1. Make your own pizza instead of ordering out. Homemade pizza is usually much healthier as well.
Here is our favorite pizza dough recipe:

Add to the yeast.  Mix well.  Let rise 1 hour.

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Okay! I thought I'd contribute to the 2 frugal tip thread-- at least for today. 

1. I don't have a "real" soap mold (on my wish list!) so when I make homemade soap, I need to do a lot of cosmetic scraping to the bars to make them look a little nicer. I put these scrapings into a plastic container, add water, let them sit for a day or so and I have soft soap. I use this for shampooing my hair and I find it works great! I don't even need conditioner!

2. I use cloth napkins. I have for all the 17 1/2 years we have been married. I have several different "levels" of napkins. When I receive new cloth napkins, I put these in my buffet to be used at dinner each night. When these napkins get a little old looking in a few years, I put them in a drawer in my kitchen to use for lunch each day. When the lunch napkins get looking old and wearing a bit thin, I put them in a drawer near the sink and use them for cleaning up spills that you might normally use a paper towel for. I also have "special" napkins that are only used for special occasions.
This system works really well for us. I seldom buy paper towels and I only buy paper napkins when we are going to have a large get together or company come for an extended stay (sometimes I use cloth for these occasions too.)
For washing, I just throw the napkins in a warm water wash with my towels. They really only take a few minutes to fold and we prefer the feel of them over the feel of using paper napkins.
Extra frugal tip: let folks know you use cloth napkins. I have been given MANY napkins over the years from family and friends, who received them and don't use them.

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