We cut each others hair, cut open tubes to get the last bit of foundation/makeup/whatever. We both belong to our local library, avid thrift shoppers, in winter I buy thick black tights and mend them if I get holes...re-use, re-cycle anything we can think of really. Our kids think we are at worst mad or kindest, eccentric. We don't care, there's always food on our table, clothes on our back and we are debt free.