Amazed at the savings I made!!

Greendayfan

Hi,

I am a newbie to the forum ( not the site though, been getting the emails for ages). I have spent the past few days having a good old rummage around the site and am pleasantly surprised at how good we (me mainly) are.

So far I have been squeezing my toilet rolls and have just bought a pint of full fat milk and watered down. I couldn't tell the difference when I drank some but I haven't told OH:D

I have also been to Lidl and bought a few basic things, some fruit and veg and juice, this came to £17.12. I usually shop with Ocado, I have just put exactly the same items on an Ocado list and it came to a massive £7.75 MORE:eek:.

I think I will have to review my shopping habits, we are not extravagant and hubby cooks most things from scratch. I am totally shocked at the price difference on such a small amount.

I am planning on trying the homemade washing powder soon, I'll let you know how it goes, there seems to be very mixed reviews on this;)

joedenise

Have you thought about putting your "savings" into a savings account - it's amazing how much it totals over the year. You could put it towards a holiday or something you really want.

Denise

Stephen_Leak

joedenise wrote: »

Have you thought about putting your "savings" into a savings account - it's amazing how much it totals over the year. You could put it towards a holiday or something you really want.

Denise

And, in true MSE fashion, the highest interest paying easy access account.

Greendayfan

Funny you guys mention another account. I have opened another basic bank account for all the direct debits to go out of, (one of the ideas I read about on here recently) i will transfer what i need into this one to cover all the outgoings each month. This should leave my spending/saving money in my main account which I can then transfer into my savings account as and when, all the accounts are online so I can do it nice and easily. I'm hoping this will help me save more as all the essential money can go into the basic account as soon as I get paid and whatever is left is then for food shopping and saving!:T

Syman

Greendayfan wrote: »

Funny you guys mention another account. I have opened another basic bank account for all the direct debits to go out of, (one of the ideas I read about on here recently) i will transfer what i need into this one to cover all the outgoings each month. This should leave my spending/saving money in my main account which I can then transfer into my savings account as and when, all the accounts are online so I can do it nice and easily. I'm hoping this will help me save more as all the essential money can go into the basic account as soon as I get paid and whatever is left is then for food shopping and saving!:T

I have one main account that at the end of each month i transfer out any "extra" money leaving the amount, to the nearest pound, that is on my payslip.

this gives me the focus to live within my means.

zippychick

As this is more savings related, and has dropped down the OS board, i've moved it to the How much have you saved board

Zip

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