My dad is Greatest Generation. He had folders of cash for different things. House, country house, car, food, etc. He stuck to a budget but we lived really well. He said good food was important. He drove a Ford all his life and did not show off wealth. He said happiness was living out of sight of others to not provoke hatred and jealousy.
I agree good food is important Real , whole foods that don't need a label.Whole foods plant based especially. My husband and I are retired , and we don't have any big retirement plan, we live sensibly and we help out others in need as the Lord leads us. Everything we have has been supplied by Our Heavenly Father.Not the government. We also do not go for all the government hand outs. We paid into social security all the tears that we worked, that is all we expect. We have never traveled, nor had a fancy vacation.Once in a while we go to the buffet at the Chinese restaurant. But mostly we both cook at home simple meals with organic ingredients.
My gr grandmother washed aluminum foil multiple times for reuse. Most people have no idea how frugal earlier generations were. Her frying pans were from just after her marriage, over 60 years old at that point. The answer boils down to...do not buy stuff.
@@avivaberlin3672 True. I always shake my head when huge consumers tout recycling. Not consuming is a much larger benefit than recycling; especially recycling that represents a loss over disposal.
I was remodeling my daughter's balcony. She was away in the military, and I wanted to surprise her when she got back. I fixed the boards, I restained them, ground the rust and repainted the railing, etc. It looked magical in the end, but at the salvation army, I picked up a table that, when looked up, was $600 at west elm. Got it for $5. She spent most of her time out there when she got home. LOL, her apartment manager came and took pictures for their brochure. Yes, I asked for permission before I did the work.
Kijiji and Marketplace are great, too! I get some super high quality furniture for a reasonable price. If you have repair skills you can get things that are scratched for a discount and then make them look brand new!
Don't have a half hour? Here's all 21: 2:14 - Cook at home 2:54 - Cook from scratch 3:45 - Use simple recipes 4:20 - Wear an apron 5:36 - Drink only water or milk 6:12 - Make coffee at home 7:14 - Learn basic baking skills 8:32 - Reuse old jars and boxes 9:44 - Buy in bulk when it makes sense 10:20 - Plant a small garden 12:35 - Consider learning how to can and preserve 14:02 - DIY home renovation instead of hiring a specialist 15:57 - Buy off-brand products 16:50 - Learn basic sewing skills 17:50 - Use a laundry line instead of a dryer 18:48 - Declutter 19:43 - Bartering, trading, and swapping services and skills with others 20:52 - Buy second-hand clothing 21:43 - Invest in quality pieces instead of cheap furniture 23:04 - Focus on the improvement you've made and not what you haven't yet accomplished. Honestly, as somebody who has lived in poverty most my adult life, this entire list sounds like a rich people's "how to be frugal" because I never had the choice BUT to do all of this stuff. I'm going to need somebody who doesn't have money - doesn't have a yard... I'm gonna need them to give me some tips cause this shit is basic AF. I'm shaking my head at the fact that anybody actually needed to hear this. 🙄
There are a lot of young people who live on credit, not understanding the trap it is. This is basic to you and me because we had to do it and our parents and grandparents had to do it, but not everyone is either connected to that part of their past or was taught well by their parents.
Most people don't need to hear this. She spends more on beauty treatments and products than most of us spend on groceries. As soon as she said invest in quality furniture you know where she's coming from.
@@poodlegirl55quality furniture will last for decades. Buy the best quality you can afford. I have bedroom furniture that my parents purchased in 1958 and it still is in great shape.
@@debbiewulfhorst8355 It's not that she's disagreeing about quality furniture - it's that when you live in poverty the only way you could afford quality furniture is through inheritance. And some of us are in poverty because we have shitty families, therefore an inheritance is laughable. Sometimes you can find some at thrift stores, but even then you need a vehicle to transport it home. Then there's the fact that impoverished people have to move a lot because of ever-rising rent. So that "quality furniture" ends up being a burden every time you move. If we had stable housing, quality furniture would be great. But we don't. So we get shit.
I love that you mentioned saving jars. I’m 56 and my grandmother had an old jar cupboard down in the basement of her extremely modest home. I have an affinity for jars and when Grandmother died I was able to take as many of her jars that I could take. I have some really old jars that I grew up seeing in her pantry and refrigerator. I cherish those jars and will pass them down to my children. Thanks for the memories.
I love jars, too!! I have a small collection, a bit smaller than I’d like, because my family thinks I have hoarding tendencies. I tend to keep one, maybe two, of different sizes so I have a variety from which to choose. I don’t think 1-2 dozen jars are too many.
@@IQSim Haha!! I like boxes, too!! I collect them through the year, just in case for Christmas gifts, then purge 99% of them after, as I've promised my husband I would. Then as the year progresses, I keep certain ones but let most go and the cycle continues.....
I wash all of my glass jars & when I have an array, I put them out on our "corner store" in front of our home. Rarely are there any containers that neighbors leave there for me to recycle. At least one more use before the glass container goes to the landfill. Win-win.😊
I am not tall, 5', hard to reach in chest freezer, so with all the advice to be prepared in case of loss of electricity, water, etc. so I put water in containers and line the bottom of the freezer with them. I have saved water and made it easier to reach in the chest freezer.
I am thankful almost every day for the stand up deep freezer we got as a wedding gift 20 years ago. I grew up with a chest freezer and so much was wasted because it was forgotten in the bottom. I don’t have that problem with the stand up freezer. If and when the day comes that it needs replacing, I’ll get another one!
@@cathyann6835I never considered that. I have a very convenient drawer type freezer, but it’s worth lining the bottom with 1 or 2 gallon bags of water, flattened out. One never knows when a storm or squirrel will leave you without power. Thanks for the great tip.
Thank you. Here's one that may help you. Easy leftover recipe: Place leftover chicken soup in blender, add beets, 1 packet of unflavored gelatin. Pour puree into empty water bottles, let set overnight. Cut open bottle and you have homemade bologna.
I have been cooking from scratch for YEARS! My husband is an amazing meal planner. I started wearing an apron all day. I can't drink coffee anynore but made coffee at home when I did drink it. We are now WAY out in the country so it is supwr easy to avoid coffee shops. I grew up eating fast food but thanks to UA-cam i have spent the last 17 years teaching myself how to cook ane BAKE. I am an excellcent baker! I LOVE it and I do sourdough. Also i SAVE jars and containers! We uae them for food storage and glassware! So aweosome! So fun that i have been doing these things for years! We have six children and my husband has a great job but money is still so tight.
We have cooked from scratch for years. It's much healthier and fun. We eat out less, but still do because we enjoy it. We get some of our meal ideas from our favorite restaurants, reverse engineering the ingredients from taste and smell.
Have you heArd of making meals strictly from the loss leaders? Meaning the things that are on sale versus what you are in the mood for? Saves a bunch of money. You buy a bit more of the things on sale and then spread out the deals to eat in the months to come. Hope this helps.
Timestamps: 1) 2:10 Cook at home 2) 2:55 Cook from scratch 3) 3:42 Simple recipes (she skipped 4?) 5) 4:16 Use an apron 6) 5:34 Limit Drink Options (just water & milk/coffee) 7) 6:10 Make coffee at home 8) 7:13 Learn Basic Baking Skills 9) 8:30 Reuse old jars and containers 10) 9:44 Buy in bulk when it makes sense 11) 10:20 Plant a small garden 12) 12:33 Preserve foods 13) 14:01 DIY home projects 14) 15:54 Buy off brands 15) 16:51 Learn basic sewing skills 16) 17:50 Set up laundry line 17) 18:47 Declutter 18) 19:42 Swap or Trade or Barter 19) 20:51 Buying secondhand clothing (thrifting) 20) 21:40 Invest in quality pieces 21) 23:02 Focus the gain not the gap
I love this video, I can relate because I painted an 1800 square-foot house, a 700-square-foot garage, and a 2000-foot 1 and 1/2 story shop on our property for under $1000 by doing the painting myself. I am a small woman but have great ladders and love to paint. I painted all the rooms inside the house and saved tons of money over the years by doing it all myself. I have even refurbished furniture, upholstering and refinishing the wood myself. I was a homemaker all my life and was never bored because I saved us lots of money doing things many people pay others to do. I didn't even consider hiring someone to do the painting but looked into what I saved. I also learned how to wallpaper and did that in our homes. Saving thousands, not to mention sewing all the curtains for the windows. The shop alone would have cost me around 8,000 dollars to have someone else paint it, then the house about $5,000, the garage the same, so I saved us over $20,000 by painting these buildings myself and I did it with a brush and roller, a much better job than if they had been sprayed. When we do things ourselves we can do a lot more for a lot less allowing us to afford things we might not normally be able to afford.
I don't have an outside clothesline, so I hang clothing to dry inside. I've discovered that it makes your clothes last SO much longer--especially the more fragile items. So in the long run, you not only save money on electricity by not running the dryer; you save money on buying clothes!
To make my skirts last longer - if I wore I slip and I didn't spill anything - I don't wash the skirt. The slip gets all the body gross and then I just hang it in the doorframe to air out overnight. I have lots of vintage clothes and I'm not about to put them through a wash unless I have to XD
I do almost all of these things. I have always known how to sew and mend clothes (I made my own wedding dress because at that time we just bought a house and we were house poor and I didn’t feel like spending a lot of money on a dress that I would wear for a few hours. I am able to tailor things for the house like curtains and make gifts. I love baking my own sourdough bread, preserving vegetables and fruits from our garden, making our own beef jerky, etc. We are fortunate to have a big yard where I planted many fruit trees and I use every bit of it. We are also healthier. I don’t belong to a gym. I exercise at home, run in my neighborhood. We don’t eat out and do not drink coffee. I have never felt I was “depriving” myself. Over the years we saved enough money to retire early, our home is paid off and we have zero debt. I look at people spending money left and right and wonder how they can afford it all. And they don’t even seem happy. I am very happy.
My great grandmother was an organized hoarder. She grew up during the depression and saved everything! She had boxes and boxes of yarn in her basement. They smelled like moth balls but that's how I learned to crochet lol 😆
It’s definitely a change in mindset. I teach in a high school and had thought about starting a planning and budgeting club. To test the waters, I asked the kids if eating out or cooking was cheaper. More than half thought it was cheaper to eat out. Only a handful said their household used budgets or that they went grocery shopping with their parents and took notice of prices. It’s not just the teens either. I’ve seen on social media where many echoed this sentiment and doubled down when told differently. It seems they are hyper-focused on the immediate without much thought to monthly or even weekly.
Growing up fruit juice of any kind was only at breakfast and only in a small 3oz glass. In the summer we had pb+j sandwiches everyday for lunch with a pitcher of Kool Aid and some Dixie Cups. We ate outside unless it was raining. I grew up in the generation where Moms locked their kids outside in the summer all day while they cleaned the house. Walking across a wet floor was a instant death sentence! 😂😂 The pitcher of Kool aid was meant to last the afternoon. When it was gone you drank out of the hose. Im still alive and never suffered any major health problems. Just usual cold flu. Hopefully Im immune to a lot of bad germs 😂
Right! Remember that we had juice glasses? They only held 4 ounces filled up and we were only allowed to have 3 ounces. That doesn’t make you fat and that doesn’t make you hyperactive either. Having a 16 ounce glass of juice however, will create all kinds of havoc with your metabolism
Must be a Gen X'er, those are fond memories. Also our Kool Aid only had half the sugar, grandma (from the Depression & WW2) wouldn't allow the full amount.
