Great Tips... one liners

Popperwell

JEEC wrote: »

I posted on another thread about OH helping himself to some of the left over roast beef that I wanted to use for sandwiches for my lunch on Monday, meaning I could only have 1 instead of the 2 I wanted. Well, I got the electric knife back out and sliced the remaining slices in half making them half the width but doubling the number of slices, so now I've been able to make my 2 sandwiches afterall

Good for you JEEC!

kirbz12

Mine are inspired by this site and are as follows:

- washing is done on eco settings, usually cold wash but will do a 60oC eco for towels, 40oC eco for baby clothes.
- 1/3 soda crystals to 2/3 almat wash powder mix and use 50ml (~40g) per load means I get washing at 4.5p a load.
- use 18ml of fabric softner instead of the usual 55ml per load (only because we had it left over)
- 1 teabag makes 2 cups of tea.
- use tcb
- reuse carrier bags as rubbish bags

I have looked into making my own laundry gloop but borax sub costs a fair whack as I would need it delivered and I'm not keen on boiling it on a cooker. I am however looking at making a scented vineger for fabric softener using orange and lime peels

1 more is I use the boost setting on the radiator as it heats for 1 hour instead of leaving them one all day, we have an old system atm

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Pinky - i love the water in the oven thing - but hardly use oven these days as kids flown, but i will use when i can.
Bitter&Twisted :wave:Im North London. Re laundry gloop - ive never found anything to match persil liquid, so buy in masses when its on offer, but would love to find a cheap alternative.

I put the washing machine on a timer so it comes on during economy 7. Also use supermarket bags for rubbish.,
For fabric conditioner, i use vinegar

daisiegg

I have always meal planned but I have made two big change recently.

I leave at least two nights a week out of the meal plan. I was finding that inevitably, plans were changing and most weeks I wasn't managing to make at least one of the meals I had planned, which sometimes resulted in food being thrown away if it couldn't be frozen.

Now, I only plan five meals a week. The only rule is, the other two have to come from leftovers/the freezer/ the cupboards, so I don't just end up buying more food! It works really well and we are finally starting to run down the freezer contents (there are only two of us so our freezer fills very quickly - if a recipe feeds 4 or 6 I still make it and freeze the remaining portions). It has really helped slash our food bill and we aren't throwing food away anymore.

The other thing I have started doing is not buying food for my lunches. Once a week I make soup with leftover veg (never buy veg specifically for the soup). Sometimes it's good and sometimes it isn't but at least it's cheap! We always have fruit and yogurt in and there is always the freezer if I get really stuck. It's amazing how you can find things to eat in the house if you really need to!

Alison_Funnell

I have to say I am always amazed by people who charge phones and other electricals at work. How on earth do you get away with it? Everywhere I have worked has had strict policies about on electrical goods with the correct dated inspected stickers on may be used on the premises. None of them allowed home items to be on the to be inspected list.

JethroUK

we share a tea bag sometimes: o)

Butterfly_Brain

• I am another who uses a flask of hot water for coffee during the day.
• I have asked DH to make me a hay box for when I make a casserole.
• We use the barbecue to cook on whenever we can (Outside of course) and always buy our charcoal from Aldi when it is reduced at the end of the season, we got 10 bags at 99p each this year which is the equivalent price of one bag any where else.
• We only buy seeds in the half price sale.
• We buy as many presents in the sales as we can.
• We buy all Christmas cards, paper tags and crackers in the sales.
• Squish the toilet rolls so that less is used.
• Buy YS stuff if we spot it.
• Buy met from the butcher which is better quality than the supermarket although a bit dearer, it goes further and you can get cuts that you won't find in a supermarket.
• Shop the market just before they close to get bargains.
• My local Greengrocer reduces stuff quite regularly and he does kale that has leaves not the chopped up stuff that you get in the supermarkets.
• Forage regularly
• Reuse punnets for seed trays
• We are not on a water meter but we still have 3 water butts to water the garden with.
• Put extra layers on before we consider putting the heating on.

Pink.

You should enjoy these threads which have lots of frugal/moneysaving tips:

Great Tips... one liners

Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

Money Saving gone TOO far?

I'll add this thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

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tessie_bear

i think my top tips would be
1....take a sarnie to work dont buy anything
2...when we go for a day out take drinks/snacks with us

some great tips on here
tess

Austin_Allegro

Probably spending hours on repairing clothes which only cost me a few pounds from the charity shop in the first place! Eg, I had a shirt which I got for £3 about 11 years ago. The collar finally wore out, and it couldn't easily be 'turned' as it was all one piece. I had a go though - but sadly, the operation was a failure and it never recovered. It's now in the rag bag waiting to be turned into something else!