Great 'ways To Cut Back' Hunt

Primrose

If you are on a water meter, put "hippos" in your toilet cisterns to reduce the amount of water delivered with every flush. Your local water company will probably supply these free of charge.

Domthemon

chocolatechipcookies wrote: »

I agree with you so much! When I have, say a £5 note in my wallet, I am so much more careful with what I buy. I buy what I need, not what I want. But when I use my debit card, I don't think about how much I'm spending or what I'm buying. I suppose it's an, "If you can't see it, it won't hurt you attitude."

Or 'bury your head in the sand' attitude. If you read what Martin says :money: you will find that if you use a CC properly you get free bonuses (I get Tesco Clubcard points, others get airmiles etc) if you pay it off each month. You also get use of your money for longer.

Dom

Primrose

Cancel your magazine subscriptions and read them for free in your local library.

chocolatechipcookies

Primrose wrote: »

Cancel your magazine subscriptions and read them for free in your local library.

Same with books! You can also rent movies for about £1 and CDs for about 80p.

rosy

If you drink lots of semi skimmed milk, buy full fat instead and dilute it with an equal amount of water. You lose some of the vitamins but I reckon you'll get plenty elsewhere and you can't tell it's diluted. We used 6 four pint bottles a week, now only need 3, reckon that this saves us around £150 each year.

chocolatechipcookies

rosy wrote: »

If you drink lots of semi skimmed milk, buy full fat instead and dilute it with an equal amount of water. You lose some of the vitamins but I reckon you'll get plenty elsewhere and you can't tell it's diluted. We used 6 four pint bottles a week, now only need 3, reckon that this saves us around £150 each year.

That's just gross. :undecided

bennyvdb

Borrow CDs' from your library and dump them onto your PC or iPod!

superstylin

chocolatechipcookies wrote: »

That's just gross. :undecided

lol try it! i do it with semi skimmed milk and you really can't tell the difference.

chocolatechipcookies

superstylin wrote: »

lol try it! i do it with semi skimmed milk and you really can't tell the difference.

When I was little my uncle put ice in my milk and it make me feel ill. I'm all for saving money, but watering down milk is something I would never do.

superstylin

chocolatechipcookies wrote: »

When I was little my uncle put ice in my milk and it make me feel ill. I'm all for saving money, but watering down milk is something I would never do.

fair enough! i guess the good thing about these tips is you can pick and choose whichever ones work for you.

how about this one i received in an email recently:
always poo at work. not only will you save on your own toilet paper but you'll be getting paid to do it!

:money: