How to stretch your dollar

Everyone knows to add water to the shampoo bottle as it begins to get near the bottom of the bottle to use up the rest, but there are more things to get the most out of your money.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. 

   Having problems getting the ketchup out of the bottom of the bottle? If you don't like storing your bottles in the fridge upside down, hold your arm with the bottle facing downward in starting position and swing it around in a windmill motion a few times at a rapid speed. This brings the ketchup to the tip of the bottle fast!

2. 

   If you have small children that likes to send the roll of toilet paper around a couple dozen times to be able to wipe with a large magellanic cloud of toilet paper, squash the roll before placing it on its holder. This will slow the roll down.

3. 

   For toothpaste, take a long straight object and press down on tube starting from bottom of tube pressing upward toward top of tube to squirt remaining paste out onto brush. This will completely empty the tube.

4. 

   Add 1/4 of the amount of coffee usually used to make a pot of coffee to previously used grounds to make another pot of coffee. This tastes the same and stretches your money.

5. 

   Keep used dryer sheets for cleaning floors with. Swiffer. Also you can turn swiffer sheets over and use other side.

6. 

   When using paper plates, make sure there are none stuck together.

7. 

   Make sure your left overs don't get shoved to the back of the refrigerator and forgotten. Use them as side dishes at dinnertime.

8. 

   If the entire family agrees together that not wasting is ideal, then everyone will benefit.

[travis22]

on 3/21/2008 Great article. I would probably injure myself swinging the ketchup bottle around and around. I owuld get dizzy then hit my head on the counter and pass out. So I have come to the conclusion that the ketchup at the bottom of the bottom is not tasty and it taste like dirty ass.

[AbbyNormal]

on 2/3/2008 Another great article from you, Blackbear. Thanks for the ideas!

[nanomatrix]

on 1/13/2008 Great tips. I wonder if the squishing the toilet paper roll will keep my wife from using extra tp. She makes a white glove every time. :) SWACK... uh oh I better run now lol

[Blackbear]

on 1/6/2008 Does he go through one roll per sitting? ha ha

[MidniteWriter]

on 1/6/2008 These are great ideas that I have not heard before. Yes, the toilet paper idea is great, especially for my son! It's like 1 roll per...
This will help. Thanks!