I just noticed that this post never published last week. It was languishing away in my drafts folder, so I figured better late than never, eh? Fellow Frugal Blog Network member Shanti hosted the Festival of Frugality at Antishay Ventenne last week – thanks Shanti!
I love the post from My Two Dollars about borrowing or renting instead of buying. We’re all about the library for entertainment. We need an extra long ladder to finish painting our house, and we’re going to rent one this weekend (even on Craigs List, the ladders we need were at least $125 – we can rent one for a day for a lot less than that – and how often do you need a 36 foot ladder?) update – we rented a 40 foot ladder for $26. Much better than spending $100 to buy one!
Squawkfox has a great post about using reusable shopping bags instead of plastic or paper. We’ve gotten so much better about this – we keep our reusable bags in our car, so they’re there when we get to the store. I have a basket on my bike, and whenever I go to the stores near our house, I take reusable bags in my bike basket. The only problem is what to use to pick up after our dog… but my MIL brings us newspaper bags whenever she visits – those are better anyway, since they’re much smaller, so there’s less waste every time we pick up after the dog.
Kelly says
We run into the same problem by using re-usable shopping bags. We need 2 bags a week to clean up after the dogs in the yard, so we occasionally will get plastic bags. We are looking for another solution. We don’t get a paper, but that probably wouldn’t work anyway since my husband does a once weekly cleanup of the yard for the 2 dogs!
David says
Thanks for the mention, glad you liked the post!!
Shanti @ Antishay says
:D Better late than never, as you said.
I’ve been using some re-usable grocery bags for a while now but I only really like one of them… the others are too small. I found some crochet and knit patterns for great, expandable grocery bags tonight and I’m so excited. I can’t wait to use up my old yarn! :D
Squawkfox says
I love the library! I feel like a kid whenever I go to borrow books. I currently have about 30 books on loan. Love it!
Thank you so much for the mention. I am a huge fan of bins and reusable shopping bags for groceries. It’s sooo easy to do, and makes a huge difference.