if you are thrifty is your house a little cluttered?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is more cluttered than a minimalist house. On the other hand, I never run out of toilet paper.

One key is having anything you are buying in bulk stored together, so you know when to stop.

[Anonymous]

Yes, a bit more inventory.
I'm moving toward a rule that I don't have more than a 3-month supply of anything, though for products I can only get abroad I'll go up to a year.

[Anonymous]

I'm thrifty, but the only think that might be described as cluttered is the attic because I have bins of hand me downs up there! If someone can use those rain boots, I am saving them.

We have a Costco cabinet and a decent sized pantry, but you can only save so much by purchasing food on sale. You really save your money by not buying anything at all!

If your pantry collection is cluttering up your house, it is time to do a pantry challenge and eat down that collection.

[Anonymous]

I do my shopping online and always buy whichever size offers the lowest per unit price. I do like to stock up on non perishables. It does feel a little cluttered sometimes but I don't like the minimalist feeling. I spend enough time in hotels already. I like my house cozy.

[Anonymous]

Our house is cluttered but not so much with stuff we bought. We get a ton of stuff from our friends who are all a lot better off financially than us. (they make six figures)
We get lightly used sports equipment, furniture, kids clothes, etc. We might not need it right now (or ever) but we keep it because we could want it someday and I know that we won't have the money when "someday" gets here. It all gets passed along in the end but in the mean time, we have a lot of stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our house is cluttered but not so much with stuff we bought. We get a ton of stuff from our friends who are all a lot better off financially than us. (they make six figures)
We get lightly used sports equipment, furniture, kids clothes, etc. We might not need it right now (or ever) but we keep it because we could want it someday and I know that we won't have the money when "someday" gets here. It all gets passed along in the end but in the mean time, we have a lot of stuff.

Saddest post ever

[Anonymous]

I tend to stock extras of things like toothbrushes and razors. As a kid we never had something like an extra toothbrush in the house. You had to wait until yours was all used up and thrown out before you could go out and get another one. So it makes me feel very prepared knowing that whenever I want a new toothbrush (or run out of lotion or contact solution or whatever) I always have a new one waiting in the wings.

Toilet paper, I just need a buffer of a few rolls at a time.

[Anonymous]

Xfor example, if you saw next year's valentines at 90% off ($.29), would you buy them for your kids to give out next year? Would you buy 3 bags of chocolate for fifty cents each knowing you'll donate them to you kid's class party in 3 months (well before the expiration date?), orig price 5.00?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you buy more than you immediately need because of sales prices, is your home more cluttered than it could otherwise be? Or are all extras neatly stored?

Our brand of thrifty/frugal means less not more. As a result, we don't have a storage issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Xfor example, if you saw next year's valentines at 90% off ($.29), would you buy them for your kids to give out next year? Would you buy 3 bags of chocolate for fifty cents each knowing you'll donate them to you kid's class party in 3 months (well before the expiration date?), orig price 5.00?

No, never.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do my shopping online and always buy whichever size offers the lowest per unit price. I do like to stock up on non perishables. It does feel a little cluttered sometimes but I don't like the minimalist feeling. I spend enough time in hotels already. I like my house cozy.

Cluttered is not cozy. Maybe it is to you, but a cluttered home is reflective of a cluttered mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do my shopping online and always buy whichever size offers the lowest per unit price. I do like to stock up on non perishables. It does feel a little cluttered sometimes but I don't like the minimalist feeling. I spend enough time in hotels already. I like my house cozy.

Cluttered is not cozy. Maybe it is to you, but a cluttered home is reflective of a cluttered mind.

Interesting, in my expereince, I have found the opposite. The people I know that need things to be uncluttered, minimal and/or distraction free are the ones that can't do it in their minds. The ones who have excellent clear thinking and high powers of concentration are the ones that can tolerate more clutter and stuff. These are the more mainstream people, not the outliers that need extreme minimalism or are hoarders.

[Anonymous]

I've had to curb this over the years OP. We actually have a large basement with a storage room so the clutter is in check, but here is what I say to myself. "You know what saves even more money than buying this thing cheap? Not buying it at all."

Now obviously if it's stuff I KNOW I will use I find room for it. Such as kids clothes/shoes on clearance in the next size.

[Anonymous]

I only buy what we actually use in bulk. I wouldn't bulk buy something that we had never tried just because it was a great deal.

I have it all semi organized. But it is a little cluttered right now. Reminds me that I need to haul everything out of the pantry and reorganize it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've had to curb this over the years OP. We actually have a large basement with a storage room so the clutter is in check, but here is what I say to myself. "You know what saves even more money than buying this thing cheap? Not buying it at all."

Now obviously if it's stuff I KNOW I will use I find room for it. Such as kids clothes/shoes on clearance in the next size.

What's the difference between getting kids clothes on clearance and next year's Valentine's on clearance? I wonder if part of the reason I'm a millionaire next door type is because I am thrifty like this. Once, ever, did I buy diapers at full price. Once, ever, did I buy Valentine's for my kids' classes at full price. I may have more things stored in my home, but I also know that it is either used within a year OR donated (this includes pantry items, gifts, etc.)