Your Fave Frugal Finds!

[Doula Dani]

What is your favorite frugal buy? I don't mean things you found once or twice, but things you buy constantly that are always a frugal option. Sometimes I'm afraid to buy cheapy things, because, well, you get what you pay for the majority of the time.

I have to say, my fave frugal body wash is the suave exhale in any of the fragrances. The other suave body washes aren't great- but the exhale smells fabulous. It's about $2. It seems like a good body wash is normally around $6 at my Safeway.

Let us know what yours is!

[Doula Dani]

I'm the only one?

[mamayarn]

I'm thinking!

[aihcalappa]

Queen Helene cocoa butter body lotion. 2-3 $ for big bottle. Love it! I'll check out the Suave body wash.

[holidaymama]

Hmmm...

Well, we only buy icecream when it is on sale for 3.99/half gallon for our fav. brand...it's normally about $6/half gallon.


At our Sprouts (like a big farmers market in doors) they consistantly have fruit for 60-99 cents /pound as well as .50 for oatmeal (about once a month)


For hair gel, we just buy the CHEAP L.A. looks or whatever it is! It's probably terrible for our hair, but it works just as well as a $4 for half of the size we get for about $2


Victoria's Secret Underwear...hear me out...I get coupons once a month for a free pair, and about 3 times a year get a $10 off of anything coupon. Not that I go through a ton of underwear, but for free, I don't have to buy a lot, and then with the $10 off, it's $15 for 5 pair instead of $25...I don't think you could buy $3 underwear at Target! So it's a frugal find for me!

I'll try to think of others!

[josybear]

we have a gf kid and can't afford expensive gf foods, but the $ store near our house sells rice crackers (the small, round, salty ones) and rice cakes and applesauce for 1/3 as much as anywhere else.

[choli]

Originally Posted by appalachia

Queen Helene cocoa butter body lotion. 2-3 $ for big bottle. Love it! I'll check out the Suave body wash.

Have you tried the Quenn Helene Mint Julep Mud Mask? Dead cheap and really really good.

[Mulvah]

Two that came to mind:

1.) I buy coconut oil wholesale and use it for body lotion, hot oil treatment, nail treatment, massage oil (), cooking oil, etc.

2.) I know this is not really frugal since it isn't a necessity, but I get all of my subscriptions/newspapers for free through survey sites.

[HipGal]

Library book sales! Children's books are often 25 cents to 50 cents.

[AnalogWife]

We never saw a reason to get rid of our VCR just because DVDs became all the rage, so we still watch a lot of VHS tapes and get used ones for $1.00 each at a local music store. Sometimes even for free.

The local fish market on the pier has haddock for $3.99/pound when it's $5.99-$8.99/lb at the grocery store...and it's not nearly as good!

[1growingsprout]

[QUOTE=AnalogWife;12949259]We never saw a reason to get rid of our VCR just because DVDs became all the rage, so we still watch a lot of VHS tapes and get used ones for $1.00 each at a local music store. Sometimes even for free.

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And my kids cant scratch/snap/break/damage or otherwise break a VHS tape it seems....

[grniys]

Originally Posted by holidaymama

Victoria's Secret Underwear...hear me out...I get coupons once a month for a free pair, and about 3 times a year get a $10 off of anything coupon. Not that I go through a ton of underwear, but for free, I don't have to buy a lot, and then with the $10 off, it's $15 for 5 pair instead of $25...I don't think you could buy $3 underwear at Target! So it's a frugal find for me!

I'll try to think of others!

How do you get the coupons for free underwear?

[aihcalappa]

Originally Posted by choli

Have you tried the Quenn Helene Mint Julep Mud Mask? Dead cheap and really really good.

Yep. that too.

[justamama]

[QUOTE=1growingsprout;12949436]

Originally Posted by AnalogWife

We never saw a reason to get rid of our VCR just because DVDs became all the rage, so we still watch a lot of VHS tapes and get used ones for $1.00 each at a local music store. Sometimes even for free.

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And my kids cant scratch/snap/break/damage or otherwise break a VHS tape it seems....

Can they come play with my kids and teach them a thing or two? I swear if I go into the toyroom once more and find VHS tape strewn about I'm going to pull my hair out!!!

[mamayarn]

I thought of one - the food co-op near me is hit or miss about prices and how they compare to anywhere else, except the bulk section. I bring my own jars and have them weighed empty, then pay by the pound at checkout. The best deals in there are raisins, wheat germ, stone-ground grits, real vanilla, active dry yeast, and stone-ground mustard. They run regular sales on other things as well. These items are 1/4-1/3 of grocery store prices.

[holidaymama]

grniys: I think I either signed up online, or they just started coming after I had purchased something there...can't remember them asking for my address, but sure could have!

[Doula Dani]

Originally Posted by appalachia

Queen Helene cocoa butter body lotion. 2-3 $ for big bottle. Love it! I'll check out the Suave body wash.

Ohmygod, have you tried the Queen Helene Mint Julep facial mask? It's amazing and about the same cost.

[Doula Dani]

Originally Posted by choli

Have you tried the Quenn Helene Mint Julep Mud Mask? Dead cheap and really really good.

Ack! I didn't read this before I posted. Bad habit I have.

[Satori]

Originally Posted by holidaymama

Victoria's Secret Underwear...hear me out...I get coupons once a month for a free pair, and about 3 times a year get a $10 off of anything coupon. Not that I go through a ton of underwear, but for free, I don't have to buy a lot, and then with the $10 off, it's $15 for 5 pair instead of $25...I don't think you could buy $3 underwear at Target! So it's a frugal find for me!

You can get 7-10 pairs of Hanes 100% cotton undies in which ever fit you perfer for like $6 at most major stores They last a couple of years it seems

[mum4boys]

Originally Posted by Satori

You can get 7-10 pairs of Hanes 100% cotton undies in which ever fit you perfer for like $6 a postt most major stores They last a couple of years it seems

I was just going to post this plus Hanes has coupons for $2.00 a pack and Target puts them on sale for $5 and sometimes they have a free pair in the package. Honestly, I think they are a lot better quality then Victoria Secret. I got a gift card for there recently and I could not believe how cheaply made their items were.