Super Scrimpers

SUESMITH_2

this is truly a terrible series.

every week i watch it and want to throw things at the screen. i have learned nothing, in fact oh says i'm much more frugal than that lot.

all those essential oils they buy that arent cheap, the vodka, the cath kidson remnant which would have cost a fortune

i did a class in upholstery at night school and thought the stuff they did was horrendous, as for those stupid little bags they made and the friendship bracelets - well, words fail me!

Justamum

AprilShowers wrote: »

I used to make friendship bracelets for the girls at school with embridery floss out of my mum's tapestry kits - I was not popular with her when she found iot missing!
I used to use the kilt pin from my school skirt to pin the knot to my jeans to pull against.

Us volunteers used to make them on the kibbutz 20 years ago - I did think holding the end in your mouth was a bit yucky. I used a safety pin and put it on a pillow.

AprilShowers wrote: »

Does bicarb really work on oven hobs like that? It looked magic!

Interestingly they didn't show us the 'after' pictures of that! I use liquid soda crystals. I also wonder how much bicarb they used on the carpets. Surely they used so much that a tub of Shake and Vac would have worked out cheaper. Normal malt vinegar is cheaper and does the job just as well as white vinegar - Tesco value is 13p for a pint.

How can anyone spend over £20,000 a year just on clothes, make-up and hair?! :eek: especially as they are students - I thought students were all strapped for cash. As for the shaved head I'd rather not comment :cool:

The ketchup seemed such a lot of faff for what ended up being a smear in the bottom of a pan.

Frugal_Housewife

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Hubby said he wouldnt mind taking up their part time job, i can only assume they have stacks of debt.

Alison_Funnell

I have some HUGE tins of tomatoes I got from AF for 99p each (or there abouts) and I sincerely doubt once spices, vinegar and sugar are added to the cost I could make ketchup as cheap as you can buy it! Plus all the cooking costs. Of course had she first blitzed then passed through a sieved the tomato she would have got more for her money anyway.

Alison_Funnell

On the plus side the Mr and I churned 1.5lbs of butter from reduced cream whilst it was on.

candygirl

The ketchup was a joke, as if that's cheaper than buying a bottle:eek::eek:

THIRZAH

I'm not sure about the plant spray made from rhubarb leaves-don't they contain oxalic acid?The man who made it implied that his spray was safer than the stuff you buy but I'm not sure about that.Oxalic acid is quite toxic.

Can't think why they call the programme "Super Scrimpers"-it's all pretty basic stuff really-make your own, don't spend money you don't have, shop around, cook from scratch etc. Money Saving for Beginners might be a better title.

Has anyone here actually learnt anything new from the programme?

Ilona

charlies-aunt wrote: »

I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Ilona actually in the flesh on Saturday - we were comparing prices at the local "Approved Foods" cash & carry. Turns out that she lives in the next village to me...talk about a small world! :rotfl:

Hi Charlies Aunt. It was indeed a pleasure to meet you, I'm glad I asked you about the cheap spread in the fridge, ha ha. Then we had an in depth discussion on the best place to buy cheap cat food. us frugalies must stick together. :beer:
Ilona

SUESMITH_2

yes, rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid.

its those crappy craft things that give crafting a bad name

Butterfly_Brain

PipneyJane wrote: »

Ooohhh... Yes. However, I wouldn't insult geography teachers by bringing them down to her level. At least they knew how to patch elbows so that they blended in.

She got paint on her cardi. Well, how about buying some paint thinner and using that to remove the paint? Honestly, some people lack common sense. (Athough, as I commented to DH, if the cardi was acrylic, it might dissolve. Ahhh, diddums!)

I get paint off of clothes using washing up liquid and rubbing well with granulated sugar - it works a treat