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

Kitchenbunny

Olliebeak wrote: »

With you all the way, sparrer - and they stack so well too .

250g margarine tub holds a reasonable amount of filling for a jacket spud.
500g tub holds a portion of home made soup/casserole.
1kg tub holds two portions of soup/casserole - or one if my OH is feeling really greedy :mad:.

coleslaw container (with a sealable lid) holds left-over tinned toms/baked beans etc when a tin has been opened.

I've just started doing this too! And DH approves, which is good. :T They also work really well for baking ingredients - 2l tubs for flour, 1l for rice and coleslaw pots for pre-measured portions of seeds or choc chips.

You know you're a moneysaver when colleagues come to you for recipes and expect you to come back with bargains.

Kitchenbunny xx

Ada3050

When you go to the DIY store to buy a value paint roller set, and then find the tray on its own for 98p.
When you wait for a car on autotrader to be reduced by £700 and then go and buy it.
When you buy "value" seeds for 38p instead of the normal price of over a pound.

kitschkitty

I love hummus, and as the tubs come in a cardboard sleeve the pots have no writing on, they are fab for leftovers and store cupboard bits as they are see through or semi opaque and the lids are really well fitting! Only thing I have to remember is never to accidentally put one in the microwave!

Kandipandi

......you turn your nose up at the prices in charity shops!
I can't belive how expensive some of these are becoming. And this is something I love to do, once a week for an hour I scour the local charity shops and I have not bought anything for ages as they are getting quite pricy.

tara747

Tibbie's_mum wrote: »

When you use the milk left in your little one's cereal bowl in your cup of tea.......is that one a bit yuck? Cheerio crumbs aren't that bad in tea!

Er.... yes, sorry! :rotfl:

I love those hummus pots too, they are fab for storing leftovers!! :j

sparrer

Kandipandi wrote: »

......you turn your nose up at the prices in charity shops!
I can't belive how expensive some of these are becoming. And this is something I love to do, once a week for an hour I scour the local charity shops and I have not bought anything for ages as they are getting quite pricy.

I agree 100%. The tee shirt I picked out to look at in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago was from Mr A...and £1 more expensive :eek:

jamespir

when you go into town with your coupons from the paper just to get the freebies

and the free samples they offer instores

Asiacat

You used to spend all day on Saturdays in shopping malls, now you stop in on Saturdays and spend all day Sundays at car boot sales.

You used to drive a brand new car every three years, now you you drive a ten year old car and intend to continue driving it as long as it will allow you to.

You used to pay 40 quid for a new top, now you pay 80 pence from Oxfam.

You used to drink yourself into oblivion on Friday and Saturday nights,now you nurse a single pint the entire night.

You used to make scores of impulse purchases each week, now you have your own one week cooling off period between deciding you want an item and actually buying it.

You no longer purchase a book until you have researched the book on amazon.co.uk and read every single readers review.

You used to buy a new mobile phone every six to eight months now it's every six to eight years.

splishsplash

You know you're a moneysaver when...

...your 17 year old daughter digs out home movies of her 5th birthday party, and you're wearing exactly the same fleece watching as you did on the day of the party:o.

Plenty of life left in it yet - bonus!

415SanFran

You know you are a money saver when you ask family member to save the large plastic milk containers so that you can use them for storage.

They are brilliant for pulses that you have bought in bulk once you have opened the bags, easy to pour out small amounts at a time, easy to store all stood next to each other in the pantry and you can see what you are looking for straight away.