13 Frugal Habits From the 1970s That Still Save Me $600 a Month

13 frugal habits from the 1970s that still save me $600 a month — and I ignored every one of them for thirty years. My mom taped plastic over every window, set the thermostat to 65, and dared anybody to touch the dial. I laughed at that for decades. Then my January gas bill came in at $386 and I stopped laughing. So I went back to the way my family ran a house in the 1970s. Not the whole decade — just the frugal habits. Heavy curtains. A rice-filled draft snake. Plastic on the glass. A sweater before the thermostat. One big pot of soup on Sunday. Thirteen habits, each one priced out: what it costs to start, and exactly what it saves every month. Together they cut over $600 off a single winter — and none of them require buying anything new. Which one are you trying first? Tell me in the comments. I read every one, and the best ones are usually from people who learned this the hard way. #FrugalLiving #FrugalHabits #CostOfLiving