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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Yes, we here are the ones who have "our heads screwed on straight" as my mother would say.
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Some people seemed so strange to me. A man in a restaurant asking people if they had any leftovers he could take home...not for the dogs but for himself, stealing catsup packages etc. Another family obviously freaked people out because she used family cloth and ... You could almost feel the...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I watched a show last night, "extreme cheapskates" or something like that? Did any of you watch it? And what did you think?
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Checking back in... I have been away for a while. Insee this thread is still going strong. Nice! Frugal on my friends!
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    Heavily speckled/stippled chicken eggs

    I am checking back in. To my great excitement, one of my Marans hens laid an egg yesterday after her three month hiatus. The egg was not dark, but rather was heavily speckled. When she was laying last season, they had been lovely dark eggs. I have no idea what the difference is?
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    We tried stringing popcorn last year but I found it frustrating to string - the boys gave up quickly. So this year I am going a slightly different route. Going to try and use up the slightly dry mini-marshmallows I have in the cupboard. I bought a bag of cranberries to intersperse with them...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    RE: food grade buckets. I got mine at a local taco shop. They buy large buckets of sour cream and then throw the buckets away. I use these buckets to store my chicken feed, laundry soap, etc. Maybe check at the local restaurants and see what they have for free?
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Quote: Bienvenidos!!! So...You say you soak your man's work clothes. Does it help get the dirt out? I haven't tried that. But I will now. And if you are cloth diapering...you might consider going paper free? We made cloth napkins, cloth hand towels (and also some rags I use to wipe up messes...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Quote: This was so helpful. And I love what she said about buying a "fresh" bird. I am definitely trying this method this year.
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    GreenGables~ I am soooo trying the green bean recipe. Raiquee~ You are right - this one probably doesn't cost less...but think how good it would taste. I am going to try your recipe.
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    TotalColour - FELICIDADES! Good things come to good people. (You are in for a whole ***load of goodness )
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    There is nothing better than a present - and even sweeter when it comes from someone I met HERE! Yesterday after work my little son came running to me with a package that had come in the mail. Lots of "open it, open it, what's inside" from one child, the other groaning "It is probably just...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    My daughter came home for a visit. On our budget there will be no going out for dinner. So...french omelettes for breakfast. Potato and ham soup for lunch with homemade grilled bread. And some things I have been saving up just for this occasion. I pulled out some steaks I had found for a great...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Quote: Ditto. I gave my bread machine away. I like making it by hand.
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    Mahonri's 2nd Annual BYC EASTER HATCH. Post pics of your chicks!

    Quote: Wow they do look a lot alike. Thank you BHep - I will follow the link....
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