How far do we all go to save money?

Adrasteia01

splishsplash wrote: »

All good stuff though! I don't know if you've been on the Boards.ie site, but they have a 'bargain alert' board and freebies thread in the biz/consumer section? Might have some useful stuff for you (I'm in Ireland also:j )

Hi,

I didn't know about that but will check it out, thanks!

Tamara

shanks77

Oh how nice to see I am not alone in my thrifty ways. I never have my water heater on and as an experiment I didnt put on my electric fire for a year (omg cold !!!!!!!!!!dont have central heating either) and wrapped up in a blanket at night. It was worth it though when I got a good rebate from electricity company.

rlm_3

ecoelle wrote: »

That has made we nearly wet myself! I have tears in myes and am struggling to type! thank you rlm

LOL. I know I'm not the only one. I got the idea from MSE in the first place :money:

eco

remembered some more, if you use 500g margarine tubs wash them out and freeze soups and stews etc, also in the name of been a better recycler use hankies instead of tissues

HannaB

As a student, I learned to cut my own hair. Thing is, I only know how to do one style so I've had it the same way for years. It's getting boring now. Lol!

Becky_2

Hi!

Since October I have tried hard to save money. I am lucky that I have no credit card debts but on the other hand I could never save any money either and a week or two weeks before payday I had no money left but had no idea what I had spent the money on.

This is what I did:

Everytime I went food shopping I deducted the amount from the amount
that I budgeted every month for food. This helped me to stay in control of my money.

On Friday evenings I withdrew the money I was entitled to spend until the following Friday (if I had money left I felt great and put them on the side to be used for a treat, but if I had spent more I had less to spend the following Friday). Now I no longer have no money left before pay day and I feel that I still do the same things as before.

I saved £40 a month by not buying my daily cappucino, instead I buy a packet of 10 instant coffee filters for less than 2 pounds (if you are like me who don't like instant coffee this is a great alternative.)

When I leave work to go out for my lunchbreak I lock my handbag with all my cards in my office drawer - now I cannot spend anything!

I keep credit cards at home so I cannot be tempted to use them. If possible I try to plan when I use the card so I use them after the cut off date for next month's bill. In my monthly budget I put aside £50 a month to pay for credit card bills, if I have no bills that month this money is either saved or I buy something for it which I would normally use my credit card for. This works for me as an extra incentive not use my cards.

For the first for a long time I have now started to save and I feel in control of my spending. I hope these ideas will help someone to save money. If you have any other ideas on how to save money it would be great to hear yours since this year I hope to save even more money.