Walking across a wet floor was an instant death sentence!!! Haahaa! Was the same when I grew up, & was passed on to my children. If the floor had just been mopped, you waited til it was dry or found an alternate route (maybe through a window😅)
I always wear my ‘home’ clothes at home, these are older favourite items, clothes i wear out are therefore kept cleaner & reused, saving on washing. My parents did this too. Just another idea. Thanks for the apron reminder though, i will try to do this too.
My parents, both children of the Depression, were so frugal they could make penny scream civil rights abuse. Some of the things they would do were insane (dragging us out to a fishing pier for a 24/hr marathon fishing trip, and freezing all the fish for the rest of the year) and some were not (having a very large garden and canning and freezing vegetables). Some things weren't as frugal as they thought (or aren't anymore); ex. my mother would drive to 3-5 different grocery stores in 1-day for coupons and deals. Today, with gas prices, that isn't frugal anymore. The rest are excellent ideas. And then there are the people I know who think a $600/mth car payment is a necessity (not) or buy delivery constantly (grocery, uber eats, door dash). Cell phone bills that are astronomical. We need to discuss the so-called modern conveniences that are holding people back from truly saving money.
Yes. I have never owned a car and, for the most part, am able to get groceries and other items to and from the store without hassle. I truly do not understand what goes on in people's minds when they decide to drive a few blocks to get a gallon of milk.
@@amandastjohn4735depends on where you live. Not all cities have convenient public transport or walkable areas to get to grocery stores, hardware stores, etc.
I learned from my Grandma all about saving money and being frugal. I am a chef so we always eat at home. I married a mechanic; I will never own a “Brand” new car. He knows the basic problems of the newer vehicles that come through his shop. Makes it easier to buy dependable vehicles that are a few years older. Definitely take the time to get an independent mechanic’s second opinion on any vehicle you want to buy
@@amandastjohn4735 Really? You can't think of even one reason why a person won't/can't walk to the store? Let's see, physical disabilities, personal safety, lack of neighborhood sidewalks, having to cross multilane roads that aren't safe, the nearest store is two miles away, not having the amount of time it takes to walk to and from, inability to go alone due to caring for children, or others, needing more than just one item, weather that's not conducive to walking (snow, rain, extreme temperatures) . . .
Last year I took appart my neighbours old shed when they where throwing it in the skip, broke it appart, cut it up, drived the wood and now using it as kindling for my fire. Big project but saving me tonnes of money on wood over this year. Always get the old newspapers from my parents to use as starters too. Also reccomend investing in antique furniture as it's often much more sturdy and well put together than modern furniture and if you keep it nice and need to sell it later you will usually get your money back. I don't use a dryer at all as i'm sus about them, so air dry everything (live in a cold climate), it also keeps my clothes looking nicer for longer. Invested in merino wool under layers which you rarely need to wash too! Also cutting up old clothes for dusters and then washing and reusing them. Not bought any dusters in years.
You can get buttons and zippers, decorations, and ties from that old clothing. I have been doing that, and been able to repair some clothing myself without buying supplies.
And what you do recreationally. With one exception, my social connections used to shop and lunch. Luckily, it includes thrifting, now. It shifted significantly too as with one at least, we now explore new county and state parks and historical sights. With our dogs along, we also do a lot of walking. We still snack, but it’s something from home usually OR we buy something and split it. Too easy.
My Mom was frugal but she did not teach me. I didn't go to the grocery store much until double digit and I knew not to ask for anything. So I think I spend out of curiosity. My Mom stuck with her list and I was bored with that. I do wish she taught me how she did it then I could grow it for my interests
Disagree, my husband natural saver & careful with spending. I love to shop & def have inclinations to do so even when I know cannot afford or should not purchase or there is a cheaper option.
I’m English and like my Mum, I’ve always worn aprons to cook and do housework. It saves ruining your clothes and means far less washing. I have a collection of pretty aprons hanging in my kitchen and I enjoy wearing them. Some are homemade, others I bought reduced in sales. I’m always amazed at how much money people waste on luxuries then complain they don’t have money for necessities. I was brought up to know how to spend wisely, save money and keep priorities in the right order. Rent and utilities first, then food and clothing etc with what’s left. Just because something is cheap, does not mean you have to buy it. Save as much as you can, so you always have money for emergencies. As far as possible, don’t get into debt. Go without. It won’t kill you and peace of mind will make it worth while.
I only use an apron to wash my dog. For regular chores I have old t shirts that I don't care about. I never work in anything that makes movement harder.
I totally agree !! So true about people spending too much then complaining about not having any money !!!!! Seems as though common sense is in short supply .
I kept an apron in the basement laundry room I kept an apron on the second floor in case. I kept two kitchen evert week in the kitchen,1 for cooking, 1 for housework. All the aprons had pockets
One of the best things you can do to save money is to surround yourself with people who share your money values and goals. Or at least only talk about money who reinforce those goals. I used to work in a place where most of my coworkers were also friends. One year there was a glitch with my professional license and I couldn’t work for a couple of weeks. A friend with whom I did talk money said it was all she could do to not laugh or say anything when people said they didn’t know how I was managing. My friend knew we had savings, no debts other than our mortgage and were months ahead on paying that. It was never my intention to fool anyone but years of telling my coworkers, “I’ll pass, it’s not in the budget.” meant they assumed I was chronically broke. Some of my friends/coworkers would vacation together, I get invited, think about it and decide the only reason for going was to spend time with people I liked and I could do that closer to home and save thousands of dollars. Because I had other goals, it was never in the budget.
I remember 10-20 years ago when my kids were little, stay at homes were frugal. Everything was a trade off. We gave each other hand me downs in garbage bags and borrowed things. Some went without cable to have a gym membership or bug company. Now it seems like no one goes without anything anymore. And the thing is that now they all work to make ends meet. Most of these women are now divorced and hire out Nanny’s and housekeepers. Times have changed.
@@kennethedwards1677I think part of the reason why the divorce rate is so high is all the single married men lol. I never went near any of them but there’s soooooo many in Houston 🤣
I prefer soap, I don’t buy shower gel anymore, it’s a treat to open a fresh bar of soap! I have a big jar in the bathroom with lots of different soaps in it, I just don’t think shower gel can clean properly and most of it’s ends up down the plug hole anyway 😂🇬🇧
Currently so broke a value taco isn’t even a conversation, but there’s a lot of helpful hints here that have helped! It’s also helped shape my future goals, like to invest in being able to provide experiences at home instead of spending money to have them elsewhere
OK, first of all I am not a "commenting" kinda person but I just had to hop soon here and say that this is one of the most non-crazy, logical, common sense advice on the internet. Thanks so much. no nonsense, "I am going to start a farm' kind of advice I have ever heard. You are right on with what you are saying. I love how your "know your family" and what your needs are approach to life. it's just great advice, Grow on what you know. If you find that you loved the tomatoes after growing and consuming that one tomato plant you purchased at Home Depot last summer then by all means this summer ..... GO FOR IT!!!! Thanks again so much for these truly common sense gems!! God Bless you and your family!❤
How to save money: get off of social media. It's where (broke) people pretend to be rich, their highlights are lies, and you end up feeling sorry for yourself and start shopping. 😅
Amen to that!! I would get so down on myself by comparing what I have to others on social media. I’m 100% happier and more thankful now that I’m off of it!
Lol so your calling her broke and fake... Since she is on social media and showing her home and all that... Well not now her channel is so boring now.... Like a snore fest
I do a lot of these tips already and always did, however I do splurge when I really want something cool. I’ve had a couple of extremely thrifty family members die with accounts full of money they wouldn’t spend to make their lives happier or more enjoyable, and then greedy family members fought over it and the family broke all apart over that money which then got spent in a millisecond. Yeah to heck with that, you get this one life and it goes by so fast. I’m going to buy the thing that I really want when it comes up, and have no regrets. I consider the thrifty part just saving up for something better later on when I see it. I just choose carefully when I do buy something and think the purchase through.
Scripture says that money can save your life. I find that to be true. If you haven't got a sizeable amount of money tucked away, then it could be too late when an emergency comes. The fact that family members squabbled in no way lessens the need for you to follow the excellent example set by that relative, who evidently wasn't bothered by greedy relations because they had no idea that person was holding. Save up and shut up, is what I take to be the moral of that story to be.
To me being frugal is just prioritizing your spending. If my partner and I were to die tomorrow our families could fight over our savings but if we don’t we can put a new roof on our house this spring without spending a penny of interest on borrowed money. I don’t save to amass money, I save to have options and peace of mind.
I agree with your comment. My mom became a hoarder of her money, which she would scrimp on her own personal well being in her later life. I always thought she was struggling, as she gave that Impression so I always treated her or helped her out with shopping costs. She landed in the hospital and my sister got access to her banking - she then manipulated my mom into signing papers giving her control (my mom thought she was signing for an assisted living apartment). She made sure mom wasn’t getting out of the hospital, even though she was quite capable. Mom’s years of scrimping only landed in the hands of someone who didn’t deserve it. Being frugal is one thing, especially in present difficult high prices for housing and food, but one has to be careful it doesn’t lead to hoarding of your money in later life. Please enjoy the fruits of your labour and spend on yourself, family, charitable groups, your church, etc, 😊
As a compromise between homemade meals and eating out, I gave myself permission to keep a couple of frozen meals on hand. They may cost more than a real homemade meal, but they are still only a fraction of the cost of eating out, and only require 15 minutes in the frying pan. Basically no work.
Repurposing old lumber for raised beds, old 20 gallon tubs, old stock tanks etc. can all be used to do gardening on the cheap. Also, saving seeds from your current garden for next years garden.
@@rosemarystanley1363I know many friends did not know they could even save the seeds from their tomatoes, cucumbers, etc, or how to start new plants from cuttings. My grandparents (born in the 1870s) were farmers, along with other relatives, and the things we learned just from visiting them every year! I never could get the hand milking of the goat effectively, though. And the tomatoes and cucumbers really DO taste better if you eat them immediately after picking. I think they lost flavor just walking from the yard to the house.
I have a picture of my great grandparents in their garden. It’s probably around 1950 and she has her apron on. It’s at the waist and all the way to her hem below her knees. I love it! She’s got fertilizer at her feet and they look exhausted. It’s a motivating photo 🙂🙂
With regards to sewing visible mending has been helpful for me. My socks last a lot longer now I can darn them. I've also fixed my t-shirts, my leggings and my dressing gown.
When my boyfriend and I started living together we had a talk one day on why I do my “weird” habits that weren’t the societal norms of today (I’m 24) such as saving jars, canning foods, crocheting household/clothing items, mending my clothes, how I budget and stick to a budget, how I’m resistant to buy things new or expensive items and thrift items instead and quite a lot of things. We were going over to my mother’s that day and I said you’ll see when we go over to my mom’s, he said oh it’s just how you were growing up so you just continued doing what you grew up with and he now appreciates all the skills that I do have. Another tip on the gardening aspect my family does a family communal garden where each member buys certain plants (it’s normally at my mom’s we plant the garden) then we come to tend to the garden, then come harvest we harvest and have a canning party and and a ferments party where we pick apples and make apple cider vinegar and sauerkraut it’s so much fun and you learn the skills from family members
Do you need a guest family member for a season or two? I had to move away from my family when I was young so I didn’t get to learn a lot of the home skills I would have had I been able to stay early in my marriage. Of course, I have learned a lot over the years but I still don’t know how to sew or can and I’d love to do both!
Speaking of saving jars. My neighbor buys all sorts of foods and she saves the jars for me. I dehydrate a lot of things and use commercial jars to store because jars are better for storing my DH foods. Keeping a variety of sizes is perfect because some foods really shrink when DH so I keep a variety of sizes. I also can, using commercial jars leaves my mason jars for canning and preserving.
I’ve been known to chose between two brands of a product, simply because I wanted the container for a secondary use. My bulk spices are in jars that used to hold instant coffee, my vegetable powders are in what used spaghetti sauce jars.
My parents gave us a freezer as a wedding gift 30 years ago and it is our single best way of saving money on meat. I know how to can with a pressure cooker, but usually opt for thigs that only require a hot water bath--salsa, pizza sauce, jams & jellies. Making homemade pizza is a great way to save money on a versitle meal that everyone loves.
My husband and just spent almost a year living in a hotel, awaiting our home. We spent SO MUCH MONEY eating out (mostly)! Glad to have a kitchen again.
Sewing can also save you a lot of money when you have children. They seem to grow all the time. I would love to learn that more and better because I saw so wonderful fabric in the store and they all were less expensive than having to buy new stuff for the kids all the time, seeing them grow so fast....
I used to make my own clothes and my children’s. Back in the eighties it was definitely cheaper to buy fabric and patterns but very sadly, this is no longer true. Most fabric shops have disappeared, fabric and patterns are expensive when you do find them, so is knitting wool, so it is no longer cheaper to make your own clothes.
@Joan-rr1oz Yes, you're right: sewing it yourself can cost more than Walmart. But it will likely be better quality if you make it yourself and will therefore last longer. I made dresses for my oldest daughter when she was 7, 8, and 9. He younger sister wore them, and now her daughters are wearing them. The Walmart clothes I bought her are long worn out. Also, there are people on UA-cam who show how to sew clothing without patterns! I recently made a skirt for my granddaughter with no pattern, and it's adjustable as she grows (split side skirt). Other ways to save while sewing: buy remnants and make patchwork items, buy fabric at thrift stores (or sheets or tablecloths) buy fabric at garage sales, copy existing worn out clothes you like instead of using a pattern.
I used to love making my own clothes but it was expensive and time consuming although I still do my own alterations which saves a fortune. I got my kids and now my grandkids good makes of second hand clothes. I still love knitting though but I get my yarn from thrift stores or special offers.
Amen on the cheap vs quality furniture! We have also learned this lesson the hard way. You absolutely get what you pay for. I’m so glad I just discovered your channel! Excellent content. Also, your makeup is so beautifully done!
I went furniture shopping and was shocked at the price for disposable furniture. I've been shopping second hand and refinishing. My home looks more interesting with used unique furniture.
I do all of these and agree. Please teach your children these skills people. So many people never learn from their parents and never teach their kids, skills have been lost. I have thrifted for most of my life and the key is consistency and to really look. My son is fourteen and 99% of his clothes came from thrifting and they were so nice after I could sell them after. I would add several things that save every month. Learn to do your own hair, cut and coloring and teach your kids the same. I have been cutting my own hair since I was 13 and am now 52. My husband gifted me a spa day one time for cut and color and $150.00 later I was like, never again. We know our own hair and how it lays etc. it's not as hard as many think it is. Same with your eyebrows, fingernails, toes and personal grooming. I also send lunch with my husband and son almost every day. It's a huge expense to buy school lunches or lunches out. We are also a water family and tea, sometimes limeade. I won a starbucks card and got an Americano after waiting 20 minutes and gave the rest of the gift card to a near bye customer, they're very overrated. I also make espresso at home daily and a small stove espresso maker is also better than people think. I would add, don't eat from a gas station ever, it's and expense that is unnecessary. When we are going to be out for extended periods of time, I bring a cooler, water and food. A great food extender is rice or beans to meals, soups, making your own snacks etc.
I started a true garden this year. My husband got 4 of those same containers and he set up irrigation. My mom is almost 92 and she loves a tomato sandwich better than anything. I got three different types of big tomatoes and two types of cherry tomatoes. My husband scolded me for buying them all at the same time. We ended up with around thirty tomatoes every couple of weeks. But, we did a couple of gallons of my grandma's vegetable soup with only having to buy 5 tomatoes. She is so tickled to have the garden and she would go out and inspect it. I also had banana peppers and squash. Do not put squash in a half container! Just having fresh tomatoes did so much good for my mom. She always said that Alabama had the best tomatoes. She lived in Mobile, AL for 63 years, before I moved both of them to Pensacola, FL. We live off Exit 5, literally 5 miles over the state line, and you go back a couple of miles, so it's probably 3. She did admit this year that my tomatoes were as good as my Daddy's!
This is why I'm so thankful to have been raised by my grandma and great grandmother. They survived the Depression and WW2 rations with households filled with children by doing these things and others. Shopping sales also helps! Stocking up your necessities and pantries when sales was a huge advantage! Canning, growing food, hunting & fishing, etc... Even my dad did this in 60-70s to keep us fed, did odd jobs when laid off from construction, etc...
Even back in the 60s and 70s we didn't eat out very often. My mom and grandmother cooked 3 meals a day. My mom made our clothes so she used the scapes to make aprons for herself.
A few other tips I’ve learned and use: When thrifting, if it looks good on the hanger (no to minimal wrinkles) it will be easy to care for. Cut sponges in half or thirds. I also cut my dryer sheets in half and only use them for loads that have things that get lots of static.
If you can hang wet clothes outside there is no need to use a dryer or dryer sheets except when it is raining. Clothes dried outside always seem to smell fresher to me, for some reason. Maybe because it reminds me of my mother in the UK, Mondays were always washing days and no clothes were allowed on the line on Sundays, nor did we do ironing on a Sunday, because it was considered a Day of Rest.
For flavored coffee, try spices, or tea bags! I love adding pumpkin spice to the ground coffee before brewing...I also used to love an organic raspberry syrup in my coffee and discovered that a fruity tea bag added to brewing can give me a nice flavor and spare me money and extra sugar
I learned from my frugal Mom, Grandma & aunt many things i still use today. Shopping for what you really need, bargain shop at thrift stores /yard sales, baking & cooking, gardening, redo old things into new things for your home, sewing & crafts, canning,... Many are good basic life skills that shoulb taught again in schools❤!
Really glad that I do the majority of these already. Seems like a lot of common sense stuff and I’m grateful to have had my grandparents to learn from too. The couple things I don’t do regularly but hope to better my skills are the sewing (I do small stuff by hand but need a machine too) and canning more things (I’m currently only dry canning). I’m thinking pretty soon more people are going to have to wake up and learn these skills and implement more common sense to survive.
Food preservation with canning is a game-changer. I learned years ago from my mom, but there's lots of information here on YT and Facebook (Rebel canners is very good). If you start with fruits and tomato products, all you need are the right jars and a big pot. Good luck!!!
She should add : having an alternative than driving. If you’re close enough to the grocery store or certain places you need to go, invest in a bike if you don’t already have one, because not only is it exercise but it saves on gas ten fold! I rode my bike to work from June - October, (mind you my work is 30 minutes away by bike, 10 by car) it helped me lose weight and saved so much money on gas during the season I use the most. But even if you can’t bike to your work, even biking to meet up with people, or to do your groceries or any other errands like a dentist appointment goes a long way.
Honestly where I live our groceries store is in a different town so when I go I have to cram in a bunch of other errands because petrol is expensive these days. I just discovered that it's actually cheaper to get my groceries delivered, which is what I'm going to do now lol
This video reminds me so much of what my grandmother would have told me. I miss her so much! I wish I would have listened more closely, asked more questions & asked her to teach me some of the things she used to do that I would love to know the way she did them. My advice…talk to & learn from your grandmother’s because she won’t be here forever.
Jam jars are always worth keeping. You can recycle them, sterilize them for making homemade jam. Another big saving especially if you grow your own fruit. Also, when fruit is in season, it costs much less. Remember to buy new jar lids with the rubber seal unbroken or spoilt to make sure the jam stays sealed for a long time. You know what goes into your homemade jam and it's to your taste, for the amount of sugar, for example
I use jars to freeze food... I write on them using an old makeup pencil (eye or lips, whetever leftover I have), those are great for writing on glass and can be washed away when the jar is empty
The preserves, etc., on the matket are terrible! More "fillers than fruit. Ive had enough, i will make my own from now on. Name brand isnt any better. 😊
For first time growers, plants in season in September are these: Radish (easy and fast) Spinach (fast) Certain types of lettuce (very easy and fast) Certain types of beans Certain types of peas Certain types of carrots Kale Arugula Flowers to grow in September Marigold Certain types of poppies Certain types of Peonies, you'll get blooms next year Pansies (some varieties are edible if grown without harsh chemicals, and can be used as salad garnish, too) Asters and daisies
The ‘50’s look of the vid caught my eye (I’m 72) and truly enjoyed watching it. I’ve implemented many of the things you’ve listed throughout my life & recently went back to canning & even learned how to dehydrate & preserve many of my garden items via UA-cam. My downfall, trying to ‘let go of THINGS!’ Lol 😂 Totally enjoyed it…you have a new subscriber 👍🏼❤️
So relieved you said that about saving jars and particularly boxes. Jars always made sense but when I began feeling the compulsion to save boxes I got concerned I was becoming a hoarder lol I save newspapers too. They come in very handy for painting or other projects involving containing messes/easy cleanup like sawdust.
My mother used to give my sister and I lessons on how to hang a nice laundry in. She was horrified if the sheets weren't hung perfectly when the neighbors could see them.
Yaaaaaasssss! I have a very precise system that takes into account wind direction, sun tracking, and what laundry gets 'hidden' between the sheets - all the underwear! pants must be hung by the legs & shirts by their tails. I HATED it when my mother would hang our t shirts by the shoulders. Those tell tale clothespin dents made me feel 'poor'🤣
Girl! I don't know if you can see the dislikes, but I have a chrome extension that allows me to see them, and this video has no dislikes! None! And 10k likes! That is the highest number of likes I've seen for having absolutely no dislikes. Crazy
You didn't mention about another reason why previous generations lived more frugal and thrifty. This one is important. My parents were born in 1928 and 1936. They were children of The Great Depression. They knew what it was like to go without. People who had to deal with this were afraid of "out-living their money". My dad's occupation was that of a financial planner after he returned from The Airforce. He did it 36 years before he retired. He knew the value of a dollar, and we lived thrifty with things such as recycling laundry water (old machines had that capability). We had timed showers. We ate at home nearly every night. My mom taught me basic sewing skills. I used to darn my socks when they got a hole. My dad made it look like we were basic middle-class. My brother used to tease him on the level of thrift. My dad told him, "Hey! I'm a millionaire. I can do what I want. I don't want to do...". It wasn't until my dad passed away that my brother and I saw my dad's portfolio. He really did *die a millionaire!* We both were stunned. He never made over 45k a year in his lifetime.
We do coffee, tea, and milk. We do have soda stream for occasional use. But we also grew our 52 weeks of food in our farm this past year and are track to do that again.
