# The little things you do to save time and money (more creative the better!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-things-you-do-to-save-time-and-money-more-creative-the-better/450541 "2008-05-25T06:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-things-you-do-to-save-time-and-money-more-creative-the-better/450541/21 "2008-05-28T04:26:36Z")
Probably not so little, but I’ve always grown tomatoes & peppers (I put up my own jalapenos), and freeze vegetables. I’m cheap. I’d rather put up my own than pay for them later. I use junk mail printed on one side in my printer. I print on the other side of the junk. I also use the envelopes as well as cash register receipts for grocery & other lists. I love cheap. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![Internut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Internut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Internut)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-things-you-do-to-save-time-and-money-more-creative-the-better/450541/22 "2008-05-28T04:41:14Z")
I actually discovered if you put a stamp on a prepaid shipping envelope and cross out the address well with a sharpie marker and put a new one in it will get through… well… I can’t say every time, but if there is postage and an address its hard for anybody in the post office to turn it down. I had a stamp and needed an envelope fast and I didn’t have one… so I improvised… twice actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-things-you-do-to-save-time-and-money-more-creative-the-better/450541.md?page=1)