like B1G1

Most of what I do to save money

is so second-nature to me

that I forget it might be 'news' to someone else.

Dish soap

for example.

I'm not even sure that my kids

(or Tyler, for that matter)

know I do this.

Every time I open a new bottle of dishsoap

I pour half of it into the bottle of soap

I just emptied,

after filling it 1/2 full of filtered water, that is.

Then

I gently fill the now-half-empty

new bottle of soap with water.

And I've got 2 brand spankin' new bottles of dishsoap

for the price of one!

~

I also tear my dryer sheets in half before using them;

I throw half in the dryer

and stick the other half back in the box for the next load.

I figured all thrifty folks did this

but

once I mentioned it in passing to my mother-in-law

(who was pretty tight herself)

and she said,

"Well, Tracy, I've never heard of such a thing!

You are cheap!"

~

If I ever find a recipe for dryer sheets that

control static

(as opposed to just softening fabric)

I'll try it.

and I imagine

I'll stretch that

just as far as I can too.