Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

12_month_challenge

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Reminds me of a tights tip that I heard of many moons ago. If you get a ladder or hole in one leg, cut off the offending leg. Then when you have another pair with a hole in, again cut off the holy leg. Wear as a pair, and in the winter, you have that extra bit of heat round your bum!

My sister and I absolutely did this every week when we were younger.

Also when our mum had a ladder in her tights we used to cut the legs off, have one each with a tennis ball in the bottom and stand back to a wall, swing it from side to side, bouncing it off the wall and under our legs etc.

Outside for hours. No computers just plain old fresh air. :T

Such fun

Primrose

My old tights are used to store my home grown onions in, hung up in the garage.

consultant31

12_month_challenge wrote: »

My sister and I absolutely did this every week when we were younger.

Also when our mum had a ladder in her tights we used to cut the legs off, have one each with a tennis ball in the bottom and stand back to a wall, swing it from side to side, bouncing it off the wall and under our legs etc.

Outside for hours. No computers just plain old fresh air. :T

Such fun

Those were the days, cheap but healthy pastimes

katkin

Soda crystals mixed into your washing powder. Half and half mix works amazingly well for me. Off course I put less in the machine than recommended too and still my laundry comes out spick and span.

Vinegar instead of fabric conditioner is a given too. Of course.

Nargleblast

I use white vinegar in the dishwasher instead of rinse aid, cheaper but just as effective.

Baileys_Babe

katkin wrote: »

Soda crystals mixed into your washing powder. Half and half mix works amazingly well for me. Off course I put less in the machine than recommended too and still my laundry comes out spick and span.

Vinegar instead of fabric conditioner is a given too. Of course.

We do this, in our 7.5kg machine we use a tablespoon of powder and a tablespoon of soda crystals plus vinegar, works brilliantly.

Nargleblast wrote: »

I use white vinegar in the dishwasher instead of rinse aid, cheaper but just as effective.

We also use vinegar as rinse aid.

These products are so versatile, soda crystals we use to keep the ubends clear, good for cleaning where it is fatty or greasy as well as doing the laundry. We use cheap standard malt vinegar (brown) in both the washing machine and dishwasher and on our chips. Both vinegar and soda crystals are very cheap and easy to get hold of.

To keep the costs down further we buy our laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent in bulk from the wholesalers.

VfM4meplse

Excellent tips! *note to self* must buy some soda crystals

TasmanianMinimalist wrote: »

I've just saved myself $15. On the last day of term before the holidays we have a luncheon provided for us at work, at a cost of $15. I decided not to have it and bring my own usual stuff from home, for the cost of home made sandwiches and a piece of fruit. Et voila, $15 saved and also no giving in to peer pressure!

It would be interesting to see how many colleagues join you next year! It really wouldn't be that hard for the organiser to suggest a bring a dish / drink lunch next year. It might cost fractionally more than BYO lunch, but nowhere near the $15 of a catered lunch.

DollyDabbler

consultant31 wrote: »

Those were the days, cheap but healthy pastimes

I remember being told off at primary school as between all the girlls happily playing this game, we had managed to knock half the pointing out of the school wall. :eek:

givememoney

You know how you mistakenly stick a stamp on a wrong envelope and want to remove it. Years ago you could soak it off and re-use. Not the same now as they are stuck on with adhesive. PO do this is incase you get one of those envelopes that haven't been franked and heaven forbid you try to remove the stamp to use again. This of course is unlawful !!


However, should you need to remove your stamp, here is how to do it. Cut round the stamp leaving an edge all round, put paper with stamp attached face down on a worktop, then coat the paper the stamp is attached to with hand cleansing gel. Give a little rub, turn paper over and voila, you just peel the stamp away, all in one piece.

CathA

12_month_challenge wrote: »

My sister and I absolutely did this every week when we were younger.

Also when our mum had a ladder in her tights we used to cut the legs off, have one each with a tennis ball in the bottom and stand back to a wall, swing it from side to side, bouncing it off the wall and under our legs etc.

Outside for hours. No computers just plain old fresh air. :T

Such fun

We used old socks when they had gone past the point of darning. Reading your comment reminded me of the fun we had doing this, there used to be a rush out of the door at playtime to bag the best bit of wall-happy days!