Saving money during the Great Depression, people really made living frugally into an art to get through their tough times when they didn’t have a lot of money.
My grandmother would tell me stories about her life during the depression era and how her mother got creative to make their money stretch just a little further.
If you are unfamiliar with the art (and science!) of up-cycling, it’s when you reuse (discarded materials/objects) in such a way as to create something valuable and of quality.
There are so many opportunities where you can stretch things a little more by just using less. A simple trick was to rubber band all the pump dispensers in my house.