isn't that called "a candle?"

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Feb 23, 2013
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Crazy things you do to save money?

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:06am

90% of my shirts are from the DI. My T-Mobile prepaid phone is $108 per YEAR.

Don't Muff It

2/23/13 10:10am

No data plan on your phone though right?

laxcoug

2/23/13 10:16am

Of course not, but that's OK since I prefer to surf with a keyboard and a mouse.

Don't Muff It

2/23/13 10:21am

I delayed getting my back checked out until the beginning of the year since I

LaserCoug

2/23/13 10:12am

I do most of those things too.

Rusty Shackleford

2/23/13 10:12am

We save money by not having children.

OceanMang

2/23/13 10:13am

Kids are a great way to save money!

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:15am

Re-use sandwich bags. Cut my own hair. Grind wheat and make our own bread.

Slim

2/23/13 10:13am

I forgot about cutting my own hair

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:14am

That is pretty cheap. If you want to see people who are

tibbyss09

2/23/13 10:14am

Id like to watch that show

MapCoug

2/23/13 1:41pm

Haha, good point. I am sure it will be on Netflix soon.

tibbyss09

2/23/13 2:02pm

If that show ends up on Netflix I will have to watch it

MapCoug

2/23/13 4:11pm

I don't save money. I burn through it like a pro athlete.

pink22

2/23/13 10:17am

Not me, but I agree, sometimes you need to live life

Hank Rearden

2/23/13 10:21am

sometimes there's a fine line between frugal and cheap...i do believe we

ds7

2/23/13 10:25am

I'm cheap in areas that aren't important to me so I can spend on areas that are

runnincoug

2/23/13 10:34am

I bought my wedding tux from a garage sale for $15

runnincoug

2/23/13 10:17am

i'm getting married soon, i'll give ya $10 for that tux.

bballjunkie

2/23/13 10:19am

Use Google Voice on my computer for free for my cell phone

runnincoug

2/23/13 10:29am

No Cougarboard donation.

Blueto

2/23/13 10:17am

My wife told me I had to donate

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:19am

And yet almost all posters in this thread have donated.

Hank Rearden

2/23/13 10:18am

i watched "queen of versailles" last night...it made me physically ill to see

ds7

2/23/13 10:18am

90,000 square foot house is crazy

RC Vikings

2/23/13 10:20am

what do you do when you out-grow your 25k sq. ft home?

ds7

2/23/13 10:33am

Bought clothes from the family of a dead man as a missionary

AFwingnut

2/23/13 10:24am

"dead man's pants" is a famous michael savage "story" from his childhood...

ds7

2/23/13 10:27am

Anyone like me? I am the opposite, but I wish I could be more cheap

JOPE

2/23/13 10:25am

i know quite a few people like you...nothing wrong with that...you do because

ds7

2/23/13 10:30am

This is what bugs me

JOPE

2/23/13 10:35am

This might be TIC but I am like this. I do buy the cheaper laundry detergent

Bear N Garth

2/23/13 10:32am

It really isnt TIC

JOPE

2/23/13 10:42am

This is how I am. Wish I was better.

Bear N Garth

2/23/13 10:59am

Nope. We are just line you. Very frivolous with our cash

BlueFrog

2/23/13 10:33am

I'm with you. I live within my means, but (humblebrag) my means are relatively

TheSpiker

2/23/13 10:38am

I am young, so I don't have a lot of money to throw around

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:49am

I think it is great that you live so frugally now

JOPE

2/23/13 10:57am

We do some of the same things

Usmcboot

2/23/13 10:27am

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Buffalo

2/23/13 10:30am

You are my hero for that one. I just don't understand why my HCBW would

LaserCoug

2/23/13 10:38am

My HCBW told me to get a cubic zirconium

runnincoug

2/23/13 10:44am

I told myself long ago that I would not buy my future wife a real diamond

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:54am

epic

SausageKingOfChicago

2/23/13 11:19am

Only go out to eat 4 night a week instead of 7

BlueFrog

2/23/13 10:31am

I use my AMEX points when we fly to Hawaii on vacation

RC Vikings

2/23/13 10:38am

Me too

MapCoug

2/23/13 10:54am

Make my own light bulbs. Steal my neighbor's newspaper.

Shadow

2/23/13 10:40am

isn't that called "a candle?"

ds7

2/23/13 10:58am

work really hard to make good $ so I can save

Cougarealist

2/23/13 10:46am

I sneak food into LES and Marriott.

timponyloco

2/23/13 1:23pm

I once snuck an entire loaf of French bread into the movie theater

SausageKingOfChicago

2/23/13 1:29pm

My HCBW and I shower together

byutx

2/23/13 2:53pm

He said crazy things...

TheSpiker

2/23/13 3:02pm

We shower together fully clothed so our laundry gets done too

byutx

2/23/13 5:45pm

I need photo evidence.

bballjunkie

2/23/13 5:52pm

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