Name: 20 Things I Don't Buy Anymore To Live A Frugal Life
Uploaded: 2024-08-18T11:12:38.000Z
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Everybody has some things that they just don't buy, whether it be they're trying to save money or they just don't like them.

So today I'm going to share with you 20 things I don't buy in order to save money.

If you don't know me, I am the owner of FrozenPennies.com.

I'm a financial coach and as a family we are debt free.

Here's my list of 20 things that I don't buy in order to save us a little bit of money.

At this point they've become kind of habits for us.

And even though there are a few things on this list that my husband shakes his head at, we stick to our list.

I have some downstairs in the bin for picnics and stuff that somebody brought years ago that we still haven't finished up.

I like that I can just throw them in the washing machine.

Number two, bottled water, soda and juice.

We have a Brita water filter that we like just fine for water.

As well as the water in our area really does taste pretty good.

We don't drink a lot of soda in our home.

We do actually still have some soda left over from last summer's anniversary party.

But we haven't, it's been almost a year and we still haven't used it up.

I mean if it's here, my boys will drink it.

But if I don't buy it, they don't even ask for it.

Those meal kits that you get delivered to your house, everything is cold, they give you all of the ingredients to cook the meals.

I've tried them a couple of times and even though they're fun, I think that they're more expensive and more work.

A lot of steps, a lot of ingredients, and a lot of time.

There's no way that they actually take less than 30 minutes to cook.

One time in my 50 years of being alive, in my 34 years of being able to drive, I've purchased a new car one time when I was in college.

It was a Hyundai Accel when they first came out.

We had to purchase the radio. $165 a month payment.

And it was the last time I bought a new car because I realized that it just wasn't worth the money.

I know people who buy lotto tickets every single week, sometimes multiple times a week.

But to me, what a gamble and a waste of money.

In the same lines, also going to casinos.

I can't imagine dropping $100 or more into a machine hoping that maybe you might win it back.

I'd rather take that $100 and go out to a nice dinner or buy a stack of books.

Now the reason that I just don't normally purchase these extended warranties is because my husband is extremely talented.

I am pretty sure the man can fix or repair anything.

So for us to spend an extra percentage on an extended warranty on, say, the dryer or the washer or vehicles really just doesn't work for us.

Number seven, single serve pretty much anything.

This comes down to single serve soups, single serve snacks and single serve drinks.

It's expensive to purchase those single serves.

Now there have been times where we, for example, go on vacation or go camping and we need some snacks for the vehicle.

We may very well buy the single serves because they're just easier and they stay fresher longer.

But on the daily, no single serve anything.

Now I'm talking about the kind of clothes that need special care.

And when something needs to be dry cleaned, that means I have to take it to the dry cleaner, drop it off, pay for it to get cleaned, then go back, pick it up and bring it home.

And then you wear it another time and you have to do it all over again.

Number nine, haircuts, spa days, mani pedis, hair coloring, all of those things that are many times considered self care.

Those are things I just don't spend money on.

Now, maybe once a year I'll go get my haircut.

I'm actually considering cutting it short for the summer, but I'm not sure.

Most of the time I just trim my own and I'm OK with it.

And I know that sometimes it's just nice to treat yourself and I totally get that.

But to go and spend $40, $60, $80 every month, every six weeks to get all of those things done just doesn't interest me.

There are other things that I'd rather spend my money on.

I would so much rather spend the money at a thrift shop getting higher quality clothes for lower prices than, say, go to Kohl's and buy brand new clothes.

There was a time when I was spending a lot of money on brand new clothes at Kohl's and JCPenney.

But honestly, once I discovered the really amazing thrift stores near my mom, gone are those days.

Gone are the days where I'm going to spend my money on new clothes.

I can actually get more clothes at the thrift store for the same budgeted amount as I could buy new clothes.

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