What are your favourite debt-busting items??!

mrsscattercushion

Another vote here for the dressing gown....and definitely the slow cooker...finally branched out from stews to making Kashmiri butter chicken....delish!! It is godsend...

Betty_Crumble

My gran passed away last week and I have just been given her big, fluffy dressing gown and I have had it on in the house all day, it's not something I do as a rule but I feel it will be going forward. Also wouldnt get far without my lunchbox and small flask, espesh in this weather. My mahoosive freezer is the biggest money saving thing ever! I love reductions.

7roland8

I have a fleece dressing gown too - bough a size bigger to cover everything.

Also I like having a fleece zip up top that is a size too big so if I'm cold that will fit over another fleece and jumper.

Hot water bottles - cozy for in bed or on settee.

Also sleeping bag on settee in winter to wrap up in. Can also go on top of the bed i the very cold weather.

Small table top oven - I only use the big one on Christmas Day.

The quick 30 degree wash cycle - used for most things unless hubby's dirty stuff.

Huge chest freezer as we live in country and can stock up on frozen food and just do a fortnightly Tesco shop.

hummingbird

Hi everyone, thanks so much for all those suggestions - here's a summary off what we've got (roughly in order of mention):

Dressing gown
Thermos Flask
Tupperware/foil containers
Onesie
Laptop/computer
Hot water bottle
Portable drinks mug
Slow cooker
Plastic water bottle
Fuzzy socks
Hoody
Notepad and pen
Shopping Trolley
Dinner money envelopes
Hair trimmer
Budgeting software
Lunchbox
Freezer
Fleecy top size too big
Table top oven
Sleeping bag
The 30 degrees quick wash cycle.

To this I will now add my library card!:T

cazmanian_minx

Our woodburning stove - it does the hot water as well and still outputs enough heat to warm up the entire house if we leave all the doors open. Thanks to having a bit of land with the house we can get a lorry-load of treetrunks delivered at a time. The last load cost £550 (I think it's up to £850 now though) and has given us about 6 years of heating.

*Foolish*

SpecialBrew wrote: »

the CreaClip gadget which has eliminated the need for me and my girls to pay for haircuts

Ooh I think I need to gets me one of these! I've not been to the hairdresser for 2 years, manage to cut my own, long hair and fringe with the aid of YouTube tutorials! It's never perfect though!

Shelbi

My bike, I cycle to to work now saving around £80 per month on transport...also mse, you guys keep me motivated & on the wagon...oh park run.free every saturday to run a 5k stops me hitting the shops, free sunday carparks making shopping cheap & cheerful (not really items though sorry...aww anything i can use for recycling/ upcycling things& checking what i have before buying new,saved loads on presents & things....brillant thread by the way...cant wait to read more suggestions x

Sazzie23

Oh for me definitely own brand crackers which I use to replace any meal I am short on. Like for brekkie if I've run out of toast,
Lunch if I've nothing in or need to eat quick, instead of my bag of crisps if I am hungry, supper or tea ! Even quick snack for visiting workmen if needed.

Growurown

Hair clippers. I cut OH's hair, he wears it very short anyway and it has saved a lot of money on trips to the barber.

Slow cooker is great too.

Internet banking to help keep an eye on that spending!

hummingbird

Sazzie23 wrote: »

Oh for me definitely own brand crackers which I use to replace any meal I am short on. Like for brekkie if I've run out of toast,
Lunch if I've nothing in or need to eat quick, instead of my bag of crisps if I am hungry, supper or tea ! Even quick snack for visiting workmen if needed.

This is a brilliant idea Sazzie - I love crackers but don't often think to buy them. I'm going to stock up!!:money: