Sneaky ways to save the pennies

Unity

Sugarhunny1 wrote: »

Mr T = Tesco
Mrs A = Asda

These seem to be common abbreviations throughout the forum.

HTH

Sugar xxx

Phew thank Gawd for that Sugar! You know half of me was sitting there thinking that was probably it - but I just couldn't get the image of Bad Attitude Barracus complete with chains and Mohican - with his own brand of shampoo:o.

There again - it has been said I live in a surreal universe :rotfl:, especially by my OH after I swore I saw Dave Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash) walking through our local shopping centre in a Planet Hollywood jacket!

freebiequennie

Olliebeak wrote: »

I buy the Asda SmartPrice Toilet Cleaner (around 29p). It doesn't come in a container with a curved neck for getting under the rim though. But I've save two (extra one for downstairs lol) of the old bottles with the curved neck (Asda'a own not quack quack!) for decanting into.

we have just started doing this too, wasnt sure if the tops would come of the usual ecover one we buy but hey it did and at 28p instead of £1.79 for ecover we will do it again. (sorry environment!!)

lilac_lady

I buy thin bleach (29p) and find it does just as good a job as the expensive branded ones.

freebiequennie

this thread is great not read it all yet upto page 40!!

we:

put value ketchup into a heinz squeezy bottle
put value toliet cleaner into ecover bottle

we only flush loo when done a number 2 unless its getting a bit whiffy or we have guests.

turn down the radiators in spare bedrooms to 1 and then turn up if we have guests coming.

bath water- i bath first then husband jumps in after me.

we bulk out bolgense, cottage pie, casseroles with vegetables.
(a 500g pack of value mince with lots of veggies for a spag bol makes 3 lots of bolgenese for us - each time i will have a pot for work too).

Uniscots97

Lidl's own cup a soups, 4 for 45p. Too thick really for 1 serving per sachet so I split the sachet (I take them to work with me) and a sachet does me two servings and its still lovely and thick and no loss of taste.

Daisymac_2

this thread makes me laugh so much, I am such a snob, I have value hand wash with some essential oils stuck in it in a Molton Brown bottle, I have value ketchup in a Heinz bottle, (same with brown sauce), I have Tesco cheap coconut shampoo in a Bed Head bottle, no one has noticed or complained so far !!

oh another one I did was got a pair of M&S boots up the market for £10 (you know the stalls that do returned goods, these boots had a slight mark on the heel) and "accidentially" left the price on the bottom which showed £95 !!! made sure I crossed my legs and showed the bottom of my boots to all !! lol

Unity

Daisymac wrote: »

this thread makes me laugh so much, I am such a snob, I have value hand wash with some essential oils stuck in it in a Molton Brown bottle, I have value ketchup in a Heinz bottle, (same with brown sauce), I have Tesco cheap coconut shampoo in a Bed Head bottle, no one has noticed or complained so far !!

oh another one I did was got a pair of M&S boots up the market for £10 (you know the stalls that do returned goods, these boots had a slight mark on the heel) and "accidentially" left the price on the bottom which showed £95 !!! made sure I crossed my legs and showed the bottom of my boots to all !! lol

A girl after my own heart! :T - Love your sense of humour .

freebiequennie

we also

use one teabag for 2 cups - mine gets it first!!

switch kettle off just before it boils, saves waiting for tea to cool down too,

turn cooker off 10mins before food is due to be ready

have packed lunches, mine usually left over dinner and husbands is sandwiches (i cant eat bread as intolerant to yeast, unless i make own yeast free and use bicarb instead), husband even willing has jam sandwiches when ham, cheese and marmite run out.

my husband gets loads of different deodrant and shower gel sets for xmas (i have 6 siblings and they all buy him one plus what i put in stocking) its always name brands and he is not fussy hes not brought any for years.

we reuse unwanted gifts, I have sensitive skin and alwyas get some nice bath sets i can not use so we re gift them always remember whose side of family it came from. Also wine we like the good stuff (£7 plus a bottle) so any we dont like gets re gifted.

Vibrant

Great thread.
Knock the car out of gear and roll, it's surprising how often you can do this and how much it boosts your mpg. Probably only works in fairly rural areas.

4 basics fruit yoghurts in Sainsburys 29p, taste as good as the dearer ones.

Use old bath water to water the garden (not really needed this year, as it never stopped raining).

Use a twin tub, rather than an automatic. I do five loads using the same water and powder and then use some of the water with a dash of bleach, to mop the kitchen and bathroom floor.

Don't buy the family birthday presents (unless they are still kids), you spend ages trying to find something they will like, which they throw in the cupboard after your gone.
We instituted this several years ago and it makes birthdays much less stressful.
We still do cards, homemade or cheap ones. My dad has shown quite a talent for making cards, he hand paints them and they are far better than shop bought ones. Although mum has to censor any funny ones that are sent to non family members.

Use a dutch hoe to keep down garden weeds, it's fast and effective. Keep it sharp as it's basically a knife on a stick.

Pick blackberries for pudding (stewed with custard, 8p a packet sainsburys basics, makes enough for two), lots and lots this year, but almost finished now.

Wear a woolly hat, best way to keep warm (Note: I'm not advocating wearing just a woolly hat, lol).

Use creosote, rather than waterbased (and useless) treatments on fences. Although initially dearer, the creosote will preserve the fence much better. Mix 5 parts creosote, to 1 part clean oil, to make it go further and work better.

JoolzS

unixgirluk wrote: »

I get as much of the water out of my hair as I can (try not to squeeze your hair too hard as its brittle when wet, don't laugh I usually give my hair a good shake! )

I haven't yet read every post in this thread (and I realise it's a bit old) but I needed to reply to this one. Firstly you SHOULD squeeze the water out of your hair - just gently, with a towel. Secondly, shaking your hair out is simply going to make it more frizzy because you are letting the hair cuticles all rub up against each other. I'm guessing you've misread something somewhere that says you shouldn't rub your hair with a towel and have taken this to mean you shouldn't squeeze it out.

One thing you definitely should never, ever do is rub your hair up and down in the shower. Just gently rub the shampoo into the roots with your fingertips and let the running water pretty much clean the rest of it.

Julie