Most people understand what creativity is, and have a good idea what it means to be frugal.
But the idea of putting the two together is a little hard to grasp. Because creative frugality is one of those things that is easier to show than to tell, here is a quick list of dead giveaways for identifying creative frugality in action. It s making something out of little bits of nothing that the average person would have overlooked or just thrown away. It s stubbornly refusing to pay full price because you know that if you hold out, the store will have a sale soon. It s using your talents, skills and abilities to produce a gift that s priceless because it cannot be purchased in any store.