You know you're a money saver when.....

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And SO much tastier! And SO much less cruel on the poor chickens:beer:

ginnyknit

When you have convinced you 80 year old Mum that she is a genuis because she follows all our rules, it keeps her mind sharp and gives her excercise looking for bargains. She now rings me on her mobile - cheap landline calls - during the day to tell ME which supermarket has bargains in! She even got my DB to stock her up from a detailed shopping list when she couldn't get out in the snow and has food etc for a week, including homemade soup using her mini slow cooker.

snoopy58

:cool:When you make sure you will be out of the hairdresser's in time for evening reductions in Sainsbugs.
When you want to tell the person grabbing the most expensive can of tomatoes off the shelf in Mr T's this morning that the cheaper ones are just as good.
When you are able to give nice gifts without breaking the bank because you been buying them all year or have bought 'glitches'.
When your family and friends ask you about discounts for holidays.
When you see the smile on your brother's face when you have saved him over £600 on his next family holiday. :cool:

sazzy6

When you find 45p in the bottom of a bag and feel really happy about it but also a little but guilty that it managed to get away in the first place!

It's safely in my purse now though!!!

wilf55

Connologs wrote: »

When you are buying a DVD you check prices on virtually every website you can think of and then work out the price with the quidco cash back.

Then curse amazon because they are the cheapest but not on quidco.

but they are on nectar:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

toni_

budgeteer wrote: »

And SO much tastier! And SO much less cruel on the poor chickens:beer:

yup i agree its worth the extra few quid to have a guilt free dinner

tara747

Violetta wrote: »

You get all excited in Morrisons until you realise those yellow stickers are their normal price stickers & not the reduced ones.:sad:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

23rdspiral wrote: »

when the chap interviewing you for a mortage offer doesnt believe how little you spend on groceries, (about an 1/4 of what him and his g/f spend), and he accueses you of being delusional about your spending and starts to question the other financial data you've given him....
then you explain - whoopsies, planning, home cooking, less meat, batch cooking, slow cooker for cheaper meat cuts and MSE. Then HE looks embarased. :rotfl:

Brilliant LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to have been a fly on the wall.

I love this thread, thank you all for giving me a good laugh as I recognise myself in most of the posts! I tend to be quite quiet about my moneysaving ways tbh, Irish people see moneysaving as odd (for some reason, we seem quite happy to be ripped off at every opportunity- except me and a few others on here lol).

Spendaholic_Chick

"One of my favourite money saving tips I learnt here is testing eggs (the float test in a glass of water), to see if they are off. I have used up loads of eggs that were past their Best before date, but were actually perfectly fine to use! :j"


i didn't know about this - if it's fresh should it sink or float?

MoneyQueen

Spendaholic Chick,

If it is fresh, it will sink

Explanation here http://www.helpwithcooking.com/egg-guide/fresh-egg-test.html

HTH

SavvyStudent_2

Spendaholic_Chick wrote: »

"One of my favourite money saving tips I learnt here is testing eggs (the float test in a glass of water), to see if they are off. I have used up loads of eggs that were past their Best before date, but were actually perfectly fine to use! :j"


i didn't know about this - if it's fresh should it sink or float?

Eggs have a little pocket of air in the bottom that gets bigger as they age... therefore if they float (i.e. have a big pocket of air inside) they're off!