Great 'Embarrassing MoneySaving tips' Hunt

ceridwen

Primrose wrote: »

I once sat in a church at a wedding behind a very poshly dressed lady and the price label for her hat started slipping down from underneath the brim at the back. I did rather uncharitably wonder whether she had simply forgotten to remove the label or whether she was trying to go the "refund" route. I wonder what she would have done if I had sneakily pulled some nail scissors out of my handbag and discreetly snipped it off. :rotfl:

I don't think I would have been able to resist going up to her afterwards and saying "Don't want to embarrass you - but you forgot to take that price label out. Here - let me help you (<snip>)":rotfl:

After all - it MIGHT have been a genuine mistake and I would only be being polite and helpful...

Supergirl1000

Please could you email your tips? I'm always looking for new ways to save!

marmiterulesok

lostinrates wrote: »

I've tried filtering, and even filtering twice, but I'm afraid it still tastes yucky to me. Better, but yucky! It feels very spoilt and ''princess and the pea-ish'' but I really need to become less fussy because I won't spend on UK bottled water prices and I think its not ''green'' anyway to use so many bottles.

My Mum cannot drink water straight from the tap where she lives,as she doesn't like the taste.She fills a jug up and lets it stand for a few hours,and then the water is drinkable.HTH.

Kerfuffle

Supergirl1000 wrote: »

Please could you email your tips? I'm always looking for new ways to save!

Sorry, it's not possible for us all to individually email you tips. But if you do see a particularly helpful post which has lots of tips/hints( or recipe for that matter) on it you can print it off by clicking on the post number, example your post is # 293. Alternatively do what I do and sit with a notepad and pen.

Hope that helps.

Toodles.

ps, or copy and paste everything of interest.

Kerfuffle

TabithaCat wrote: »

My tap water is also vile. I now fill a jug from the tap and let it stand for a couple of hours before drinking it. It loses that chlorinated smell.

marmiterulesok wrote: »

My Mum cannot drink water straight from the tap where she lives,as she doesn't like the taste.She fills a jug up and lets it stand for a few hours,and then the water is drinkable.HTH.

Marmiterulesok, is your Mum TabithaCat by any chance? :rotfl:

furndire

I had a huge amount of padded envelopes, bubble wrap, etc and freecycled them - there were quite a few people wanted them for ebaying.

WISHIWASRICH_2

We get a very large number of "charity bags" (for donations) through out letter box. I turn them inside out and use them for rubbish :money:

Aril

I too reuse the empty charity shop bags if they haven't been collected - I fill them with fallen leaves to make leaf mould as they've already got the holes punched in them.
Aril

WISHIWASRICH_2

Grey_Goose wrote: »

For a number of years I shared a flat with another girl who became, and still is, my best friend. We shared for about 6 years until, coincidently, we both got married within 1 month of each other. Our flat was always cold and draughty and for most of the year we both made full use of our hot water bottles.The only difference between us was that I always use my bottles until they are completely knackered while my friend replaced hers regularly, even though there was nothing wrong with them. She said she had once had the experience of waking up to a wet bed!

I thought this was a wasteful practice, so I used to retrieve her bottles from the bin and save them to use myself. Over the time we shared our flat, I must have collected about half a dozen, some of which I still have today, several years later. I can’t remember the last time I needed to buy a hot water bottle!

I shouldn’t really feel embarrassed, as all I was doing was recycling to prevent waste, but as she is my best friend, I don’t know how I would feel if she ever found out. Consequently, I’ve kept it quiet and my hubby has no idea he is sharing his bed not only with me, but also with my best friends' hot water bottle!!!

My M-I-L got a very nasty burn from a hot water bottle. I think your friend was being very sensible. Your DH might not think it at all funny if he got burned?

Kerfuffle

WISHIWASRICH wrote: »

My M-I-L got a very nasty burn from a hot water bottle. I think your friend was being very sensible. Your DH might not think it at all funny if he got burned?

I'm sure he wouldn't, but then the water put in them shouldn't be so hot that it would burn/scold. Anybody who does that is being very 'un-sensible'.