If you aren't already using the practices in The Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn, then let me tell you about the tightwad's refrigerator. If you are ready to take being a tightwad up another notch, then this post is for you.
If you went into Amy's refrigerator, this may be what you find:
If you went into Amy's refrigerator, this may be what you find:
- Three reused apple juice jugs containing grape juice from concentrate, mixed milk, and saved vegetable broth for use in soups.
- No where will you find soda, juice packs, individual packs of pudding and applesauce.
- Reused margarine tubs containing leftovers. Containers were obtained from family and friends who eat margarine.
- A month's supply of eggs
- Homemade refrigerator dough, ready to go.
- A reused baggie of thawing punpkin puree, made from a 2-day old jack-o'-lantern - to be used in breakfast muffins.
- Cheap bag of apples and oranges
- Homemade salad dressing and BBQ sauce in reused bottles.
- Apple with one bite missing
- Cheap veggies like carrots, celery, and cabbage
- Stacks of bulk-purchased sale margarine
- A child's glass of juice 1/2 remaining
- Bulk-purchased yeast costing less than the individual packs
- Leftover chowder from husband's lunch
- Empty meat drawer
- Bottle of homemade pancake syrup
- Canning jars of green beans, pickles, spaghetti sauce, ect.
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