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What is the most moneysaving/stingy thing you do?

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  • torbrex
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    I rinse out the last dregs of the tomato sauce bottle with milk and pour it into the new bottle.
  • Gem-gem
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    puk999 wrote: »
    I picked 1p off the pavement on Friday evening.

    You should join the road kill rebels forum. My husband and I have picked up over £92.00 this year!
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  • Gem-gem
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    My Husband also cuts the top off the toothpaste and other tubes to get every last drop out.
    I have made crisps with vegetable and potato peelings. (Sometimes I don't bother to peel the potatoes and carrots).
    Re gift presents.
    Swap books with friends and family.
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  • jimjames
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    Gem-gem wrote: »
    You should join the road kill rebels forum. My husband and I have picked up over £92.00 this year!

    Roadkill? Free meat, that sounds better than 1p
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • TCA wrote: »
    That probably saves on unexpected laundry as well! ;)




    Absolutely! and at my age I would never make it back home in time anyway!!:eek:
  • The workplace poo is definitely a good move, save on paper and water but best thing is they are paying for your time while you do it.
    Left is never right but I always am.
  • Gem-gem
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    jimjames wrote: »
    Roadkill? Free meat, that sounds better than 1p

    We don't pick up free meat but money that we find in the street, anywhere outside the home.
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  • Minrich
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    I use one sheet of toilet paper rather than folding two in half .
  • karlie88
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    Minrich wrote: »
    I use one sheet of toilet paper rather than folding two in half .

    Newspaper is a good alternative.

    I find the Metro edition softer on the skin; especially if they've been read by 3 or 4 people before me.
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  • IronWolf
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    I take the mobile and tablet to work to charge.
    Faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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