The Yankee credo is "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" and I guess you might say I live it to the letter. Most people call it CHEAP (especially my wife whose credo seems to be "I want, we need, let's buy"). I call it FRUGAL.
One area that I'm particularly "FRUGAL" in is transportation. My vehicles are and always have been what one might call "Junk Boxes". Being a good Yankee, I derive perverse pleasure in squeezing the last ounce of life from my cars and trucks. Due to this fact, I have had lots of fun and lots of pains keeping myself ON THE ROAD so to speak. Here's an on-going work about my automotive adventures: JIM'S CARS
Another area where I am particularily "FRUGAL" is in my reading materials, specifically magazines. I have found a really low cost solution to the rising price of periodicals: LET SOMEONE ELSE PAY FOR THEM!
The town library?
No... on my weekly adventures to the dump, I ALWAYS stop by the glossy recycle bin. After a few minutes of rummaging around in the dumpster, I usually have a grocery bag full of magazines to take home and enjoy. After I have read them, I return them from whence they came for the next borrower. A bit of a sad note though, I have found that 99.9% of all found in the bin is JUNK MAIL.
Work Gloves? I haven't bought any in a very long time. Thats not to say that I don't wear them out, I don't buy them, I find them. Along the highways and byways there's always an opportunity to pick up gloves that were carelessly left on the hood or roof of their owner's car or truck. Usually there's a pair even though they might be found a quarter mile or so apart. I once found a practically new pair of leather Kombi mittens that I suspect the owner was upset about. I have been known to use duct tape on the fingers of my gloves to extend their lives.