meals is a great idea. Also I turn off oven a bit early of prescribed time as food carries on cooking whilst oven cooling down.
Ive been quietly following you for some time. I love your channel ❤. But only this morning I realized, that since Ive started following your advice and tips of the community, I have started using up my humongous food stash. I had 2 large freezers full of food and we are just 2 people, which is crazy. I have always considered myself careful with money and hate wasting anything, but I have to admit you have helped me crush that myth and become far more aware of my situation so 🎉THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!🎉 ❤
I think Prepper Princess (??) may have mentioned taking a mini crockpot when traveling. No eating out! Meals in a jar are $$ savings.
We do this with a crockpot I got at goodwill for $3. We call it the traveling crockpot I save easy meals on Pinterest in a travel crockpot folder so we can have easy meals while traveling. It's been a game changer we do an overnight breakfast casserole in the crockpot the first night the. Clean it out and put on for dinner before we leave for our daily activities and come home to a beautiful meal after a long day. I even brought two crockpots once and had baked potatoes going in one to add to our supper. Super easy!
When we used all the leftovers to make a casserole or stew, we called it "Hard Tellin'" because it was hard tellin' what was in it.
My in-laws call it "Hunos" because they hired a lady to cook for them while they were missionaries in Nepal. She tended to cook pretty freestyle, without the use of recipes or measurements. Once when they asked her what she was cooking, she shrugged and said "Who knows?"
On the soup.....I have a bucket in the freezer, and put anything in there that is left over (with the exception of fish). Any meat, pasta, rice, and any veggie that is left over from a meal that we would likely put in a soup. When the bucket is full, we make soup. We call it "freezer Bucket Soup". Some of the greatest tasting soup has come from those buckets.
I'm that person who brings to-go containers to every potluck and work event. There is always extra food as well as treats I wouldn't normally buy. Less food waste and I save on meals. Win-win!
Lol that's funny and wise too ! 😂
Anytime we’re going in a car drive that’s an all day thing I make enough peanut butter sandwiches and chips in sandwich bags to eat on to avoid eating out while traveling. Take our own drinks. We try to make eating out a very special treat.
For my wedding reception (Second for both of us), I asked people to bring a potluck dish IN LIEU OF A PRESENT.
We are very casual people. We posted an open invitation on the church bulletin board. Other friends and family were mailed invitations about the size of thank you notes.
People really outdid themselves, bringing extravagant food dishes! Everyone LOVED the reception. They loved being able to participate as well.
WNWN soup is always a blessing. Homemade bread or biscuits on the side.
Yes! Simple supper and very cheap.
Yum, that sounds good. 😊
The laundry detergent coin idea was fantastic.
❤ A tip I got from my Mother in law gave me many moons ago is; the plastic bag that milk comes in, after it is emptied of milk wash the bag out and air dry it. It makes a nice sturdy plastic storage bag. There are 3 one litre bags, so your getting 3 free storage bags.
Sounds like something to do with Canada. Of zero interest elsewhere.
I read / warch War news... you both are like white doves of peace taking my mind to towards positivity. So, thank you, for your time & work. 💖
Like the readers' tips. Here's the one that has saved me the most money. I keep track of ALL my income and expenses in a spiral notebook using a pencil. I not only write down my salary. but I'll write down the penny I find on the sidewalk or the nickel I find in the Coin Star (still haven't figured out why people are willing to fork over 11% to count their own money when they can spend the change as they go along). I'll also track my expenses, large and small. It really came in handy when the water company's computer got hacked and I needed to prove I had paid the bills. The budget helps me keep track of itemized expenses when doing taxes. In addition, I do a zero-based budget to go along with the ledger to make sure I am -not- spending too much in any one category. It sounds tedious, but I write down entries using receipts at the end of every day.
My husband used to offer the kids a quarter for everytime they turned off a light when they left a room. He was rarely out of pocket 😏🇨🇦
When my brother and I were small children and we were going somewhere in the car, my Dad would give 10 cents to whichever of us put our seatbelt on first. We always thought it was great fun, and buckling up became standard practice as we grew up.
