Sneaky ways to save the pennies

JoolzS

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

(bf is one of those horrible people that gets out of bed and puts one ting on (tshirt/shorts), then actually gets dressed (trousers/shirt) comes home and gets changed because he thinks he smells or is dirty etc (different shorts + tshirt) then has a shower later in teh evening and puts on a pair of PJ bottoms! so he has like 4 clothes changes A DAY!! a trait he ahs from his mum!

Why bother washing them? Just fold them back up nicely and put them back in his wardrobe/drawers. He'll probably never notice. If he does notice and/or complain, just let him know that he can wash and iron his own clothes from now on.

Over the years I've been told how "lucky" I am that my SO of the time can cook, wash dishes, use a washing machine, hoover, dust, etc, etc. I've always responded that no luck was involved. I've always made a point of ensuring that my SO of the time could cook, wash dishes, etc, etc, even if it meant teaching them myself. I've never managed to teach any of them to actually notice mess or dirt (I think it's a male/female brain thing), but I've always taught them how to clean the stuff up. My DH of 13 years (today ) might never notice that the bathroom needs cleaning, but if I ask him to clean it, he definitely knows how to do so.

I sure that the current partners of my two previous long term relationships love the fact that they know how to hoover, iron, using a washing machine, can cook some meals, etc, etc.

Julie

wannabe_sybil

I don't know how true this is...

One of the earlier posts mentioned the rocketing price of 'cheap' cuts. Well, I have been told that the best way to buy meat is to buy 'cheap' meat in affluent areas and 'dear' meat like steak in less affluent areas, and you get a better deal.

I don't suppose it really works if you live in a village, but if you are in a large city it may be useful.

Uniscots97

JoolzS wrote: »

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

Hi Julie, my advice was given to me by a hair specialist who I saw for many months after my hair started growing back in after treatment. He advised the by using a towel to squeeze out the water I'd aggravate the hair so hence I use my hands. Two years on after following his advice my hair has grown back, its nearly waist length now and the patches where my hair fell out during my treatment have grown back too and my hair is very strong which is something I was told it wouldn't be again.

lauzjp

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 work in two of the shops over the road from where I live, where there is a pub, a post office, and two cash points. oh and a bookies! And we're between several schools. hence; lots of opportunites to gain pennies or even notes as they fly out of people's hands onto the pavement. If I see whose it is I would point it out to them! honest.

Also, I know there's a thread on here somewhere about what time shops do their reductions - wow can you get some bargins! Yesterday was in a shop just before closing and the manager offered us stuff he was going to throw away. :A bless him.


anyhoot - one of the things I do to sneakily save pennies is buy clothes in charity shops, and place them in hubby's bit of the wardrobe. Especially if they are brands he already wears - absolutely none the wiser, though after learning of my trick he soon realised his fear of charity shops was totally unfounded.

he's now fond of Asda £3 jeans - sorry much as I would love to care about ethics of where / how they are made, I'm too skint. and clothes wear out just as quick no matter what brand they are.

Uniscots97

Its still nice to be able to buy things like body scrub/body lotion etc and I'd mainly stuck to Poundland or rquivalent however having some time to kill this morning I ended up in Superdrug and they have their own spa salt scrub and body lotion for 20p each!!! They weren't damaged, they just seem to be clearing them out. Needless to say I bought quite a few. Oh and Bodycare stock Tesco hair accessories for 19p each in their bargain bin (packaging intact so no one would know you didn't get it in Tesco and paid a fiver for it). Places I hadn't considered looking. Anyone else think this is maybe the chains way of pulling us back in, in the hope that we'll then fork out for some over priced stuff too whilst there?

blueberrypie

Vibrant wrote: »

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.

I'd heard this was illegal, so did a search. From this it seems that it probably is illegal, and also that it won't save any fuel anyway.

Uniscots97

blueberrypie wrote: »

I'd heard this was illegal, so did a search. From this it seems that it probably is illegal, and also that it won't save any fuel anyway.

You're right you're far better driving sensibly, keep tyres at optimum pressure, don't overload your car, don't accelerate or brake hard and keep at a steady speed.

JoolzS

unixgirluk wrote: »

Hi Julie, my advice was given to me by a hair specialist who I saw for many months after my hair started growing back in after treatment. He advised the by using a towel to squeeze out the water I'd aggravate the hair so hence I use my hands. Two years on after following his advice my hair has grown back, its nearly waist length now and the patches where my hair fell out during my treatment have grown back too and my hair is very strong which is something I was told it wouldn't be again.

My apologies - I honestly thought that you had perhaps misread a magazine article or something. I think for the huge majority of people squeezing hair with a towel (not rubbing it) is perfectly OK though.

I'm very jealous of your near waist length hair. I have hair that just refuses to grow beyond bra-strap level. Fortunately, I realised a few years ago that as I get older it doesn't really suit me much longer than shoulder length so I'm not quite as jealous as I would have been ten or so years ago

Julie

Fruball

Am only on page 16 of this thread (am reading every single post!!!) but had to rave about the MoonCup!!!

They are ab fab and since I got mine a year ago, I still have one last unopened box of tampax that I thought I would probably go back to at some point - I would NEVER go back to anything else now. Ever!

Ladies, If you haven't tried them, I can't recommend them highly enough.

I was initially sceptical but was drawn to them by this site. Now I even swim quite happily with mine, its so much better on holiday as you don't need to worry changing it often, i;ve never ever had a leak and can't feel it. I also feel so much cleaner - I don't know why that is but everyone seems to say the same...

For anyone who is dubious, they will refund you if you are really not happy with it - just contact their customer careline.

The money saving side is a bonus too

Vibrant

blueberrypie wrote: »

I'd heard this was illegal, so did a search. From this it seems that it probably is illegal, and also that it won't save any fuel anyway.

It does save fuel, the counter arguments are not thought out.
If driving along a gently sloping stretch of road, with the car in top gear and the throttle completely shut, the engine braking will quickly slow you down, however in neutral you will maintain most of your speed.

Naturally a modicum of commonsense needs to be applied, don't do it on hills, or when other traffic is around and DON'T switch the engine off!

And for the best mpg, you need to follow unixgirluks advice as well.