all right folks there you go what is that that's our food uh
uh he grabbed three plates thinking he was going to pay for three people but there were six of us
you wouldn't pay for three places delicious I know I got your favorites only pay for three
plates if I have more than this number of places then I have to pay for more people
whoa okay it's a bridge it's a bridge you got to be careful you got to be careful whoa It's
not a slide it's a bridge you have until you have to walk on it like this [Music]
close what is that oh look kids sleep toys all the time if they're unclaimed
Why not pick them up and take it home with you because they're free
you'll be fine we just wash it off and it's clean it's missing two wheels
she could still play with it Vic we end up having a lot of toys that are maybe not supposed to be
used anymore at decluttering our house it's not easy for busy parents to keep romance alive it's
hard to find time you know with Chloe with me and him working so it's good to keep the
romance alive but for Apple Malaysia a full-time model and Mom it's even more difficult all of
her spare time is spent slashing her family's expenses when we first had Chloe I noticed her
being through more frugal than she normally normally was Chloe it's time for your milk
suddenly I stopped producing breast milk so now I collect breast milk for my friends
Amy is from my yoga class Jessica is actually one of my co-workers um Brandy we do play dates with
her this is Jennifer's milk Megan's more Jessica's Chloe prefers Jessica's milk over anyone else's
breast milk I mean this is her fave she'll drink the others but this is more her preference [Music]
Vic drinking someone else's breast makes milk's a little bit weird but
kind of insisted on using it free breast milk saves Apple over a thousand dollars a year off
the cost of fortified toddler milk do you like it Chloe um having a baby made me more obsessed with
saving money after college I was cheap but then after having a baby it made me extremely cheap
people buy baby wipes moist towelettes but instead I like to make them at home
okay there you go you have moist towelettes I use this to wipe my hands with it and or wipe
the tables like my kitchen table my kitchen counter this is totally reusable still so I
put it in this container and this one is Chloe's baby wipe so I use the wipe to wipe her bum with
I guess just recently we have this argument reusing the wipes in different ways like that
we should be discarded Apple's homemade wipes saves her 50 cents a day for six diaper changes
a changing table is one of the most
so instead of spending two hundred dollars on a changing table I got mine for free at a gas
station that was going out of business when Apple first brought home I used changing table from the
gas station I thought it's kind of weird things from the gas station aren't clean Victor thought
of the changing table as ugly and dirty when I first brought it home but we washed the top layer
and we cleaned it people use changing tables all the time so why not use this one I mean we
can't sound like we can't afford a new changing table and as Apple has found ways to save on
baby wipes and changing tables she's also found a way to save 450 dollars on diapers themselves
why not use t-shirts to make reusable cloth diapers you cut the sides and cut the sleeves off
and then fold the flaps and there you go [Music] on the dishes [Music]
I can see myself in the plate I'm Melanie O'Brien and I'm Sean O'Brien and we're America's cheapest
family making it rain in the summertime when the kids are playing outside in the pool we
can utilize that afterwards to help clean our dishes we save money on the water bill we save
money on the electric bill yeah we can become millionaires off of it not per se but it's it's
going to help us to be able to allocate that money towards a better purpose see fun and work
who wants bacon I knew Sean and I agreed agreed if we don't have to buy anything new then we
won't and we'll make use with what we have that's our lifestyle that's our way our pets
and pans broke the handles broke off and instead of going out and buying brand new pots and pans
Sean made this wrench that doubles as a handle and the duct tape protects my hands from burning
all right kids Bacon's ready it's been more than 10 years since Sean and Melanie have
made any significant improvements to their home a sacrifice they claim has saved them
over thirty thousand dollars this is where we spend most of our time in the living room
um as you can see we've got very sparse Furniture living room furniture can cost up to 10 20
000 depending on what kind you're buying and ours costs maybe 50 bucks a few months ago our shower
head broke and Sean came up with a great way to fix it for the price of a soda bottle he rigged
it up to the shower head and just poked holes in there and now we have a brand new shower head
I was just wondering if you guys had any food that you're not using like leftovers
she's not proud it's like hey if you're going on vacation you need to empty out
your fridge bring it over people are still willing to give her food
[Music] hey Chris how's it going I was actually wondering if you guys had any
leftovers or any food that you're not using
um I've got some lettuce sometimes I'll give her eggs and sometimes some stuff from our garden
but I know that she's very frugal and so I know she's probably gonna put it to good use somehow
have a good one
monthly food bill comes out to a mere 180 dollars thanks to her creative money saving Solutions
so this is what I like to call an end Loaf in our house we go through a lot of bread and a lot of
people don't like to eat the heels of bread but Bubba likes it my kids love it and it's
still good so after a while it makes an entire loaf worth Jordan's been trying to find out even
more ways of being a cheapskate at home so one of the ways that she tried was dashboard cookies
some cookie dough that was about to expire
I bake cookies without using any power and it doesn't make your house hot
[Music] with the car temperature at 160 degrees she's finished baking for free in two hours
and it's this cheap thinking that's LED Jordan to her newest and perhaps
most extreme penny pinching plan yet [Music]
backyard farming where I think we have plenty of space in the back and we're fenced that
um no no hear me out we could raise a pig and then get a ton of pork out of it you can pay upwards
