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moneysaving old style badge?

swampytiggaa
swampytiggaa Posts: 211 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
was wondering if we could find a way of identifying ourselves ;) cos last night when i was on the tills i found myself nearly asking people if they use this board........

think the giveaways are the bottles of white vinegar, tubs of bicarb and last night i noticed a few packets of good old fashioned dishcloths :)

so what would the design of the badge be if we got one? a slow cooker? pile of money off coupons?
:rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
aug grocery spend - £166.45
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  • JCL
    JCL Posts: 574 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Couldn't justify the expenditure on a badge unless Martin was willing to give them away???? ;)
    MFW 2015 #41 = £20,515/£20,515
    MFW 2014 #41 = £26,100/£25,000
    MFW 2013 #41 = £10,000/£10,000
    Original MF date = May 2036 - MF achieved on 15 June 2015
  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    In real old fashioned style ....


    ... just a Pin on your lapel (why waste more by adding the badge to the pin??? Would also represent pin money savings ;) )

    Speaking of which, because I used cotton nappies for my dk's I would also pin the nappy pin on my clothing during changes or "airing" their bums. At one point I had a chain of 6 pins dangling from my top! I even had spares pinned to my shoulder bag - looked a right numpty when I went out one night an forgot to take them off!!
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  • swampytiggaa
    swampytiggaa Posts: 211 Forumite
    oh i like the idea of a pin :D

    btw i used to have nappy pins everywhere - i use nappi nippa's now to do the same job cos i kept sticking the pins into my fingers ;)
    :rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
    aug grocery spend - £166.45
  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    I still have some of my nappy pins ... come in handy for my quilting projects, emergency clothing repairs, threading elastic in casings ... gosh I'm sooooo tighfisted!!!!
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  • System
    System Posts: 178,318 Community Admin
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    Maybe a badge with 'I am a tight !!!!!!' on it. ;)
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  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    Judi, the symbol for that is:

    (*) ;)
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  • elona
    elona Posts: 11,806 Forumite
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    How about a smug smile or else a halo with a pound sign on it? :):):)
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  • swampytiggaa
    swampytiggaa Posts: 211 Forumite
    so when i see people with a basket full of reduced bread, white vinegar and dishcloths should i just ask them if they are a tightarse then? rather than my usual polite - oh you have come in at the right time for the bargains then ;)
    :rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
    aug grocery spend - £166.45
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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    Does anyone remember when 'bodies' were in fashion, those all in ones that used to fasten underneath with poppers. I had one that would never stay done up and used to use a nappy pin to keep it in place. It was okay when I was sober but I had a few unpleasant accidents after I'd had a few :D

    I like the pin idea too, I've already found one person on these boards from my area :D
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

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  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    moggins wrote:
    Does anyone remember when 'bodies' were in fashion, those all in ones that used to fasten underneath with poppers. I had one that would never stay done up and used to use a nappy pin to keep it in place. It was okay when I was sober but I had a few unpleasant accidents after I'd had a few :D:D

    :rotfl: :rotfl: Well, that's todays coffee-spray-on-monitor!!!
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