The Frugal Lifestyle

[Kätzchen]

This past year, I bought a Stainless Steel water bottle

and using it saves the environment. I totally love it!

Also, I rarely go out to eat - except for special ocassions.
I always take a lunch with me or make a lunch for my son
and I love to cook at home. I happen to live near a farmers
market that is open most days, so I stock up on fresh produce
that's in season and basically make meals from scratch. Also,
for me, I find that if I shop for groceries on a frequent basis -
like stopping by the grocery store, when I'm already out and about -
I can find specials in the meat department and this helps me out a lot!

This is forum thread is a great place for new ideas on how to save, too!

[SassyLeo]

Originally Posted by ALovelyKiss

This past year, I bought a Stainless Steel water bottle

and using it saves the environment. I totally love it!

Also, I rarely go out to eat - except for special ocassions.
I always take a lunch with me or make a lunch for my son
and I love to cook at home. I happen to live near a farmers
market that is open most days, so I stock up on fresh produce
that's in season and basically make meals from scratch. Also,
for me, I find that if I shop for groceries on a frequent basis -
like stopping by the grocery store, when I'm already out and about -
I can find specials in the meat department and this helps me out a lot!

This is forum thread is a great place for new ideas on how to save, too!

I have several water bottles, my favorite being the Klean Kanteen.

For years I had bought bottled water... not the individual bottles, the large re-fillable containers. At some point, I just stopped filling them. It was a pain in the ass to find a Glacier machine that actually worked, so I just stopped.

I just drink tap. And luckily my tap is decent. It's not a huge savings, but it is some.

Speaking of plastic bottles... this is a big eye opener: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt-MivNezes"]YouTube- Garbage Island[/nomedia]

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by SassyLeo

I have several water bottles, my favorite being the Klean Kanteen.

For years I had bought bottled water... not the individual bottles, the large re-fillable containers. At some point, I just stopped filling them. It was a pain in the ass to find a Glacier machine that actually worked, so I just stopped.

I just drink tap. And luckily my tap is decent. It's not a huge savings, but it is some.

Speaking of plastic bottles... this is a big eye opener: YouTube- Garbage Island

That's so nice SassyLeo (re: the Klean Kanteen)!

I watched the video you left here! I learned something new, thanks to you posting it here! I forwarded your video to a couple of people I know who can use that piece of information - and they weren't aware of it either! Thanks!

[Blade]

OK call me stupid.............what the heck is a rice cooker?

[femmennoir]

Originally Posted by Blade

OK call me stupid.............what the heck is a rice cooker?

It is a Japanese electric contraption which steams rice perfectly, but seeing as rice is so easy to steam, I don't crowd my small New York City kitchen with one....Used to live with a partner who was raised in Okinawa, and she swore by hers!
Elle*

[Linus]

I just saw this article on HuffPost and have to say, this is a prime example of leaving Frugal to the extreme and when you have to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_697279.html

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Linus

I just saw this article on HuffPost and have to say, this is a prime example of leaving Frugal to the extreme and when you have to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_697279.html

Wow! A rocket stove!

[christie]

Originally Posted by Linus

I just saw this article on HuffPost and have to say, this is a prime example of leaving Frugal to the extreme and when you have to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_697279.html

Very interesting story in that he did this by choice. I do think that its not unusual to be able to live and sustain without money - it seems to me that we have millions of homeless folks who do this every day. The big difference is that he makes a choice to do it and has the support systems of the organic farm and the freeskilling group and that he obviously has access to information so he can learn how to make his mushroom paper and such.

His story reminds me of a TV series from the mid 90s called Promised Land. Gerald McRaney and his family traveled from town to town, living in an Airstream, homeschooling their kids and him picking up odd jobs to make money as they needed it. I always thought that it was a novel idea, but that the reality of that situation would be far different than as portrayed.

[Selenay]

I have this water bottle from Sigg.

There's much debate about which is better, Klean Kanteen or Sigg, but I think they're both going to get the job done. One may be better than the other if weight matters, the other might be better if you're worried about plastic, but it's not important to me.

I also use this sports top (except mine is blue. I find it's way more helpful than other sports tops, because many stay uncovered... and I drop things on dirty floors. A lot. This protects my stuff! Plus, I've dropped it on the floor (I actually launched it while taking it out of the package, of course) and it didn't break.

I love it

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by Selenay

I have this water bottle from Sigg.

There's much debate about which is better, Klean Kanteen or Sigg, but I think they're both going to get the job done. One may be better than the other if weight matters, the other might be better if you're worried about plastic, but it's not important to me.

I also use this sports top (except mine is blue. I find it's way more helpful than other sports tops, because many stay uncovered... and I drop things on dirty floors. A lot. This protects my stuff! Plus, I've dropped it on the floor (I actually launched it while taking it out of the package, of course) and it didn't break.

I love it

Hey Selenay!!!!! How cool is that? AND, in blue too! LOL!

Very cool!!!!

[Selenay]

Originally Posted by ALovelyKiss

Hey Selenay!!!!! How cool is that? AND, in blue too! LOL!

Very cool!!!!

Hey there

Yeah, I like it a lot becauuuuuse most of the reusable bottles have thin mouths, too small for ice-cube-tray ice cubes to fit in. This has a wide mouth that I can put a diswashing scrubby brush in for cleaning, and it's BIG.

There are much cuter models for non wide mouth bottles, but I drink exclusively ice water, so this was more practical for me.

AND (I really love my water bottle), the sports top is a push down, rather than a pull up, which means you are unlikely to spill it all on yourself in the middle of the night. But. If you push down on the top, water will flow, albeit slowly.

I have a neoprene pouch for it so that it never everrrr gets my books or bag wet, and it never gets too cold to touch.

My partner says it's better for big mouths, but he doesn't have one of his own.

I'm madly in love with my water bottle.