May 7, 2009
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Frugal Friday
I’ve been reading a page or two of the Tightwad Gazette each night before I go to bed. I remember reading that Laine would read through her volume once a year and I thought it was a good idea. One thing I read lately that struck me as helpful is to stop buying plastic bags. All kinds.
I’ve periodically washed out my bags over the years depending on our financial state. So, that was nothing new to me. But, the TG mentioned something I hadn’t thought of before. She said that she began to save any type of plastic bag that she normally would have thrown away. For instance: cereal bag linings, vegetable plastic bags from the grocery store, bread bags, frozen vegetable bags.
Washing and drying plastic bags can discourage someone trying to acquire this new frugal habit. I have a few different methods depending on how I feel. Once I wash them I use the end of a hand towel over one hand, which I place inside the bag, while using the other hand wrapped in the opposite end of the towel to wipe the outside dry. Or I hang them to dry on a line using clothes pins. I store them in an old baggie box or sometimes I’ve wrapped them around a paper towel cardboard tube and use a rubber band to secure them.
Since my husband’s job change we really don’t have money left for groceries in our budget so I’m all for finding ways to use what I have on hand.
