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

Big_Nige

Vampiric_Addiction wrote: »

Definitely a convenience tax - hope the rest of the banks get the machines HSBC have - the coin depositing machines rock!

RBOS have introduced coin depositing machines, they are ace..:j

sparrer

When you turn to this forum as soon as you start the comp in the morning to see if there are any more ideas you could use, especially 2 uses for one raisin :rotfl:(someone is bound to post one now !)

Mummyroo wrote: »

When your dad explains to the salesman trying to sell him gas and electric that he knows he has the best deal available because his daughter found it for him and she is so thrifty she would cut a raisin in half if she could think of two uses for it!:o

Bogof_Babe

sparrer wrote: »

When you turn to this forum as soon as you start the comp in the morning to see if there are any more ideas you could use, especially 2 uses for one raisin :rotfl:(someone is bound to post one now !)

Making the eyes on a gingerbread man?

sparrer

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Making the eyes on a gingerbread man?

Nice one Bogof Babe :T I knew it wouldn't take long

Tealady_2

Walking the 2 miles to work even if the pavements are still thick with ice because tfl have increased the bus fare by 20p and you refuse to pay the extra.

Mrs_Thrify

Just dug out a almost new dressing gown that I refused to ware as it was too long and chopped the bottom off - will be waring it now as I can walk up the stairs safely wile carrying a hot drink.

dizzybuff

Growling everytime i pay full price train fair because I'm waiting for a replacement disability bus pass that someone helped themselves to because I wanted 1cm more room from his big fat !!!...

Ohh and planning my meals meticulously with a blackboard in the kitchen , so that the family can eat out on their own money if they dont like what Im cooking..

Although we on hot and sour soup tonight , no rejections as of yet , pity I was hoping for an extra big bowl.. Oh well will bulk up with bveg and noodles ..lol

mummysaver

When your friends phone you before they buy anything, just to check that they have got a good deal!

When you find yourself filling someone else's basket with stardrops yet again after extolling its virtues, then telling them to go and buy microfibre cloths in Poundland as they're cheaper than the supermarket! Then bumping into them in town and being thanked and explaining to your bemuzed ex what you've been up to!

When your children know how to meal plan and check the fridge and cupboards and freezers first before producing a shopping list!

When you change your friend's coins into notes as you can't bear the idea of them tipping them into one of the machines in the supermarket when you could drop them into the bank the next day!

When you spend your spare time scouring mse for extra tips!

melli_2

when you do your food shop on-line and realise that most of it is value/basics or ingredients for making your food from scratch type goods with the odd happy chicken/happy pork based product thrown in...
No pizzas, no chips (though I have potato waffles ), no crisps, no ready made cakes...

mama67

When the kids look for the reduced sticker/check bbdate/ask is it on offer on anything branded that comes into the house.