Spill the beans ... what's the most embarrassing MoneySaving thing you do?

Seakay

The only time that I felt (slightly) sorry for Heather Mills was when she was pilloried for supposedly saying that humans should drink rat milk. In fact what she had said (admittedly in a rather hysterical way) was that it was very weird that it was ok to drink the milk of some mammals but not of others, and that it was even weirder that human milk was amoungst the least acceptable to be seen feeding to babies or being consumed by anyone

Justamum

Seakay wrote: »

The only time that I felt (slightly) sorry for Heather Mills was when she was pilloried for supposedly saying that humans should drink rat milk. In fact what she had said (admittedly in a rather hysterical way) was that it was very weird that it was ok to drink the milk of some mammals but not of others, and that it was even weirder that human milk was amoungst the least acceptable to be seen feeding to babies or being consumed by anyone

I agreed with her on this. Just like I agree with what Hugh Fearnley-What'shisname said about being irrational about which animals are eaten and which are pets.

166million

I'm not embarrassed by anything that saves me money, just smug at all the others frittering their hard earned cash

BigPitch

I thought I was pretty frugal, but friends of ours (who live in Scotland), cut their J-cloths into quarters. I still have a long way to go.........

luxor4t

I made DH a pair of shorts out of a denim maternity dress ... bought the dress from a jumble sale.

MarilynMonroe_2

luxor4t wrote: »

I made DH a pair of shorts out of a denim maternity dress ... bought the dress from a jumble sale.

this made me chuckle

SailorSam

Frugal wrote: »

The first condoms were lengths of sheep guts tied at the end with a knot :eek: AND they used to get washed out _pale_

Have you watched the Victorian Pharmacy on Tv, they were making condoms a few weeks ago. They said the best pharmacists would know the secret to make them short enough to get the most out of his supply of sheep gut, but long enough so that none of his customers were embarrassed to ask for them.

jonnythurston

I minesweep on nights out. Which sounds very cool but actually means going round night clubs and finding people's half drunk drinks and finishing them off. Had some unbelievable nights out for completely free.

I have also been known to minesweep kebab's. Some how they just taste better when they are free! :money:

alandbailey

When I was in work, and there was a works party or jolly, I used to take a Tesco carrier bag with with me and fill it with much of the leftover food - only buffet food as a roast dinner with the trimmings tended to leak - lol! :j I miss the free food now that I am a pensioner.:(

alandbailey

I feed my chickens with the meal leftovers and hopefully that encourages them to lay eggs. Have you seen the price of chicken feed?
Also they are NOT limited to the council collection timetable of once weekly only!

Waste Not - Want Not!:)