Extreme Money Saving !!!!!!

missdrexie

Buy a pair of hair clippers and use to do all the men and boys haircuts in the house. First time is a little fiddly but can do a great job now. With a husband and son this has saved a fortune on barber's prices over the years.

roswell

Save water drink beer ... DOh sorry wrong thread :-)

afro_2

MoaningMyrtle wrote:

Turn the car engine off when driving downhill

As long as your brakes don't require the engine to be running to work, like a lot of cars do!

john_kent

Get a part time job in a food outlet.

Most give free staff meals , your earning for working there and not spending in shops or on home electricity bills.

Only fill car up to 1/4 and put small regualr amounts in.

jesster_2

13000 wrote:

My mum once hit a pheasent <sp> in her car, as we lived in the country. There was then a great debate if we should take it home for tea !

No such debate in our house! My mum served up a roast pheasant to guests... then mentioned halfway through how 'it's not that badly mashed up considering I hit it at 50...'! Fortunately they were too polite to say anything.

Though interestingly apparently it's actually illegal to pick up any roadkill that YOU've hit (counts as poaching or something). But if you are driving behind someone who hits something, it's legal to pick it up cus it's already dead and you haven't 'poached' it.

And if you're going to do it properly, there's a chap from cornwall who eats roadkill every day - his freezer's chock full of it. And he's written a book to help the rest of us share in his delights:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4660060.stm

Shame i'm veggie. Squashed sprouts don't offer such a saving!

lynzpower

hehe going on from the "pill" comment before, Too much info I know but the merena coil stops monthlies altogether, as does the depo provera injection!Saving a fortune, and they are FREE! LOL!!

john_kent

My oven top gets real hot , so when I cook a meal in the oven , I put the kettle on top to start it warming up , thus using less leccy when I boil it for a drink with my dinner. This is more an enviroment thing , though the two (moneysaving and enviro are linked).

I also reverse into my garage , as I read somewhere reverseing whne cold uses 80% more fuel then going forward when cold . When engine is warm , the difference is 20%. SO I revers ein warm , and following morning drive out forwards.

I have also completely emptied the garage so I can leave it open all day. No need ot get out off car to close it.

skintchick

john_kent wrote:

Only fill car up to 1/4 and put small regualr amounts in.

That will actually cost you more - your car is more efficient on a full tank.

whitewitch_2

I water down the washing up liquid. A good brand like fairy you can put in the same amount of water again and I don't even notice.

woohoo_postingid

Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.

An empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an inexpensive vibrator

SAVE petrol by pushing your car to your destination. Invariably passers-by will think you've broken down and help.