Psychological truth is that intermittent Rewards will create a new behavior for instance sometimes somebody looks under their shoes that have been put where they are supposed to be put.and see a quarter... you can use the same principle when you are trying to instill the new habit of keeping lights shut off when not in use
Yes, I enjoy these tips. I save these videos to have coffee with you both. I broke my Proximal Humerus bone. I'm not funny any more! (I pulled a "Larry") Now I'm the one with the broken arm. Thank you for all your videos! They give me comfort when I watch them.❤❤❤😊❤❤❤
Hi Larry and Hope! I like to buy gift cards at Dollar General when they go on sale for 15% off. Our favorite card is Lowe’s. We will buy a $100 gift card for $85. If I find an item 25% off and use my gift card it’s like saving 40%. Most years we use the card to pay for spring plants
Wow! Did not know DG put gift cards on sale! Great tip. Thank you!
I have the dollar general app and I look in the weekly ads for what cards are on sale. Lowe’s rarely puts them on sale but I pounce when they do. Other cards that regularly go on sale are Cracker Barrel, subway, zaxby’s, chipotle, bass pro, Cabela and some game cards. Not quite as often McDonald’s and Taco Bell.
Didn't know this. Thanks!
I can understand not overspending and saving money. Many of your tips and experiences are valuable and I strive to be more financially stable. However, having experienced so many personal trajedies and deaths, I can see the other arguement that "you cant take money with you when you die". So, I do believe in not overspending and having a healthy savings but I also believe that you have one life to enjoy. If you can save some money and still enjoy some of lifes pleasures without guilt, I say go for it! Having money makes things easier but it is not the root to happiness, your relationships are priceless.
Yes , who knows how long we have to live ? So saving up your money for a rainy day that may never come is kinda sad.
One aspect that most frugal people have is thst they do as many diy things as possible be it in the kitchen, the yard, gsrage, vehicke, home decor, and repairs. These things take skills, tools, equipment, and knowledge; materials and supplies too. For ourselves, we try to continually learn, try, explore, and expand what we know. We slowly built our tool cabinet as we buikt our skilks. Weve addressed needs with considerable savings over the yesrs. We have met one heck of a LOT of wants bringing savings along the way but, only because we hafe diy'd have we been abke ti meet a number of our wants. To keep learning curve costs down, weve often begun learning on free materials and otjer's cast offs.
Poorly educated though based on your spelling abs grammar. Don’t skip on education!
Hi, Hope & Larry! Thanks so much for including my submission about the amazing versatility of cabbage as a substitute for lettuce and as a staple green item in general (I also enjoyed your photos of your own food preparations that used cabbage.) A very recent savings practice I've also begun using is to stop shopping according to the weekly grocery store sales flyers. Occasionally they have a fantastic deal on something I normally purchase, but more commonly they prompt me to buy things I wouldn't have otherwise considered and could do without. Instead I have checked my local stores for items that have regular low prices so that they don't have to be on sale in order to be affordable. Then I start my shopping trips at Dollar General where they have a lot of items for only $1, then move to Dollar Tree for their $1.25 items, then move onto Smart & Final where they have great everyday prices and clearance sales. And I always take a very specific grocery list with me so that I'm not just browsing without a plan. Anyway, I'm a big fan, and thanks again!
I live in a tiny space, that has a full size washer and dryer I which is great if you like those in your livingroom, under the stairs in full view. LOL I don't have full size anything really due to the small space and that works for me. I do have a portable washer and I recently bought a portable dryer too. I threw that idea around a while before actually doing it. The dryer plugs right into a regular wall socket and doesn't affect my power bill. I only use it in the winter as there is a clothesline out back.
I buy store brands as much as possible. I find that store brands even beat brand names with a coupon! I have a small food supply to carry me for about a couple months incase of being without power or stuck at home for whatever reason. It's mostly canned foods as well as dry goods that one only needs to add water to and I have options to cook without power. I use can organizers where the cans roll towards you and you just pick the oldest can off that and I keep track if I need to replenish those.
I also use my toaster oven more often than my stove oven. Saves on the power. If I do use the regular oven it's because I'm cooking a few things at once; meat loaf, salmon loaf etc. I portion them up into meal size portions and freeze. Take out the night before I want it and put it in the fridge to defrost for the next day.
Yes continue these type of videos.
Yes please, more videos like this. Because I scrimped and saved for years, we now have a nice nest egg. I still go to the thrift store and garage sales, but I will also allow myself to buy something new once in a while. I bough a beautiful dress on the 50% off rack at Cracker Barrel two days ago. I wouldn't have allowed myself to do so before.
Yes, I love this kind of talking about good habits over a coffee. Please, do them whenever you feel like
Yes please love the viewer tips, one more vote for more! I tune in every week and just love your channel. Thanks, Hope and Larry
These are so helpful and creative. My family is big so every bit helps. Even if I've heard some of these, I learn something new to apply every time!
Absolutely essential to make a menu plan, check what is in pantry and freezer and if anything is required make a list accordingly.
My sister had a coin operated tv when her boys were young.
One more. I use a kitchen trash bag for as long as possible. I just empty it in our big can and put it back in the kitchen can unless its stinky or messy. I'm amazed at how long one bag can last!
I buy dog food in big bags, which I use in my kitchen trash can. I use a little packing tape to close them, if it's the type of bag that won't stay crumpled closed.
Yes more! My husband is a veteran and we get lots of free tickets from Vettix! Not quite free... they charge $7 to deliver the tickets to will call. Have become greatly acquainted with our Symphony and other concerts and museum events! Sometimes the tickets would have been close to $100! Our symphony gives a 45 minute lecture before each performance, which we love, to learn all about the composer, guest artists, and conductors. Makes the experience so rich and fascinating!
Love these, back in the day I loved the books developed from newsletters called the Frugal Gazette your videos remind me of those books
Yes, definitely more coffee chats sharing viewers' tips. I really enjoyed this. I think you two gave just the right amount of commentary about the tips also. Thanks
We had a wonderful DIY wedding for under $2,500 for 100 people. Our big splurge was an awesome full band. I made my invitations. I bought my dress used, made the centerpieces and bouquets. We had it outdoors at my great uncles property. They had an outdoor kitchen and two bathrooms nearby. My 1 daughter played the harp when I walked down the isle. It was a county wedding in the fall. I used white pumpkins with succulents. It was beautiful. Bought used green satin cloth tablecloths. A friend brought chairs and I had tables. My other daughter helped with the food. Bought wine and drinks at wholesale grocery outlet. We started at 4pm. So many commented it was the best wedding they ever been too!
This was our menu
charcuterie & cheeses
with baguette & crackers
olives & pickled vegetables
crudités
with ranch dressing x 4
& artichoke boursin dip
balsamic grilled vegetables
guacamole, salsa, & bean dip
with corn tortilla chips
& spicy carrots
farmers market fruit
with honey & nuts
sun tea &
kumquat-limeade 4 gal
carrot cake cupcakes
strawberry naked cake❤
Doing stretches and knee bends and gentle swings and planks in the sunshine. Going for short walks. Doing the daily practice by Crappy Childhood Fairy, twice a day. Doing more stretches when lying down. Reading the Bible, and praying, attending church community group, and watching sermons on line, just to keep my sanity. Learning about anatomy, physiology, natural medicine, home steading, farming, prepping, and mental health. All of these things keep me healthy financially, physically, mentally, and saves on counseling.
Also I watch Perry Mason,. Diagnosis Murder, and NCIS for free.
Yes my bible keeps my sanity 😊
Great tips guys some i do ill be debt free in 2025 im 51 my plan is to put as much as i can in saving now but still plunking away
My husband likes to drink beer... So he brews his own! 🍺 🍻
Love cabbage
Me too ! I tried it myself instead of lettuce in a chicken sandwich and I really enjoyed it !
