can we be too thrifty

Tropez

Gillyx wrote: »

Oh don't get me wrong, the dogs got a mountain of leftovers yesterday, brussell sprouts included but I got the impression it was large slices of meat they were talking about.

It's sandwiches in this house anyway, just about to make one now

We have enough left for either some turkey sandwiches or perhaps with some chips later. The dogs got a little yesterday and they might get some more later, if there's any left.

I suppose the MSE thing to do would be not to buy a huge fat-b'stard turkey that couldn't possibly be eaten before the entire household gets sick of turkey!

Gillyx

Tropez wrote: »

We have enough left for either some turkey sandwiches or perhaps with some chips later. The dogs got a little yesterday and they might get some more later, if there's any left.

I suppose the MSE thing to do would be not to buy a huge fat-b'stard turkey that couldn't possibly be eaten before the entire household gets sick of turkey!

I'm not guilty this year, MIL bought a massive turkey crown and ham too :eek: the dogs knew it was Christmas though, even though they're outside dogs, they managed to get themselves into the highest position so they could peer in and watch us with our silly hats on eating dinner, and getting more excited by the minute as they knew they had a feast coming. Bless them.

Tropez

Gillyx wrote: »

I'm not guilty this year, MIL bought a massive turkey crown and ham too :eek: the dogs knew it was Christmas though, even though they're outside dogs, they managed to get themselves into the highest position so they could peer in and watch us with our silly hats on eating dinner, and getting more excited by the minute as they knew they had a feast coming. Bless them.

Mine seemed to know there was something different afoot, judging by the way they were intent on seeing whatever I was doing in the kitchen and attempting to violate the kitchen no-dog zone. They didn't quite a get a feast but they did get quite a few treats to keep them out of my way!

claire16c

I just did that tightness test and got 18% which would suprise people who know me because Im always looking for a bargain and always find things cheaper than them, and will put time in to find it. My DH knows I will be annoyed if he buys a book for example in a shop, when I could have got it cheaper on Amazon.

However, the stuff on that test was more stuff I would find stingy rather than just money saving - like rounding down a tip if the service was good - well I like to tip for good service. And haggling in a charity shop - I think thats plain embarassing not money saving. And I dont reuse tea bags cos I dont like tea :rotfl:

So as much as I like to find things for the best price, and save money where I can, I dont do it at the expense of other people - i.e waitresses or charity shops!

In terms of myself, I have a cheap phone, dont buy pricey furniture, and try to limit our food shop, I do take sweets into the cinema -although cinema visits have gone down as renting dvds with friends is so much cheaper, and me and DH share a car. Which means we can always go on a holiday or two each year. So I try not to waste money on things we dont need.

jetplane

Well I just did the how tight are you? quiz and got less than 40% though I had to admit to following the woman with the price reduction gun. And yes maybe out of earshot is good advice too

I think the smell off the dog would be enough reason for me not to give him left over turkey :rotfl:

Becles

My 12 year old saw those big long tubes of Jaffa Cakes and asked for one for Christmas. I think they were priced at around £5-6.

Imagine my delight when I was working in a Morrisons store and saw them on special offer at £2.25. After my job, I went back into store and bought my children one each.

Yesterday we were sitting at the dinner table with guests and my son mentioned the Jaffa Cakes and added "but I bet Mam found them on special offer somewhere and didn't pay full price."

Everyone cracked up laughing when I told them I did get them cheap, and my Mam said "aye if there's bargains to be had, you can guarantee she'll find them" :rotfl:

sparrer

Never too thrifty! If I weren't thrifty I wouldn't have the things I do, being able to pay bills, a hot meal every day, warm clothes, my car - all esential to me. A couple of extras this year have been two foreign holidays. Had I not saved money, searched around for bargains/money back sites etc, a lot of the above would have to go.

Naturally a lot of folk don't understand thift, but they're usually the ones who'll look back in retirement and wish they'd been more astute as they pull another cardigan around them to keep warm. As I see it there are two paths you can take here - either explain what/how much you're saving, perhaps present them with a quarterly spreadsheet, or just get on with it and say nothing, Then when a birthday comes around you'll have enough to buy a decent gift without having to dip into the bank account or savings. Then you'll have the last laigh

geri1965_2

When you start blowing your nose on the loo paper just before you use it for it's intended purpose you know you are taking it too far.

dibuzz

geri1965 wrote: »

When you start blowing your nose on the loo paper just before you use it for it's intended purpose you know you are taking it too far.

Oh dear, I do that

purple.sarah

saidan wrote: »

yes you can be too thrifty - to the point of embarrassement.

one of the questions on the quiz - 'do you ever follow the shop assistant around the supermarket to be reduced'

for me the answer is no way - and people who do are embarassing. its scrounging really. If you are so hard up you need to embarass yourself to get things cheaper - fair enough but i do feel sorry for that person.

i like to make savings on things i need/want to buy - but would never embarrass myself in the process

How is it scrounging? The shop is offering stuff cheaper by reducing it, it's not like the customer is begging! I keep an eye on when the assistant is doing the reductions because I don't want to miss a bargain by buying something that will be marked down again in the next 10 minutes.