Multi-purpose
I really admire people who can multi-purpose items. For example, my cousin spent a lot of time and money baby proofing her house when she started having kids. She bought several baby gates to keep the kids out of places where they didn’t want them to go, and put child safety locks on their kitchen cabinets and appliances. I used to tease her about how much her house had changed from her “pre-baby” times to her “after-baby” times. There was a major change!
I figured that once her children had grown up enough that she no longer needed to use most of those things, I found that she still used many of the safety items to keep her pets out of trouble. I thought that was pretty clever of her to multi-purpose those things. For example, the baby gates now confine the dogs to the kitchen area when she goes out, so they don’t tear up the rest of the house and get into trouble. She sure knows how to get the most bang for her buck!