Grooming and personal hygiene

OK.. As far as I'm concerned, we are way too clean.   We often take two showers a day, wear clothing once before it is washed and toss a towel into the laundry with only one use. My washer and dryer ran almost 24/7 for just the 3 of us.   Now that I have to live more frugally I am pushing the limits on my clothing.. I ACTUALLY wear the same article of clothing 2 or 3 times before washing it!! Can you imagine?  And I don't even smell...  I haven't yet figured out how to shower less than once per day, but I now re-use my bath towel for a few days.  I've managed to reduce laundry loads down to 8 per week instead of 21 per week! I am also mindful of my time in the shower... less time means less hot water, less hot water means lower utility bills.   Five minute showers are the norm.. and I'm just as clean as if I took a 20 minute shower. :)

Being clean and looking clean are not always one and the same... personal grooming products, and especially services can be very expensive.
Haircuts and manicures/pedicures used to gobble my money.. of course I willingly fed the salons and nail spas with my weekly visits.  Today, because I simply can not afford those visits I cut my own hair, polish my own nails and cut my son's and husband's hair.  This life style change has saved over 160.00 per month...and it's kinda fun.