You mentioned herbs... we buy a lot of cilantro at our house. We love tex-mex food. Anyways, I wash my bundle of cilantro, pat it dry, trim off the excess stems, and package the cilantro in a tupperware or some sort of container with a lid, with a just damp paper towel around the bunch. I can't believe how much longer it makes it. We got an Aldi package of cilantro to last a whole month! Stayed fresh and green and yum!
I grow mine. Collect seeds to replant also grind them down for seasonings. I but herb from store in pot and regrow. Including the lettuces. Just put them in water. ❤️💛💚
Yes! I think I could agree with everyone of these!! So many good ideas! Using simple every day ingredients. My daughter tries many different things and it costs her a boatload of money and then she never uses the ingredients again. Learn to make and bake anything .. We see things in the store and my kids say they would like it, I respond let's go home and figure out how to bake it!! As for aprons... I LIVE in mine every single day!! My children have to remind me to take it off before going into the store, but yes, it has saved my clothes so much!! We are bulk buyers for basic cooking supplies. Flour, sugar, milk.... We buy 9 gallons of milk a week for our large family. But I do not buy anything other than that. No soda or juice. We will bottle or make our own grape juice and apple juice once a year. Garden every year, and can what we are able to. Waterglass and preserve our eggs. But When we were really young and broke, milk is all my little ones had!! ... full fat milk!! Even though I am only 47, Both my parents and inlaws grew up in the great depression. Fix it up, use it up, or do without was the motto we lived by!! So I feel that many of these ideas were ingrained into us both. Clothes are line dried, I purchase clothing from the second hand stores, and then modify and taylor our clothes and my husband is our own super handy dandy man!! At the end of each day, we still feel broke, but we have never felt more blessed and happy. Our home will be paid off in six months and thats on a one income family and seven children. Life is good and it is doable to get by with less. Thanks for these ideas!
Thank you so much for posting this content! I have been wanting to be more frugal this past year since deciding to be a stay at home mom/wife and have been feeling like I am not excelling in the department of saving money! This is just the video to motivate me and remind me of things I need to do more of (cooking and decluttering) and things that I could learn to do (I love to learn new things so why haven’t I learned to sew, bake, or attempt DIY projects?). Though I am normally a positive person, I never fail to amplify areas in my life where I fall short. You have reminded me to focus on the areas where I improved and acknowledge the tiniest of victories each day. I had so many ideas as I watched your video and have already thought of a list of things where I can get started to meet my financial goals and become more frugal and cut down on frivolous spending. This was my first time watching your channel, but I have now subscribed and look forward to watching more of your videos! Thank you and God bless you and your family!
I was excited to get some tips because we're strapped. But so far over half way through, and I've been doing basically all but two of these for years already 😅
I also remember my mom and grandma saving containers and our shoes came from army surplus or TG&Y I'm 57 I've learned a lot of things from my mom and grandma thank you ladys
Great tips.💖💖 I didn't grow up with grandparents, but whenever I was around my mom she would have leftovers in butter bowls, she would even reuse glass spice bottles when she shopped in bulk. I do the same thing with my spice bottles. Planting my own herbs really helps. Thanks for sharing.👍🏽
Holy cow, that explains a lot about my family. My father had always pinched pennies so tight they screamed. I'm that way too. My parents grew up during the depression. I always thought that was the reason why dad was the way he was. But this makes sense. We always had a garden, I still do, and mom always canned and froze what dad grew. We'd go out to eat one night a week to eat.
We often took our kids out to the cheap restaurants that had $1 meals for kids or special deals. We almost never let them get a drink because they are always too expensive.
Honestly, I remember a hot dog place we’d stop at in the mountains. It was a huge treat! Otherwise, my parents never went or took us to restaurants. Really. I hardly go either. Post-COVID - not at all. Friends and I on outings eat at home first, then take snacks and water.
I’m a tea guy and I use a loose tea basket for brewing open pour, no Kureig to me that’s time and money wasted on those K-cups or cleaning that coffee machine.
Thank you very much for reminding me of all the things my parents & grandparents used to do. I do most of them now, but canning just isn't one of them. Living alone, it just doesn't make sense for me. And even though I do cook and eat at home most of the time, I don't cook for a lot of people anymore so I'm going to start getting rid of the extra large cooking items (baking dishes, etc.) I just don't use. Or at least severely cut down on them. Once again, thank you for the reminders!
Buying in bulk! We freeze butter, of course proteins, rice (stored in glass containers). Store laundry soap in jars, everyone has super sensitive skin in the house. Same for grains, fruits and veggies in the fridge. Atlas jars are a favorite because of the measurements. ❤️
The jar idea is one of my favorites! I save plastic mayonaise jars, and I reuse creamer containers -- the plastic ones with the pour spouts! Great for dispensing all sorts of other things!!
I just subscribed after seeing your live with The Minimal Mom. I Love your comment about tomatoes. I never had a store-bought tomato until I got married. My grandmother grew and canned tomatoes all my life, and nothing tastes better, in my opinion. Store-bought tomatoes have NO taste, and they are not juicy at all. I don't raise them, but I buy them from farmers and skip the ones in the store.
The ending really spoke to me i been buying whole cows and pigs just this year. It been feeling like i haven't saved / gained anything but looking back that when i started it was a 1/4 of beef. And also in my trucking business as a owner operator just sometimes just feels like i am going backwards but in reality i am not i have moved , you enjoying your videos
For breakfast my momma use to make us sugar toast. Which is toast with butter sprinkled with sugar I add cinnamon. Then just put in oven until edges of toast are brown. I actually made it this morning. My husband always throws away the end pieces of bread. Not letting him now. 😊
I am so happy, glad, and fortunate to have found your channel on UA-cam. I am or desire to be frugal by nature. But I need the guidance and I have found it. You have tremendous ideas and I am going to put some in use by first starting to make my own clothes washing detergent.
Big ups to everyone working effortlessly trying to earn a living while building wealth. I’m 62 and my husband 65 we are both retired with over $3 million in net worth and no debts. Currently living smart and frugal with our money. Saving and investing lifestyle made it possible for us this early even till now we earn monthly through passive income...
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What an excellent video! I am doing some of this & will continue moving forward looking at the gains, not the gap! Have a great holiday to you & your family.
Love all your old fashioned tips. I knew an elderly woman in my childhood who did all these things and with real style. You have such a lovely look with the single strand of pearls, the shirt waist dress of soft blue, very attractive hair style, and absolutely perfect, feminine make up. A fine example of traditional values with updated sensibilities. Good work!
New subscriber from this video. I grew up with most of this stuff & could add lots more to this but also due to health have to take away the gardening & preserving. One I'd def add is cooking in larger batches that you have leftovers which for me became even more important after my accident that disabled me for those days when I can't cook. I cook everything from scratch as I was taught to & save money by doing so to stretch my budget beyond what most even think they can do even though they make 10X the money I have. I'd just modify the last part we do need to do both look at how far we've come but also look at how far we have to go & not get caught up in seeing how far we've come that we just sit stagnant.
I also cook in big batches. Sometimes it goes in the freezer, other times in the fridge and gets eaten the next night, or for lunches. I agree that we need to look forward and set goals, but it can be overwhelming if we look at how far we have to go. I prefer to look at what I can do next, or maybe a few steps out. I've just switched from buying kitchen sponges to cutting up old towels and using them. They have the advantage of being washable, reusable for years, and when they're no good any more they are compostable. The next step is to learn how to make my own laundry detergent. My focus is on minimising plastic use and reducing all types of waste. Frugality tends to be a partner in that.
I was able to invest in an electronic canner that lets me can smaller batches. I’ve never been a big gardener and now can’t do it physically, but buying food on sale and small batch canning has worked for me. I can a fair amount of meat to use in soups, stews and sauces which means I don’t need to refrigerate or freeze it, it cuts down on meal prep time an I hopefully won’t ever have to pay $8.49 for a pound of hamburger because that was all that was available locally.
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One of the best ways to save money is to learn to be content and thankful.😊
That is me!
I fight with my brain:)
Amen❣️
yes! and Philippians 4:11 helps me.
Amen ❤
My dad is Greatest Generation. He had folders of cash for different things. House, country house, car, food, etc. He stuck to a budget but we lived really well. He said good food was important. He drove a Ford all his life and did not show off wealth. He said happiness was living out of sight of others to not provoke hatred and jealousy.
My grandmother used to say the very same thing about not provoking hatred or jealousy! She was Croatian ❤❤❤
Your dad is a very wise man! Thank you for sharing his wisdom, I will follow these guidelines 😊
I agree good food is important Real , whole foods that don't need a label.Whole foods plant based especially. My husband and I are retired , and we don't have any big retirement plan, we live sensibly and we help out others in need as the Lord leads us. Everything we have has been supplied by Our Heavenly Father.Not the government. We also do not go for all the government hand outs. We paid into social security all the tears that we worked, that is all we expect. We have never traveled, nor had a fancy vacation.Once in a while we go to the buffet at the Chinese restaurant. But mostly we both cook at home simple meals with organic ingredients.
Wealth can make a person a Target for lawsuits.
I still use the "envelope fund."
I just bought 2 quality overalls at an estate sale for $15. One of them is over $80 retail. I'm a homesteader and overalls are pure awesomeness.
My gr grandmother washed aluminum foil multiple times for reuse. Most people have no idea how frugal earlier generations were. Her frying pans were from just after her marriage, over 60 years old at that point.
The answer boils down to...do not buy stuff.
I still do it. And I started to wash and reuse plastic packs. In our days it is not frugal tips - it’s saving earth tips.
@@avivaberlin3672 True. I always shake my head when huge consumers tout recycling. Not consuming is a much larger benefit than recycling; especially recycling that represents a loss over disposal.
And when you buy, bug things that are reliable and known to last decades.
@susiem.2068 speed queen commercial washing machines
Buying used and minimizing waste is the ticket.
Regarding high quality furniture: sometimes you can find a really nice piece in a thrift store as well!
Not to mention estate sales
I love flea markets and thrift stores
I was remodeling my daughter's balcony. She was away in the military, and I wanted to surprise her when she got back. I fixed the boards, I restained them, ground the rust and repainted the railing, etc. It looked magical in the end, but at the salvation army, I picked up a table that, when looked up, was $600 at west elm. Got it for $5. She spent most of her time out there when she got home. LOL, her apartment manager came and took pictures for their brochure. Yes, I asked for permission before I did the work.
Kijiji and Marketplace are great, too! I get some super high quality furniture for a reasonable price. If you have repair skills you can get things that are scratched for a discount and then make them look brand new!
Don't have a half hour? Here's all 21:
2:14 - Cook at home
2:54 - Cook from scratch
3:45 - Use simple recipes
4:20 - Wear an apron
5:36 - Drink only water or milk
6:12 - Make coffee at home
7:14 - Learn basic baking skills
8:32 - Reuse old jars and boxes
9:44 - Buy in bulk when it makes sense
10:20 - Plant a small garden
12:35 - Consider learning how to can and preserve
14:02 - DIY home renovation instead of hiring a specialist
15:57 - Buy off-brand products
16:50 - Learn basic sewing skills
17:50 - Use a laundry line instead of a dryer
18:48 - Declutter
19:43 - Bartering, trading, and swapping services and skills with others
20:52 - Buy second-hand clothing
21:43 - Invest in quality pieces instead of cheap furniture
23:04 - Focus on the improvement you've made and not what you haven't yet accomplished.
