I began saving coins when I kept having to pick them up out of the washer, on the floor, etc. I started putting them in a container in the laundry room. When the total amount grew to $50, I got serious about it.

Whenever I'd buy a soft drink from the machine at work, the change would go into my collection at home. Same as for any change I'd receive from any shopping.

One year my family & I went on vacation with the money saved up from saving those coins. It takes awhile, but you can get there if you're diligent about saving your change.

and we started tossing loose change in it. At one point, it was too heavy to carry so I took out a bunch of change and deposited it. I was shocked at how much it added up. I end up with loose change in my purse, some from the washer machine, some off the ground that nobody picks up. When my boys were little, they could ALWAYS find change on the floor near the cash register at the grocery store. Always. People drop it all the time and don't bother to pick it up.

whatever that means, frugal is a way of life, frugal is saving, frugal is
being able to know I can't have it, frugal is helping others that are
worse than me.

The truth is to save you gotta have it.

This is great and I love it.

I already do many of the things listed.

boy, has that cost me extra money!!! I will not go into details, but taking something apart and not remembering how to put it back together is NOT cheap!

I have one car, which is a '99 Ford Taurus. I have a smaller house, which is a mobile home that I own with only lot rent of $367 a month including water and garbage pickup. Rarely eat out and eat frugally at home because I am a vegetarian, and when I was working. I always brown-bagged lunch. I do not have any credit cards as I only use my debit card. I do cut my own hair because I was a wig stylist years ago and am pretty good at styling hair.

But I cannot give up my cable TV or cell phone. i have a land line phone and only use the cell phone for emergencies. And I cannot give up my sweets, as ice cream is my only indulgence. But otherwise, I am becoming more and more frugal because I was laid off in 2010 and now living on Social Security. I have some savings that I only use for emergencies, such as when I had an electrical problem caused by rodents chewing the wires. That cost me $565, so now I am having to pay a pest control person to kill the rats. And believe me, they are not easy to get rid of. You kill 2 and there are 3 more to take their place.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]... and I'm already following a lot of them.

Also, this is a GREAT blog. I've subscribed.