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Frugal Friday: Paper scraps

This isn’t groundbreaking by any means, but I thought I’d share it anyway.

I like to print Internet coupons whenever I can, but I hate how one coupon will use an entire sheet of computer paper. It’s so wasteful!

I cut the coupon out and save the scraps of paper. It’s typically at least a half of a sheet.

I have a pile on my desk for those scraps, and I use it for making shopping lists, jotting down ideas or other notes.

You can also save junk mail and write on the backs of envelopes.

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Saving on beef

My hubby generally doesn’t like regular ground beef because of the junk you can get in it. So, when something like london broil or really lean roast meat goes on sale (.99-1.99lb) we will ask the meat dept. to grind it for us and stock up. It is usually very good quality hamburger and cooks down less.

[Kacie posted this tip to the Readers' Tips box. It originally appeared as a comment in The Complete Tightwad Gazette giveaway.]

Fabri-Tak

Fabri-Tak is the best – found at Walmart it’s billed as the “sewing machine in a bottle”. I have saved many outfits and/or updated hand-me downs into something nice with this glue – it’s washable and everything! I’ve repaired hems and salvaged ruined clothes, for example: My son wears the knees on his jeans to shreds.

I cut them down into shorts, glue on some ribbon trim and it’s good as new. This also helps with homemade baby gifts. Plain white onesies get a lift with little bows glued on front – no sewing machine or skills needed!

[Kacie posted this tip to the Readers' Tips box. It originally appeared as a comment in The Complete Tightwad Gazette giveaway.]