I absolutely, absolutely love your channel. If you do anymore budget tips on the matter of weddings my coworker is doing a backyard wedding and making it pot luck style to save money.
I always cut open my toothpaste tubes. You'd be amazed how much more you can get out!
You asked whether viewers would like to see more of these videos. Yes, please! This was so informative and enjoyable. I live very frugally on a very limited income, but rarely feel deprived, and I feel bonded to our "club" when I get to find out how others live this way, too. I enjoyed so many of the contributions to this video and could especially relate to the last one from the person who had turned their home into a very affordable sanctuary with soft music and everything. I live fairly similarly and home is my favorite place to be!
I go to Food Banks, it off sets what I spend and enjoy at Farmers Markets. I've hit three different Farmer's Markets each Saturday in a row & going to another tomorrow. I am disabled & the walking is good for me. Great place to meet cordial people, maybe make a friend.
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We use wood heat for the most part (and more with electricity prices). '22 was tight and we renewed our look abouts related to "use what you have" et al. In the end, we've been burning the little bits and pieces about the log splitter and else where this fall and winter. And its made enough difference to notice at the wood pile.
Do you steal trash from the dump to burn?
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt We use a transfer station and garbage goes over a rail into a container. You are not suppose to grab other's trash, thingscare pretty visible, plus carting things out is a dead give away. Folks are generally pretty cold about putting things in other's vehicles but we do manage to have select things in the back of the truck from time to time.....Right now, we will be burning the last of a tree that fell and then 1 or 2 other's we had cut down about 2 years ago. We have a couple of scrap piles to cut up but, im thinking we will be scouting for additional wood this summer.
Our school has a share table that students can put unopened food on if they don't want to eat it. I found out the school had limited refrigeration and threw out food left on the share table. I asked if I could take it and was told I could. I've got bags of carrots, yogurt, cheese, and milk, and fruit cups. I keep a cooler under my desk to keep it chilled until I get the food home. If it doesn't require refrigeration I'll donate to a food bank.
I would appreciate a few more videos like this. Your tips are always the best though!
I would have coffee with you two anytime. Always enjoy your content ❤
Larry and Hope, you are sweet! Great tips here!! Thank you.
I would love, love, love to see a series of videos or tips or websites that deal specifically with cold weather places. I live in Alaska and I am looking for helps on grocery, wood (for my woodstove), and other hacks for cold weather living.
I would love more of the viewers tips.
Yes, I enjoy these videos on frugal tips.
Lemon peel can be put in blender with the rest of the lemons and blended and freeze in glass jars for lemon water later on
Consider making your wedding a potluck. Guests would be happy to bring a dish to help celebrate your happy day.
Oh my. Talk about being cheap….
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt Not necessarily. That's something that's frequently done in different local areas. Just because YOU don't like it doesn't make it wrong.
You Girs are Awesome! Love this video.More,more please! Many Blessings. 😊
Loved the video, thanks. Nice to know others are like minded. Truly inspiring and friendly community xx
Use grocery plastic bags instead of garbage bags and lay them flat on the counter top working in the kitchen saves a lot of clean up
Make your own sauces & desserts. Individual Jello or puddings are expensive!!
Thank you again for another great video with wonderful exanples of living frugally!
Also my daughter would dilute my Grandson's apple juice. She did it mostly to thin out the sugar content, but it definitely stretched a bottle too.
I like these types of videos 😊
Yes, more viewer ideàs!
Loved these real world rapid fire tips!!
Hope and Larry , I just love all your videos ❤️!!! Always learn something new every time ☺️👍. What a talent couple!!!!