Honestly, as somebody who has lived in poverty most my adult life, this entire list sounds like a rich people's "how to be frugal" because I never had the choice BUT to do all of this stuff.
I'm going to need somebody who doesn't have money - doesn't have a yard... I'm gonna need them to give me some tips cause this shit is basic AF.
I'm shaking my head at the fact that anybody actually needed to hear this. 🙄
Truth
You can't frugal your way out of insufficient income
There are a lot of young people who live on credit, not understanding the trap it is. This is basic to you and me because we had to do it and our parents and grandparents had to do it, but not everyone is either connected to that part of their past or was taught well by their parents.
Most people don't need to hear this. She spends more on beauty treatments and products than most of us spend on groceries. As soon as she said invest in quality furniture you know where she's coming from.
@@poodlegirl55quality furniture will last for decades. Buy the best quality you can afford. I have bedroom furniture that my parents purchased in 1958 and it still is in great shape.
@@debbiewulfhorst8355 It's not that she's disagreeing about quality furniture - it's that when you live in poverty the only way you could afford quality furniture is through inheritance.
And some of us are in poverty because we have shitty families, therefore an inheritance is laughable.
Sometimes you can find some at thrift stores, but even then you need a vehicle to transport it home.
Then there's the fact that impoverished people have to move a lot because of ever-rising rent.
So that "quality furniture" ends up being a burden every time you move.
If we had stable housing, quality furniture would be great.
But we don't.
So we get shit.
I love that you mentioned saving jars. I’m 56 and my grandmother had an old jar cupboard down in the basement of her extremely modest home. I have an affinity for jars and when Grandmother died I was able to take as many of her jars that I could take. I have some really old jars that I grew up seeing in her pantry and refrigerator. I cherish those jars and will pass them down to my children. Thanks for the memories.
I love jars, too!! I have a small collection, a bit smaller than I’d like, because my family thinks I have hoarding tendencies. I tend to keep one, maybe two, of different sizes so I have a variety from which to choose. I don’t think 1-2 dozen jars are too many.
I like keeping jars and boxes, although I also periodically go through them so they don't get out of hand.
@@IQSim Haha!! I like boxes, too!! I collect them through the year, just in case for Christmas gifts, then purge 99% of them after, as I've promised my husband I would. Then as the year progresses, I keep certain ones but let most go and the cycle continues.....
I wash all of my glass jars & when I have an array, I put them out on our "corner store" in front of our home. Rarely are there any containers that neighbors leave there for me to recycle. At least one more use before the glass container goes to the landfill. Win-win.😊
@@susanconnolly2013 Great idea!!
I am not tall, 5', hard to reach in chest freezer, so with all the advice to be prepared in case of loss of electricity, water, etc. so I put water in containers and line the bottom of the freezer with them. I have saved water and made it easier to reach in the chest freezer.
I am thankful almost every day for the stand up deep freezer we got as a wedding gift 20 years ago. I grew up with a chest freezer and so much was wasted because it was forgotten in the bottom. I don’t have that problem with the stand up freezer. If and when the day comes that it needs replacing, I’ll get another one!
It’ll keep your food cold if the power goes out for several days too.
@@cathyann6835I never considered that. I have a very convenient drawer type freezer, but it’s worth lining the bottom with 1 or 2 gallon bags of water, flattened out. One never knows when a storm or squirrel will leave you without power. Thanks for the great tip.
Us shorties invent our own tricks for doing things that work for us, don't we?
Love that! Work smarter not harder,
Water only family, zero restaurants for many years, and 90% of our clothes are from yard sales ($0.25 - $1 each).
same!!!
Waters not always healthy either.
@@oooh19 Double filter mine.
Don’t twist the biscuit cutter. It seals the edges which makes for a lower rise.
Thanks! I didn't know that!
That's why they started making wavy edged biscuit cutter so people wouldn't twist them. Twisted it also make them rise crooked.
Yes!
Thank you. Here's one that may help you. Easy leftover recipe: Place leftover chicken soup in blender, add beets, 1 packet of unflavored gelatin. Pour puree into empty water bottles, let set overnight. Cut open bottle and you have homemade bologna.
Who knew?
I have been cooking from scratch for YEARS! My husband is an amazing meal planner. I started wearing an apron all day. I can't drink coffee anynore but made coffee at home when I did drink it. We are now WAY out in the country so it is supwr easy to avoid coffee shops. I grew up eating fast food but thanks to UA-cam i have spent the last 17 years teaching myself how to cook ane BAKE. I am an excellcent baker! I LOVE it and I do sourdough. Also i SAVE jars and containers! We uae them for food storage and glassware! So aweosome! So fun that i have been doing these things for years! We have six children and my husband has a great job but money is still so tight.
I admire all that you do…🥰
We have cooked from scratch for years. It's much healthier and fun. We eat out less, but still do because we enjoy it. We get some of our meal ideas from our favorite restaurants, reverse engineering the ingredients from taste and smell.
Have you heArd of making meals strictly from the loss leaders? Meaning the things that are on sale versus what you are in the mood for? Saves a bunch of money. You buy a bit more of the things on sale and then spread out the deals to eat in the months to come. Hope this helps.
Timestamps:
1) 2:10 Cook at home
2) 2:55 Cook from scratch
3) 3:42 Simple recipes
(she skipped 4?)
5) 4:16 Use an apron
6) 5:34 Limit Drink Options (just water & milk/coffee)
7) 6:10 Make coffee at home
8) 7:13 Learn Basic Baking Skills
9) 8:30 Reuse old jars and containers
10) 9:44 Buy in bulk when it makes sense
11) 10:20 Plant a small garden
12) 12:33 Preserve foods
13) 14:01 DIY home projects
14) 15:54 Buy off brands
15) 16:51 Learn basic sewing skills
16) 17:50 Set up laundry line
17) 18:47 Declutter
18) 19:42 Swap or Trade or Barter
19) 20:51 Buying secondhand clothing (thrifting)
20) 21:40 Invest in quality pieces
21) 23:02 Focus the gain not the gap
@ weirdplusho ... Thank-you for taking the time to write these out ! Truly Much Appreciated : )
I appreciate you as well! 😊
Thank you 😊
Ty GOD bless
Thank! You saved me 25 minutes. 😊
I love this video, I can relate because I painted an 1800 square-foot house, a 700-square-foot garage, and a 2000-foot 1 and 1/2 story shop on our property for under $1000 by doing the painting myself. I am a small woman but have great ladders and love to paint. I painted all the rooms inside the house and saved tons of money over the years by doing it all myself. I have even refurbished furniture, upholstering and refinishing the wood myself. I was a homemaker all my life and was never bored because I saved us lots of money doing things many people pay others to do. I didn't even consider hiring someone to do the painting but looked into what I saved. I also learned how to wallpaper and did that in our homes. Saving thousands, not to mention sewing all the curtains for the windows. The shop alone would have cost me around 8,000 dollars to have someone else paint it, then the house about $5,000, the garage the same, so I saved us over $20,000 by painting these buildings myself and I did it with a brush and roller, a much better job than if they had been sprayed.
When we do things ourselves we can do a lot more for a lot less allowing us to afford things we might not normally be able to afford.
I don't have an outside clothesline, so I hang clothing to dry inside. I've discovered that it makes your clothes last SO much longer--especially the more fragile items.
So in the long run, you not only save money on electricity by not running the dryer; you save money on buying clothes!
Not using dryer sheets for sure helps, but no heat makes sense too.
It also puts less wear and tear on the dryer. I only use my dryer in the winter when I can't hang clothes outside.
To make my skirts last longer - if I wore I slip and I didn't spill anything - I don't wash the skirt. The slip gets all the body gross and then I just hang it in the doorframe to air out overnight. I have lots of vintage clothes and I'm not about to put them through a wash unless I have to XD
Also adds some humidity to those of us in extremely dry environments
@@vanessamvarelasome vinegar in the rinse water softens and helps keep soap build up down.
I do almost all of these things. I have always known how to sew and mend clothes (I made my own wedding dress because at that time we just bought a house and we were house poor and I didn’t feel like spending a lot of money on a dress that I would wear for a few hours. I am able to tailor things for the house like curtains and make gifts. I love baking my own sourdough bread, preserving vegetables and fruits from our garden, making our own beef jerky, etc. We are fortunate to have a big yard where I planted many fruit trees and I use every bit of it. We are also healthier. I don’t belong to a gym. I exercise at home, run in my neighborhood. We don’t eat out and do not drink coffee. I have never felt I was “depriving” myself. Over the years we saved enough money to retire early, our home is paid off and we have zero debt. I look at people spending money left and right and wonder how they can afford it all. And they don’t even seem happy. I am very happy.
Your lifestyle is perfect! Pass it on!!
My great grandmother was an organized hoarder. She grew up during the depression and saved everything! She had boxes and boxes of yarn in her basement. They smelled like moth balls but that's how I learned to crochet lol 😆
This story made me smile!
"That is a dang good box"😂I literally said these words a few days ago 😂😂
Every single tip I'm just like "YES. YES. ABSOLUTELY. HOME MAKERS UNITE!!!!"
It’s definitely a change in mindset. I teach in a high school and had thought about starting a planning and budgeting club. To test the waters, I asked the kids if eating out or cooking was cheaper. More than half thought it was cheaper to eat out. Only a handful said their household used budgets or that they went grocery shopping with their parents and took notice of prices. It’s not just the teens either. I’ve seen on social media where many echoed this sentiment and doubled down when told differently. It seems they are hyper-focused on the immediate without much thought to monthly or even weekly.
I am old enough to remember when this was part of the curriculum
Growing up fruit juice of any kind was only at breakfast and only in a small 3oz glass.
In the summer we had pb+j sandwiches everyday for lunch with a pitcher of Kool Aid and some Dixie Cups. We ate outside unless it was raining.
I grew up in the generation where Moms locked their kids outside in the summer all day while they cleaned the house. Walking across a wet floor was a instant death sentence! 😂😂
The pitcher of Kool aid was meant to last the afternoon. When it was gone you drank out of the hose.
Im still alive and never suffered any major health problems. Just usual cold flu. Hopefully Im immune to a lot of bad germs 😂
Right! Remember that we had juice glasses?
They only held 4 ounces filled up and we were only allowed to have 3 ounces. That doesn’t make you fat and that doesn’t make you hyperactive either. Having a 16 ounce glass of juice however, will create all kinds of havoc with your metabolism
Must be a Gen X'er, those are fond memories. Also our Kool Aid only had half the sugar, grandma (from the Depression & WW2) wouldn't allow the full amount.
Walking across a wet floor was an instant death sentence!!! Haahaa! Was the same when I grew up, & was passed on to my children. If the floor had just been mopped, you waited til it was dry or found an alternate route (maybe through a window😅)
I thought I was the only kid who got locked outside while mom cleaned house!😂
I love your comment!Reminds me of Mom
I always wear my ‘home’ clothes at home, these are older favourite items, clothes i wear out are therefore kept cleaner & reused, saving on washing. My parents did this too. Just another idea. Thanks for the apron reminder though, i will try to do this too.
Same here. I have "farm grubbies".
Me too!
Same. An old tee I bought in like 2009 now lol
Same
Same here! I'm also cooler in the summer wearing my floppy cotton shorts and tees so the ac can be up a bit higher.
