Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

Uniscots97

This one is a bit of inspiration taken from my parents living out in the sticks, where if say they're going to the village they'd get paper/milk/small grocery items for neighbours and vice versa.

We all want to save money on fuel/transport yet for a lot of us we don't have a lot of choice on our doorsteps so why not take a leaf out of my parents book? Do you have friends/family/friendly neighbours nearby that you could share your shopping with? What I mean by this is that a small group of people (3 would be a good minimum) club together and order their groceries online together. Split the delivery cost (meaning it would be around £1-£1.50 per person) and choose a time slot to suit the group. In my parents area its £4.90 return to the nearest village by bus and that only runs twice a day. In petrol/diesel a return journey would be about £5-6. Where I live (small village, so we have the local version of the coop all big supermarkets are a minimum of 12 miles away) the bus fare is £4 return. This would mean a little organisation but a saving of a few £'s a week (more if you use a taxi) and means no lugging heavy bags too far.

helzbelz_57

unixgirluk wrote: »

I've just got the new Kleeneze catalogue through and I'm astounded by the prices. I saw a bag for storing toilet rolls and it was about £10. Anyway it got me thinking, what's to stop you using an old pillow case and putting a coathanger under the flap (create a hole for the hook) an then hang it on the back of your bathroom door, keeping the single side of fabric towards you and store your toilet rolls in that?

this is a great idea and one that has reminded me of what my mum did. she used your suggestion of a coat hanger and a pillowcase to create a laundry 'basket' for our rooms that matched our bedlinen! I loved my take that laundry basket- and i'm pretty sure I had the only one like that!

wik

Hi, Here are a couple of things I do:

* Save chicken bones after making a roast, strip all chicken off for soups etc. then freeze the bones in a bag - when i have 3 or 4 I put them in a pan with a couple of litres of water, some herbs, and any tatty veggies... boil for an hour, leave to cool. scoop of any fat, strain the stock into a jug - then freeze ( I use any plastic tubs to spare - horlicks tubs etc)
then I pick the bones again - you always seem to get some extra bits of chicken!

* If am I doing a roast dinner, any veg peelings are placed in the base of the roasting tin, then i add about an inch of water, pop the meat on top and cover and cook, a couple of times during cooking I pour the juices into a pan to make the base for the gravy.

wik x

sparrer

All peelings, chicken skin etc are saved in a box in the freezer to add to hm liver dog biscuits to give them a wee bit of extra goodness.

lilian1977

Just spotted this on Huffington Post, might have some in there that haven't been mentioned!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/cooking-with-kitchen-scraps_n_1654589.html?ir=Parents

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Add a few drops of vinegar to an "empty" sauce bottle, put the lid on and give it a shake.

Open the bottle, and pour into the partly used current bottle.

Aril

If you have children that are in the Scouting movement Mountain Warehouse will always give you 10% off their stuff on production of the scarf even on sale items.
Arilx

dig13inrubble

Finefoot wrote: »

I use old duvets and covers to make my dogs bed. I chop any leftovers with bits of bread ends and mix it with his food.

do dogs eat duvets? ha ha

datlex

Aril wrote: »

When buying eggs remember to check the box to ensure none of them are broken before you pay for them.

Arilx

If you do online shopping and they deliver eggs with some broken eggs you get to keep all the eggs and they refund you for them.

emiai

I have cut most of last year's christmas cards up with craft scissors we got from the pound shop to make gift tags. Need to borrow a hole punch from work to do the next step!

I'm starting early this year