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

floss2

purpleivy wrote: »

How do you make a flannel reindeer? I think my Brother and SIL would prefer my nephew to have one of these next year instead of the percussion instruments I got him this Christmas. I found one of them behind the sofa after they had gone home LOL!

Oh, no, it's one of the joys of being an aunty that you can buy noisy presents!

sparrer

When you get in the car, settle yourself into your driving position put your seat belt on and do whatever else you have to do, before turning on the engine - thereby saving 3 teaspoons of petrol a year :rolleyes:

When making tea you measure one cup of water in the kettle and if it comes over the 'minimum' level, pour some into another cup for the next time.

When you save the tea bag for the next cup

When you buy whole cream milk and dilute it 50/50 with water

Asking to take home anything you can't eat in a restaurant (and tell them it's for the dog )

Similarly when you're half board in a hotel you take a roll and a boiled egg at breakfast then sneak it into a napkin for your lunch

not being afraid to tell anyone you do all/any of the above

415SanFran

When you have to take one of your children shopping so they can do all the bending for the stuff on the bottom shelves.
Or when they are asking for something and the first thing they say is "I don't mind if it comes off ebay"

wilf55

just wanted to say hi and subscribe to this thread

i too am horrified when peeps dont go through quidco and pay full price for things and pick up pennies off the floor and no longer buy ready meals soups or anything else never buy new clothes prefer freecycle or ebay or charity

complain at the prices in the charity shop

Olliebeak

La-Cara wrote: »

Glad it's not just my "yellow sticker radar" that gets confused in Morrisons! Even more confusing was when Asda used red whoopsie stickers instead of yellow ones for a while :undecided

Those red stickers were their original 'whoops' ones from many years ago - I started buying them back then. Some of them still turn up now and again in our Asda too .

I've actually got my grandkids trained to spot whoopsies as we walk down the aisles AND my DS2 has been converted at last :j.

Quote from Violetta: You get all excited in Morrisons until you realise those yellow stickers are their normal price stickers & not the reduced ones.:sad: - I go self-catering in a caravan on holiday in Scotland and the local supermarket is a Morrison's - those darn things have me fooled every time :mad:.

beautiful_ravens

...when my friend drives to tesco just to buy his own dinner for one evening, and spends £40 on a basket of stuff, and later complains to me that he needs more money.

Violetta_2

`Oh I forgot this one, your friends when they get a brill bargain in a shop actually call it "Doing a Vi" (except they use my real name) that makes me proud of them. Vi xx

ginnyknit

When you do laps in the supermarket because you see the butcher wrapping up meat and putting reduced stickers on it.

When you have a freezer full of portions of leftover food and an almost empty wheely bin.

When your grown up kids don't need to ring you for moneysaving advice cos they get it!

Apricot

When you refuse to have the heating on until you can see your breath in front of you & you are wearing every item of clothing you own

You can't remember the last time you purchased a brand name product

You have almost as many freezer bags drying on the line as socks

When everybody rings you to find out where to get the best deal on something they want to buy.


MSE YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE :T

Kaz2904

DH never quite "got" this money saving. When the children were small (1 & 3) I asked him to go shopping a few times. No sooner than he got in Asda both of them were scanning. He came home mortified as both kids had been flinging their arms out and shout "whoopsie!" every time they saw one!
I then had to explain that that's just what we do dear! (He's better now!).