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

**Upsy_Daisy**

There is a bottle of Glenfiddich in the cupboard which was drained in 1998 and has been topped up with Teachers ever since

Friends come round and as they drink it they remark upon what a fine whisky it is and how they wouldn't dream of drinking any lesser brands :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

UD

madmich666

shadydaz wrote: »

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

Hubby said that to me the other day and calls martin my "money mate".

Got a few things to add:

- When you put stickers on your computer so OH uses quidco etc.
- When OH as put a sticker on stuff he wants to keep or has nailed it down because he is worried that I will put it on ebay.
- When OH worries about going to work and coming home to find nothing left in the flat.
- When the people in the post office know you by your first name because you sell so much of your tat on ebay.
- When you save up ebay items (unless you need the cash) for free listing days.
- When you shred old bills or used paper for your mouse cage instead of buying the fluffy stuff from the shop - there is 20 mice so they can keep each other warm!!!! Friends also give me their stuff to shred so we have enough paper mind you I do have enough bills of my own to shred!


Love this thread... might think of more so will probably be back later

madmich666

Oh another one to add, this I am slightly ashamed of...

When you spend all your spare time on MSE or making money to pay off debt or save rather than doing your housework and then hubby complains because he will have to do it all yet again.

I would rather pay off debt than use my hoover which gives me a bad back and uses electric!!!

Poosmate

Excellent thread!

You know you're a DFW'er when:-

You've stayed up all night on here and read through this whole thread so as not to miss anything!

Don't put the bathroom light on but leave the door open to use the light from the landing (energy efficient bulb).

Rarely have lights on - why do I need to light up my lounge to see my pc screen or the tv?

Use the light from the lamp column at the back to nuke my coffee in the microwave rather than put the kitchen light on (even if it is an energy saving lightbulb + I've paid my taxes I'm entitled to that light from the streetlight).

Always allow food to defrost before cooking to save on cooking time.

Contemplated (and suggested) using terry tea towels in place of nappies for babies. I don't have a baby though :-(

Buy one of the cheapest tomato kechups and water it down with vinegar (sometimes I add mixed herbs to it too).

Keep/swipe extra serviettes when dining out for use as kitchen roll.

Take extra sugar/salt/pepper/milk sachets when dining out.

Bulk bought taxable items before the VAT went up (don't need to buy toilet rolls, cat food, kitty litter, lady products or coffee for a very long time).

Request "aid" parcels for Christmas/birthday from family so I rarely need to buy cleaning products.

Try to never buy Morrisons milk at £1.53 for 2.25ltrs when St Ives 4 pints is £1.00 (53p more for just 0.25ltr! Scandalous!).

Always check price per 100g/item for best value.

Some things I won't compromise on though (not yet anyway), must have Nescafe coffee and will not do a number 2 at work to save toilet roll!

That's all I can think of atm.

Poo

dktreesea

flying_fresian wrote: »

: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

The post office didn't have any, but I got one from the local Royal Mail sorting office.

Ah, the tyranny of a "red package measurer". The days spent wrapping items in cling wrap then brown paper, just to get them through the 2.5cm slot, instead of just throwing it in a jiffy bag (which I have started to call "jolly bags" because they save so much time compared to hand wrapping) and paying the extra postage.....

How annoying that one has to make it to "Debt Free" before actually getting to save so much as a penny. It's like monopoly: if you don't pass Go/DFmilestone you don't get (to save) your £200.

shadydaz

Rebekah24 wrote: »

...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

My kettle doesn't have a light :mad: and would rather not have two spoonfuls of coffe and one sugar :rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Your beginning to become well trained OH rings you at work to ask if he can buy something online and can you check if you can get cash back for your quidco account please

In_Search_Of_Me

http://www.neauveau.com/recycledyarn.html

when finding things like this fill you with glee....

squizz_2

Just wanted to bump this - it's really funny!!

ald65

• Definitely when you smile knowingly at the person in front of you counting out the coppers at the till.
• you swoop hawklike onto any loose change on pavement[even ones in puddles!!!]
• add water to your dried up mascara
• have palpitations when having to pay full price for item!
• extended family start donating hotel toiletries to you