Rag Bag

Dear Cheapskate,

Did I hear you right? Can it be true? Some people don't have a rag bag?????

Wait while I run cold water over a rag from my rag bag. I need it on my forehead to recover from the shock.

Ok, I don't actually have a rag bag, I have a rag shelf. Shelf, bag, whatever... rags are indispensable! Instead of throwing away old clothes and towels, especially T-shirts, toss them into the rag bag. There are so many uses for this material and you'll save a ton of money!!

• Use them as a substitute for paper towels
• If you have some pretty ones and a lot of patience, make a quilt
• Use them to clean your bike
• Wash mirrors
• Clean your bathroom (see genius cleaning tips from the frugal hostess - I don't think she'll mind the link here)
• Wipe up the soy sauce that spilled when you opened the refrigerator too fast
• Fold a piece into a little pad to protect the side of your truck from the bungee cord
• Stuff your bra
• Use little pieces as floor protectors under furniture
• Tie a white one to a stick and wave it around when you need to surrender
• Cut into strips and tie off your limbs to prevent snake bite venom from spreading
• Cut into strips and tie together to escape out a window like Rapunzel
• When you lose a button, find a replacement from a shirt in the rag bag
• Use a piece to make a patch on clothing
• Cut into strips and boil before giving birth, a la Gone With The Wind
• Polish the silver
• Cover yourself with a very large rag, such as an old sheet, when you need to go as a ghost
• Wax your car (if you have a car)
• Cut a piece of elastic from a waist band and use it to dangle a cat toy from a cat tower (see photo - I did this today)
• Blow your nose, wash rag, re-use (save toilet paper)
• Polish the furniture
• Stuff into holes under doors to keep the cold air out
• Shred and use to stuff crafts projects, such as sock monkeys
• Make a sock monkey out of an old sock
• Make a sling shot out of a stretchy T-shirt

What else can rags be used for?? Please comment before my ideas get even sillier.