Top 20 Frugal Must Haves?

cleggie

1. Slow Cooker
2. A love of writing lists
3. Not caring what anyone thinks of buying value products*
4. A note pad
5. Joining the GC
6. Big cosy thick jumper
7. Warm slippers
8. Accepting that you may not always have what you WANT


* This was a big thing for me. I used to go to my local SM and be scared of bumping into anyone that i knew, because i was buying value stuff. Seriously, who cares!!?


Spadoosh- a SC used roughly the same amounf of electricity as a standard lightbulb, so considerably cheaper that a normal cooker.

CH27

cleggie wrote: »

1. Slow Cooker
2. A love of writing lists
3. Not caring what anyone thinks of buying value products*
4. A note pad
5. Joining the GC
6. Big cosy thick jumper
7. Warm slippers
8. Accepting that you may not always have what you WANT


* This was a big thing for me. I used to go to my local SM and be scared of bumping into anyone that i knew, because i was buying value stuff. Seriously, who cares!!?


Spadoosh- a SC used roughly the same amounf of electricity as a standard lightbulb, so considerably cheaper that a normal cooker.

Cleggie i've not seen you about for ages.
I see no debt on your sig any more. Well done hun :T

mummybearx

Needle and thread :-)

Oh and tupperware boxes :T

bellaquidsin

A bit of an investment but I would add a Remoska for super roasts, i.e. lovely chicken for turning into rubber chicken.
Ditch the telly all together and use Iplayer.

Bella.

culpepper

A tool box for mending.
Good scissors for material and for hair cutting
wind up torch

uncommonadvice

cleggie wrote: »

1. Slow Cooker
2. A love of writing lists
3. Not caring what anyone thinks of buying value products*
4. A note pad
5. Joining the GC
6. Big cosy thick jumper
7. Warm slippers
8. Accepting that you may not always have what you WANT


* This was a big thing for me. I used to go to my local SM and be scared of bumping into anyone that i knew, because i was buying value stuff. Seriously, who cares!!?


Spadoosh- a SC used roughly the same amounf of electricity as a standard lightbulb, so considerably cheaper that a normal cooker.

What is the GC?

uncommonadvice

Interesting that no-one has said Knitting needles yet.

uncommonadvice

Or Bee-keeping. Is that old-hat nowadays?

Horace

1) Slow cooker
2) Remoska
3) Aldi plus Tatco & Co-op's whoopsie shelves
4) Stardrops
5) Sandpaper, varnish, screwdrivers (for furniture refurb)
6) Freegle
7) Warm clothes including fleecy bedsocks
8) The internet
9) Books - I have loads that I re-read
10) MSE
11) Parents that send me home with food parcels
12) A freezer
13) Plastic tubs - useful for freezing stews etc and homemade ready meals
14) Microwave
15) Clothes airer
16) A decent butcher (who sells good meat inc cheap cuts)
17) A decent greengrocer (as yet no garden so need to get locally produced veg)
18) The ability to make something from nothing
19) Lists
20) A decent charity shop for books, furniture etc.

Not much I know but these are things that I cannot do without.

uncommonadvice

Thanks to those for mentioning the Remoska. Had never heard of that before in my life.