Your opinion on being too Frugal

[barbszy]

If I only used the lid to make water boil faster, I just set it in the rack to dry without washing it first. If there was any food in the pot, I wash the lid.

[seleach]

If I am cooking food, I would definitely wash the lid.

[Minny]

Alot of times I use the lid to keep the food from cooling down too fast or for steaming veggies, then I always rinse the lid under hot running water & let it dry in the drainer. If I only used it to keep the heat in the pot while boiling water, I put it in the drainer that way as no food residue would be on it.

[MKS]

Thanks guys, it's great to have feedback! How about this one....do you wear your jeans (or other clothes) twice before washing them? I think we were trained to do this when I was in high school, but of course, since everthing my parents taught me was just ridiculous, I quit doing that at some point. That is assuming you didn't sweat alot or spill on them. We are normally frugal, but since we are on about 1/3 our normal pay for this month, I'm looking for reminders or new ideas!

[Pag36]

Depends on what it is and like you said if I have sweated a lot or spilled something on it.
Good question

[RobertaD]

I've always worn pants a couple of times before washing unless they had something split on them or got dirty say working in the garden. Shirts I generally only wear one day as you get underwear smell unless I only wore it a few hours then will wear again.

Roberta

[Bilby]

I change clothes when going out to staying home. If I'm home I'm usually in daggy clothes and to go out I change. If those clothes are still alright after coming home ( no sweat or dirt marks) I fold and set them aside to wear if I go out again, I don't put them straight in the wash.

[seleach]

I wear jeans or sweat pants more than 1 day. I only wear tops 1 day though.

When I put on something to go out and I have just worn it a couple of hours and it is still clean, and I wasn't sweating I will put it away and wear it again.

When you are doing laundry, dry your clothes in loads back to back. In other words as soon as a load is dry, throw another load in. That way your dryer doesn't have to heat up as long.

[melly]

I have home clothes and going out clothes. On home clothes I usually wear them twice before I wash them. When I come home from running errands or volunteering at the school, I change into my home clothes. I hang up my going out clothes on hangers on a door knob and will wear them again. It seems to save on wear and tear of my clothes.

[simplysue]

I'll wear jeans more than once or a sweater than I wore over another shirt but nothing else.