I do all the things in both your lists. One thing I've discovered regarding juice/water: My husband and daughter were going through so much juice that it became cheaper to buy a couple of good water bottles and a larger jug of juice or water, and then refill those, rather than buying individual serving...

Tracy, most kids take pre-packaged snacks like chips, mini packets of biscuits and muesli (granola?) bars, and packaged juice boxes. At lunchtime they take their whole lunchbox outside to eat if they want to, and can return it to their schoolbags to play. My sisterinlaw was a primary teacher in a poor...

Of course! But you are using non-disposable cloths on it - or at least frugal recycled ones. I meant the disposable swiffer cloths - I forget but I think they were around five dollars a packet - what a waste! I did find it good when I was desperately short of time and not dealing too well with the housekeeping...

When I made tea in my lovely new (secondhand English redware) teapot, I thought about the waste of teabags it was saving. Instead of a bag, tag and string going into landfill, I top the pot up with cold water and tip it onto the garden. A slight waste of water to preheat the pot. I usually use instant...