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  1. Theda's Mom

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    You are a beautiful seamstress, pinusresinosa! Before going to work full time, I also made all my own clothes, but my sewing was never that good. I am enjoying this discussion too: living super frugal doesn't have to be painful. In fact there are a lot of advantages to it, and meeting the...
  2. Theda's Mom

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Smart Wool is a great brand. I'm still wearing a pair I bought more then a decade ago. Another really good, long-lasting brand is Wright Socks. I still have the first pairs I bought, which again was 10-12 years ago, and despite hundreds of running miles (training for a marathon, among other...
  3. Theda's Mom

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    @lismarc ,those long-lived jeans are kept well away from the barn - and gravel roads! My barn jeans ... they're a different and sorry looking story! There's not enough iron patching in the world to save some of them. But seriously, I read somewhere long ago that we tend to wash our jeans too...
  4. Theda's Mom

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    @lismarc I have similar difficulties with my iPad. :-) And it is good advice. It makes a great mantra too. In fact, I was humming it yesterday when I realized that the last time I bought jeans was in 2007. Talk about wearing those babies out! Hahahahaha!
  5. Theda's Mom

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I haven't read this entire thread (it is 260 pages long!!!) but for a couple of reasons (only one being the economy), I have been living my mom's advice: 'Use it up, wear it it out, make it do, or do without.' Oh, and my girls provide the protein to go with the fruits and veggies I produce...
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