What's the best advice you found here?

dianadors

Using half as much washing powder, using a quick was and on 30 degrees instead of 40.
Meal planning and using up whats in the cupboard.
Cheap and nutricious meals
Keeping out of supermarkets(cruising supermarkets had become a bit of a (sad and very expensive) hobby!!!)
"Do I need it?" before I buy it.

beemuzed

Meal planning, half a tablet for the dishwasher and mixing washing powder with soda crystals are the three I've really now taken to myself. But the enjoyment of just reading loads of the excellent posts on a variety of subjects can't be beaten! Thanks everyone!

patentgirl

Meal planning has to be one of my greatest changes and I like looking what every one else is having for inspiration.
Stardrops and microfibre cloths, mixing value washing powder with my normal brand
Getting my old slo cooker back out and in resuse at this moment it is on with 2 chicken carcasses leftover to get the last pieces of meat off and stock for soups never would have thought of that

morganb

Stardrops and microfibre cloths

outrageous_monkey

Stardrops and Micro fibre cloths

Reducing the amount of washing powder and using soda crystals.

Using my slow cooker.

People just being around and helping out with a question.

rumblytum

:T What a great idea for a thread!

For me, it's a complete way of life change, made up of all the little things.

White vinegar, bicarb, stardrops, microfibre cloths, soda crystals

Meal planning

Not throwing food away - there's always someone with a tip about what to do with a dying veg.!

Using half the washing powder, using a small squirt of wul

Shampooing once only - rinse and repeat - what genius marketing!!

Shopping at Lidl, making good use of BOGOFs/RFQs

Using breadmaker/slowcooker

Recipes

Freecycle

Stain removal

How to clean an oven

There are probably tens and tens more that are escaping me at the moment.

Old Stylers - you are all :A s!

rumbly x

charlies_mum

Cooking from scratch, even though some of my attempts have been disasters (banana muffins that coul dhave been used as frisbees)

Shopping at Netto / Aldi / Lidl

Washing at 40 degress and not 90 like I used to

Using my slow cooker and steamer

Growing my own veg

Thinking before I spend - do I need this, and if not, don't buy

Questioning the price of everything - can I get it cheaper by shopping around

Sharra

Lindens - its www.mysupermarket.com you basically do an online shop through them and they tell you which out of asda, tesco, sainsburys or occado (waitrose) is the cheapest. Then you click a 'check it out' button and it tells you how you could save more money by swapping to similar items. The best one I had was choosing asdas bargain tuna at 23p a tin - when I went to 'check it out' it told me I could get John West Tuna for 19p a tin!

oops_a_daisy

only use 1 washing tablet instead of two and top up with soda crystals
started my own veggie patch with tips from this board
the indexed thread recipies
advice on any emergency that may happen - immediately
stardrops
slow cooker - but havent quite got away with this one yet ( think it is faulty )

have gone back to
baking and cooking from scratch
shopping from a list and meal planning
started using vinegar and water for cleaning again
making own bread


most of all I like the atmosphere on this board and the helpfulness of strangers

newster

What are stardrops?? I'm really blessed by knowing that you lot are out there, and I'm not on my own trying to save money. I have found the daily thread very good, because it has helped saying what I hope to get done in the day. It tends to give me the motivation to get on and do it lol. I have found all the advice given on here good and interesting. Haven't tried out any of the cleaning ideas yet, but intend to :-)