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

Bogof_Babe

When you read on here about someone being an avid charity shop bargain hunter, and check their location (if given) hoping they are not in direct competition with yourself!

Re. picking up coins - I had a dilemma yesterday, having spotted a 2p piece on the floor in the train just before a woman put her suitcase down on top of it. I was travelling to the end of the route, and deliberating whether to get out last and risk missing my connection (train was running late so only had four minutes to find right platform) or regretfully leave it lying on the floor for someone else to find.

Sad to say sense prevailed, as I didn't want to be hanging around hours for the next train. Maybe I should have told the woman that I had just dropped it and would she mind moving her case so I could retrieve it! :rotfl:

tara747

thisuseridistakenagain wrote: »

i found a trolley on the loose at asda with the pound still in it!!! woooooooo!!!

I love it when this happens!!!

I also didn't know that Amazon was on Nectar... why did I not know all this time???????? :eek:

281273

when my Mum cannot believe how much I spent on my kids at christmas to how much it would have cost if I hadnt managed to get some freebies and sold some of their old toys to but their new presents.

When someone from my girls school thinks I should have a column in the school newsletter with a few money saving tips in.

When I feel bad if I have to pay full price for anything!!!!!

281273

heavenleigh wrote: »

you wake at silly o'clock and head to this site before putting the kettle on!

I have the internet on my phone so i'm on this site even before I get out of bed!!!!

wilf55

thing is ....when you head to this site you sort of end up staying here for a while!

sparrer

when you attend a course run by the NHS for peeps with lung diseases and tell the group leaders, physio and so on about not using lung- and environment-damaging aerosols etc for cleaning but using vinegar, bicarb, lemon, soda crystals, Stardrops etc etc instead...and they ask you to print it off so they can pass it on to others in the same position then tell them about this site. I feel I'm a proper OS'er now :T

frugallily

So I am a really super moneysaver as I also do most of this!! Martin, can you upgrade my profile to "fantastically fervent" please!!! A good thread for us is the one about "sneaky ways to save the pennies".. it's about pg 194 now. Also, if you can't cook (whoever it was) (edit was it RubyRuby?) start with soups. You can't easily muck those up!! However I really must stop bagging bargains as we will have to move out soon to store everything!!!.. Great thread, everyone, keep it going!!!

Rummer

You mentally calculate how much a day/night out will cost and without skipping a beat make suggestions for a more economical way to have fun!

kerrypn

You know youre an MSE when...

You save the empty jar of Nescafe and top it up with a cheaper brand as DH claims not to like anything other than Nescafe :rolleyes: Then hide the evidence :rotfl:

No one believes that you spend so little on food shopping, until they come shopping with you....and you end up teaching your 80 year old grandad money saving tips!

You follow DH after he has changed the timer on the boiler...and switch it back to how you had it before!

You can add up shopping without thinking about it, correct to the penny, in your head-and end up doing it even when you don't really mean to-like when its someone else's shopping

Your three year old actually asks to put his spends in the bank, and knows how much he has in his account

You text landlines instead of ringing

Just a few of my little ways

horsechestnut

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.

If you have a Nectar card ,then go through Nectar to Amazon and get points. Every little helps.:D