You know your'e a DFW when you...

tifnstav

when you rush to the bathroom any time someone visits to check the loo - because a DFW on a water meter would let it mellow if its yellow!

shadydaz

when you make a brew, leave the kitchen with the spoon in the mug to stir it in the front room so you can turn the kitchen light out quicker :rotfl:

boredofbeingathome

fayjmck wrote: »

A few more from my holiday away to see the rellies

*you've already got this years cards and crackers at a bargain
*you spill the beans to your OH that his pressies were all (mostly) either Clubcard deals, bargainous smellies from boots which cost £6 not £45 or BOGOFFS or from charity shops
*You actually meal plan and pack for a trip away and raid your freezer for bacon, sausages etc to make sure you don't have to buy anything you *dont need*
*Kids know that putting candles on not only heats the room but also saves on leccy
*everyone charges their mobiles, laptops and camera's whist at OH's cos he won't mind a bit
*you die of almost heat exhaustion when you visit non-frugal friends who have the central heating cranked up and you find yourself enquiring about their energy costs
*after NY eve party you are bagging, freezing and sorting out food so nothing is 'spoilt' even if it is at 3am

My final shocker - which had my friends rolling in their seats when away

You decontruct several salads left over from the party -

anything edible still gets a quick refresh of cold water in the colander and put in seperate bowls its now as good as new
All tomatoes, peppers and onions are used to make a HM pasta sauce to which you add the left over cold meats
Any left over cheese is trimmed and frozen
Puddings are covered and made obvious for eating
The dips are used and mixed up to recycle the next day with all the crisps now covered in bowls or in bags
The lovely complicated dressed melon, cucumber and feta cheese salad that a lovely friend brought is seperated, washed and used up plain cos the kids prefer it and scoff the lot
All of the rest of the slightly dodgy looking veggies are stewed and with stock and whizzed into HM delicious but dont ask whats in it veggie soup

Having done this you don't all go out for a takeaway -
You make garlic bread with the leftover bit dry bread and cheesy offcuts to go with you washed salads and make pasta leftovers which feeds about 10 folk

They might well have sniggered at me - but when they were scoffing I didn't hear much complaining

I just said its all due to you lovely lot

DD announced to our family that we are DFWbe'ers and showed her cousin how to use quidco!

Sniffles proudly:T:D

sallymander

When your kitchen scales are not in the kitchen but live next to the computer for working out postage.

rictus123

Spend 90% of your 2 weeks holiday on here

shadydaz

when your wife tells you that you might as well be married to Martin Lewis rather then her...

mooomin

sallymander wrote: »

When your kitchen scales are not in the kitchen but live next to the computer for working out postage.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Do you have one of the little cardboard postbox things for working out if your parcels are too thick? I got sent one by a lovely MSE and it's in Welsh

gilligansyle

When you find yourself mentally adding up someone elses shopping at the checkout and working out how much you could have got away with.

sallymander

flying_fresian wrote: »

Do you have one of the little cardboard postbox things for working out if your parcels are too thick? I got sent one by a lovely MSE and it's in Welsh

No, I used to try and do it with a ruler, but I was never sure that I was acurate enough and if the lovely people at the post office would let me get away with it....... tonight though I will be making one from an old cereal packet! thanks for the idea :T

Sally x

Rebekah24

shadydaz wrote: »

when you make a brew, leave the kitchen with the spoon in the mug to stir it in the front room so you can turn the kitchen light out quicker :rotfl:

...you put the kitchen light on??:eek: thats what the kettle light is for!

hehe.. only 1 lightbulb on in my house, the hallway!

...when you trick your oh into consuming an entire pack of smartprice jaffa's... :rotfl:"I only eat the real ones..none of that smartprice stuff you gobble...err..you just drank the tea and ate the faux jaffas...what he dosent know wont hurt him