Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

good_advice

Just used the last of a bottle of Arial washing gel. I put the empty bottle in the machine with the clothes for a wash out before tossing into the recyclle bin.

I now swuart neat bleach around the toilet bowel instead of buying the fancy toilet cleaners.

Use white viniger and a drop of stardrops on the windows.

76rosie

good_advice wrote: »

Just used the last of a bottle of Arial washing gel. I put the empty bottle in the machine with the clothes for a wash out before tossing into the recyclle bin.

I now swuart neat bleach around the toilet bowel instead of buying the fancy toilet cleaners.

Use white viniger and a drop of stardrops on the windows.

buy bleach tablets 36 for 1 pound in most 1 pound shops

76rosie

115K wrote: »

I don't iron anything! I just buy stuff that doesn't need ironing. I also buy clothes without buttons so I don't have to do any sewing.:o

I read the other day that if your pillows have gone flat you can put them in the tumble dryer with a couple of tennis balls to make them fluffy again? I haven't tried it yet.

Use a tumble dryer????

There must be another free way.

Uniscots97

76rosie wrote: »

Use a tumble dryer????

There must be another free way.

I normally find putting items on hangers to allow them to dry reduces a lot of the creases

Frugalsod

Uniscots97 wrote: »

When buying broccoli, I save them stalks, and blanche them before freezing. Then when cooking a stir fry, I take it out the freezer (defrost) thinly slice and use this in my stir fry to bulk it out.

I do this with anything that can be eaten. Tomorrow I am having a cauliflower cheese and everything is going in, stalks and leaves as well. It adds a bit of colour to the dish and helps bulk it out. Though chop up the stalks so that they cook properly. Unless there is a reason not to use in the pot it goes.

IrishRose12

115K wrote: »

I read the other day that if your pillows have gone flat you can put them in the tumble dryer with a couple of tennis balls to make them fluffy again? I haven't tried it yet.

What happens if you don't have a tumble dryer:o I need to make my pillows fluffy again

oldhaggis

IrishRose12 wrote: »

What happens if you don't have a tumble dryer:o I need to make my pillows fluffy again

I don't own a tumble dryer. I wash my hollow fibre pillows at 60 degrees and put them out on the line to dry. If they dry lumpy or flat then I slit them open and put the filling into a big plastic bag. Then while I'm watching TV, I take the filling out bit by bit and pull it apart to fluff it up and re-fill the pillow case. Once I've completed this, I stitch up the pillow case and have a nice plump pillow again. It's worth doing if they were expensive pillows with good quality cotton covers.


My feather pillows are much easier to wash but take a lot longer to dry. Once they are totally dry (which can take 2 or 3 days out in the sun) they can just be fluffed up from the outside.

HTH

silvasava

Just made a really tasty Stilton & Broccolli soup with two enormous heads that had thick stems & a piece of stilton that was WAY past its best & a bit of Danish Blue going the same way. There's enough for the 2 of us for 2 servings so a bit more stocked up for cold winter days (that's if I can resist.........:)

Fruball

Uniscots97 wrote: »

I normally find putting items on hangers to allow them to dry reduces a lot of the creases

Almost all of our clothes gets washed and put on hangers in the airing cupboard over night to dry. If I have lots of washing, I spin it twice then take to the launderette. It's a nice relaxing Sunday thing to do! The children get a treat or a comic and I get a magazine. Very theraputic!

Launderette tip - always check the dryers to see which one has been on most recently as it will still be warm and therefore saves a few pennies in the warm up process

emiai

I love this thread, just read the last four months or so posts whilst having a hot choc and duvet night.

I have not bought a note pad for over a year now, school newsletters, envelopes etc all get trimmed up and popped into a small butter tub my children decorated in the cupboard, it's used for all our shopping lists, and reminders to magnet on the fridge in stead of post it notes.

I no longer buy birthday cards either, instead I pop an £1 scratchcard with the gift (chocs or bottle of beer) with a hand crafted poem, bit of ribbon for decoration etc

This year I swapped your birthday card,
Which would end up in the bin,
For this birthday scratch card,
Good luck, we hope you win.

It's been well received in my family so far.