Posted: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010
I’m so cheap that recently I made up my own concoction: I mix a few leftover coffee grounds in with some cheap lotion or cream and use it as a facial scrub/exfoliator. It works well plus I feel like my face wakes up from the caffeine! I guess you could use it on other body parts, but I haven’t tried it.
Diane Alsop – The Winner
Mooresville
I am putting off shopping at Goodwill a few months until I can get the senior discount. Colleen Blair
Charlotte
I probably invented the “select-a-size” for a paper towels because I refuse to waste a whole sheet. I just tear off what I need.
Sara Killough
Clover
I collect water in a pitcher instead of letting it run down the drain. I only use the self-cleaning function on my oven during the winter when I like the extra heat.
Joyce Holden
Summerville, S.C.
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