Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

Skint_yet_Again

sparrer wrote: »

Will try the 'tato water, one less thing to throw down the drain

I tried the salt and kettle of boiling water tip from superscrimpers and it really worked on weeds between the slabs, but never thought of using the tato water..thanks for that, saves boiling the kettle

sparrer wrote: »

As there's only me in a king-sized bed, it seems silly to wash the linen when I've only used one small part of it so I turn the duvet and bottom sheet over, and swap pillows over between washes. The linen wears evenly, and it costs 50% less in laundry powder and electricity. Admittely the seams of the sheet are then on the outside but no-one is going to know but me :shhh:

sparrer, thanks for that ....I never thought of rotating the sheets/pillows but will in future

A few more I remembered:

Keep old shower gel bottles. When buy/gifted replacement decant half into old bottle and top up with water. Most shower gels are too thick and its hard to just get a small drop onto scrunchy as I have problems with my hands.

DS insists he can only use he@d and shoulders shampoo, so keep old bottle and buy cheaper alternative and decant into old bottle...he's none the wiser

Eenymeeny

DS insists he can only use he@d and shoulders shampoo, so keep old bottle and buy cheaper alternative and decant into old bottle...he's none the wiser
I'm sure that I remember someone quoting Asda's own version as the most convincing if you need to cheat:D
I just tell him that it's part of the 'grand plan' and if he wants different he'll have to buy it!:)

marmiterulesok

Skint_yet_Again wrote: »

Keep old shower gel bottles. When buy/gifted replacement decant half into old bottle and top up with water. Most shower gels are too thick and its hard to just get a small drop onto scrunchy as I have problems with my hands.

Apparently this is not a good idea (watering down shower gel or anything else for that matter),as the water will introduce bacteria.A safer solution is to buy pump dispenser bottles and decant into that.You really do use less,especially if you wrap an elastic band round the pump thingy,so it doesn't go down all the way.

prepareathome

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Apparently this is not a good idea (watering down shower gel or anything else for that matter),as the water will introduce bacteria.A safer solution is to buy pump dispenser bottles and decant into that.You really do use less,especially if you wrap an elastic band round the pump thingy,so it doesn't go down all the way.

I had heard that so just changed to adding cooled boiled water as even with cost of boiling the kettle I am still saving money.:)

Berni888

mumofthetwins wrote: »

You must have posted whilst i was typing i think i will give this a try :T

Does anyone know where to get some cheap white vinigar - i looked in morrisons the other day and it was crazy prices - i know its cheap out there somewhere

Lisa

Ditto, I've not been able to locate it cheaply on my day to day shopping in highstreet stores but just did a Google...not purchased myself

http://www.tradewindsorientalshop.co.uk/acatalog/White_Vinegar.html

£2.25 for 5 Litres plus £2.95 shipping.

HTH

camNolliesMUMMY

I use malt vinegar.....never had a problem using it instead of white/distilled.

Winchelsea

I bought white vinegar recently in a Chinese supermarket. Can't remember the price, but it was a bargain.

About skin care - I may have posted this before, but I regularly get told that my skin looks younger than it is!

My "beauty" regime is this:

Wash morning and bedtime with COLD water. Dry with towel, put on a thin layer of baby lotion (last 500ml bottle was 8p from Sa*nsb*ry!)

That's it - apart from not smoking and not sitting in the sun - both are great producers of wrinkles! I use sun cream, but no make-up.) Oh, and eat plenty of fruit and veg!

I've used the baby lotion ever since my twins were born 48 years ago - bought it, then read that babies don't need anything on their skin, so as I couldn't waste it, I tried it on my own skin. Makes it feel soft and comfortable - highly recommended! (Though the big brand one in a pink bottle brings me out in a rash - I think it's the perfume in it.)

rosie383

My DH takes a tuna/ mayo/ cheese mixture that I make up for him to work every day to have on ryvita. He always insisted that I buy the tuna in oil rather than in brine as it is much nicer. Unfortunately, the oli one isn't on offer as often, and is generally more expensive.
Imagine my horror when I saw him opening the can himself and draining off all the oil:eek: and replacing it with olive oil, because it is nicer!!!!!
Okay then...... now I buy the cheapest brine one I can get (dolphin friendly of course), drain the brine and add the olive oil myself! I have been doing this for about 2 months now and he is none the wiser!:D

I do have to say one thing in his defence though, as he is a foreigner, and came from a country where branded 'foreign' foods were very expensive, he isn't tied to brands at all (apart from Joop which I now hate!) and is happy to have a cheaper alternative for most things.
Also, after having lived abroad for a wee while myself, I find it much easier to economise, eg, using squashed and battered fruit/ veg etc, as food was not all nicely standard in shape, and clean and all packaged up. You got what was cheap and in season, couldn't buy things like cream, and had to make do with whatever ingredients you could find.

catch_me_if_you_can

We save the brine from tuna and sweetcorn "water" (separately) into margarine tubs in the freezer for using when we make chinese soups etc.

We plan our meals and take the next day's meat/fish out of the freezer the day before to avoid using the microwave to defrost.

I always take a packed lunch to work - so many people there complain they're skint yet happily fork out £5 a day for a salad from the sandwich shop, then discard half as "there's too much to eat" :eek:

rosie383

catch_me_if_you_can wrote: »

We save the brine from tuna and sweetcorn "water" (separately) into margarine tubs in the freezer for using when we make chinese soups etc.

_pale_ Bleurgh! Sorry, as someone who hates tuna I couldn't even begin to think about doing that!