How frugal are you?

[Aunt Marg]

So my long-time and favourite coffee mug broke just a few minutes ago. The ring-hold/handle/ear broke off.

If it was your coffee mug would you fix it or toss it?

For the record, even though I am frugal in many ways, I tossed it.

P.S. Feel free in adding your own scenario to this discussion.

 

[Jules]

If were mass produced, it would be gone. I had a unique hand-thrown mug that fit my hand perfectly. Crazy glue was used and it lasted for many more years. When it got a chip, it was gone.

 

[tbeltrans]

I wouldn't fix it. Coffee mugs are often given away as "swag" at various functions, so the likelihood of getting a new one for free (or that you already have a few from previous such events laying around) is pretty good.

As for my own example, when the gas tank is near empty, it is time to get a new car!

My car is 20 years old, so I suppose it must have a bottomless gas tank like those restaurants that used to advertise the bottomless cup of coffee that I always thought would spill all over your lap.

Tony

 

[Nathan]

I put small plants in broken coffee mugs. In general I've always been frugal, and denied myself many material things. Lately however, I have been buying what I want NOW, as tomorrow may never come.

 

[Aunt Marg]

So great hearing for everyone!

I'm feeling better about me tossing my mug already, thanks to you guys!

 

[Don M.]

We buy whatever we need....if/when we need it....and we keep our shopping habits fairly "conservative", so as to not waste money needlessly on a spontaneous purchase for something that may just gather dust.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I put small plants in broken coffee mugs. In general I've always been frugal, and denied myself many material things. Lately however, I have been buying what I want NOW, as tomorrow may never come.

Love your planting idea, Nathan!

 

[Gaer]

There is a great difference between a "need" and a "Want". I buy what I need, not necessarily what I want.
I get the cheapest toilet paper, paper towels.soaps; stuff around the house.
There is one exception: If it is "something for the soul" or "something needed for the growth of the soul", I'd rather go without food to get it. (books from great artists, philosophy books, quantum physics books, paints and clays for sculpting, and, of course, dog food).

 

[OneEyedDiva]

So my long-time and favourite coffee mug broke just a few minutes ago. The ring-hold/handle/ear broke off.

If it was your coffee mug would you fix it or toss it?

For the record, even though I am frugal in many ways, I tossed it.

P.S. Feel free in adding your own scenario to this discussion.

If it didn't seem that it would hold by attempting to fix it, I'd take a photo of it and throw it away.

 

[Aunt Marg]

If it didn't seem that it would hold by attempting to fix it, I'd take a photo of it and throw it away.

LOL!

OneEyed, I wanted to (so bad) take a picture of it and post it on this thread, but the inside was so coffee stained, just too yucky.

I took to bleaching it every now and then, but it never lasted long, so being able to break-out a brand spanking new coffee mug tomorrow morning is going to be a liberating feeling!

 

[OneEyedDiva]

LOL!

OneEyed, I wanted to (so bad) take a picture of it and post it on this thread, but the inside was so coffee stained, just too yucky.

I took to bleaching it every now and then, but it never lasted long, so being able to break-out a brand spanking new coffee mug tomorrow morning is going to be a liberating feeling!

Well you could have taken a picture at an angle that only showed the outside of the cup. I took a picture of a cute mug I had to toss because it was scratched and blemished inside. My son had given it to me so it had sentimental value. There was a picture of a frazzled cat and it said "If you woke up feeling like you've had it...be thankful" (or something like that). I know what you mean. I periodically have to use bleach water to get stains out of my cups.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Well you could have taken a picture at an angle that only showed the outside of the cup. I took a picture of a cute mug I had to toss because it was scratched and blemished inside. My son had given it to me so it had sentimental value. There was a picture of a frazzled cat and it said "If you woke up feeling like you've had it...be thankful" (or something like that). I know what you mean. I periodically have to use bleach water to get stains out of my cups.

LOL!

I looked at it for a moment or two, pondered getting the Crazy Glue, then decided, nope, time for MR. coffee mug to say goodbye.

 

[grahamg]

So great hearing for everyone!

I'm feeling better about me tossing my mug already, thanks to you guys!

I was married to a woman who deliberately threw a coffee cup onto a tiled floor to break it, because I'd suggested we should keep it, when she said she didn't like it anymore, (maybe it was an unwanted present?).

This reminds me of the "spite cup", as I used to call it, a white coffee mug with a crocodile picture on it. I'd bought it at a boot sale, though still in its box, and tried to give it to my brother's wife, or girlfriend as she might have been then. She deliberately left it in my car, because she didn't like it, or didn't like the fact it was bought at a boot sale. Ever after, whenever someone visited me who I thought wasn't particularly nice, or friendly, I'd offer them a coffee and present them it in the crocodile cup, as my own private joke, (amazing what small things amuse me sometimes! ).

