How to Save Practically Anything: My Dress

I have this lovely dress.

Which, unfortunately, comes with really cheap plastic rings attaching the straps.

When I first wore this dress to a wedding, I guess I had the straps too tight because one of the cheap plastic rings snapped. :(  Thankfully I had a sweater to wear to cover this mishap.

Later, I brainstormed ways to re-attach the straps.  My ingenius solution?

A paper clip!

I even managed to find one that blends in well with the colors of my dress. :)

I have another one on stand-by, lest the same misfortune strike the other strap.

Why get rid of a perfectly good dress if I can just fix it? :)

How to Save Practically Anything: Dog Food Bag

Okay. Maybe my newfound love of frugality is bordering on insanity. But, if it saves me money, I won't complain!

We buy 15.5 lb bags of food for Daisy.  It's just more economical, and it's usually on sale.  These bags have handy-dandy zipper tops on them.  Love it! Keeps the food really fresh.  We just finished the first of these bags recently.  About to throw it away, I set it aside and thought...

...this bag could be VERY handily re-purposed as a trash bag! Even better, when it's about full, I can ZIP it shut securely!

Looks kind of silly, but very effective!

It only gets one extra use, but a very worthwhile one.  Maybe saving myself ONE extra trash bag every couple of months doesn't save me dollars, but I also believe in making the most of every resource we are blessed with.  Plus, all of the little things add up in the end!