I've been 'here' 3 weeks and look what I've saved so far!!!

apprentice_tycoon

jazzyjustlaw wrote:

Didnt the newsletter appear in the early 90's I remember subscribing. The decorated using magazines and stuff. I habe just ordered it on Amazon anyway and the Tightwad gazette, I ordered another one Mr Thrifty's tips as it was effectively free as over £19.00 is free delivery.

My OH needed a book too so saved a bit and my library never has anything like the above. I do use my library a lot to can be forgiven. ( have a library at home two i.e. 4 bookcases 1 is small though. tee hee.

AND don't forget you can sell them back on Amazon when you have sucked all the juice out of them and shared it on here I'll dig out some of my old books and articals - I have all the tightwad newsletters as well as the books (sad, sad, sad), they had a few extras in so I'll give everyone the benefit when I get chance

apprentice_tycoon

moggins wrote:

I remember Scrimpers, I never missed an episode. I wish they'd show that as a repeat instead of some of the real rubbish they put on now

Do you remember the Mum with the Boy Scout son who had outgrown his special Scout knee sox? she cut the toes off them and put the leg and foot part with the fancy braid trim over his other plain sox - great!- I now only ever buy identical black socks for winter use under jeans etc and do the same when the feet are worn through, I cut them off at the ankles and wear the tops (leg warmer style) with a good pair over, it makes them longer and double thick around your ankes. No-one can see that they are 2 pieces because they were identical in the first place

squeaky

As for identical pairs - I have no idea why one foot should hole faster than another but they do. Mine do, anyway. So I buy "sets" of identical socks and just pair them up any which way I like.

When it's cold I just wear two pairs of socks. The holed ones inside and the posh ones outside.

Pooky

Watch out if you're saving your tesco vouchers for xmas, they are worth 4 times as much if you use them towards their "deals". We've got tickets for Lego land, a local zoo and renewed our membership to English Heritage for £44 worth of vouchers... total cost if we'd have done it seperately...approx. £170.

You could always use the vouchers for the days out and buy the value of tesco savings stamps equivilant to the voucher.

calleyw

jazzyjustlaw wrote:

Didnt the newsletter appear in the early 90's I remember subscribing. The decorated using magazines and stuff. I habe just ordered it on Amazon anyway and the Tightwad gazette, I ordered another one Mr Thrifty's tips as it was effectively free as over £19.00 is free delivery.

I have the tightwad gazette. it is interesting. But it is all about getting the right mind set.

I was lucky I never paid for it in cash. I used a amazon voucher that I got from doing surveys.

One thing that it is spoken about is your comfort level. So you cut back until it makes you feel uncomfortable. So you then up the level a little.

She had 6 kids and a huge house with attached barn in the country in the US.

And she was able to retire from the tightwad gazette with all the money she had made.

Yours

Calley

Queenie

calleyw wrote:

........ One thing that it is spoken about is your comfort level. So you cut back until it makes you feel uncomfortable. So you then up the level a little. ......

That, in a nutshell is what anything in life is all about!
Attitude + comfort level.

Fair to say, certain ideas shared may seem "sad, mad or a step-too-far" for others reading them, yet we all have differing attitudes towards how far we're prepared to go and just as diverse are the reasons behind doing so.
You have to find your own comfort zone based on your own attitude, just so long as we all have respect for each others diversity LOL

Psst: I made a lampshade from an old map :shhh:

apprentice_tycoon

Queenie wrote:

Psst: I made a lampshade from an old map :shhh:

not got round to the undies yet then?

Queenie

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

not got round to the undies yet then?

*peers down trousers ..... ... * :whistle:


Well done on reviving your thrift muscle over the past 3 weeks :T I know what you mean about being easy to lapse at times, it's great to have somewhere to come, not only to re-ignite our enthusiam and remind us of ideas, but to have a good ole fashioned giggle and teasing too

Trying2Save_3

AT - I can't stop laughing imagining my hubbie in a pair of underpants I made him from curtain liners - I could just imagine the look on his face. How funny LOL, LOL! My sister's, sister-in-law makes all her and her family's knickers and I thought that was funny, I shall definately have to tell her about the curtain liners. LOL :-)

Queenie - how do you put those little icons in the text?

pol

My curtain liners are made from blackout material, can't see my hubby wearing those :rotfl: