Sneaky ways to save the pennies

popularfurball

seraphina wrote: »

Put soap/fairy liquid into a pump dispenser - this prevents MrS from using half a pint everytime he does the washing up!

I have to say....sheer genius!!! I live with four other guys... the washing powder, fabric conditioner and fairy goes like madness (but obviously, its mostly expected that the borrowers to appear out of the floorboards and mysteriously replace it all when it runs out...)

BigMummaF

I've changed the timer on the hot water so it comes on just before the workers come in. If they have showers as opposed to baths, I turn it off again & find it's plenty hot enough for the next day's bits till the timer comes on again.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7622792.stm

This is quite an interesting article, this woman picked up money she found on the street such as pennies and anything else she found and made £117 over the course of a year.

sunflower76

drinkupretty wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7622792.stm

This is quite an interesting article, this woman picked up money she found on the street such as pennies and anything else she found and made £117 over the course of a year.

I always pick up any loose change that I see. It's never very much and MrS despairs that I do it, but every penny I pick up is a penny closer to being mortgage free!

shmo87

wendy+5 wrote: »

Another tip. A drop of essential oil on a clean dry light bulb will freshen the room when the bulb is switched on.

be careful though...my flatmate did the mistake of turning it on straight after sparying some stuff on...the bulb pop and thankfully didn't explode.

shmo87

My OH is super fussy in terms of brands...I am tempted to use the shampoo in pump trick and it will save a lot of money but anyone know of an alternative to the L'oreal red bottled shampoos?

Also any other tips in terms of home stuff being substitute with something as good as the leading brand but cheaper? thanks!

May

Primrose

We too have transferred hair shampoo to a hand pump and it's amazing how much less you use. Upending a full bottle of shampoo seems to result in half the contents ending up in your hands or on your head. The same thing applies with tomato ketchup. (When first you shake the ketchup bottle, first none will come and then the lot'll !)

Aril

According to some articles I've read recently broccoli is one of the few vegetables that have dropped in price since last year [one of the super foods I believe] and the sale of turnips have increased due to their good value.
Aril

Primrose

Yes, isn't it amazing that now times are hard, everybody is migrating to the cheaper "unfashionable foods" such as neck of lamb, mince etc and the cost of them seems to have rocketed. Do I suspect a touch of profiteering here?

OrkneyStar

vicky_kidder wrote: »

Hi everyone. I've recently used someone's (v.v.good!) idea on how to keep costs down on milk. I still live at home with parents, but as I do a lot of the food shopping I can get away with it. I buy semi-skimmed so bought a 6pint of semi-skimmed. When that goes down I buy a 4pint whole milk and top it up with water. Family can't tell the difference and we save a few pounds every week just on milk as we go through about 12pints a week.

But, i have noticed that in Asda they are selling 4pint milk for £1 (it is £1.44 in Tesco where I normally shop), so it is £1 for a 6pint milk in essence! Really cheap if youre a family with younger kids who just guzzle it down!

Diluting is fine for adults, and possibly older kids, but young ones are supposed to get full fat non-diluted milk. DS is 15 months and loves his milk (in things and as a drink) but it has to be the 'neat' stuff, i.e. non-diluted!