Yes, Debbie
I love your channel. I love you both! Binge watching/listening as I do my house chores. I’ve learned so much. Keep doing what you do 💕
Yes do it again and again
Here is a Great tip I just found and used several times and it works Great
When cooking pasta
Bring water to a full rolling boil add pasta
Stir
Bring back up to a full rolling boil
Turn heat OFF put lid on
Half way thru the normal cooking time stir
Lid back on
It may take a minute or 2 more then the normal time on the instructions but it works Great 😊
I have used it on rice too,,I found I had to use less water for the rice ,,
Try it it works awesome 😊
If you aren't making soup you are not fighting inflation. I made 6qt of lentil soup with 1 lb lentils soaked 30 min. 5 potatoes cubed,1 onion, 2 handfuls baby carrots, 5 bay leaves and enough chicken bouillon for 6 qts. Add water and boil until desired doneness.
Yes, I dilute juice with water, 50:50.💖👋🇦🇺
I recently learned that cabbage can also be dried. This is a wonderful video...yes, I want some more, please.
There was a freeze that killed off the ice berg lettuce crop one season in the first half of the 1970s. KPIX had a section on the 6pm news with The Green Grocer (local produce stand owner) who showed great substitute greens. I can’t believe we used to only eat ice berg lettuce.
Glad to hear from the channel
I love the idea of paying yourself to do your own laundry so you have the money to pay for your laundry detergent. I've decided to start doing this on Monday May 1st. I'm going to put a quarter in a jar for every load I do. It will be easy to track how many loads I do every week & month. This might even help me be more conscious and do less loads per week to save money on laundry detergent and electricity. Sounds like a win win tip.
P.S. I might start charging my husband a dollar for every lunch I make him to take to work. LOL!
Larry & Hope more money saving tips Please.
I'm a Fetch fan girl too!!
Being organised helps your frugual journey I don't have close dryer and washing machine is only used when full cold water quick vircle
Love these videos! They just sing to my heart! Please post more. ❤️. Some I already do but once I retire and have more time to scratch cook and incorporate the laundry savings ideas, I mean…sky’s the limit!!
You two rock! Thanks for such a wonderful channel I always look forward to seeing your videos! What a great life you have lived!
Huge fan from Maryland!
Yes please Larry and Hope, this video was good and we can all learn from each other so please share more like this whenever you can. Thanks.
I like to challenge myself to not spend a cent beginning every Monday for the entire work week. I use to bargain shop for fun and now I walk for fun. Finding ways to not spend any money
For that wedding I would ask a taco truck owner to park there for a few hours so there you go no food cost!
I loved all these tips, noted some down, some familiar to my everyday life. Thank you, bless you, grateful I watched. Laura from Romania
I used to only buy new clothes for the first day of school. It was one outfit head to toe. All other clothes usually name brand were thrifted. Kids got Walmart’s new and preferred the thrifted ones
I'm making everything myself, trying to save!❤👍✌️🤞🙌🇺🇸👌
I kept watching until the very end, hoping you'd read my comment. What a thrill! Thank you for your kind comment, Larry. You two are so inspiring! ❤
I love your videos, it is like visiting with friends. Y’all are awesome. I absolutely love your bloopers.
I have learned so much about money saving from you both, my favorite subject. ❤️
YES MORE coffee videos please.
Great tips from your viewers!💜
Yes, i love this chat.
You two are very cute and fun to watch.
Ty for this video. I really enjoyed hearing these won tips. You can really learn a lot, because people have different walks of life. Hope you have more of these videos
Love the tips! Great reminders for a few of them. Yes, I'd love to hear more frugal tips from your viewers! It's many many years since we've had a clothes dryer too. We dry clothes on our outside clothesline when the weather is good or on 2 airers in our undercover patio when it's wet. Saves a lot of money on power bills & saves on the wear & tear with the clothes in a dryer! 🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
Absolutely essential to make a menu plan so only buq
I love the sweat shirt Larry. I lived in Eureka NC. It is a very small town as in one stop light. I still have property there but it has been sold. Closing should be within the next week to 10 days. I would push mow my yard.
Yes! I'd love to hear more viewer tips!