What is the most cheapskate thing you have done?

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Anonymous wrote:Go to the toilet at work so I won't have to at home, but not public toilets (restaurants/parks, etc).

This is just strange. How does it save you money?

Saves money on your water bill.

So you don't go the bathroom for like 15 hours after you leave work?

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- A lot of my furniture is from Craigslist. The rest is mainly from Ikea.

-Got my engagement ring and wedding veil on Craigslist, too. Tried to find a wedding dress that way but never found quite what I was looking for.

-I don't intentionally take more napkins, ketchup packets, sugars, etc. than I need when I am out, but if I end up with extra I always take them with me.

-I always rinse the last little bit of spaghetti sauce out of the jar and use it, like the PP.

-I only recently let my laziness stop me from washing and reusing ziplocs (and I have guilt that I don't). I do still wash and reuse most plastic utensils.

-If I blow my nose and only use half the kleenex, I put it in my pocket or tuck it away somewhere to use again later. My husband is disgusted by this one.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to swipe Tylenol tablets from my parents when I was in grad school because I literally could not afford to buy a bottle.

I can guess your race based on this post.

Huh?

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Anonymous wrote:If there's just enough of a snack left for a single serving, I'll snip off the excess, clip it and pack that in my lunch, rather than putting a small portion I need a ziplock sandwich bag.

I do this with most all crackers (inner liner bag)or chips.

That's just smart.

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Anonymous wrote:So many things.
-I take extra tea bags from my yoga studio so I don’t need to by tea.
-I always take an extra bottle of water when I’m at an event where they are offered, so I don’t have to buy it for my house (we keep it in the guest room).
-If I use a paper towel for a meal and it’s not really dirty, I put it in a little bin and reuse for cleaning messes around the house. I literally have a bin of used paper towels on the counter.
-My son likes this oatmeal cereal which is kind of expensive. He eats it dry. If he leaves a few squares behind, I save them in a baggie for the next time. I also cut the bitten ends off cheese sticks and serve them to him again.
Looking forward to reading more.

I do this too and feel a teensy tiny bit less weird. I don't actually save them up, but find way to use it for something else before I throw it away.

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Anonymous wrote:So many things.
-I take extra tea bags from my yoga studio so I don’t need to by tea.
-I always take an extra bottle of water when I’m at an event where they are offered, so I don’t have to buy it for my house (we keep it in the guest room).
-If I use a paper towel for a meal and it’s not really dirty, I put it in a little bin and reuse for cleaning messes around the house. I literally have a bin of used paper towels on the counter.
-My son likes this oatmeal cereal which is kind of expensive. He eats it dry. If he leaves a few squares behind, I save them in a baggie for the next time. I also cut the bitten ends off cheese sticks and serve them to him again.
Looking forward to reading more.

I do this too and feel a teensy tiny bit less weird. I don't actually save them up, but find way to use it for something else before I throw it away.

I’m afraid this would attract vermin.

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Anonymous wrote:During college I went to a local theater that had free refills so one week I actually bought the popcorn and saved the bin. For the next 4 years i kept the same bin and refilled like 5 times each week during my weekly movie. Staff never realized that I never paid for popcorn. I still have the same bin folded up in a box for nostalgic purposes.

I used to buy popcorn at the cafe in target and put it in a Shoe box inside a DSW bag (the theater was next to DSW, and they screaned bags for outside food) I also brought in a soda and jr mints in my shoe box.
The price they charge for popcorn is criminal.

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Can I nominate my in laws?

They bought a home in a retirement community with a lovely pool steps away from their place. Yet, they claim they can't afford to join, so instead, drove 1/2 away to an affiliated resort where a relative lives, somehow used his lease agreement and joined HIS pool that's free! Got photo ID cards, the works.

Now, when my family visited without me recently, they insisted upon having DC and DH get membership cards made. Now my family is complicit.

I'm the lone hold out who thinks this is beyond cheap and fraudulent.

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When I was a broke college student I used to take rolls of toilet paper from the public restrooms around my school. They used to just stack extra rolls on top of the paper towel dispenser in the bathrooms so whenever I needed some for my dorm room, I’d just take it.

I also used to buy lunch at this cheap Chinese takeout place near campus and eat half for lunch and save the other half for dinner. Even if I was super hungry, I would only allow myself to eat half a portion at a time. The college I went to always provided a big thanksgiving dinner for students who didn’t go home for break. I would go to the dinner, and then pile up a second plate of food to save for dinner the next night. My college didn’t have a meal plan so I got really good at making my groceries last, or getting free food.

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When we were in grad school many years ago the Chinese takeout place on campus offered half price dinners after 10 pm, when they were closing for the night. It was an insane amount of food and I could easily get at least 3-4 meals out of it. We made good use of this place.

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My husband makes almost $400k a year and today, I returned an $8 thing I bought at Marshall’s. I didn’t want it. I want that $8. We are worth over $1.7 mill and own our house.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was a broke college student I used to take rolls of toilet paper from the public restrooms around my school. They used to just stack extra rolls on top of the paper towel dispenser in the bathrooms so whenever I needed some for my dorm room, I’d just take it.

I also used to buy lunch at this cheap Chinese takeout place near campus and eat half for lunch and save the other half for dinner. Even if I was super hungry, I would only allow myself to eat half a portion at a time. The college I went to always provided a big thanksgiving dinner for students who didn’t go home for break. I would go to the dinner, and then pile up a second plate of food to save for dinner the next night. My college didn’t have a meal plan so I got really good at making my groceries last, or getting free food.

When I was in college I used to get friends with meal plans to guest swipe me in to the dining hall and then bring tupperware to bring food back to my room.

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I once was charged taxes on tax free day. I told the store they were wrong and they refused to believe me. So I escalated the charge to my councilman and received a refund the next day. The shirt I bought was $6. My refund was $.30. I am that cheap

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Anonymous wrote:My office provides free tampons and pads. I haven’t bought either in 3 years.

This is the perk I'm going to miss most about the biglaw to government switch. Last time I purchased feminine hygiene products was 2014.

This was one of the small joys for me moving from the federal government to private sector. I couldn't believe they just gave this stuff away for free! And the women's rooms had cans of hairspray, lotion, etc. Sweet, sweet indulgence!

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Anonymous wrote:I cut the plastic tubes of moisturizer, sunscreen, conditioner, etc...in half when I can't squeeze any more out and can usually get another week of product to use.

I do this too, and I am generally not a cheapskate. More of a spendthrift. This just makes sense! If I'm buying a $40 styling product, I will use every last drop.