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Whats the best thing you have bought that has actually SAVED you money?
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marshmallow79 wrote: »My best money saving buy was a decent cookbook!
When I decided to start pulling in the purse strings the first thing that I thought should go was the convenience food so I had to bite the bullet and learn to cook (much to hubbys dismay!:rotfl:).
Now instead of a standard meal for the three of us costing upwards of £5 I can do a whole days worth of meals for us all for under £5!:T
You need to come and teach me ypur skills!!
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I purchased a scooter recently - it is already saving me loads of money on petrol to and from work. The initial outlay was quite high - around £1000 all in all with all the bits and pieces, but it is great. I can get from A to B much quicker - no waiting in traffic and it does over 100 MPG. The return in investment will be around 8 months. My fuel spend has gone from around £80 per month to around £20.0
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My fancy Panasonic breadmaker, which I managed to get for £45
£3.50 a loaf - it's paid for itself very quickly
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mine was a set of clippers to do my husbands hair but now he has it razored off.now its a £5 brand new blender of the carboot which has saved me a furtune in baby food.0
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mine was a set of clippers to do my husbands hair but now he has it razored off.now its a £5 brand new blender of the carboot which has saved me a furtune in baby food.
After my haircut today I wish i had bought clippers!!:mad:
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mouseymousey99 wrote: »Interesting thread.....mines the clothes pulley we bought earlier this year, it hangs above the staircase. Its been a godsend, we must have saved pounds by not having to run the dryer anymore.
Then the magimix, and the yogurt maker!!
Especially with the type of summer we are having!
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Like Hypno I've got a clipper set (with various comb fittings, scissors, clips etc) - can't remember how much they cost me but not a lot. I used these to cut DS's hair.
I also have a good pair of hairdressing scissors - I cut my own fringe and OH does the back for me when the ends start to split. OH is the only one in our house who has his hair cut at a barbers (though he does dye it at home).
I also bought OH a Thermos flask for £5.99 from Aldi a year or so ago. When OH is out all day he takes a flask of coffee which saves him a fortune on buying coffee when he is out.PigginSkint's debt free diary
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Which book did you get Marshmallow??0
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For me it is definitely break down cover. I would have been twice in less than a year been paying a fortune to the local garage to come and sort my car out. And next year I will be paying it with Tesco vouchers. :T"Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."
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For me it is definitely break down cover. I would have been twice in less than a year been paying a fortune to the local garage to come and sort my car out. And next year I will be paying it with Tesco vouchers. :T
Ah yes the Tesco/RAC thingy, I have done this for the past couple of years (have a Tesco CC also so points add up quickly, in true MSE style though it is paid off every month)
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