Peppermint tea. If you have a garden you can grow it yourself. But you have to keep it from spreading everywhere.
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Our first colour tv cost about 3 months of my dad's salary in the early 1970s. And the Siemens mainframe computer in the company he worked for was tens of thousands (which was more than a year's worth of the average salary). Rent. Every month. It had less computing power than my smartphone.
A brand new coffee grinder (hand crank) for free, and 15 silk neckties for €1 each.
Would planting a hedge or shrubs on your side be an option? Much nicer than a fence, provides a biotope for birds, insects and other animals, can bear fruit (yummy berries!)
Growing to a hight of 3 ft (~90 cm) should be a matter of 2 or 3 years, depending on the plants.
What a beauty! 👌
The clothes industry comes to mind. A new "collection" every two weeks, and the "totally out of fashion" stuff from last week gets shredded before it even leaves the Asian slave labour camps. Well done, Primark, Shein & Co.!
I’m a guy and do a simple taper fade from 1" on top to 1/4" on bottom
Same here, but a bit shorter than in the picture. I haven't been to a hairdresser for at least 35 years.
Soaking and cooking too many beans? That's just like opening a big can of beans when a small one would suffice.
Talking about clothes....
I like to dress up a bit. More formal than others. So the opposite of fabric softener (I use 25% acidity white vinegar for that): potato starch for crisp shirts.
If you are courageous enough: yes, you can wash suit jackets. Cold, very little detergent, wool cycle, slow spinning. But jackets hardly need that anyway. A good brush gets you a long way. And a spray bottle of Vodka, to freshen up the lining every once in a while (no, you won't smell like a drunkard).
And of course: second hand clothes. Especially the more formal stuff because (way too) few people walk around in suit and tie and only buy them to wear once for some formal occasion and resell them afterwards for ridiculously cheap.
Sounds strange, but: don't go shopping with an empty stomach. That easily leads to impulse purchases.
Make a shopping list, and stick to it. But be flexible: If you planned a cucumber salad and find tomatos are on sale, change your menu: tomato salad it will be. Leave the cucumbers in the shop.
Many herbs can be grown on your balcony or even your windowsill.
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I use cotton dish cloths, and a brush