How far can YOU make £1 stretch?
KittyKate
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I've bought at least 4 bottles of cola this week at 98p a time. It's only when I look back and realise how much £1 could buy me that I feel stupid (I don't even drink the whole bottle!)
So the question is what essentials can YOU buy for £1, how long can you make that shiny gold coin stretch?!
Some ideas:
3 x 20p value tinned soups, 1 x 21p value loaf, 1 x 9p noodles = lots of meals!
6 x loo rolls (a fortnight's worth in my house lol)
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So the question is what essentials can YOU buy for £1, how long can you make that shiny gold coin stretch?!
Some ideas:
3 x 20p value tinned soups, 1 x 21p value loaf, 1 x 9p noodles = lots of meals!
6 x loo rolls (a fortnight's worth in my house lol)
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10 packets of pickled onion Space Raiders!
(I lived on them when I was a student - occasionally I would have a 10p Chomp for dessert :rotfl:)"I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough.":smileyhea97800072589250 -
OOh yes i loved space invaders and chomp bars. When me and my sisters were little we would often leave the house first thing on a morning and not come back till night time, i remember one time we ony had 50p between us to get some lunch (for three of us) we bought a big bottle of pop for 19p and three packs of space invaders. Sometimes i'd love to go back to those days!:j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j
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When I was a student, I'd have gone for 11 packets of 9p noodles - would feed me for 3 days!!0
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Also; you could spend the quid on essentials (socks and pants, hygiene products etc) that would last you a lot longer than the 20 mins my bottle of coke lasts.
I really need to keep a spending diary.0 -
Ooooh, 100 cola bottles....I used to LOVE those!!!
Yum!! I could just eat those now!"I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough.":smileyhea97800072589250 -
Ooooh, 100 cola bottles....I used to LOVE those!!!
Yum!! I could just eat those now!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:Living a frugal retirement without treading on the planet :T
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Pet lovers, our local pound shop has 10 tubs (the little pouchy things in foil tray) for 1 pound - 12p each individually - so i'm hoping my furry friends will not realise i'm cutting back...
Other than that i'm with the pickled onion space raiders..they're the best!LBM: 31.03.08 - Debt at 31.03.08: £38000 :eek: (not including student loan)Member #172 of the DMP Mutual Support Club :beer:'Spendaholics Anonymous' Thread Member No 550 -
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Can you still buy 'Broken Buscuits'?
Used to buy a big box (1kg) for 50p. What the heck, if they were 'broken' they still tasted the same.I am NOT, nor do I profess to be, a Qualified Debt Adviser. I have made MANY mistakes and have OFTEN been the unwitting victim of the the shamefull tactics of the Financial Industry.
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