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Thrifty Thursday: Rubber Bands From Asparagus
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Danelle Ice - Home Ever After |
May 8th, 2008 |
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Frugal |
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Lately we’ve been trying to reuse everything and cut the amount of trash bags we’re sending to the landfill! I realized that I throw away a lot of things if they’re small and not useful at that moment. Do you do the same?
We eat a lot of asparagus at our house, which comes bundled by two very thick rubber bands (you can see in the photo). I usually cut the rubber bands open and throw them away. Then I had an ah-ha moment (as Oprah calls them) and thought, “Why am I throwing away these free rubber bands? I go to the store and buy a bag of 100 rubber bands, but I throw away 2 at a time, because there are only 2!”
We eat a lot of asparagus at our house, which comes bundled by two very thick rubber bands (you can see in the photo). I usually cut the rubber bands open and throw them away. Then I had an ah-ha moment (as Oprah calls them) and thought, “Why am I throwing away these free rubber bands? I go to the store and buy a bag of 100 rubber bands, but I throw away 2 at a time, because there are only 2!”
Solution: One of my kitchen drawers now has a small zipper bag to hold rubber bands! Instead of cutting them off my produce, I just take them off and save them. When the bag gets full, I move the rubber bands to my desk and start again. I’ll probably never buy rubber bands again!
Check out the official Thrifty Thursday at Comical Coupon Cents for more! Thanks to MorgueFile for the asparagus photo.
isn’t it amazing how often we throw useful things away?
Good idea! I have been throwing these away.