Whats the tightest thing youve done...

lynzpower

I actually dont think any of these things are "tight" in the negative thing here, Im doing all of them :j

thanks to PP for the garlic bread idea, Ill be doing that as well :beer:

lynsayjane

lady_fuschia wrote:

I make my OH watch TV in the dark to save electricity. It drives him mad.

i do this too. i also shower in the dark sometimes, my bathroom door faces the door to the close (i live in a flat) so light comes in through the window, noone can see in and i find it a little less stressful on my eyes in the mornings.

i buy chicken breasts when on bogof offers then freeze them individually and defrost as desired, keeps portion sizes down too as i'm not forced to eat four breasts myself in a couple of days.

oh and i freeze bread and just remove from freezer as needed cause i can never finish a whole loaf by myself before it goes fausty!

black-saturn

MoaningMyrtle wrote:

Some of these are classed as theft and could get you the sack and/or prosecution you know!

Like what exactly? I can't see anything that bad in this list?

**purpleprincess**

Even better is that I buy whole chickens when on offer and cut them up!! More chicken for your money! Then use the carcass for soup/stock! Yummy!

pixie1

I always have the free food at work even if Im not hungry there and then, i save it for my dinner when I get home I never buy envelopes, I use ones from work and I always take a couple of extra packets of sugar / sweetner when Im in a cafe oh and I save money off coupons for when i go shopping.

Tight - yes I squeak!

spud30

Kevicho wrote:

It really worries me that on debt free wannabe were are calling ourselves tight, we are not tight, we are visionaries, we are entrepeneurs we will do what it takes to make sure our money is used wisely.

Is being tight a bad thing?

I'm really pleased that I'm finally learning to be tight, careful with money, call it whatever you want. :j

I just wish I'd found DFW years ago, before my debts were this bad :rolleyes:

So Lyns, be tight, and be proud honey, keep up the good work :T

**purpleprincess**

I wouldn't call myself tight though, I'd call myself a Money Saving Expert!!! Far nicer turn of phrase!

buxtonrabbitgreen

I didn't think I was particularly tight but this morning I re used a padded envelope which had not been franked and added the rest of the postage to send somthing to Australia. What's more I stuck an envelope over the address bacause I am too tight to even buy an address lable.

MoaningMyrtle

black-saturn wrote:

Like what exactly? I can't see anything that bad in this list?

Taking stuff from work, avoiding paying fares, stuff like that. I personally would not risk it. The company I work for would give any employee instant dismissal for misapproriation of company property, be it paper, postage, cleaning stuff, photocopying etc. It's known as gross misconduct.

toontastic

The reason to not reuse water bottles was down to two things. Firstly the bottles are made from diethylhexyl adipate which at one time was on the list of toxic chemicals held. However I know it's been taken for the American list, not sure about the British list though. Basically they said over a period of years this could harm you using the same bottle.

However the reason they put that on the side of the bottle is to cover there backs because we're all dirty sods I quote "The concern is that people (particularly children) can too easily spread and ingest bacteria from their hands and mouths by re-using bottles without properly washing them or allowing them sufficient time to dry. "

So there you go as long as your clean you shouldn't have a problem reusing the bottles as many times as you want.