Scrimpers and Money saving?

moggins

The Tightwad Gazette is brilliant, I'm currently re-reading it for the third time

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks will take a look with the link..............

Churchmouse

thriftlady wrote:

The Tightwad Gazette is no longer available in newsletter form,but the complete thing is available from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375752250/qid=1150657954/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/203-2458868-6430337

I can recommend it,there's a thread about it somewhere here.

Can you stop recommending books please thriftlady, you're costing me a fortune?:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh well, here goes another one!:D

moggins

I've just ordered another two

The Complete Cheapskate and Home Comforts - The Art and Science of Keeping House, another £16 blown - never mind, DH has his DVD's every month and it's been a good three months since I bought myself a book

Chipps

Oooooh.... Scrimpers!
Wonderful programme. I remember one with a woman whose son's cub socks had the feet cut out, cos they had gone into holes. So he wore the tops of the expensive cub socks with ordinary socks underneath to keep his feet warm.
And someone who was paying off their mortgage (I think) by collecting tons and tons of aluminium cans which they found on the streets.
It should be required viewing for all OSers.

moggins

I remember the aluminium cans one! That bloke had sackfuls and he even stored them on the grass outside his house. Oh I wish they'd show that programme again.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

its suprising how much money you can get from collecting cans....i normally crush them, and store them in the shed until i have a load.... also i have started keeping my old clothes... as i have found out that the rag man who collects from charity shops etc will pay me £2.00 a black bag....i know its not a lot but when my kids have finished with their clothes.... and hubby's old work clothes, and those dreded odd socks... the charity shop could not re-sell anything anyway.....i am not being mean to the charity shops but charity begins at home i was allways told.......

hay if someone has paid their mortgage with collecting alu cans....it does make you think........

Kool_Kool

I remember Scrimpers too... There was a man who kept absolutely everything. They showed his shed full of stuff, no end of bits of strings, various pieces of metal, nails and whatever. Mind you I'm a bit like that too, always thinking that something will come useful one day...

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi thriftylady... are you on a bonus with amazon?.... as i have just ordered 2 books......the tightwad gazzette one amd a book called how to survive without a salary........
i love reading books like that anyway so i'm classing it as an early 40th birthday pressie to myself..... cam anybody remember anything else about the programme..?

one type of scrimper things i have done is used the old wire part of a hamster cage that had been in the shed for years... as a basket for my flowers.. and i must admit it did look lovely....it fitting just nice on the wall..........and the pastic tray part fits lovely on my make shift racking in the greenhouse..as a watering tray....

Chipps

Hamster cages are useful, aren't they. Ours comes out of retirement when we go on holiday, as a nice large cat litter tray!
If cat goes on her own holiday to my mum's house it comes in very handy! And being so large, there's less chance that the cat will miss the tray, as she had been known to do with the small variety!!!!