Tyler and I have always had our differences. Here is one in particular I've been thinking about.
We don't have a lot of money, obviously we're still pretty newly wed and trying to figure things out. It would be great if we could spend more liberally, but we're doing pretty well in my opinion. We try to save money by: not having internet at our house (just on our phones), no cable, not eating out a lot (which we still do more than we should sometimes), not impulse buying (we're bad at this when we get bored), and more. I have noticed that one way I try to save is by trying to get every last drop of things before throwing them away. Examples: Toothpaste, body wash/shampoo/ basically all soaps, big tub of yogurt... you get the idea. I will squeeze the inanimate daylights out of a tube of toothpaste because I'm sure there is enough in there for at least one more brushing. I've thought about cutting it open to scrape the stuff out and put it on my toothbrush so I can be sure I'm using it all before I throw it away and buy another. Soaps, I will turn them upside down and wait for all the soap to drip down to the lid and with some I will add small amounts of water, shake it up and use that to get the last amount out of the bottle. Yogurt and sour cream, I scrape as much off the sides and bottom as I can to clean it out and eat every last drop.
Tyler differs on the subject. If it requires much effort to get the stuff out, he's done with it and will throw it away. He thinks I'm crazy.
Am I crazy? I guess I figure all those last bits will someday add up to a tube or bottle that I won't have to buy... so I'm saving.... $5? Maybe I am crazy.
We don't have a lot of money, obviously we're still pretty newly wed and trying to figure things out. It would be great if we could spend more liberally, but we're doing pretty well in my opinion. We try to save money by: not having internet at our house (just on our phones), no cable, not eating out a lot (which we still do more than we should sometimes), not impulse buying (we're bad at this when we get bored), and more. I have noticed that one way I try to save is by trying to get every last drop of things before throwing them away. Examples: Toothpaste, body wash/shampoo/ basically all soaps, big tub of yogurt... you get the idea. I will squeeze the inanimate daylights out of a tube of toothpaste because I'm sure there is enough in there for at least one more brushing. I've thought about cutting it open to scrape the stuff out and put it on my toothbrush so I can be sure I'm using it all before I throw it away and buy another. Soaps, I will turn them upside down and wait for all the soap to drip down to the lid and with some I will add small amounts of water, shake it up and use that to get the last amount out of the bottle. Yogurt and sour cream, I scrape as much off the sides and bottom as I can to clean it out and eat every last drop.
Tyler differs on the subject. If it requires much effort to get the stuff out, he's done with it and will throw it away. He thinks I'm crazy.
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