Some people are born frugal. They come into the world with a bent to use it up, wear it out, and do without. Not me. I arrived with an overly developed spendthrift gene. Frugality is a learned behavior and way of life I have chosen. And I learn something new nearly every day.
Take melted ice cream as an example. For one reason or another (too many unscheduled stops on the way home from the supermarket perhaps?), a carton melts into a thick, gloppy mess.
Do you A) dump it down the sink because surely it’s not safe or prudent to refreeze ice cream, B) pour it into a tall glass, consider it a milkshake hoping no one is watching or C) jump at the chance to bake a cake?…