Great Tips... one liners

sugarwalsh

Fairyface - if it makes you feel any better we have nabbed a loo roll from a pub when we remembered we didn't have any at home. It was not something I would do on a regular basis, but we were without and the shops weren't open!

My top tip is to buy a really cheap fleece blanket and wrap it around yourself instead of putting the heating on in the evening.

Bet of luck with your saving, although I suspect it may take more than saving a few loo rolls to send your son to uni!

MEgan

oldtractor

I get 6 to 8 cups out of 1 tea bag. I have a tea pot and drink tea without milk or sugar so have it quite week. I knit or crochet dishcloths from old scrap wool. I make laundry gloop.

rising_from_the_ashes

Cut out nice pictures / designs from cards you're sent and re-use them as tags on presents

LMCD

The OP was being honest on the financial status severity I doubt there is much pride in them taking the toilet roll from friends house and maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge.

Is there toiletries you could add water to OP?

tesco and morrisons do a kids value bubble bath about 10p, I use it too.

instead of kitchen roll use some dish towels cut into squares?

have you posted your SOA so other people can look at it and give u financial advice on it?

SailorSam

fairyface wrote: »

When out in the supermarket,or at someones house, use the loo, and take some loo roll home in your pocket.

If you ever come around to my house i must remember to make sure i only leave the cheap loo paper in the toilet.

McKneff

Instead of buying bottles of handwash jut buy a very large bottle of cheap shower stuff and keep topping up your handwash bottle.

Face wipes /baby wipies - we use them once, on one side and chuck them away - dont, take one out of the packet, tear it in half and put half back and use both sides of the half your left with. 1 packet lasts twice as long then

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Hi thanks for all your tips it has been very helpful, I feel bad about the loo roll thing to be really honest I do not do it regularly, I have done it like at the end of the month when there has been no money left in the bank and I am down to my last 2, I promise I will not do it again, I feel bad now, please forgive me, I need support, and cannot take any criticism at the moment as I am so down, but anyway thanks and keep the tips coming.

dogstarheaven

fairyface wrote: »

we are poor and my son wants to go to university, so I am going to save , save , save.

So please share:j

if you (and partner/husband possibly) are on the breadline with a job (or w/out a job) that is within a low-income bracket, your son can get a bursary from the uni that they're applying to. of course, that would depend on the uni and the course. My daughter's at UCL (Russell Group) and is studying Maths and has been getting something like £3000 (something like that) a year on top of the student loans she's been getting. She's always known from an early age to appreciate that money has to be earned and that it takes a lot of time and effort to get something you really need. Thankfully, she's taken on my MSE-ways and loves to cook from scratch (loves her whoopsies) and saves a lot of her money and manages to go on holiday too (altho' she's quite unusual in that she doesn't go out v. much as she'd rather stay in and do her work). She's even thinking of investing her student loan this yr so that she can get a return for it at a later date.

if your son is anything like my daughter, then there should be no worries about him not affording uni. tho' i v. much doubt that there is another kid like her:o

crazyguy

fairyface wrote: »

Hi I know there have been threads similar to this but now as we are all worse off, I think we should start a new thread and share our tips.
I am new to this, and you'll probably say I do that anyway, but please can we share some tips.

My 2 tips what I did today were decide to stop throwing dishcloths away, wash with the towels.

When out in the supermarket,or at someones house, use the loo, and take some loo roll home in your pocket.

I feel a real scrooge, we are poor and my son wants to go to university, so I am going to save , save , save.

So please share:j

Free idea go to the park and pick dock leaves no cost at all,

dogstarheaven

oh, i forgot to add about my tightwad ways -

i use one teabag for two cups, half a cupful for myself first, and then the bag goes to my OH. as I'm always on the go in the house, I don't have time to drink mine so I have half a cup and the rest of the day I'll drink it again. Sometimes, when I come back from work in the evening, I drink it cold (I don't mind!)

I save my fat from the roasts I do, to sautee my veg for casseroles or for making roasties. Same goes for my veg water to make gravy/sauces
I use only 2 sheets of loo roll for 'no. 1s' (tho' I begrudge my OH for rolling so many sheets round and round for the same!)
I don't use shower gel only bubble bath as that lasts longer
I reuse my tissues for blowing my nose on
I don't buy jarred sauces/ready-made dinners/packets as I rather cook from scratch (cupboard full of spices, condiments, herbs, oils) and I have an allotment
I don't have a TV, but I do watch IPlayer on Catch-Up
I've started on washing up by hand a year ago altho' I do have a dishwasher.
I don't use the tumble-drier anymore. Much prefer the washing-line, if damp outside, I use a clothes horse and turn the clothes every hour or so.
Last winter when it was so cold, I rarely had the heating on and wore loads of layers instead.
Use flannel bedsheets instead of cotton as they're super-warm
Join Freegle/Freecycle to find items that you're in need of (it really is very good. lots of ppl on here can vouch for this!)
Last yr, made lots of jams, chutneys etc., from foraged fruit for Xmas pressies. Didn't buy a shop-bought present for anyone (honest!)

sure there's lots more scrooge-y ways that I have, but that's all I could remember for now!