Sneaky ways to save the pennies

Fruball

Good grief - I am really shocked that people would put lives at risk by coasting - I hope those people stay away from my car with my family in it.

It is essential to be in FULL control of your car at ALL times!!!!!

lauren_1

It's better to read the road ahead and slow the car using the gears so you are still in control and retain engine braking.

In neutral you use petrol to keep the engine ticking over, in gear but without using the gas you use none.

If you are away from traffic you can always depress the clutch to gain maximum coasting length.

Unity

Frugal wrote: »

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

I've used one since they first became available and normally wouldn't use anything else.

However, don't know if it's me age, but had to visit the doc yesterday - been bleeding for over a month. Subsequently saw the nurse and :eek::eek::eek: - well, we've all been there girls - "Knees bent and RELAX ". She said that my cervix is very bruised - not I hasten to add from 'over-exertion' (OH says: "More's the pity :whistle:).

It was the first time she'd heard of Mooncups and reckons it is the suction that has caused the bruising and prolonged the bleeding. I doubt this since I've been using it for years and never had the problem before. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt and taking the advice to stop using it for a month. A situation which I find both repellant and inconvenient, having got used to that 'clean' feeling but there you go.

I'll have a look on their site and see how things go. Her solution if it doesn't clear is a progesterone coil and I'm not keen on this. I don't need contraception and tend to steer well clear of hormones since five close relatives have suffered breast cancer.

Anyway it's just info for anyone else who might find themselves with the same problem.

Caterina

Unity, I had a progesterone coil (Mirena) for 5 years and although technically it fixed my inter-menstrual bleeding and gave me extremely light periods, I would not recommend it on account of the fact that I never knew when I was due, or whether I was approaching menopause (I removed it last year when I was 50).

I felt depressed for a lot of the time and only by chance, on two separate occasions, I came across some empirical reports from other women who commented on the depression issue related to Mirena.

Interestingly, I haven't felt depressed at all since I had it removed. When it was removed I had a couple of extremely heavy periods (flooding) that really scared me, and have had quite heavy bleeding since. This is also another reported after-effect, as what Mirena does is thinning the womb lining. So when there is no more Mirena the womb works in overdrive and makes a lot of lining, that when it gets discharged with the ovum it causes a heavier than usual bleeding.

Sorry the explanation is not in very scientific terms, hope it is clear!

I don't know if you are into complementary medicine, but I go to a medical herbalist clinic based in the University of East London, where I pay very little for the treatment, and they have certainly sorted me out (gynae-wise) with natural herbal tinctures.

HTH

Caterina

Unity

Caterina wrote: »

Unity, I had a progesterone coil (Mirena) for 5 years and although technically it fixed my inter-menstrual bleeding and gave me extremely light periods, I would not recommend it on account of the fact that I never knew when I was due, or whether I was approaching menopause (I removed it last year when I was 50).

I felt depressed for a lot of the time and only by chance, on two separate occasions, I came across some empirical reports from other women who commented on the depression issue related to Mirena.

Interestingly, I haven't felt depressed at all since I had it removed. When it was removed I had a couple of extremely heavy periods (flooding) that really scared me, and have had quite heavy bleeding since. This is also another reported after-effect, as what Mirena does is thinning the womb lining. So when there is no more Mirena the womb works in overdrive and makes a lot of lining, that when it gets discharged with the ovum it causes a heavier than usual bleeding.

Sorry the explanation is not in very scientific terms, hope it is clear!

I don't know if you are into complementary medicine, but I go to a medical herbalist clinic based in the University of East London, where I pay very little for the treatment, and they have certainly sorted me out (gynae-wise) with natural herbal tinctures.

HTH

Caterina

Thank you very much for your reply, it really is appreciated - I've already had depression problems (at one stage on 60mg Prozac per day:eek:) so I don't want them back, quite frankly they can forget this option.

Funny you should mention complimentary therapies - almost 20 years ago I avoided a hysterectomy. The surgeon thought the problem was hormonal - but said (really nastily) that after three children my womb was a redundant organ :mad:. I told him a lot of surgeons seem to walk around with a redundant organ between their shoulders and promptly left. I contacted a homoeopath who gave me three small pills to take in 24 hours. From that day until last month I've had light periods lasting only three to four days at most, every 28 days.

I'll have to see if I can trace that same homoeopath.

Thanks again for taking the time and trouble to help me out.:kisses3:

allydowd

I keep a glass in the bathroom. When the shampoo bottle gets low I turn the bottle upside down in the glass and leave it there. The next day all the shampoo will have settled at the bottom of the bottle and I get another 'dose' of shampoo out before throwing it away.

bambieyes

add grated carrot to grated cheese, mix together with some mayonaisse, add to sandwiches. lovely!
my two kids wont eat veggies and didnt even notice that carrots were in this. now they tell me their cheese sandwiches dont taste the same if I dont add the carrot;)
so as well as making the cheese stretch a little futher the kids are getting a portion of their 5 a day

tazmaniandevil_2

Having a quiet bump at an old post in this thread....

Olliebeak wrote: »

Got to thinking about the Lynx/Asda bodyspray thing - and it took some thinking about (my OH is exactly the same).

How about a bit of [strike]subterfuge[/strike] (big word for this time in a morning!) a little white lie. You could try telling him that all your friends were saying how really sexy the new Asda/Tesco/Morrisons bodyspray is - even better than 'name of something expensive'. Then, next time in the supermarket, take a sly spray of one and go absolutely delirious over the fragrance of it while asking him to have a sniff as well. He may not like the smell but if he thinks it makes YOU go weak at the knees - it may just do the trick :j !

Love these ideas. One thing about the bodysprays though. Lynx brings me out in a rash, so I can't use it. I have always used Tesco stuff, and now use Asda stuff because our local Tesco only stock the green or blue flavours. (both of which smell like toilet cleaner) The red or amber stuff from Tesco is lovely, and the Asda stuff is the same. They are probably manufactured by the same company. Asda also have stuff with a purple colour logo which is nice - chokes me when spraying it though.
I will use the green or blue at a push, because anything is better than the smell of BO.

tinypawz

Zend wrote: »

I have heard that if you pee on your hands it makes them nice and soft, no need for hand cream. Not tried it myself. Suspicious of men with soft hands now:D

something worse......when I was a baby my mam used to rub my terry nappies on her face.(only piddles not poos)...she still says that it is the best her skin has ever been;)

Olliebeak

bambieyes wrote: »

add grated carrot to grated cheese, mix together with some mayonaisse, add to sandwiches. lovely!
my two kids wont eat veggies and didnt even notice that carrots were in this. now they tell me their cheese sandwiches dont taste the same if I dont add the carrot;)
so as well as making the cheese stretch a little futher the kids are getting a portion of their 5 a day

I'm sure that's what my local sandwich shop calls 'cheese savoury' sandwich filling - it's delicious .