Money Saving gone TOO far?

patchwork_cat

Well then I would do it,too, provided I hadn't emptied the litter tray on top of the receipt!

fletch3163

How very weird. I started that thread Pink-Winged just put a link on for. My Goodness, I clean forgot about that. Will go and have a dander now

Owain_Moneysaver

I've had a DVD player, a PC and monitor, a vacuum cleaner, and a ginormouse teddybear, out of the communal wheeliebins.

The teddybear got wiped over and taken to a charity shop.

I've had plateloads of buffet leftovers from office catering.

I cut the mould off mouldy cheese.

I buy tins of biscuits reduced for quick sale in September and save them for Xmas presents.

I fill my tea flask with hot water from the tap at work and take it home to do the washing up with.

I washed out a wheelie bin and used it as a barrow to move house with.

Sparklyfairy

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

I washed out a wheelie bin and used it as a barrow to move house with.

WOW! That's the spirit! :money:

A blog I read (I'm almost certain someone on this board recommended it some time ago..) is called Penniless Parenting & she has some extreme money saving tips..I can't recommend her blog enough - she's young & on an extremely tight budget which obviously made her come up with family cloths instead of loo roll & banana peel chutney . I might try the chutney but not quite brave enough for the family cloths..!:embarasse

ceridwen

Just saved that Penniless Parenting blog. Thanks. Just had a quick glance and thought - hmmm...uses for watermelon rind...my sorta frugality.

Will have to be a bit careful commenting to retailers re "extra usage" from any goods they sell. After commenting re radish leaves being edible to one recently I found them charging by weight and have the feeling that they are now charging extra to allow for peeps getting more "food" than they thought they would from a bunch of radishes iyswim.

LittleLauz

This is worse!......

Last year whilst suffering at work with a rather hideou hangover, cleauge bought a 12inch subway sandwich. She could only eat about half and then threw the rest in the bin ( still in the bag ) since I had no money on me and hadn't bothered to get out of bed early enough to make a packed lunch, due to aforementioned hangover. Ermmm the sub got pulled out of the bin and swiftly consumed... I am disgusting, it's true!!:o

Angelfeathers

Sparklyfairy wrote: »

WOW! That's the spirit! :money:

A blog I read (I'm almost certain someone on this board recommended it some time ago..) is called Penniless Parenting & she has some extreme money saving tips..I can't recommend her blog enough - she's young & on an extremely tight budget which obviously made her come up with family cloths instead of loo roll & banana peel chutney . I might try the chutney but not quite brave enough for the family cloths..!:embarasse

I personally love the idea of family cloths. I used cloth nappies and cloth wipes with my son and still keep a few cloth wipes in the bathroom when something wet is needed to finish up after a particularly messy poo (ours or his). Sorry if TMI! And I hate the way that any toilet paper that's soft enough to be comfortable just disintegrates as you use it and leaves little bits everywhere. ...I think I might actually go for this idea, even if it's just for myself as I don't think DH and DS would go for it!

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

whats even more gross is the fact that all this behaviour seems entirely normal to me!

CH27

lizzyb1812 wrote: »

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

I had to do that the other week.
16 year old son was heaving outside the door but no way was I paying for a plumber.

marmiterulesok

Sparklyfairy wrote: »

WOW! That's the spirit! :money:

A blog I read (I'm almost certain someone on this board recommended it some time ago..) is called Penniless Parenting & she has some extreme money saving tips..I can't recommend her blog enough - she's young & on an extremely tight budget which obviously made her come up with family cloths instead of loo roll & banana peel chutney . I might try the chutney but not quite brave enough for the family cloths..!:embarasse

Thanks for the link;I've had a quick look.It looks interesting and inspiring.Whilst having a look,I saw a link to www.littlehouseliving.com which also looks interesting.

For all the nuggets of useful info,how much more time will I waste online...?:o