How frugal are you?



I consider myself a fairly frugal person, as evidenced by the many times I’ve written about frugal things like:

      The frugal way to unclog a drain
      Change your definition of normal
      Frugality is a habit
      Make frugality automatic
      101 ways to reduce your spending and keep more of your money

But I love quizzes, so decided to make one of my own. If you take the quiz, let me know what you get. (If you’re reading this via RSS and want to take the quiz, you’ll need to click through first.)

 

  1. The newest iPhone comes out next week. How do you react?




  2. You're at a fast-food restaurant, and see a bin full of individually-packaged condiments.




  3. You get to the end of a bar of soap, and there are a couple of slivers left. What do you do?




  4. It's (literally) freezing outside. You:




  5. You're driving in your car.




  6. You're nearing the end of a tube of toothpaste. You:




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Posted in Money saving ideas on Dec 18, 2008

15 Responses to “ How frugal are you? ”

  1. # 1 Natalie Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 6:01 am

    I make frugality into an art form. :)

  2. # 2 Emily Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am

    Woo-Hoo! I’m Uber-frugal! I knew cutting open the toothpaste tube would make me famous someday!

    BTW, my newest favorite frugal tip? Buy Viva paper towels, and throw them in the wash with your whites. They come out good as new!

  3. # 3 Emily Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 6:31 am

    Hmm, I meant use them, then throw them in the wash when you’re done. I’m still working on my first cup of rebrewed coffee here…..

  4. # 4 TStrump Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    I’m ‘Sometimes frugal, sometimes not’ which is fairly accurate.
    I do splurge occasionally, I have to say.

  5. # 5 Chelo Marroquin Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    I love quizzes too!
    I’m sometimes frugal and sometimes not. Pretty accurate.

  6. # 6 MKL Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Woo! I make frugality into an art form :). I *like* that description, not sure if it’s *totally* true, but I’ll take it :).

  7. # 7 Craig Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Nice quiz, I am sometimes Frugal, sometimes not based off of it.

  8. # 8 HS @ ourdebtblog Says:
    December 18th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    You’re the Opposite of Frugal – Yep this is me! I am not frugal, you only live once so why not enjoy life… yeah probably the reason why I have debt LOL

    HS

  9. # 9 PennySeeds.com Says:
    December 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    I’m the half way point which is good – Exactly where I want to be. I’m aware of my finances, but not afraid to buy things I want once in a while. : )

  10. # 10 Ashley G. Says:
    December 30th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    I too “make frugality into an art form…”

  11. # 11 Linda Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 1:42 am

    I too make frugality into an art form.

  12. # 12 Hannah Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 9:48 am

    I ‘make frugality into an art form’, too. I had never thought of it this way, but there is definitely creativity involved in living frugally. We have to have a car because of living in a remote rural area, otherwise I might have been in the next category. We don’t drive unless it’s a necessity.

  13. # 13 jessilizzi Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    Another ‘frugalist into an art form’ here… which I already knew. ;-)

  14. # 14 a91030Mom Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    I like most of you, make frugality into an art form.

  15. # 15 Karen Says:
    January 25th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Who knew I was so “artsy” as I make frugality into an art form. Yay!

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