Comments on: Organizing Your Way To Frugality

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:42:29 +0000

This is so true. Keeping closets and my pantry organized gives me a sense of peace and keeps me from purchasing what I don’t need.
I do need to tackle our basement with this same mindset. It is filled with “stuff” that I haven’t looked at in years, but for some reason can’t seem to part with it!

By: Want off the treadmill

Want off the treadmill — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:02:29 +0000

Doesn’t everyone save 25 onesies that their firstborn wore?

I was actually cleaning out that stuff today. My daughter is SIX! I kept a few very special outfits, and, yes that includes a onesie, and the rest have been donated. Feels GREAT to be rid of clutter – better able to focus on the debt snowball.

By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:18:11 +0000

Excellent post!

I have been thinking about this quite a bit lately.

My ex used to pay $50 month for a storage space!

The older I get the less I want in my life!

Use it, sell it, donate it, or toss it!

By: Tonya

Tonya — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:29:43 +0000

After 10 years of buying scrapbooking supplies I finally admitted I just don’t enjoy it like I did when I first started. As I’m sorting through everything for my next garage sale I feel sick about all the money I spent. That hobby has been my biggest money waster and it is providing a very high level of motivation to tread lightly with any new hobbies I may try in the future.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:43:46 +0000

@Mandi I didn’t look at it as argumentative or would have cared even if it was. That’s the fun part about having discussions and hearing different points of views.

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:41:00 +0000

@Craig Just wanted to clarify…wasn’t trying to be argumentative with that last comment. On my own blog, I would have added a LOL or something for clarity, but that seems a little immature on someone else’s blog! LOL! (oops…)

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:39:37 +0000

@Craig Unless they go bad because you didn’t find them until after they expired…

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:06:06 +0000

@Mandi That makes sense, I wasn’t looking at it from that perspective. I still don’t think its a complete waste because they are items that can be used at some point cutting costs because then you won’t have to shop for them.

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:04:20 +0000

Hey Craig, I think we’re actually on the same page. By organized pantry, I don’t mean it should be empty. Rather, it should be organized so that you can find those things you’ve stocked up on so that you don’t have to buy them again until they’re on sale again!

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:28:11 +0000

Organizing our pantry has been one of the things that helped my wife & I cut our monthly grocery budget from $400/month down to $250/month.

I like your second point – organized space ARE addictive! Once we changed our mindset…everything else has fallen into place…and organization is a BIG part of it.