My parents, both children of the Depression, were so frugal they could make penny scream civil rights abuse. Some of the things they would do were insane (dragging us out to a fishing pier for a 24/hr marathon fishing trip, and freezing all the fish for the rest of the year) and some were not (having a very large garden and canning and freezing vegetables). Some things weren't as frugal as they thought (or aren't anymore); ex. my mother would drive to 3-5 different grocery stores in 1-day for coupons and deals. Today, with gas prices, that isn't frugal anymore. The rest are excellent ideas. And then there are the people I know who think a $600/mth car payment is a necessity (not) or buy delivery constantly (grocery, uber eats, door dash). Cell phone bills that are astronomical. We need to discuss the so-called modern conveniences that are holding people back from truly saving money.
Yes. I have never owned a car and, for the most part, am able to get groceries and other items to and from the store without hassle. I truly do not understand what goes on in people's minds when they decide to drive a few blocks to get a gallon of milk.
@@amandastjohn4735depends on where you live. Not all cities have convenient public transport or walkable areas to get to grocery stores, hardware stores, etc.
Good points!
I learned from my Grandma all about saving money and being frugal. I am a chef so we always eat at home. I married a mechanic; I will never own a “Brand” new car. He knows the basic problems of the newer vehicles that come through his shop. Makes it easier to buy dependable vehicles that are a few years older. Definitely take the time to get an independent mechanic’s second opinion on any vehicle you want to buy
@@amandastjohn4735 Really? You can't think of even one reason why a person won't/can't walk to the store? Let's see, physical disabilities, personal safety, lack of neighborhood sidewalks, having to cross multilane roads that aren't safe, the nearest store is two miles away, not having the amount of time it takes to walk to and from, inability to go alone due to caring for children, or others, needing more than just one item, weather that's not conducive to walking (snow, rain, extreme temperatures) . . .
APRON WEARING is truly another fabulous idea! I got mine at an estate sale. My son bought it for me. ❤❤❤
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Last year I took appart my neighbours old shed when they where throwing it in the skip, broke it appart, cut it up, drived the wood and now using it as kindling for my fire. Big project but saving me tonnes of money on wood over this year. Always get the old newspapers from my parents to use as starters too. Also reccomend investing in antique furniture as it's often much more sturdy and well put together than modern furniture and if you keep it nice and need to sell it later you will usually get your money back.
I don't use a dryer at all as i'm sus about them, so air dry everything (live in a cold climate), it also keeps my clothes looking nicer for longer.
Invested in merino wool under layers which you rarely need to wash too!
Also cutting up old clothes for dusters and then washing and reusing them. Not bought any dusters in years.
You can get buttons and zippers, decorations, and ties from that old clothing. I have been doing that, and been able to repair some clothing myself without buying supplies.
I don't think you're "predisposed" to spend or not. I think you learn to be frugal or a spendthrift from the role models you had growing up
Exactly what I was going to say. We learn by example.
And what you do recreationally. With one exception, my social connections used to shop and lunch. Luckily, it includes thrifting, now. It shifted significantly too as with one at least, we now explore new county and state parks and historical sights. With our dogs along, we also do a lot of walking. We still snack, but it’s something from home usually OR we buy something and split it. Too easy.
My Mom was frugal but she did not teach me. I didn't go to the grocery store much until double digit and I knew not to ask for anything. So I think I spend out of curiosity. My Mom stuck with her list and I was bored with that. I do wish she taught me how she did it then I could grow it for my interests
Disagree, my husband natural saver & careful with spending. I love to shop & def have inclinations to do so even when I know cannot afford or should not purchase or there is a cheaper option.
More like "programmed" than predisposed.
I’m English and like my Mum, I’ve always worn aprons to cook and do housework. It saves ruining your clothes and means far less washing. I have a collection of pretty aprons hanging in my kitchen and I enjoy wearing them. Some are homemade, others I bought reduced in sales. I’m always amazed at how much money people waste on luxuries then complain they don’t have money for necessities. I was brought up to know how to spend wisely, save money and keep priorities in the right order. Rent and utilities first, then food and clothing etc with what’s left. Just because something is cheap, does not mean you have to buy it. Save as much as you can, so you always have money for emergencies. As far as possible, don’t get into debt. Go without. It won’t kill you and peace of mind will make it worth while.
I only use an apron to wash my dog. For regular chores I have old t shirts that I don't care about. I never work in anything that makes movement harder.
I totally agree !! So true about people spending too much then complaining about not having any money !!!!! Seems as though common sense is in short supply .
I kept an apron in the basement laundry room
I kept an apron on the second floor in case. I kept two kitchen evert week in the kitchen,1 for cooking, 1 for housework. All the aprons had pockets
Great advice. You need to do a TED talk!
Yeah, makes a lot of sense. How many aprons (with washing costs of course) equals a house payment?
One of the best things you can do to save money is to surround yourself with people who share your money values and goals. Or at least only talk about money who reinforce those goals. I used to work in a place where most of my coworkers were also friends. One year there was a glitch with my professional license and I couldn’t work for a couple of weeks. A friend with whom I did talk money said it was all she could do to not laugh or say anything when people said they didn’t know how I was managing. My friend knew we had savings, no debts other than our mortgage and were months ahead on paying that. It was never my intention to fool anyone but years of telling my coworkers, “I’ll pass, it’s not in the budget.” meant they assumed I was chronically broke. Some of my friends/coworkers would vacation together, I get invited, think about it and decide the only reason for going was to spend time with people I liked and I could do that closer to home and save thousands of dollars. Because I had other goals, it was never in the budget.
I remember 10-20 years ago when my kids were little, stay at homes were frugal. Everything was a trade off. We gave each other hand me downs in garbage bags and borrowed things. Some went without cable to have a gym membership or bug company. Now it seems like no one goes without anything anymore. And the thing is that now they all work to make ends meet. Most of these women are now divorced and hire out Nanny’s and housekeepers. Times have changed.
I wonder if frugality in the home would lead to more contentment and thus less divorce.
@@kennethedwards1677I think part of the reason why the divorce rate is so high is all the single married men lol. I never went near any of them but there’s soooooo many in Houston 🤣
My grandmother always used bar soap. She never had bottles of soft soap at the sinks.
I prefer soap, I don’t buy shower gel anymore, it’s a treat to open a fresh bar of soap! I have a big jar in the bathroom with lots of different soaps in it, I just don’t think shower gel can clean properly and most of it’s ends up down the plug hole anyway 😂🇬🇧
Unwrap that bar when you get it home. Stored unwrapped it will continue to harden. Bar will work just as good and last longer
Currently so broke a value taco isn’t even a conversation, but there’s a lot of helpful hints here that have helped! It’s also helped shape my future goals, like to invest in being able to provide experiences at home instead of spending money to have them elsewhere
OK, first of all I am not a "commenting" kinda person but I just had to hop soon here and say that this is one of the most non-crazy, logical, common sense advice on the internet. Thanks so much. no nonsense, "I am going to start a farm' kind of advice I have ever heard. You are right on with what you are saying. I love how your "know your family" and what your needs are approach to life. it's just great advice, Grow on what you know. If you find that you loved the tomatoes after growing and consuming that one tomato plant you purchased at Home Depot last summer then by all means this summer ..... GO FOR IT!!!! Thanks again so much for these truly common sense gems!! God Bless you and your family!❤
Foraging!!! I have collected fruit to make jams. I freeze so many kinds of berries. Always on the lookout for another sweet spot
So true about de-cluttering and organizing so you don't buy something you already own. As I say to myself, if I can't find it, I don't own it!
I love the hair. Please show us how it's done. Pretty and polished.
How to save money: get off of social media. It's where (broke) people pretend to be rich, their highlights are lies, and you end up feeling sorry for yourself and start shopping. 😅
Amen to that!! I would get so down on myself by comparing what I have to others on social media. I’m 100% happier and more thankful now that I’m off of it!
Yes!!
Lol so your calling her broke and fake... Since she is on social media and showing her home and all that... Well not now her channel is so boring now.... Like a snore fest
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Also influencers that talk me into buying things they actually wouldn’t buy if they didn’t get paid for it! 😬🤪
I do a lot of these tips already and always did, however I do splurge when I really want something cool. I’ve had a couple of extremely thrifty family members die with accounts full of money they wouldn’t spend to make their lives happier or more enjoyable, and then greedy family members fought over it and the family broke all apart over that money which then got spent in a millisecond. Yeah to heck with that, you get this one life and it goes by so fast. I’m going to buy the thing that I really want when it comes up, and have no regrets. I consider the thrifty part just saving up for something better later on when I see it. I just choose carefully when I do buy something and think the purchase through.
Scripture says that money can save your life. I find that to be true. If you haven't got a sizeable amount of money tucked away, then it could be too late when an emergency comes.
The fact that family members squabbled in no way lessens the need for you to follow the excellent example set by that relative, who evidently wasn't bothered by greedy relations because they had no idea that person was holding. Save up and shut up, is what I take to be the moral of that story to be.
To me being frugal is just prioritizing your spending. If my partner and I were to die tomorrow our families could fight over our savings but if we don’t we can put a new roof on our house this spring without spending a penny of interest on borrowed money. I don’t save to amass money, I save to have options and peace of mind.
I agree with your comment. My mom became a hoarder of her money, which she would scrimp on her own personal well being in her later life. I always thought she was struggling, as she gave that Impression so I always treated her or helped her out with shopping costs. She landed in the hospital and my sister got access to her banking - she then manipulated my mom into signing papers giving her control (my mom thought she was signing for an assisted living apartment). She made sure mom wasn’t getting out of the hospital, even though she was quite capable.
Mom’s years of scrimping only landed in the hands of someone who didn’t deserve it.
Being frugal is one thing, especially in present difficult high prices for housing and food, but one has to be careful it doesn’t lead to hoarding of your money in later life.
Please enjoy the fruits of your labour and spend on yourself, family, charitable groups, your church, etc, 😊
As a compromise between homemade meals and eating out, I gave myself permission to keep a couple of frozen meals on hand. They may cost more than a real homemade meal, but they are still only a fraction of the cost of eating out, and only require 15 minutes in the frying pan. Basically no work.
Repurposing old lumber for raised beds, old 20 gallon tubs, old stock tanks etc. can all be used to do gardening on the cheap. Also, saving seeds from your current garden for next years garden.
Yes! Seed saving is such an important skill.
@@rosemarystanley1363I know many friends did not know they could even save the seeds from their tomatoes, cucumbers, etc, or how to start new plants from cuttings. My grandparents (born in the 1870s) were farmers, along with other relatives, and the things we learned just from visiting them every year! I never could get the hand milking of the goat effectively, though.
And the tomatoes and cucumbers really DO taste better if you eat them immediately after picking. I think they lost flavor just walking from the yard to the house.
I have a picture of my great grandparents in their garden. It’s probably around 1950 and she has her apron on. It’s at the waist and all the way to her hem below her knees. I love it! She’s got fertilizer at her feet and they look exhausted. It’s a motivating photo 🙂🙂
With regards to sewing visible mending has been helpful for me. My socks last a lot longer now I can darn them. I've also fixed my t-shirts, my leggings and my dressing gown.
