Comments by "Sirena Spades" (@SirenaSpades) on "Frugal Fit Mom" channel.

  1. Our family friend Dawsie was hands-down the most frugal person I've ever met. She grew up in a VERY wealthy family with servants, I could go on. She was a college professor and I believe she embraced frugality to horrify her family as a rebellion. Sadly, she passed away January 2021 at 90 years old. I really enjoyed knowing her. She dressed so badly you would have absolutely no idea of her background (she loved doing this). She would choose particular tshirts or sayings on the shirts for occasions - all of her clothes were free. She never had a phone, and refused to even have a mail box, receiving her mail at the post office via "general delivery" because it was free. She really gets the award. No one, no one, is as cheap as her. She grew all of her food (ate no meat) as an organic farmer. She reused pieces of paper, and would send me reused cards. I learned so much from her, all types of knowledge. She was delightful. She would utilize the ability to do work overseas to travel to exotic places, with the trip being paid for, in various types of work.
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  2. I once went almost 6 months (as a single person) without doing any shopping other than milk while going through a hard time just with what was in my cupboards. Granted I don't eat a lot, especially back then. It helps having pantry stores.
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  3. That is true, the Betty Crocker white and red kitchen scissors.
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  4. I've had my makeup brushes I bet 25+ years lol!! I worked for Lancome first job out of college, so I got brushes out of a display they were tossing, they have a hole in the top from a chain attachment.. but they were super expensive brushes! Way more expensive than the ones they sell now. Why would I get rid of them?
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  5. Truckers being so essential is a fairly new thing, I would estimate around the 1990's. Trains were essential to deliveries, and still are in many areas.
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  6. I use them all the time. Very handy when you start to get old and your knees kill you :)
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  7. Belly button soup - hysterical :D Your extreme grocery shops, budgets, and how to cook them are the best videos on youtube!!! It's one thing to show a list of things but another whole thing to show how to cook them and different varieties for a week. Super helpful.
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  8. 100%. The books are still very relevant today. Not outdated to say the least.
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  9. Nobody will accept jobs in my area. They are offering $16 an hour at McDonalds. Help wanted EVERYWHERE. Nobody wants to work.
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  10. I just stick the sliver onto the new bar.. ?? Why save that crap lol It still gets used that way... lol
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  11. Never get rid of them.
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  12. I'm really disappointed that you blew off the Tightwad Gazette. It is the END ALL of frugality. You really should look at it again and actually read the complete (Complete Tightwad Gazette) as there are so many gems still relevant today. I'd say almost none of it is outdated, as you so casually said without even looking at it. I doubt you read it! You are so similar to the author (her last name is pronounced like "decision"). She has a large family, was a professional woman, loved to cook. She seems like a lot of fun, too. I think you'd relate to the book as your younger self when you were getting started, and your viewers would, too. Just off the top of my head, one of the tips that is most amazing is her cataloging system for kids clothes. She would write down and catalog AHEAD and what she had a HOME already, for each child, each clothing piece. jeans, shoes, jackets, everything. Written out. If anything would be needed next year in future sizes, she would write that out. Her article on it is much better, anyway then when she would go yard saling, she would only buy what was on the needed list. So the school clothes shopping would cost hardly anything. Brilliant!
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  13. My car is 20 years old. I go out once a week, or maybe once every couple weeks. I work at home so why would I get a newer car when the one I have is just fine? I maintain it well. People that get newer cars to be showy or because they think other people are looking at them and they feel better about it, well, I hope that look is worth $40,000 + and then worth the million + over their lifetime of car exchanges.
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  14. I just tiled a large bathroom. You can get through it. I own apartment buildings. Looks like you still are working at a job.
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  15.  @shelbysloan5983  Agree. I've been a vegetarian for 35+ years so ... In response to the supply issue, I did about complete my Christmas shopping, I have very little left to buy.
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  16. You can just put the ziploc bags in the washing machine, turned inside out, in the towel load...
