Washing and reusing aluminum foil to save money, despite its low cost and single-use design.
Cleaning and reusing plastic Ziploc bags to save a few pennies, often leading to a collection of worn-out bags.
Adding water to dish soap to make it last longer, resulting in diluted soap that's less effective.
Carefully unwrapping gifts to save the paper for future use, despite the availability of affordable new wrapping paper.
Spending hours clipping and organizing paper coupons, when digital coupons and apps can offer similar or better savings with less effort
Melting down and reusing small candle stubs to create new candles, which is labor-intensive and often unnecessary.
Accumulating and using promotional items, such as pens, notepads, and keychains, even when they aren't needed or of low quality.
Darning socks and mending old clothes extensively, even when the cost of new, more durable items may be relatively low and time-saving.