Dawn Dish Detergent... absolutely loathe it!
Dawn, along with one or two other brands of dish detergent was all that was available for a time last year when the pandemic was bad, and so I caved and bout a bottle. Made my dishcloth smell rancid!
Went back to using Palmolive again when available, sour dishcloth odour went away immediately.
Another thing we're "connected" on, Marg!
My mother used Palmolive dish soap for years so that's what I've always used. I was in a cross stitch FB group (not on FB any more!) and someone asked how to get out a stain of some sort on their linen they were stitching on and everyone said soak in Dawn so I figured I must be missing something (I usually am). I splurged and bought a bottle of blue Dawn and I absolutely hate the smell of it!! I'm putting it in the cupboard to use ONLY in an emergency and getting my Palmolive back out. I also only use Ivory bar soap in the shower. It's what my mother used (and Palmolive) and I like the smell and it doesn't have a lot of ingredients. No fancy soaps for me
I'm also "frugal" with just about everything. Some times it works out to be a good thing but sometimes it doesn't. Just ask my husband. Here's an example:
Our sweeper died about 2 months ago and when I tried to find the same one to buy, it's no longer made. No surprise there. So....I found a "similar" one at a "frugal" price. Hated that vacuum! It didn't clean the carpet and had such a small tank that I'd have to empty it a couple times when I ran the sweeper. Either we're really dirty people or that tank was so tiny that it didn't hold much. We have a whole house that is carpeted except the bathrooms, kitchen and dining room (they're tiled but need vacuumed also). So, a sweeper in this house gets a workout. Besides, we have 2 long-haired kitties that shed...especially during the summers here in AZ. Anyway....that sweeper killed my back pushing it and it weighed a ton. The Amazon reviews must have been submitted by someone stronger than me and had no carpet or pets. It was boxed up (we save all our boxes) and we dropped it off at ARC for someone else to struggle with. It had low mileage on it so it should last someone for a while.
So, I didn't save any money by being "frugal". I had to buy another sweeper. So it actually cost me twice as much as if I'd just bought a good one in the first place... SHEESH!
Just a short addendum....everyone has mentioned ketchup bottles, etc., so here's another thing I'm "frugal" on. When we have spaghetti, I add the sauce to my meat and then I add a little water to the jar; put the lid back on and shake it to get all the sauce out of the jar. Then I add it to the meat mixture.