When my boyfriend and I started living together we had a talk one day on why I do my “weird” habits that weren’t the societal norms of today (I’m 24) such as saving jars, canning foods, crocheting household/clothing items, mending my clothes, how I budget and stick to a budget, how I’m resistant to buy things new or expensive items and thrift items instead and quite a lot of things. We were going over to my mother’s that day and I said you’ll see when we go over to my mom’s, he said oh it’s just how you were growing up so you just continued doing what you grew up with and he now appreciates all the skills that I do have. Another tip on the gardening aspect my family does a family communal garden where each member buys certain plants (it’s normally at my mom’s we plant the garden) then we come to tend to the garden, then come harvest we harvest and have a canning party and and a ferments party where we pick apples and make apple cider vinegar and sauerkraut it’s so much fun and you learn the skills from family members
Do you need a guest family member for a season or two? I had to move away from my family when I was young so I didn’t get to learn a lot of the home skills I would have had I been able to stay early in my marriage. Of course, I have learned a lot over the years but I still don’t know how to sew or can and I’d love to do both!
That is just super! You are so far ahead of your peers that it is almost shameful. Imagine, they all have to run to catch up with you!
Where does your mom live?! 😂 We’re on the way! I miss my dad’s garden! 😢
Speaking of saving jars. My neighbor buys all sorts of foods and she saves the jars for me. I dehydrate a lot of things and use commercial jars to store because jars are better for storing my DH foods. Keeping a variety of sizes is perfect because some foods really shrink when DH so I keep a variety of sizes. I also can, using commercial jars leaves my mason jars for canning and preserving.
I’ve been known to chose between two brands of a product, simply because I wanted the container for a secondary use. My bulk spices are in jars that used to hold instant coffee, my vegetable powders are in what used spaghetti sauce jars.
My parents gave us a freezer as a wedding gift 30 years ago and it is our single best way of saving money on meat. I know how to can with a pressure cooker, but usually opt for thigs that only require a hot water bath--salsa, pizza sauce, jams & jellies. Making homemade pizza is a great way to save money on a versitle meal that everyone loves.
What a great gift!
My husband and just spent almost a year living in a hotel, awaiting our home. We spent SO MUCH MONEY eating out (mostly)! Glad to have a kitchen again.
Should have bought a cheap plug in skillet ect
Sewing can also save you a lot of money when you have children. They seem to grow all the time. I would love to learn that more and better because I saw so wonderful fabric in the store and they all were less expensive than having to buy new stuff for the kids all the time, seeing them grow so fast....
Only if one buys material and notions second hand! Same goes for knitting.
I used to make my own clothes and my children’s. Back in the eighties it was definitely cheaper to buy fabric and patterns but very sadly, this is no longer true. Most fabric shops have disappeared, fabric and patterns are expensive when you do find them, so is knitting wool, so it is no longer cheaper to make your own clothes.
Sewing clothes can be more expensive then buying an item from walmart
@Joan-rr1oz Yes, you're right: sewing it yourself can cost more than Walmart. But it will likely be better quality if you make it yourself and will therefore last longer. I made dresses for my oldest daughter when she was 7, 8, and 9. He younger sister wore them, and now her daughters are wearing them. The Walmart clothes I bought her are long worn out.
Also, there are people on UA-cam who show how to sew clothing without patterns! I recently made a skirt for my granddaughter with no pattern, and it's adjustable as she grows (split side skirt). Other ways to save while sewing: buy remnants and make patchwork items, buy fabric at thrift stores (or sheets or tablecloths) buy fabric at garage sales, copy existing worn out clothes you like instead of using a pattern.
I used to love making my own clothes but it was expensive and time consuming although I still do my own alterations which saves a fortune. I got my kids and now my grandkids good makes of second hand clothes. I still love knitting though but I get my yarn from thrift stores or special offers.
Amen on the cheap vs quality furniture! We have also learned this lesson the hard way. You absolutely get what you pay for. I’m so glad I just discovered your channel! Excellent content.
Also, your makeup is so beautifully done!
And great quality furniture can be readily bought second hand.
I went furniture shopping and was shocked at the price for disposable furniture. I've been shopping second hand and refinishing. My home looks more interesting with used unique furniture.
I do all of these and agree. Please teach your children these skills people. So many people never learn from their parents and never teach their kids, skills have been lost. I have thrifted for most of my life and the key is consistency and to really look. My son is fourteen and 99% of his clothes came from thrifting and they were so nice after I could sell them after. I would add several things that save every month. Learn to do your own hair, cut and coloring and teach your kids the same. I have been cutting my own hair since I was 13 and am now 52. My husband gifted me a spa day one time for cut and color and $150.00 later I was like, never again. We know our own hair and how it lays etc. it's not as hard as many think it is. Same with your eyebrows, fingernails, toes and personal grooming. I also send lunch with my husband and son almost every day. It's a huge expense to buy school lunches or lunches out. We are also a water family and tea, sometimes limeade. I won a starbucks card and got an Americano after waiting 20 minutes and gave the rest of the gift card to a near bye customer, they're very overrated. I also make espresso at home daily and a small stove espresso maker is also better than people think. I would add, don't eat from a gas station ever, it's and expense that is unnecessary. When we are going to be out for extended periods of time, I bring a cooler, water and food. A great food extender is rice or beans to meals, soups, making your own snacks etc.
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I started a true garden this year. My husband got 4 of those same containers and he set up irrigation. My mom is almost 92 and she loves a tomato sandwich better than anything. I got three different types of big tomatoes and two types of cherry tomatoes. My husband scolded me for buying them all at the same time. We ended up with around thirty tomatoes every couple of weeks. But, we did a couple of gallons of my grandma's vegetable soup with only having to buy 5 tomatoes. She is so tickled to have the garden and she would go out and inspect it. I also had banana peppers and squash. Do not put squash in a half container!
Just having fresh tomatoes did so much good for my mom. She always said that Alabama had the best tomatoes. She lived in Mobile, AL for 63 years, before I moved both of them to Pensacola, FL. We live off Exit 5, literally 5 miles over the state line, and you go back a couple of miles, so it's probably 3. She did admit this year that my tomatoes were as good as my Daddy's!
This is why I'm so thankful to have been raised by my grandma and great grandmother. They survived the Depression and WW2 rations with households filled with children by doing these things and others. Shopping sales also helps! Stocking up your necessities and pantries when sales was a huge advantage! Canning, growing food, hunting & fishing, etc... Even my dad did this in 60-70s to keep us fed, did odd jobs when laid off from construction, etc...
Even back in the 60s and 70s we didn't eat out very often. My mom and grandmother cooked 3 meals a day. My mom made our clothes so she used the scapes to make aprons for herself.
A few other tips I’ve learned and use:
When thrifting, if it looks good on the hanger (no to minimal wrinkles) it will be easy to care for.
Cut sponges in half or thirds. I also cut my dryer sheets in half and only use them for loads that have things that get lots of static.
Great tips!
I add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle
If you can hang wet clothes outside there is no need to use a dryer or dryer sheets except when it is raining. Clothes dried outside always seem to smell fresher to me, for some reason. Maybe because it reminds me of my mother in the UK, Mondays were always washing days and no clothes were allowed on the line on Sundays, nor did we do ironing on a Sunday, because it was considered a Day of Rest.
@@sjordan7085 I hang dry when I can but where I’m at it’s not possible very often 😞
I don`t use a dryer, nail varnish or makeup!!.
For flavored coffee, try spices, or tea bags! I love adding pumpkin spice to the ground coffee before brewing...I also used to love an organic raspberry syrup in my coffee and discovered that a fruity tea bag added to brewing can give me a nice flavor and spare me money and extra sugar
I learned from my frugal Mom, Grandma & aunt many things i still use today. Shopping for what you really need, bargain shop at thrift stores /yard sales, baking & cooking, gardening, redo old things into new things for your home, sewing & crafts, canning,... Many are good basic life skills that shoulb taught again in schools❤!
Bring back home ec!! 🥰
My grandmother always wore an apron. She made hers, of course. I’ll need to find some. 😊
Really glad that I do the majority of these already. Seems like a lot of common sense stuff and I’m grateful to have had my grandparents to learn from too. The couple things I don’t do regularly but hope to better my skills are the sewing (I do small stuff by hand but need a machine too) and canning more things (I’m currently only dry canning). I’m thinking pretty soon more people are going to have to wake up and learn these skills and implement more common sense to survive.
Food preservation with canning is a game-changer. I learned years ago from my mom, but there's lots of information here on YT and Facebook (Rebel canners is very good). If you start with fruits and tomato products, all you need are the right jars and a big pot. Good luck!!!
Don't forget about fermenting food as well
She should add : having an alternative than driving. If you’re close enough to the grocery store or certain places you need to go, invest in a bike if you don’t already have one, because not only is it exercise but it saves on gas ten fold! I rode my bike to work from June - October, (mind you my work is 30 minutes away by bike, 10 by car) it helped me lose weight and saved so much money on gas during the season I use the most. But even if you can’t bike to your work, even biking to meet up with people, or to do your groceries or any other errands like a dentist appointment goes a long way.
I’ll also add that I live in southern Alberta where it typically snows 7 months of the year, so make use of the good weather when you have it.
Honestly where I live our groceries store is in a different town so when I go I have to cram in a bunch of other errands because petrol is expensive these days. I just discovered that it's actually cheaper to get my groceries delivered, which is what I'm going to do now lol
This video reminds me so much of what my grandmother would have told me. I miss her so much! I wish I would have listened more closely, asked more questions & asked her to teach me some of the things she used to do that I would love to know the way she did them. My advice…talk to & learn from your grandmother’s because she won’t be here forever.
I LOVE my aprons! (I probably have a PROBLEM here). But they also put me in a different mental space in a good way.
Jam jars are always worth keeping. You can recycle them, sterilize them for making homemade jam. Another big saving especially if you grow your own fruit. Also, when fruit is in season, it costs much less. Remember to buy new jar lids with the rubber seal unbroken or spoilt to make sure the jam stays sealed for a long time. You know what goes into your homemade jam and it's to your taste, for the amount of sugar, for example
and use them to make new candles to pass forward which recycles old candle wax
I use jars to freeze food... I write on them using an old makeup pencil (eye or lips, whetever leftover I have), those are great for writing on glass and can be washed away when the jar is empty
I love glass jars. I use them for so many things. I even freeze my home made sauce,homemade vanilla etc. I even make my own distilled water.
The preserves, etc., on the matket are terrible! More "fillers than fruit. Ive had enough, i will make my own from now on. Name brand isnt any better. 😊
so true. I always try and keep glass jars which I feel are much safer for storage than old Tupperware. :)
For first time growers, plants in season in September are these:
Radish (easy and fast)
Spinach (fast)
Certain types of lettuce (very easy and fast)
Certain types of beans
Certain types of peas
Certain types of carrots
Kale
Arugula
Flowers to grow in September
Marigold
Certain types of poppies
Certain types of Peonies, you'll get blooms next year
Pansies (some varieties are edible if grown without harsh chemicals, and can be used as salad garnish, too)
Asters and daisies
Thank you very much for your time. 🙏🏻🌈🌞
The ‘50’s look of the vid caught my eye (I’m 72) and truly enjoyed watching it. I’ve implemented many of the things you’ve listed throughout my life & recently went back to canning & even learned how to dehydrate & preserve many of my garden items via UA-cam. My downfall, trying to ‘let go of THINGS!’ Lol 😂 Totally enjoyed it…you have a new subscriber 👍🏼❤️
So relieved you said that about saving jars and particularly boxes. Jars always made sense but when I began feeling the compulsion to save boxes I got concerned I was becoming a hoarder lol I save newspapers too. They come in very handy for painting or other projects involving containing messes/easy cleanup like sawdust.
