Any "embarrassing" money saving things you do?

ih8stress

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I shall try it on a burnt iron (I know someone with both).

Not read the whole thread so don't know if this has already been mentioned: -

I usually get a damp (not wet) stainless steel washing up scourer and gently rub it on the burnt section. I find them tough enough to scrape it off without scratching the iron too much.
Just wipe off any excess or gunk with a cloth.

I also find these to be good for removing soap build-up on ceramic sinks, as long as you are careful. You can buy a pack of 6 or 8 in places like poundland.

HTH

LameWolf

chelseablue wrote: »

Its not really embarrassing but between me and my partner our income is quite good but I still shop in Aldi.


My partner thinks I'm mad but oh well

So do we shop there. Some of their own stuff is really good quality!

glider3560

I always fill a bottle of water before leaving work, in case I get stuck in traffic on the motorway for hours (has happened before where I got stuck for 4 hours). When I get home, the unused water goes into my saucepan for whatever I'm cooking (veg, rice, potatoes, pasta etc).

At 500ml per day and 220 working days, with water a £0.918 per cubic metre, I save a massive 11p per year! :rotfl:

Feral_Moon

chelseablue wrote: »

Its not really embarrassing but between me and my partner our income is quite good but I still shop in Aldi.


My partner thinks I'm mad but oh well

Why the hell should you feel embarrassed at shopping at Aldi!!!

It's far better quality than the major supermarkets, and all us ex-Waitrose patrons shop there all the time!

I'd be more embarrassed being seen in Tesco to be honest :rotfl:

VfM4meplse

glider3560 wrote: »

I always fill a bottle of water before leaving work, in case I get stuck in traffic on the motorway for hours (has happened before where I got stuck for 4 hours). When I get home, the unused water goes into my saucepan for whatever I'm cooking (veg, rice, potatoes, pasta etc).

At 500ml per day and 220 working days, with water a £0.918 per cubic metre, I save a massive 11p per year! :rotfl:

It might be worth investing in a Shewee from Poundland just in case

tenuissent

I have a curious problem with these reduced offers. I don't darken the doors of the main supermarkets - too far away and too much confusing choice, and I buy most of our needs from the few village shops we are lucky to have. A small supermarket 5 miles away has a corner for offers at around half price, so not very exciting, but I always examine it when I am there, buying only what we like/can freeze/can use up quickly.

However, my son and daughter-in-law shop every day in a nearby town which contains all the big supermarkets, and get the most amazing bargains. The problem is that neither of them actually eats very much so these bargains are passed on to us. It's the thrill of the chase they are after - they don't actually need or want most of what they buy.....and neither, unfortunately, do we.

I have been trying to explain tactfully that we just don't eat sugary things, fatty meat pies, sweets and biscuits and cakes, or aging seafood - I thank them effusively for fresh meat and fruit - but it is like some sort of addiction. They just cannot walk past a 10p bargain even though they would never eat this stuff themselves, and should know by now that we don't either.

So the "embarrassing" money saving situation I am in is trying to show genuine gratitude for their presents while trying to make it ever clearer that a lot of it will not be usable......plus as a "war baby" I am almost physically unable to throw food away....

VfM4meplse

tenuissent wrote: »

I have been trying to explain tactfully that we just don't eat sugary things, fatty meat pies, sweets and biscuits and cakes, or aging seafood - I thank them effusively for fresh meat and fruit - but it is like some sort of addiction. They just cannot walk past a 10p bargain even though they would never eat this stuff themselves, and should know by now that we don't either.

I can see your perspective now. My dad had words with me a while ago about the number of YS in my fridge, and what I bring back to my parents home to share. I do get the point, but I never buy products / quantities that won't be will be eaten. And he could have said it nicely

No matter, I seem to have been cured of the YS addiction since sugar is gone from my diet. I stopped the sweetened yoghurts about 6 months ago, now YS bakery goodies are no longer a draw. Strangely neither is fresh fruit and veg as they are so reasonably priced locally / in Aldi and Lidl!

tenuissent

<< And he could have said it nicely >>

I think that is my problem - I say it too nicely and it doesn't go in. But there is a medical reason as well: husband has diabetes and should not eat a lot of sugar. I have noticed that now we have a constant stream of delicious biscuits, the fairly recently designated Biscuit Tin empties rather quickly...... I am not grossly overweight but could do with losing some of it, and I have started opening the Biscuit Tin too....

Well done on cutting out your sugar! I have done so in the past and would now, if it were not for these YS presents.

moneyistooshorttomention

Perhaps you should just say (in a firm tone of voice) "Thank you for all the YS stuff - but we arent eating it and dont want it - because of hubbie's diabetes/my weight. So - we DID try to find other people to give it to. But we havent been able to and we are just throwing it away. So thanks for the thought again - but it's only going in the bin:)"

LadyDee

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

That's twice now at least Ilona that you've done some shopping for the media and they've said you could keep the food - and then not let you do so after all:(:(

Well - I guess it's clear by now that they will just use you for some free tv footage to fill their schedules and you get absolutely nothing from it (not even the food).:cool:

I think they are being very cheeky to do that to you personally.:mad:

Must admit my response to their requests would be, say, "Okay - but I'll charge you say £20 per hour and I DO get to keep the food". In your position (ie as minor celeb)....then I'd up the rate to, say, "£50 per hour and I get to keep the food".

Especially when it takes 3 probably over-paid TV "personalities" to present the programme.