Sneaky ways to save the pennies

addictedtosoreen

Originally Posted by bravobeastie
Rub essential oil onto the radiator, saves on air fresheners and lasts ages

i rent my housr so dont want the rads blistering:D
instead i put a few drops on a face cloth and put over the rads instead. do this in my car too, put near the vents by the windshield, smells lovely:T

rose_sparky

As we live in a rural area quite a distance from shops etc, I always ask my husband if he's going out, if he is I get him to do my errands thus saving my diesel!

sparklygirl1

My Hubby will only use a certain toilet roll, think puppy! It must be Aloe Vera and it is so expensive. Any ideas guys? It think it's the distrinctive stripped pattern on it..........

ceridwen

sparklygirl1 wrote: »

My Hubby will only use a certain toilet roll, think puppy! It must be Aloe Vera and it is so expensive. Any ideas guys? It think it's the distrinctive stripped pattern on it..........

You could try strategically "running out" of it - but you happen to have some cheaper stuff in (purely for use instead of tissues purposes;) ) that he might like to use whilst he waits for you to have the chance to buy any more
(I'm just not going to say where I learnt a bit of deviousness from - yet!;) )

Ellidee

sparklygirl1 wrote: »

My Hubby will only use a certain toilet roll, think puppy! It must be Aloe Vera and it is so expensive. Any ideas guys? It think it's the distrinctive stripped pattern on it..........

sparkly I seem to remember reading somewhere on MSE that Aldi do Aloe Vera toilet rolls that are good. Might be worth a look. HTH

bravobeastie

Mellika wrote: »

I've heard this one before but... WHERE on the radiator?

I put it on the ridge just behind the radiator. You can easily just rub it over the top too :beer:

sparklygirl1

Will give both suggestions go.........

cg1982

not sure if its been posted but vinager as a kettle / descaler could save a fortune

carolt2

Just stumbled across this thread.
Thanks for all the ideas posted.
We already dilute our milk down which OH is fine with.
He is happy about saving money

Topher

A ball of cotton wool with somne essential oil on it, and poked down behind the radiator or lightly pushed into one of the fins at the back will be a more controllable way of spreading the oil smell in a room (A teacher once told me she did that to calm her class don)
Wasn't there a newspaper article about women using a product called something like "Baby's Bottom Butter" at £2.49 as a facial moisturiser & claiming it worked really well? On this morning's news I think.
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