Extreme Money Saving !!!!!!

wishingonastar_3

MORPH3US wrote:

SHUT UP!!!

You are not serious?!?!

sadly i am. i warn my dd every time we go not to touch it. she reckons she can make a roll last at least a fortnight if not longer.

loopyloulou_3

ha ha that loo roll one is disgusting!!!!!
surely that cant be hygenic!

shetitasatic

It's not just books in the library - there's national and local newspapers and magazines - and it's nice and warm
When out shopping Whittards have often got free samples going of some kind of tea or coffee and Holland & Barrett have sometimes got a basket of nuts or dried fruit just inside the door for you to try - saves going into a cafe!!

amosworks

But surely though after one use it would be the same quality as Tesco value, and value's hardly expensive !!!!!! rag!

wishingonastar_3

amosworks wrote:

But surely though after one use it would be the same quality as Tesco value, and value's hardly expensive !!!!!! rag!

its actually sainsburys basics range to start with. and usually quite crispy on the window sill. shall say no more. but she also snips the top off the end of the hoover bags (brown paper ones) empties it and tapes them up again, never peels veggies as its a waste if she can avoid it, buys basics uht skimmed milk and waters it down, and has been known to save the water off the boiled veggies for making tea with in a flask as its full of vitamins apparently and saves boiling the kettle. nothing is wasted if it can be re-used. i could go on but i feel a bit mean now. she's a lovely prson, very eccentric, but would do anything for you.

hrafndot

Gerradene wrote:

i knew someone that didn't throw teabags away until they were used THREE times :rotfl:

My grandad used to peg used teabags on the clothes line and then re-use them. He also grew his own tobacco. He made wine out of carrots, tasted like gin. I could go on....

nicola1982_2

wishingonastar wrote:

its actually sainsburys basics range to start with. and usually quite crispy on the window sill. shall say no more. but she also snips the top off the end of the hoover bags (brown paper ones) empties it and tapes them up again, never peels veggies as its a waste if she can avoid it, buys basics uht skimmed milk and waters it down, and has been known to save the water off the boiled veggies for making tea with in a flask as its full of vitamins apparently and saves boiling the kettle. nothing is wasted if it can be re-used. i could go on but i feel a bit mean now. she's a lovely prson, very eccentric, but would do anything for you.

That actually made me retch

fizzel81

wishingonastar wrote:

this thread is brilliant, a relation of mine (female) is known to dry out toilet paper if its only wet. you see it laid on the windowsill in the bathroom. she reckons you can get four or five uses out of it.

umm not something im thinking of trying however each to there own she must have her reasons for doing this.
i once knew someone that if her child had a poo in there nappy but had not wet it would scrape it out and put it back on the child she then wondered why the poor mite had nappy rash

vixxen

ewwwwwwww!!!

Foxy106

fizzel81 wrote:

umm not something im thinking of trying however each to there own she must have her reasons for doing this.
i once knew someone that if her child had a poo in there nappy but had not wet it would scrape it out and put it back on the child she then wondered why the poor mite had nappy rash

Re-usables would be good for this by putting a fresh liner in, kinder to babys skin and no smell.