Single Money Saver living on my own

LolaLemon

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Actually I'm on the hunt for a shopping trolley. I've obviously got to the age when I just don't care what other people think any more. In any case I'm reliably informed that they've become rather trendy and I'm fed up to the back-teeth of lugging 12 kilo sacks of cat-litter home and then having to drag them up three flights of stairs. I've spotted one on the Argos site that I'm going to buy tomorrow if they have it in stock. Then I won't have to juggle what other heavy shopping I can heft home at the same time. Luxury!

Garden centres have some funky looking ones, ive been looking into them for a while - but if i DO buy one, then i know i have officially passed from what little 'cool' i have into being the 'hippy'! hahaha, im happy with that, just dont think my mum is ready for me to be seen with one when with her! haha
i dont really need one as i have the car, but when the car goes (getting far too expensive to run, so doubt ill have for much longer!) then im investing in one, as public transport here is a nightmare, and im 3 miles of hills

PasturesNew

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Now, if only they had a breadmaker as well I'd be in absolute heaven!

For a single person without a freezer, have you checked out that 5 minute bread? It's a dough you bung together without finesse, no kneading, then you chuck it in the bowl into the fridge and when you want to make bread you grab a sticky handful and bake it ... although, as a single person you won't want to be turning the whole oven on just for a couple of rolls, so I'd suggest you try 'baking' them using the frying pan. I've not tried it as I never ate that much bread to justify it - and I'd have needed a dedicated/covered bowl for the mix (I'm OCD like that about food/things).

PasturesNew

babyshoes wrote: »

Combined with a rucksack

Rucksacks are brilliant for lugging stuff home that you couldn't possibly carry. I picked up 8 litres (8Kg) of diet lemonade the other day and popped them into the rucksack and it was a really easy way to carry it. I don't think I'd have got as far as the shop doors with that lot in a plastic carrier.

PasturesNew

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

Even with Value Bread I am not sure how you can get this to 10p????

Where do you buy such cheap cheese?

Value bread, 20 slices in a pack, 3p/slice if it's 60p (which it was last week at Morrisons), but there are cheaper breads. I especially like the "long life" loaves, when they're reduced as they still have another week's life in them. Longevity of bread's good when you're single, one loaf every 10 days and you stand a chance of getting through it all (I never had a freezer).

For cheapest/best cheese, I like to get the Tesco Value mature grated cheddar at £3.96/Kg last time I checked.

PasturesNew

Learn to make crumpets, they're a real comfort food and are just a basic dough mix that you drop into a frying pan.... they can then be frozen and toasted to defrost.

Yorkshire puddings are great. A giant yorkie filled with veg, mash and gravy .... you don't even notice there's no meat.

Pink.

Hi grumpyoldwoman41,

These threads have lots of tips and advice:

Single moneysaver living on my own!

What can a single person use on this board?

living on your own/cooking for one....

Saving Money On Food For a SINGLE person

Help a Single Saver

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

ceridwen

valk_scot wrote: »

On a bike? How old are you? You're not supposed to cycle on the pavement (unless it's designated as a cycle path) if you're over 11 years old. A bike is a road vehicle.

...and a £30 fine is payable for riding a bike on a footpath if you're caught:D

Farway

valk_scot wrote: »

On a bike? How old are you? You're not supposed to cycle on the pavement (unless it's designated as a cycle path) if you're over 11 years old. A bike is a road vehicle.

I am probably old enough to be your father you cheeky monkey

Maybe I should point out that around here the pavements are mostly devoid of pedestrians and it is not a city or even a town

Penelope_Penguin

Farway wrote: »

I used the pavement most of the time

Farway wrote: »

Maybe I should point out that around here the pavements are mostly devoid of pedestrians and it is not a city or even a town

That's what I do too I cycle 8 miles to work, much of the time completely devoid of pedestrians. I cycle on the road through the residential parts, but return to the footpath/cycle path out of the towns.

I have it on good authority, that as long as you don;t cycle on the paths in busy areas, or make a nuisance of yourself, the plods will leave you to it

Butterfly_Brain

mrs-stressed wrote: »

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Buy a chicken and rubberise it:

What does that mean? I have a good rubber sledgehammer in shed.....!!!!!

RUBBER CHICKEN = STRETCHED OUT CHICKEN THAT DOES A LOT OF MEALS FROM ONE BIRD ! YOU WILL FIND THIS ALL OVER THE OS BOARDS