of 350 per dozen for eggs you pay 10 bucks for a chicken six chickens later you're getting a half
dozen eggs a day I mean that's incredible that's great savings what would our neighbor suggest that
our neighbors might think we're crazy but I think we could prove them wrong
we could just look into it I'm a foodie I love everything to do with food I think
people can enjoy a foodie Lifestyle on a cheap budget every dollar we spend on anything other
than food is a waste I got the apartment a few years ago I don't see the need to spend
money on furniture I'm a floor guy I sit on the floor and it's very comfortable I
mean it's just tossing money into the trash receptacle that's what I think of furniture
for a cookware company that always puts on displays presentations
and what happens is a lot of manufacturers send me samples of their product
[Music]
what I did was I found some two by fours and these are Styrofoam peanuts so I just take
all the peanuts throw them in there and then I cover it up with bubble wrap and then this
is a tablecloth and it makes a perfect bag the average cost to furnish a one bedroom house is
two thousand dollars and clothing expenses for a single professional can reach four hundred dollars
a year Ron spends a total of twenty dollars decking out both his house and his closet one two
three shirts and two pairs of shorts and that's it and by the way I own no underwear and no socks
promises
I teach cooking classes you know when I go to do any kind of demos I take
this all with me on setup shop and basically do presentations to help
people understand that you don't have to have a lot of money to eat well [Music]
taking showers outside washing all my clothes at the same time saves me so much money
you get to get your shower you get to get your clothing cleaned oh you didn't spend or die
it warms up after a while I never care what other people think they'll look at me and
I'll get looks and you know what I want to take a shower but I'm saving a whole
lot of money and what's wrong with that each time Ron showers and does laundry at
the beach he saves a dollar 89 on water energy and detergent bills [Music] oh
well
people in Southern California go to the beach a lot and the most important
thing is they drink wine and they throw sometimes bottles out that contain wine
all right when I find any I'll pour it into the tube it's going right into the box
if you want to go out and have a drink you're probably going to be spending at
least ten dollars for a glass of Cabernet or Merlot this way of finding wine costs
you nothing I can't think of anything more exciting than getting something for free
these are Lamb's quarters a weed that's completely edible part of the spinach family
fresh cilantro costs about 1.99 a bunch popolo is a weed growing all over Los
Angeles and it's known as the summer cilantro by picking wild herbs and vegetables growing
in the cracks of the street I would say I save at least forty dollars a month
who locks trash
excellent oh yeah
lots of lobster look at this this is a gold mine man the shells are great you know you throw them
into a pot of water and all the meat will boil right out when I pick up a discarded shell I'm
seeing all kinds of meat I'm seeing things that weren't eaten within that Lobster wonder that are
extremely valuable especially when you're paying what Thirty thirty five dollars a pound at least
look at this I mean who leaves the table like this wow
delicious I thought it was quite amazing that my aunt and uncle just happened to
show up on our family dinner day we would love to have you Taryn yeah
yeah love to have you have you they're throwing off my budget completely but
it's our family dinner so I'm gonna Splurge I'm gonna do my thing and they're gonna be happy
I was the happiest guy in the world I felt that I was going to eat like a champion
it's gonna be really top-notch and it's gonna be very expensive
you can imagine the dismay on everyone's face when he pulls up to a Chinese buffet
I couldn't believe it all I can see was food stacked upon each other
we were promised fine dining this is fine dining look at this I feel the veneer of the table
foreign time eating something that you want to eat that's really nice yeah you're gonna
have whatever you want a buffet you're gonna like the food here you guys don't
seem very hungry you want to sit and talk for a while so we're just upset
we want to leave that's what we want to do I'm upset we want to leave if we want
to go too trusted me at least give it a try we at least agreed to give it a try
I guess we're here we're not going anywhere else okay my family is showing a distinct lack
of appreciation all right I'm gonna go and I'm gonna make sure that everybody's happy [Music]
all right folks there you go what is that that's our food uh uh heat grabbed three plates thinking
he was going to pay for three people but there were six of us you wouldn't pay for three places
delicious I know I got your favorites only pay for three plates if I have more than this number
of places then I have to pay for more people old I thought he'd pay for each of us to eat
for us to share that was unacceptable I was so mortified that he would even suggest it [Music]
we went and got our own place and I expect you to pay for it that's it this is not the food
that I hope for sure I mean come on Pizza yes it's just so good okay what is this
that's that's fine dining mother that looks like a wet noodle well I'll tell you what
next year you don't get to choose being at home and him doing things cheap is okay
to some degree but when we're in public it's not good it's embarrassing because
people might be an earshot or looking pleasure track sir oh no 92.28 that's
he is going to pay 92. with quarters nickels and dimes I've been saving for this all year
when Terence walked in with this huge bag of coins I wanted to hide under the table
you're thoroughly embarrassing everybody here you're not embarrassing anybody I saved and
script for this money I just thought that was the most embarrassing moment in my life I just
can't imagine this is really happening I'm just embarrassed we're not going to stay wait around
so here it is I'm starting to count out all my change you know doing my thing
you know my wife is standing there and she's like
I don't believe this 9210 we just can't believe that he was really counting those
pennies and I couldn't believe that he was actually going through with it I have never
seen anyone pay for the with the coins never let's go thank you for appreciating my tip