What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

[Molpet]

Dear Wife bought me a new pair of blue sweatpants. They were on sale for $14.00, which evidently is a good price these days. Last time I bought sweatpants for myself, back ~1970's, it was less than $5.00. IMHO, the sweatpants back them were better quality than the new ones today.

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Dear Wife insisted that I get a new pair of sweatpants because my old ones are getting ripped and have a few small holes. So, a new pair showed up last week. Of course, the real reason I got new sweatpants is because Dear Wife bought herself some new clothes and she felt guilty about her purchase. Somehow, buying me a pair of sweatpants makes her feel less guilty about her clothes purchase.

I keep telling her that sooner or later I would probably see a good pair of used sweatpants at the Thrift Shop. She did not have to buy me a new pair. I really don't care about buying used clothes. I looked for maybe 3 months at the Thrift Shop for a pair of blue sweatpants, but nothing came through.

Of course, she buys the new sweatpants last week and this week I find a really nice pair of blue sweatpants at the Thrift Shop for only $2.00. So, I bought the sweatpants from the Thrift Shop. Oh well. Now I have two good pairs of blue sweatpants.

BTW, why can't an old man wear some old sweatpants with a few small rips and/or holes in them? I see young ladies running around town wearing brand new pants with rips and holes in all the inappropriate places and they call that fashion! My rips and holes in my pants were well earned. I'm just saying...

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And yes, I have seen some young girls wearing pants like that around town. I don't get it. But I'm really getting old, I guess.

I had just declared a pair of jeans too holy to wear mowing when I seen a pair worse than mine with $150 price tag

 

[FrostRanger]

Dear Wife bought me a new pair of blue sweatpants. They were on sale for $14.00, which evidently is a good price these days. Last time I bought sweatpants for myself, back ~1970's, it was less than $5.00. IMHO, the sweatpants back them were better quality than the new ones today.

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Dear Wife insisted that I get a new pair of sweatpants because my old ones are getting ripped and have a few small holes. So, a new pair showed up last week. Of course, the real reason I got new sweatpants is because Dear Wife bought herself some new clothes and she felt guilty about her purchase. Somehow, buying me a pair of sweatpants makes her feel less guilty about her clothes purchase.

I keep telling her that sooner or later I would probably see a good pair of used sweatpants at the Thrift Shop. She did not have to buy me a new pair. I really don't care about buying used clothes. I looked for maybe 3 months at the Thrift Shop for a pair of blue sweatpants, but nothing came through.

Of course, she buys the new sweatpants last week and this week I find a really nice pair of blue sweatpants at the Thrift Shop for only $2.00. So, I bought the sweatpants from the Thrift Shop. Oh well. Now I have two good pairs of blue sweatpants.

BTW, why can't an old man wear some old sweatpants with a few small rips and/or holes in them? I see young ladies running around town wearing brand new pants with rips and holes in all the inappropriate places and they call that fashion! My rips and holes in my pants were well earned. I'm just saying...

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And yes, I have seen some young girls wearing pants like that around town. I don't get it. But I'm really getting old, I guess.

As a young woman myself (although a tomboy so not that interested in fashion) I don't get it either lol. I buy my clothes at the thrift store especially shorts and pants. Cheaper and better quality. Not sure why someone would pay an arm and a leg for ruined pants

 

[gtaus]

I had just declared a pair of jeans too holy to wear mowing when I seen a pair worse than mine with $150 price tag

Yep, my ripped and torn pants earned it the hard way, after years of service. I don't understand buying a new pair of pants aged and stressed to look like they should be retired. But I'm hardly a fashion critic.

I had an old tee shirt that was full of rips and holes. I know it was in bad shape, but I mainly used it on those terrible hot days where a little extra ventilation feels good. Anyways, Dear Wife told me I should get rid of it. I told her that I was OK with the tee shirt for work, but that if she was really upset about it, I'd take it out to the garage and make it into shop rags. I'm kind of of frugal that way and I can always use more shop rags. Nope. One day it was gone. When I asked her about it, she said she threw it out because she could not stand to wash it one more time.

As a young woman myself (although a tomboy so not that interested in fashion) I don't get it either lol. I buy my clothes at the thrift store especially shorts and pants. Cheaper and better quality. Not sure why someone would pay an arm and a leg for ruined pants

I know some people don't like the idea of buying clothes at a Thrift Shop. It never bothered me. Mostly, I get better quality clothes for pennies on the dollar compared to buying new.