 

[Aunt Marg]

I was married to a woman who deliberately threw a coffee cup onto a tiled floor to break it, because I'd suggested we should keep it, when she said she didn't like it anymore, (maybe it was an unwanted present?).

This reminds me of the "spite cup", as I used to call it, a white coffee mug with a crocodile picture on it. I'd bought it at a boot sale, though still in its box, and tried to give it to my brother's wife, or girlfriend as she might have been then. She deliberately left it in my car, because she didn't like it, or didn't like the fact it was bought at a boot sale. Ever after, whenever someone visited me who I thought wasn't particularly nice, or friendly, I'd offer them a coffee and present them it in the crocodile cup, as my own private joke, (amazing what small things amuse me sometimes! ).

May I suggest you kick it up a notch...

 

[grahamg]

This is more subtle though you'd admit:

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Apparently, you did not have a significant emotional attachment to you mug, since you tossed it. But even if you did, I would say to retire the mug to a curio cabinet, or something. Even if you superglue it, it's ceramic and may break again at any time. I would not be using it for hot coffee.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Apparently, you did not have a significant emotional attachment to you mug, since you tossed it. But even if you did, I would say to retire the mug to a curio cabinet, or something. Even if you superglue it, it's ceramic and may break again at any time. I would not be using it for hot coffee.

Believe it or not, Fuz, the thought did cross my mind.

 

[tbeltrans]

May I suggest you kick it up a notch...

Are you sure that cup wasn't designed to drink orange juice or lemonade from?

Tony

 

[Jules]

We now use stainless steel to go mugs for our coffee. I can sip hot coffee for a long time while reading in the morning.

 

[Ferocious]

There is a great difference between a "need" and a "Want". I buy what I need, not necessarily what I want.
I get the cheapest toilet paper, paper towels.soaps; stuff around the house.
There is one exception: If it is "something for the soul" or "something needed for the growth of the soul", I'd rather go without food to get it. (books from great artists, philosophy books, quantum physics books, paints and clays for sculpting, and, of course, dog food).

Yes, that sounds just like you, Gaer, but I'm sending you a book printed on marzipan paper. It's called 'How to cure toothache', so, when you've read it, you can enjoy eating it.........and then, you'll know how to cure the toothache you've just developed.

 

[Wren]

It depends on the mug and the damage....

Smashed to bits it would have to go, broken but unusable I would keep it if my daughter gave it to me, (like this one) anything else would be binned

 

[Aunt Marg]

Yes, that sounds just like you, Gaer, but I'm sending you a book printed on marzipan paper. It's called 'How to cure toothache', so, when you've read it, you can enjoy eating it.........and then, you'll know how to cure the toothache you've just developed.

Now that's what I would call classified information, after ingestion that is! LOL!

 

[MickaC]

Does this count as FRUGAL.
In the bathroom, i have one of those soft plastic glasses for rinsing when brushing my teeth, the kind you get for drinks at socials, ect.
I'm on my 3rd one in 4 1/2 years.......wash it daily.

My laundry room is downstairs, so as i don't forget about the laundry, have a med size sticky note in a zip bag......says......LAUNDRY......on the counter.
Have another one saying GARBAGE for garbage day.
On my second note for each in 4 1/2 years as well.

What do you think.......cheap or what.

 

[Pinky]

Does this count as FRUGAL.
In the bathroom, i have one of those soft plastic glasses for rinsing when brushing my teeth, the kind you get for drinks at socials, ect.
I'm on my 3rd one in 4 1/2 years.......wash it daily.

My laundry room is downstairs, so as i don't forget about the laundry, have a med size sticky note in a zip bag......says......LAUNDRY......on the counter.
Have another one saying GARBAGE for garbage day.
On my second note for each in 4 1/2 years as well.

What do you think.......cheap or what.

Nope, not cheap in my books - but then, I have a paper circle from a jar, held onto the side of the fridge with a clip magnet that I drew a smiley and frowny face on, to show whether the dishwasher dishes are clean or dirty. It has been in use for several years.

 

[Sunny]

In the case of the mug, I'd be leery about fixing a broken handle. The glue might not hold, or if you wash it in the dishwasher, the glue might just come off. Could be dangerous if you're drinking hot liquids.

I recently threw out a mug that was an old favorite of mine, as the handle came off for some reason in the dishwasher. I wouldn't have thought of re-gluing it.

You might try finding a replacement online.