Great 'MoneySaving in your Lunchbreak' Hunt

MSE_Martin

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If you work full-time and take your full hour, your lunchbreaks should add up to 240 hours a year - time that could be spent doing useful MoneySaving jobs. So I thought I’d tap MoneySavers’ for their top tips on using lunchtimes productively.

Of course number one is reading the weekly email and scouring the MoneySaving articles, but i would say that wouldn't I

Some examples

How about printing off your bank statements and giving them a good going over, calling up utility providers, or posting things you've sold on eBay? Not forgetting you can save even more by doing this over a homemade sarnie, rather than a posh shop-bought one

All suggestions welcome – press reply to add your ideas.

woohoo_postingid

Do your daily clickthroughs on Quidco etc

ShirleyPark_2

Here's some of the money saving things that I've been known to do in my lunchhour:

Get someone else to pick up those 1 or 2 items you need from the shop as then you can't be tempted with anything else.

Walk to post office to post stuff that's been sold.

Go for a walk or some other form of exercise.

Catch up with the news by reading newpapers etc online

Make those phone calls which can only be made during business hours (even better if you are allowed to use your work phone)

Check freecycle to see if anything interesting has been offered.

Do online banking.

Running any errands that you can do so you don't have to do them after work / weekend.

System

1. Drive to out of town retail parks - far less busy than a sat/sun
2. Go into town and trawl around looking for bargains (any shops really)
3. Go to supermarket & get bogofs etc on tins & toiletries (not frozen & fresh as can't keep unitl home time!)
4. Clothes shopping - less busy so easy to try stuff on

Basically use my lunches to trawl for whatever purchase I want to make that week/ month and pounce when I see it at the right price (on/off line)

HappySad

Things to do during your lunch hour.go to library and read magazines & books for free.go to book shop and spend 40mins reading books for freeWalk around shops and do 1 hour of exercise for freeBrowse shops to see what the good deals are..- Eat lunch during work time at your desk and then use your whole lunch time for your own things to do.- Join work subsidised gym for quick work out at lunch hour (was allowed 1 1/2 hour off for this day and took a shorter lunch on the other days to make up the time)--

walrusoflove

Sort out your Christmas card list , update and print out your mail labels and, maybe a little nearer the time, start writing them!

anniecave

sort out all my online banking bill payments, transfers between accounts
check to see if i've been invited to do any online surveys and do them
go to the bank to pay in cheques or post office to post stuff

Skint_Catt

Pay in eBay cheques
Post eBay sales
Write job application letters and print out!
Shop around for regular purchasers so you know where the cheapest is.
If got a fridge at work go to butcher/greengrocer and stock up so you don't have to go to supermarket 'out of hours'

JenHen

Browse the local charity shops near to where you work - check yell.com to find the nearest ones. So far this month, I've found two lovely tops and a skirt and this has helped me to resist the temptation to go out and shop for new clothes at the weekend

lollyc_2

Read the Money Saving Forums and Martin's Weekly email!

Haycorns_2

Offer to get bits at the shops for friends - take advantage of multibuys and get loyalty points too.

Do your weekly food shop online.

Read the boots grabbit thread - then go grabbit