I’m frugal and am naturally a saver. This is a phenomenal video Angela.
very inspiring, especially the last bit about focusing on how far we have come, not how far we have to go. I needed to hear that today. Thanks!
My mother used to give my sister and I lessons on how to hang a nice laundry in. She was horrified if the sheets weren't hung perfectly when the neighbors could see them.
Yaaaaaasssss! I have a very precise system that takes into account wind direction, sun tracking, and what laundry gets 'hidden' between the sheets - all the underwear! pants must be hung by the legs & shirts by their tails. I HATED it when my mother would hang our t shirts by the shoulders. Those tell tale clothespin dents made me feel 'poor'🤣
Beautiful hair and beautiful personal style... And great tips too!
Girl! I don't know if you can see the dislikes, but I have a chrome extension that allows me to see them, and this video has no dislikes! None! And 10k likes! That is the highest number of likes I've seen for having absolutely no dislikes. Crazy
If you make your apron out of quilting material you can use it for a potholder on baking day. Also prevents burns if grease splash.
You didn't mention about another reason why previous generations lived more frugal and thrifty. This one is important. My parents were born in 1928 and 1936. They were children of The Great Depression. They knew what it was like to go without. People who had to deal with this were afraid of "out-living their money". My dad's occupation was that of a financial planner after he returned from The Airforce. He did it 36 years before he retired. He knew the value of a dollar, and we lived thrifty with things such as recycling laundry water (old machines had that capability). We had timed showers. We ate at home nearly every night. My mom taught me basic sewing skills. I used to darn my socks when they got a hole.
My dad made it look like we were basic middle-class. My brother used to tease him on the level of thrift. My dad told him, "Hey! I'm a millionaire. I can do what I want. I don't want to do...". It wasn't until my dad passed away that my brother and I saw my dad's portfolio. He really did *die a millionaire!* We both were stunned. He never made over 45k a year in his lifetime.
Yes!!!! Respect your parents’ legacy.
We do coffee, tea, and milk. We do have soda stream for occasional use. But we also grew our 52 weeks of food in our farm this past year and are track to do that again.
You mentioned herbs... we buy a lot of cilantro at our house. We love tex-mex food. Anyways, I wash my bundle of cilantro, pat it dry, trim off the excess stems, and package the cilantro in a tupperware or some sort of container with a lid, with a just damp paper towel around the bunch. I can't believe how much longer it makes it. We got an Aldi package of cilantro to last a whole month! Stayed fresh and green and yum!
Those stems go great in soups. They have probably a stronger taste than the leaves. They’re useful!
Cilantro is easy to grow and they can grow in containers
It’s easy to grow, too. Amd you can save the seeds and replant them.
I grow mine. Collect seeds to replant also grind them down for seasonings. I but herb from store in pot and regrow. Including the lettuces. Just put them in water. ❤️💛💚
I do the same thing, and it's true. The herbs last a month this way.
I love saving jars!
Great video! To add to your ideas, dehydrating veggies can be a lot easier and less intimidating to beginners.
Yes! I think I could agree with everyone of these!! So many good ideas! Using simple every day ingredients. My daughter tries many different things and it costs her a boatload of money and then she never uses the ingredients again. Learn to make and bake anything .. We see things in the store and my kids say they would like it, I respond let's go home and figure out how to bake it!! As for aprons... I LIVE in mine every single day!! My children have to remind me to take it off before going into the store, but yes, it has saved my clothes so much!! We are bulk buyers for basic cooking supplies. Flour, sugar, milk.... We buy 9 gallons of milk a week for our large family. But I do not buy anything other than that. No soda or juice. We will bottle or make our own grape juice and apple juice once a year. Garden every year, and can what we are able to. Waterglass and preserve our eggs. But When we were really young and broke, milk is all my little ones had!! ... full fat milk!! Even though I am only 47, Both my parents and inlaws grew up in the great depression. Fix it up, use it up, or do without was the motto we lived by!! So I feel that many of these ideas were ingrained into us both. Clothes are line dried, I purchase clothing from the second hand stores, and then modify and taylor our clothes and my husband is our own super handy dandy man!! At the end of each day, we still feel broke, but we have never felt more blessed and happy. Our home will be paid off in six months and thats on a one income family and seven children. Life is good and it is doable to get by with less. Thanks for these ideas!
I am a bigger female. Paula Deen aprons are my favorite! Cute prints and way more covering than other aprons and adjustable. I LOVE aprons.
Thank you so much for posting this content! I have been wanting to be more frugal this past year since deciding to be a stay at home mom/wife and have been feeling like I am not excelling in the department of saving money! This is just the video to motivate me and remind me of things I need to do more of (cooking and decluttering) and things that I could learn to do (I love to learn new things so why haven’t I learned to sew, bake, or attempt DIY projects?). Though I am normally a positive person, I never fail to amplify areas in my life where I fall short. You have reminded me to focus on the areas where I improved and acknowledge the tiniest of victories each day. I had so many ideas as I watched your video and have already thought of a list of things where I can get started to meet my financial goals and become more frugal and cut down on frivolous spending. This was my first time watching your channel, but I have now subscribed and look forward to watching more of your videos! Thank you and God bless you and your family!
I was excited to get some tips because we're strapped. But so far over half way through, and I've been doing basically all but two of these for years already 😅
I also remember my mom and grandma saving containers and our shoes came from army surplus or TG&Y I'm 57 I've learned a lot of things from my mom and grandma thank you ladys
Great tips.💖💖 I didn't grow up with grandparents, but whenever I was around my mom she would have leftovers in butter bowls, she would even reuse glass spice bottles when she shopped in bulk. I do the same thing with my spice bottles. Planting my own herbs really helps.
Thanks for sharing.👍🏽
Great ideas & I already do most of them! BTW, love your '50s housewife pearls. :)
Aprons are great, especially with pockets. That way you can pickup things
Thanks!
Holy cow, that explains a lot about my family. My father had always pinched pennies so tight they screamed. I'm that way too. My parents grew up during the depression. I always thought that was the reason why dad was the way he was. But this makes sense. We always had a garden, I still do, and mom always canned and froze what dad grew. We'd go out to eat one night a week to eat.
We often took our kids out to the cheap restaurants that had $1 meals for kids or special deals. We almost never let them get a drink because they are always too expensive.
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Honestly, I remember a hot dog place we’d stop at in the mountains. It was a huge treat! Otherwise, my parents never went or took us to restaurants. Really. I hardly go either. Post-COVID - not at all. Friends and I on outings eat at home first, then take snacks and water.
@@beth3535 that sort of thing is how I grew up. It's way more economical which meshes with the higher prices at the grocery stores anymore.
Good reminders! TY to you and our host.
I’m a tea guy and I use a loose tea basket for brewing open pour, no Kureig to me that’s time and money wasted on those K-cups or cleaning that coffee machine.
Thank you very much for reminding me of all the things my parents & grandparents used to do. I do most of them now, but canning just isn't one of them. Living alone, it just doesn't make sense for me. And even though I do cook and eat at home most of the time, I don't cook for a lot of people anymore so I'm going to start getting rid of the extra large cooking items (baking dishes, etc.) I just don't use. Or at least severely cut down on them. Once again, thank you for the reminders!
When my mother was growing up, the women got together and canned. It was too much for only one woman to do by herself.
Buying in bulk! We freeze butter, of course proteins, rice (stored in glass containers). Store laundry soap in jars, everyone has super sensitive skin in the house. Same for grains, fruits and veggies in the fridge. Atlas jars are a favorite because of the measurements. ❤️
Some excellent points/tips here. Great video. Well done.
I love your hairstyle! Could it be possible to show us how you did it? Thanks!
The jar idea is one of my favorites! I save plastic mayonaise jars, and I reuse creamer containers -- the plastic ones with the pour spouts! Great for dispensing all sorts of other things!!
I just subscribed after seeing your live with The Minimal Mom. I Love your comment about tomatoes. I never had a store-bought tomato until I got married. My grandmother grew and canned tomatoes all my life, and nothing tastes better, in my opinion. Store-bought tomatoes have NO taste, and they are not juicy at all. I don't raise them, but I buy them from farmers and skip the ones in the store.
The ending really spoke to me i been buying whole cows and pigs just this year. It been feeling like i haven't saved / gained anything but looking back that when i started it was a 1/4 of beef. And also in my trucking business as a owner operator just sometimes just feels like i am going backwards but in reality i am not i have moved , you enjoying your videos
For breakfast my momma use to make us sugar toast. Which is toast with butter sprinkled with sugar I add cinnamon. Then just put in oven until edges of toast are brown. I actually made it this morning. My husband always throws away the end pieces of bread. Not letting him now. 😊
I am so happy, glad, and fortunate to have found your channel on UA-cam. I am or desire to be frugal by nature. But I need the guidance and I have found it. You have tremendous ideas and I am going to put some in use by first starting to make my own clothes washing detergent.
Big ups to everyone working effortlessly trying to earn a living while building wealth. I’m 62 and my husband 65 we are both retired with over $3 million in net worth and no debts. Currently living smart and frugal with our money. Saving and investing lifestyle made it possible for us this early even till now we earn monthly through passive income...
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But are you enjoying life and when you die I hope a. Charity gets blessed so your kids can frugality save themselves.
What an excellent video! I am doing some of this & will continue moving forward looking at the gains, not the gap! Have a great holiday to you & your family.
Love all your old fashioned tips. I knew an elderly woman in my childhood who did all these things and with real style. You have such a lovely look with the single strand of pearls, the shirt waist dress of soft blue, very attractive hair style, and absolutely perfect, feminine make up. A fine example of traditional values with updated sensibilities. Good work!
I really enjoyed this video, thank you for the reminders. Hugs from Montana
New subscriber from this video. I grew up with most of this stuff & could add lots more to this but also due to health have to take away the gardening & preserving. One I'd def add is cooking in larger batches that you have leftovers which for me became even more important after my accident that disabled me for those days when I can't cook. I cook everything from scratch as I was taught to & save money by doing so to stretch my budget beyond what most even think they can do even though they make 10X the money I have. I'd just modify the last part we do need to do both look at how far we've come but also look at how far we have to go & not get caught up in seeing how far we've come that we just sit stagnant.
You are great&talented!
I also cook in big batches. Sometimes it goes in the freezer, other times in the fridge and gets eaten the next night, or for lunches.
I agree that we need to look forward and set goals, but it can be overwhelming if we look at how far we have to go. I prefer to look at what I can do next, or maybe a few steps out.
I've just switched from buying kitchen sponges to cutting up old towels and using them. They have the advantage of being washable, reusable for years, and when they're no good any more they are compostable.
The next step is to learn how to make my own laundry detergent.
My focus is on minimising plastic use and reducing all types of waste. Frugality tends to be a partner in that.
I was able to invest in an electronic canner that lets me can smaller batches. I’ve never been a big gardener and now can’t do it physically, but buying food on sale and small batch canning has worked for me. I can a fair amount of meat to use in soups, stews and sauces which means I don’t need to refrigerate or freeze it, it cuts down on meal prep time an I hopefully won’t ever have to pay $8.49 for a pound of hamburger because that was all that was available locally.
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