The first is darning my socks that had a hole in them. You can hardly find the place I did the darning. And I just saved a very nice pair of wool socks for a lot more use.
Okay, maybe not brilliant. But it did save the cost of a new pair of socks. But the next one saved the cost of a new wallet. David has been complaining ever since he got his new fancy leather wallet that every time he opens it all his cards slip out. So rather than going out and finding a new wallet, I sewed on a couple of velcro strips to keep the slots closed. Ta-da!
The third thing we did, and this was David's idea, was to make a dog gate for the front door. When we had the retractable screen door out, we were always afraid that Bailey would hit the door, it would open, and he would escape. So we constructed a gate using the old compost sifter. It works beautifully, is easy to put up as well as step over, and we saved the cost of a fancy new dog gate.
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