Unusual Penny Pinching Ideas

• You can make bar soap last 50% longer. When you buy your favorite soap, open both ends of the paper of each bar. Soap should dry for 30 days and it will last 50% longer while in use. As it is drying, place in the linen closet, dresser drawer, or wherever, it acts as a sachet.
• If you have a swiffer sweeper, used fabric softener dryer sheets can be put on it, to dust the floors through-out the house.
• Change brands of your laundry detergent frequently. Why?  It can build up in your clothes and cause them to dull. A  different detergent will wash out the last one.
• Saving on toilet paper is especially important if you have children. They tend to use far more than they should. Before placing a roll of toilet tissue on the holder, squish it flat. This controls the amount of toilet paper that comes off by stopping each time it comes around to the bent part. This saves a lot of tissue instead of the toilet paper free-rolling off the roll. Adopted from: www.PennyPinching-Grandma.com