Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

marmiterulesok

Aril wrote: »

When you have shoes that have worn out it may be worth keeping some of the laces- by doing this we managed to replace a broken pair of OH's with some we had salvaged from a pair we disposed of at the weekend so no outlay necessary!
Arilx

Also taking the shoes to the cobblers before they fall apart,so avoiding having to buy a new pair!;)

Shoes last longer if you don't wear them every day.I never wear the same pair of shoes for two days running.

moneypenny2k

Aril wrote: »

When you have shoes that have worn out it may be worth keeping some of the laces- by doing this we managed to replace a broken pair of OH's with some we had salvaged from a pair we disposed of at the weekend so no outlay necessary!
Arilx

Reminded me of what I see as standard behaviour but others may not see it as so. When throwing out old clothes...
1 use them as dusters
2 Remove any zips and buttons

Then you will have zips and buttons to use as replacements when needed, also you can change buttons to change the look of outfits AND I can remember many happy hours playing with buttons as a kid, I know I'm THAT old.. lol

THIRZAH

I used to play with buttons too. I cut buttons off garments that aren't good enough for the charity shop.Old towels and t shirts get cut up to use as rag but I do like "proper" dusters.

marmiterulesok

I used to spend hours playing with the buttons from my Mum's button tin.My favourite were the pink ones with a black poodle on.

DawnW

I rescued my Mum's button tin when she died. I have added it to the buttons (much more boring ones) that I have collected in 40 years of marriage. My children used to play with 'my' button tin, and grandchildren now play with the 'combined' one - which is much more fun! My favourites have little ducks on

Aril

Jiffy bags that are too torn to be reused can be taken apart and used for padding in other parcels.
Arilx

Quasar

Hi all :hello: Loooong time not been here.

I have found an interesting little page, mostly to save time when preparing food but there's also scope for saving money by cutting out waste: http://www.fooods.net/food-tips-life-hack/

kittycatface

thanks quasar great find I have bookmarked that.

I made 3 sofa cushions today out of OH's old pillow that was squashed flat as a pancake. It had that kind of kapok style material in that when you tore it apart was suprisingly springy again and more of it than it looked. the plain cotton cover was a bit manky so its in the washer ready to be used as floor cloths or dusters.

freebies at the moment seem to be coming in lovely shiny paper packaging: I had a purple and a blue one that I've cut up to make windows for chinese lantern style xmas decs.

Holding onto old buttons is a great idea, I've hoarded ones that come spare with clothes and when I forget which one they go with I string them up onto old ribbon to make light pulls/bag charms/mobile phone charms. Also they work in the middle of a felt cut out as a flower shaped brooch to add colour to a winter coat

Aril

The lids of the pringle tubes are just the right size for covering an opened tin of cat food [I know the frugal advice would be not to buy Pringles but mine were from 2007!]
A tip [not mine] from the 2011 Frugal Living Thread here- if you want lots of wooden beads for a project one of those beaded car seats is a good, cheap source.
Spotted this on my rounds the other day- someone had used all those broken clothes hangers to push into their borders to stop the felines erm digging it over for them:eek:
Arilx

givememoney

Appogies if this has ready been mentioned.

When I need to wipe over work tops (not when really messy) and paintwork, I have an old spray bottle which I have filled with a made up solution of Flash or Flash substitute.

I get a dry microfibre cloth then spray and wipe dry.

This beats making up a bowl full of flash liquid and dipping in cloth then wringing out.

It works out bags cheaper than the ready made sprays.