| Finding new ways to save money on almost | | | | library. You just tell them you lost a black |
| anything you buy is almost like getting a raise. | | | | umbrella. They will almost certainly have several, |
| Maybe it's even better. When you save twenty | | | | from which you can pick the best one and claim it |
| dollars on a coat you get to keep the whole | | | | as your own. What if they have no black |
| twenty dollars. When you make twenty dollars | | | | umbrellas? I guess we'll have to wait for this guy |
| more on your paycheck, you lose five dollars or | | | | to publish a "lost umbrella color frequency chart," |
| more of it to taxes.Finding ways to save money | | | | in order to know which color to try for the next |
| can go too far, though. In a recent newsletter on | | | | day.Several contributors to these newsletters |
| how to save money, one contributor suggested | | | | know how to save on their long distance phone |
| getting free flowers for weddings by picking up | | | | bills. The most common suggestion is to call |
| the leftover flowers at a cemetery. She didn't | | | | people long-distance when you know they won't |
| say how you can tell which are "leftovers."I | | | | be home, and leave a message for them. Then |
| thought I was cheap! The following are gleaned | | | | they pay for it when they return your call. I |
| from real suggestions on ways to save money | | | | suppose if your timing is off, and they answer |
| sent in to "frugality" websites and newsletters. | | | | when you call, you can quickly hang up on them |
| Some cheapskates don't seem to notice that an | | | | and try again later.I don't recommend any of |
| extra hour at work might put them further ahead | | | | these as ways to even the most frugal person. |
| than many hours of penny-pinching.Ways To | | | | Apart from the ethical issues with some of them, |
| Save Money - Don't Try These At HomeA | | | | they can be lumped in along with washing and |
| mother confessed that she makes her kids stuff | | | | re-using plastic wrap - a time wasting frugality. On |
| their pockets with the free ketchup, salt and | | | | the other hand, they are fun to read, and I |
| other condiment packets every time they were | | | | suppose we could view such measures as cheap |
| in a fast food restaurant. Oh, if only that were all, | | | | entertainment as well. Perhaps you can turn off |
| but no. She has the kids squeeze the contents of | | | | the lights to save money on electricity and tell the |
| the packets into regular jars of ketchup and | | | | kids it's a game of hide-and-seek, or train your |
| mustard too. She says she hasn't bought these | | | | dog to beg from the neighbors so you don't have |
| condiments in years. Pride is found in strange | | | | to feed him.I wonder how many people actually |
| places.One creative penny pincher found a way to | | | | pay for magazines and newsletters that tell us |
| save money on car washes. He washes his entire | | | | ways to save money? Do these magazines |
| car using the squeegee at the gas station. Hmm... | | | | advise that readers go to the library to read |
| I wonder if he takes the toilet paper rolls home | | | | them, or stand reading them in the aisle at the |
| from their rest rooms too.Would you like a free | | | | bookstore for a hour? Those are some sure |
| umbrella? One man suggests getting one at the | | | | ways to save money.Steve Gillman has studied |
| lost and found department of any large public | | | | unusual ways to make money for thirty years. |