What do you consider your most frugal act of 2012?

[Curmudgeoness]

2. This may not sound frugal, since it is costing me

money to buy everything, but it will save me lots of money in the future, not to mention a ton of labor that never gets me anywhere.

I have decided to give up on a flower garden and I am adding color instead with a kitsch garden. I have ground cover that is well established (interpret to mean indestructible) that has taken over the garden areas. I dig it up, try to get rid of it, and it comes back fuller and lusher than ever. I give up. I came to the conclusion that this is green and holds up without any watering or care, so why am I fighting it.....well, because I wanted color as well in the garden. Well, I will have color....I am not going to buy any more flowers year after year, I am buying garden decorations with lots of color and putting them in with the greenery from hell. I am sure that I will have to replace these items at some time in the future, but they will last a long time. I also took some of the things that I already had and painted them with bright colors. Does it look silly???? Maybe. But this is a lot of fun.

So....save on plants and flowers that just get taken over by the ground cover, no need to water and fertilize, embrace the greenery, save my back, and have lots of fun finding kitsch items. Win/win.