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

TrixieB

Ebenezer_Screwj wrote: »

on Good Friday we attend a church service and receive free coffee and hot cross buns.

I am sure you didn't intend it to , maybe it's just the way it's worded/I read it but this has come across in a rather bad way I have to say in my opinion, you should go to church becauase you believe and not just to scavenge free food and drink off them!

beckstar1975

My best one:

Rather than paying 30p to use the loo at the train station I find a train that's got a loo on board that's not due to leave for a few minutes and use that

Only works if your station is the beginning of the line though :rotfl:

MaggieBaking

TrixieB wrote: »

I am sure you didn't intend it to , maybe it's just the way it's worded/I read it but this has come across in a rather bad way I have to say in my opinion, you should go to church becauase you believe and not just to scavenge free food and drink off them!

The church will be more than happy to have people coming just for the tea and biscuits if it means they listen to a bit of faith talk and join the community I assure you. (I'm not religious any more but I was once and everyone was welcome )

In fact I'm slightly reminded of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSYUvqvcxZk

Millie2008_2

Rather than paying 30p to use the loo at the train station I find a train that's got a loo on board that's not due to leave for a few minutes and use that

Only works if your station is the beginning of the line though :rotfl:

Knowing my luck, I'd get the timing wrong and the train would set off to somewhere I don't want to go to, with me on board:rotfl:

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TrixieB wrote: »

I am sure you didn't intend it to , maybe it's just the way it's worded/I read it but this has come across in a rather bad way I have to say in my opinion, you should go to church becauase you believe and not just to scavenge free food and drink off them!

I thought the poster was joking about this...

Surely they dont do this just to get free food/drink?

givememoney

I haven't personally done this but sounds good all the same.

Christmas time, instead of buying a present write out a gift tag and toss under the tree with the huge pile of gifts. By the time the mayhem is over no one will realise that gift from Auntie Mabel never existed, in fact they will be embarrased they have lost track of who gave what.

Another one (probably from the same person). When invited to a party go in brandishing high a bottle of wine and make sure everyone sees it. Then suddenly remember you left something in the car and pop out taking your wine back out with you. They will assume your wine is in the kitchen with the rest of them.

queenpig

My nana collects rain water to rinse her hands and flush her down stairs loo.
I always take a bottle of water with my in my hand bag (and a tooth brush and sample size tooth paste buts another subject)
I carry sweets those little bags of buttons or a bag of boiled sweets and if my children shout cause they're hungry I'll give them a bag/sweet to put them off "for now".
In the boot of the car I have a least 3 bottles of water and something that'll have a longer shelf life like mars bars (for my children again) just incase we get stuck in the car. It isn't fun when your stuck in a huge traffic jam and the two little ones are crying with hunger.
I wear jeans at least 3 times before washing them, t-shirts are changed on the day sometimes I'll wear them with my pjs, jumpers I'll smell to see they're ok to wear.
I use my tea bag at least twice.
I'll use nappy sacks or any other bag of use for dog poo.
I put cheaper shower gel or bubble bath in containers.
Bath towels used twice 3 use we stand on them.
I bought a meter length of fleece as baby wipes when mine were little and still use them now and my youngest is six. The cloth nappies (terry squares) are now used as tea towels, hand towels or mopping up clothes.

Ok now my brain has froze but am sure they'll be more I don....Will come back to that. - actually am not even sure some of these are money saving?

QP

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givememoney wrote: »

I haven't personally done this but sounds good all the same.

Christmas time, instead of buying a present write out a gift tag and toss under the tree with the huge pile of gifts. By the time the mayhem is over no one will realise that gift from Auntie Mabel never existed, in fact they will be embarrased they have lost track of who gave what.

Another one (probably from the same person). When invited to a party go in brandishing high a bottle of wine and make sure everyone sees it. Then suddenly remember you left something in the car and pop out taking your wine back out with you. They will assume your wine is in the kitchen with the rest of them.

I'm sure you're joking here about these things!!! Well I hope you are...

katiecoodle

These people decanting cheaper products into branded containers have just reminded me of this...when I was younger I used to work in a pub, and the managers would top up the he1nz bottles with cheapo tomato sauce. No customer ever complained. And they used to top up the vodka, brandy & whisky with cheaper stuff! Looking back it was clearly fraudulent behaviour but what was interesting is that no-one ever noticed.

M.E.

Stayed at BIL's to lunch. Normally sandwiches. They apologized that they had no salad. I said I'd get some. Popped out into their garden and picked weeds and flowers, all of which I knew were edible.

They were quite taken aback.:o:o
Hubby and I ate them, as we often do at home.

I don't think I've converted SIL
but I enjoyed their faces :rotfl: