extreme frugal confessions

Extreme Frugal Confessions: Envelopes, Envelopes

by Briana Carter on April 20, 2010

Extreme Frugalness. Tight, cheap, stingy? You know what I’m talking about and personally, I love it.

fru·gal
- Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.

ex·treme
- Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
- Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense:

Yep, I keep every single envelope I receive. I pay most bills online or will make one giant payment for a series of invoices. So we have quite a few leftover in our professional and personal stash.

So what to do with these?

I use them for sending notes to teachers, employees, mailing out other bills, etc!

Any other ideas for me as I’m getting quite a stack the more we pay bills online!

Now it’s your turn.

You know you have a confession to make. To what extremes have you gone to save a buck this week or in the past?

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Extreme Frugal Confessions: WSJ Extreme Sport Article

by Briana Carter on April 6, 2010

Extreme Frugalness. Tight, cheap, stingy? You know what I’m talking about and personally, I love it.

fru·gal
- Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.

ex·treme
- Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
- Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense:

After reading the article on the WSJ.com, “Hard Times Turns Coupon Clipping Into the Newest Extreme Sport,” I was amused. I’m nowhere near as extreme as some of these super savers in the article Jane4Girls, who is shown with her $1,000 grocery saving trip – but I stockpile things we need when there is a good sale.

What do you think?

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Extreme Frugal Confessions: The One Where I Couldn’t See

by Briana Carter on March 2, 2010

Extreme Frugalness. Tight, cheap, stingy? You know what I’m talking about and personally, I love it.

fru·gal
- Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.

ex·treme
- Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
- Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense:

No, I couldn’t see what was right in front of my face.

The first step to any problem, is admitting you even have a problem.

No, my chair was fine. There is nothing wrong with this chair.

Don’t talk about my precious chair. The precious chair we’ve had for 8 years that we only spent $39.99.

Don’t diss it. Just don’t do.

It serves its purpose.

Okay, maybe there is a few holes in it but it works.

NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CHAIR. IT DOESN’T LIKE TO BE TALKED ABOUT.

Is this REALLY my chair?

I seriously just couldn’t see it until my mom confronted me directly about this chair.

It has since been relieved of its duties and replaced with a luxurious yet obnoxious chair.

Now it’s your turn.

You know you have a confession to make. To what extremes have you gone to save a buck this week or in the past?

Link up or leave a comment. Leave it anonymously if you want – we won’t tell!

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Extreme Frugal Confessions: Blissdom Edition

by Briana Carter on February 10, 2010

Extreme Frugalness. Tight, cheap, stingy? You know what I’m talking about and personally, I love it.

fru·gal
- Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.

ex·treme
- Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
- Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense:

As you may know, I was recently at a Blogging Conference called Blissdom. At this conference, I had quite the opportunity to come across many, many frugal bloggers. We shared stories, tips, and laughs. As well as bringing in our water/water bottles, snacks (purchased by coupons of course!), using stranger’s condiment packages left on their trays (did that really happen?), and taking advantage of all the included meals and snacks included in our conference package.

At the same time the Blissdom Conference was going on, the Tea Party Convention was going on right next door. Lovely people but I heard rumors they kept drifting over to our Expo Hall and taking advantage of our treats! Frugal or Cheap?

My confession. Every day I would take the little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and soaps in my bathroom so the housekeeping staff would put more out. These tiny little bottles make nice little returning home gifts for my kids or donations to shelters at no additional cost to me.My frugal friends tell me this is perfectly acceptable to them, but to the rest of the world?

Now it’s your turn.

You know you have a confession to make. To what extremes have you gone to save a buck this week or in the past?

Link up or leave a comment. Leave it anonymously if you want – we won’t tell!

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Extreme Frugal Confessions

by Briana Carter on January 25, 2010

Extreme Frugalness. Tight, cheap, stingy? You know what I’m talking about and personally, I love it.

fru·gal
- Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.

ex·treme
- Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
- Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense:

Okay, so you know you have a confession to make. To what extremes have you gone to save a buck this week or in the past?

I’ll start.

When I was younger, way back in the day before I even know what it meant to be frugal. I was frugal by complete accident. When I was a young lassie living at home, when I would run out of toothpaste, instead of buying more, I would cut the tube in half and “scoop” out the toothpaste on the inside with my toothbrush.

Now that I look back, germs were probably having a crazy party in that tube of toothpaste. It does still make practical sense as you know there is always quite a bit of toothpaste still left in the tube. Probably enough for a trial size tube. Currently, I have quite a stockpile of toothpaste so it isn’t necessary but I may start that one back up again.

Now it’s your turn.

Link up or leave a comment. Leave it anonymously if you want – we won’t tell!