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  17. Northern Maine: eggs, milk, cheese, and Egg Beaters impossible to get. Along with a ton of shortages throughout the stores. This milk/eggs/cheese problem has been going on for over a year.
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  18. 7:05 So much detail that I was never aware of :D lol I had no idea anyone was so particular about riding a bike!
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  19. 2 for $1
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  20. Millenials going back to what their grandparents did. And thinking it's revolutionary.
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  21.  @rebeccaturner8340  You are allowed to get chickens in town. Up to 6.
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  22. Please do a video on how to stop spending all your money on Amazon :( All of my money goes directly there! I swear I spend money on Amazon EVERY SINGLE DAY! Like a bad hobby or something :0
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  23. I have another theory. The bump up of the SNAPS program allows more purchasing for those in the program, which can wipe out shelves from the first of the month through around the 12th. I heard from a neighbor that they received an even larger allowance, larger than the 25% bump, for children. Something like $400 a person. THAT is a lot of spending power, which, in combination with lack of stockers at the store, would definitely wipe out shelves. If a theoretical family used to have $300 a month, and now has $1600 a month, that is quite a difference and would hit a store quite hard.
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  24. There's no reason why you can't learn to budget, and start an emergency fund. Dave Ramsey needs to be your first goal.
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  25. CouponMom might
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  26. I bought that tap light a week or two ago, haven't opened it yet so I loved seeing the demo! I can't wait to pick up those Totally Awesome cleaners, they look great!
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  27. I really enjoy these emergency budget grocery ideas. The thorough cooking and menu helps a lot!
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  28. Since the pandemic is about done, it might be time to gradually adjust :)
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  29. Bell peppers at 69 cents. $1.99 where I live at the lowest.
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  30. I love the home updates. It's something I'm trying to work on, too, so it's super relevant to me right now, and I bet to a lot of other people since we are or have been, spending more time at home!
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  31. Look at how cute she is, trying to justify expensive things by budgeting it out like a car payment! Awwwww! Broke people! lol
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  32. I love saving money, but I think the most important thing to do this year, is shop local. Your favorite bookstore WILL CLOSE if you don't support it. Stores, restaurants and businesses everywhere are closing. We've got to support our locally owned places if we enjoy them, because they won't be around for long.
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  33. Neeeooki :D Yes, I had no idea how to say it
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  34. It is so bizarre that everyone in the comments is trying to shame by telling her about washing cosmetic brushes. Do you think she lacks common sense? I think she's a smart girl.
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  35. I only do Dollar Tree. Love it :D I don't shop at Dollar General or Family Dollar. After all, they don't sell for a buck!!
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  36. Wow - is that right :0
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  37. I hate the smell of coffee, and I also hate coffee. :D
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  38. It is so bizarre that everyone in the comments is trying to shame by telling her about washing cosmetic brushes. Do you think she lacks common sense? I think she's a smart girl.
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  39. I think Walmart does $15 oil changes. Maybe it's 19.99 now. It's the cheapest around, though!
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  40. Hmm. I didn't realize "Grocery Store" was capitalized.
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  41. This is amazing. What a great way to save space and make more room!
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  42. Why do you put this on every video?? Spam
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  43. The play button!!! Congratulations!!!🤩
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  44. This made me laugh :D
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  45. Awkward at the end? Put on a horse mask ;)
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  46. I drink 1/2 eggnog and 1/2 milk.
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  47. Sadly... your area is a lot cheaper than mine. I'm on the upper east coast. I've had some success with your hated items - lol the slotted spoons work great for me for mixing koolaid. They have some new silicone coated(?) spatula type things that I've been using to make soap - high heat, so this is probably what you'd need. Along the same note, they also have silicone square things probably for putting hot pots on the table, that would good for using to get things from the oven instead of those cheap oven mits.
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  48. I like these kind of videos. Stores are taking out shelving, though, so I don't know if it might be too late to stock up. My guess is best buy of 2016.
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  49. These are my favorite!
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