| Finding new ways to save money on almost anything | | | | just tell them you lost a black umbrella. They will almost |
| you buy is almost like getting a raise. Maybe it's even | | | | certainly have several, from which you can pick the |
| better. When you save twenty dollars on a coat you | | | | best one and claim it as your own. What if they have |
| get to keep the whole twenty dollars. When you make | | | | no black umbrellas? I guess we'll have to wait for this |
| twenty dollars more on your paycheck, you lose five | | | | guy to publish a "lost umbrella color frequency chart," in |
| dollars or more of it to taxes.Finding ways to save | | | | order to know which color to try for the next |
| money can go too far, though. In a recent newsletter | | | | day.Several contributors to these newsletters know |
| on how to save money, one contributor suggested | | | | how to save on their long distance phone bills. The |
| getting free flowers for weddings by picking up the | | | | most common suggestion is to call people |
| leftover flowers at a cemetery. She didn't say how | | | | long-distance when you know they won't be home, |
| you can tell which are "leftovers."I thought I was cheap! | | | | and leave a message for them. Then they pay for it |
| The following are gleaned from real suggestions on | | | | when they return your call. I suppose if your timing is |
| ways to save money sent in to "frugality" websites | | | | off, and they answer when you call, you can quickly |
| and newsletters. Some cheapskates don't seem to | | | | hang up on them and try again later.I don't recommend |
| notice that an extra hour at work might put them | | | | any of these as ways to even the most frugal person. |
| further ahead than many hours of | | | | Apart from the ethical issues with some of them, they |
| penny-pinching.Ways To Save Money - Don't Try | | | | can be lumped in along with washing and re-using |
| These At HomeA mother confessed that she makes | | | | plastic wrap - a time wasting frugality. On the other |
| her kids stuff their pockets with the free ketchup, salt | | | | hand, they are fun to read, and I suppose we could |
| and other condiment packets every time they were in | | | | view such measures as cheap entertainment as well. |
| a fast food restaurant. Oh, if only that were all, but no. | | | | Perhaps you can turn off the lights to save money on |
| She has the kids squeeze the contents of the packets | | | | electricity and tell the kids it's a game of hide-and-seek, |
| into regular jars of ketchup and mustard too. She says | | | | or train your dog to beg from the neighbors so you |
| she hasn't bought these condiments in years. Pride is | | | | don't have to feed him.I wonder how many people |
| found in strange places.One creative penny pincher | | | | actually pay for magazines and newsletters that tell us |
| found a way to save money on car washes. He | | | | ways to save money? Do these magazines advise |
| washes his entire car using the squeegee at the gas | | | | that readers go to the library to read them, or stand |
| station. Hmm... I wonder if he takes the toilet paper rolls | | | | reading them in the aisle at the bookstore for a hour? |
| home from their rest rooms too.Would you like a free | | | | Those are some sure ways to save money.Steve |
| umbrella? One man suggests getting one at the lost | | | | Gillman has studied unusual ways to make money for |
| and found department of any large public library. You | | | | thirty years. |