Money Saving gone TOO far?

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Listening to the radio in the car today and a man had sent in a moneysaving tip...

Apparently he eats his evening meal in the bath each night because it saves on running a bowl of water to wash up his dishes and he just washes them in the bath while he bathes.....he was absolutely serious! :eek:

A step too far for me!

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ceridwen

Hmmm....that now raises thoughts of "If desperate for watersaving - could we just stand in a trug in the shower whilst doing so - and then find a use for the water afterwards?".....:rotfl:

I did actually try an experiment with that at one point - in order to be able to re-use the water for flushing the loo. It didnt "work" - as the loo didnt flush completely that way - it just sorta diluted things iyswim:rotfl:.

But it does raise thoughts of for anyone who had a shower on the same floor as the kitchen - then maybe an initial rinsethrough of the dishes in "trug water" and then give them a "proper" wash as normal in the kitchen sink afterwards......:idea::think:

Not an experiment I shall try myself - as my kitchen and bathroom are on different floors to each other....(otherwise it might be worth a try - as I often have so many dishes that I have to go through two bowls of washing-up water in a row to get them all done)...

LittleBrownFrog

ceridwen wrote: »

I did actually try an experiment with that at one point - in order to be able to re-use the water for flushing the loo. It didnt "work" - as the loo didnt flush completely that way - it just sorta diluted things iyswim:rotfl:.

It should work if you lift the lid from the cistern & pour the water in there - we did this when we were without water for a couple of days & it worked fine.

As for eating dinner in the bath, definitely a step too far for me!

kataklysm

I have to share this because I was just SOOOO proud of myself

I went to take a dress (bought for a wedding) back to the supermarket yesterday evening, although I'd stupidly thrown the receipt away straight after buying it last week. Of course, no refund without a receipt, only an exchange for another item IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT. Not even for groceries. Boooo. Taking one look at all the other rubbish on the shelves, I decided it was either spend £25 on something I didn't really want, or...

Go home and rummage through the bins for the receipt.

...

Needless to say, I got my £25 refund :beer:


I must say it really brightened up an otherwise rubbish evening. <fnar>

So what's the most disgusting thing you've done to save a couple quid? And were you proud of yourself? Well, were you?! :rotfl::rotfl:

fantasia322

kataklysm wrote: »

I have to share this because I was just SOOOO proud of myself

I went to take a dress (bought for a wedding) back to the supermarket yesterday evening, although I'd stupidly thrown the receipt away straight after buying it last week. Of course, no refund without a receipt, only an exchange for another item IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT. Not even for groceries. Boooo. Taking one look at all the other rubbish on the shelves, I decided it was either spend £25 on something I didn't really want, or...

Go home and rummage through the bins for the receipt.

...

Needless to say, I got my £25 refund :beer:


I must say it really brightened up an otherwise rubbish evening. <fnar>

So what's the most disgusting thing you've done to save a couple quid? And were you proud of yourself? Well, were you?! :rotfl::rotfl:

Brilliant, now this thread is gonna be interesting lol. x

kataklysm

Some would call this a low-point, I prefer to see it as an magnificent victory :D I clearly have no shame...

patchwork_cat

Had you worn the dress?

lizzyb1812

Ugh! Immediately I read the OP I remembered the grossest thing I've ever done to save money - unblock a very badly blocked toilet :eek::eek::eek:

It was awful but I successfully did it and of course I was enormously proud of myself - not to mention not being a plumber's call out charge poorer.:T

It also made me realise that I could tackle all sorts of stuff that I thought I couldn't

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Hi kataklysm,

That certainly isn't the most gross thing I've seen on here. Have a read through this thread:

Money Saving gone TOO far?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies together.

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kataklysm

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Had you worn the dress?

No, the changing rooms were closed when I bought it, so it was just tried on once at home. And the wedding is in three weeks time. I'm talking physically disgusting here, not morally ..


"It also made me realise that I could tackle all sorts of stuff that I thought I couldn't"

That's the spirit!!