Money Saving gone TOO far?

mummyslittleboy

I give the dog all the leftovers as saves me a fortune in dog food and as DS has problems swallowing we always have leftovers.
I couldn't scrap them back in the pan to re-use.

I used to do the dummy thing when DD1 had a dummy must say though have never stuck it in coke or anything else like that only done it if I was out and had no other way of cleaning it for her.

I empty the hair brushes with my hands no gloves.

I don't flush the loo at home to often if its just liquids nor do the girls unless someone pops round then we do just incase they need to use it:D

tessie_bear

meanmarie wrote: »

I like very weak tea so just wiggle a teabag for a couple of seconds in my cup and then put it in a small dish until I want another cuppa....sometimes get the whole day out of one bag!

Marie

i do that ...but only when my dh is at work because he complains about it....i dont like taking the chicken off a carcass when cooked...im fine with slicing the meat off but grappling with it turns my stomach...weve been eating less chicken lately

juliethemuse

i will use the same teabag over and over until its just refuses to give anymore or splits, i just dont understand using a fresh one each time , what a waste of money!
i will also wear my clothes until they are dirty , not like my 18 year old son who changes twice a day :mad:

lauren_1

I have a stack of terry nappies that were bought by my mum in 1979, still got some life in them, currently now tea towels and wash cloths.
They have been my tea towels for the last 6 years, I do have a few fancy red ones which hang off the cooker door but they're just for show, the terry's are better for drying with.

paddy's_mum

I know I need to get another teabag out when the string on my current one shrinks!

Agapanthus

louise3965 wrote: »

Oh now that is minging. How can you bear to touch it? Urgh :rotfl:

Why ever not? You touch hair quite happily when it's attached to your head, so why does it become disgusting when it's detached itself and tangled around a brush?

Personally, I've done most of the things listed here at one time or another and can't see much problem with them. I hate waste!

pollyanna24

ralloctiger wrote: »

pop scoop bags.
because we reuse our own bags for shopping I dont have an endless supply of t's s's bags!!! I have been known to help myself out of the bag recycle ,outside the supermarket, its very pot luck but you can usually work out the good bundles. In the event of no bags I have used sandwich bags, bread bags always save these lol and the plastic bags fruit/pots come in. Clear bags are not ideal but better than leaving the poo on the ground:T

Blimey, I didn't realise this was disgusting. We buy the cheapest small sandwich bags from Wilkos and use these for poopbags. Never occurred to me to use anything else!

louise3965

Agapanthus wrote: »

Why ever not? You touch hair quite happily when it's attached to your head, so why does it become disgusting when it's detached itself and tangled around a brush?

Personally, I've done most of the things listed here at one time or another and can't see much problem with them. I hate waste!

oooh its all wiry and matted, like one of those furballs that happen near my spaniels bum when he is due to be clipped! It must feel horrible

I think what i do is when I notice the hairbrushes have hair in them is just tell the kids to put the stuff in the bin, I dont ever brush my hair really, its curly, I just wet it and put curl reviver on it

Lady_Tara

OrkneyStar wrote: »

I would not eat DS's leftovers- more drool than I like normally lol....

In my defence there isn't any drool as kids are pre-teens - does that make it any better?!

Austin_Allegro

Greenqueen wrote: »

How about still using cotton hankies? Obviously not if I have a heavy cold. I see no problem with this but work colleagues look at me strangely if I use them in their presence.

I have been told several times that using cotton handkerchiefs is 'unhygienic'. Nobody seems to know why when I ask and surely it's more unhygienic to just sneeze all over people like most do on buses etc.

I think it's a mixture of propaganda by tissue manufacturers, government scare stories about swine flu and a general feeling that cotton handkerchiefs are somehow 'old fashioned' that puts people off, plus this lower-middle-class British fixation about germs lurking everywhere.

I never go without a hankie (I have some big paisley ones that I got when I used to take snuff) and nor does my girlfriend, she's Hungarian and it's normal there to use one.