Five Frugal Things -- Buying More Crap Won't Solve Your Problems!
1) I was able to remove the stain from the Kate Spade cotton tablecloth that I picked up at the Goodwill bins a few weeks ago. I have just one other round tablecloth for when the leaf is out of the dining room table, so I'm happy to add this one to my stash.
The tablecloth came to me with a big ol' stain that I was able to remove through a couple rounds of hydrogen peroxide paste/dish soap/baking soda paste and some vigorous scrubbing. Happy to save this cute piece from the landfill.
I likely paid about a dollar for it.
2) I started reading a library copy of All That Life Can Afford, by Emily Everett. I'm only a few pages in, so I don't know whether or not to recommend it. However, it is a "Reese's Book Club" pick, which is usually a good sign.
It's about a woman to moves to London and experiences a crash course in the wealth divide, but is also described as "Austenian." Sounds like it was written with me in mind.
3) I took propagated fuchsia starts and planted them in a flowerpot I sourced from my late in-laws' storage space. (The glaze is chipping off on one side, but I simply turned that side to the back.) I got the original plants for free from last year's neighborhood cleanup event!
Those fuchsias somehow wintered over, so this is an especially frugal project.
4) A blog reader sent me the above photo from her San Francisco neighborhood, which she thought would be right up my alley. (Yes, it was!) Described as created by "renegade artists," I 100% approve their message!
Buying more crap won't solve your problems!
Maybe I should change the name of the blog to buyingmorecrapwontsolveyourproblems.com!
5) I didn't spend 14.7 million no-bid dollars to paint over a perfectly fine reflecting pool, to just have that paint cause an algae bloom and peel right back up. (In less than two weeks!) Of course, I have more than two brain cells.
Yee haw, America! Duh . . .
Now your turn, what frugal things have you been up to?
True confession, I have been very unfrugal lately, but at least all the crap I've bought has been knocking around in my head for months and months. No impulse buys.
I feel so sorry for all those insanely rich guys. They think they can take it with them. They'll never know the sheer joy of "enough." They'll never know that someone loves them just because. And as angry as I am at Trump for oh so many reasons, I feel extra special sorry for him watching this pool fall apart. It's quite the image of his heart.
Katie, have you ever tried using using Fels-Naptha soap and stain remover laundry bar. Keep it by my washing machine and wet it and rub it on the stains. so far it’s pretty much removed everything. I read about it in a book written by the laundry guy. He wrote a book called laundry love, and he talks about washing virtually everything in the washing machine, including silk, wool, and I think even leather. eye-opening.
We don’t belong to Costco, but my neighbor does and she offered to bring me home a five dollar chicken which I said yes please.
This one is frugal for my friend. I’ll be taking her a meal consisting of fabulous chicken that I make, oven roasted potatoes, broccoli from Farmers Market, bread from Farmers Market, and green grapes I got on sale. She had surgery this week and she takes care of her entire household, including her mother with dementia. She is a
also the bread winner for the family.
Our new pool, it looks like it belongs in a resort photo, opens next week. We are able to walk to the pool and use it every day. That’s where I work out daily. Yes all that’s included in our $75 year membership.
Drinking my homemade iced coffee with real maple syrup. I use Trader Joe’s organic medium roast coffee and it’s good enough for me. brew it in a regular coffee maker, nothing fancy.
Got two new pairs of easy spirit shoes that had never been worn before for a dollar each pair. Receive many compliments on my total Thrifted clothes that I wear.
Attending free concerts in the park that we can walk to .
Celebrating Father’s Day by giving my husband a Tommy Hilfiger shirt that I got at the thrift store. I splurged and spent $6.99.
Father’s Day we will take a picnic to one of the parks in town. I will make and pack everything. No need for takeout food.