Sneaky ways to save the pennies

Gigervamp

Katkin wrote: »

I successfully made butter whilst exercising on my Xmas pressie of a vibrating exercise plate! Held the jar between my legs and let the machine do all the work while I clasped and tensed. Butter and muscles in 10 minutes.

Only problem was......DH came in and fell about as I'd left the curtains open and the whole street could see me with a jar between my thighs!!:doh:

:rotfl:
Excellent multi-tasking!

Gigervamp

Primrose wrote: »

We have a problem rationing butter consumption in this house (at least one of us does!) . I'm thinking of using all those little empty aluminim type containers that candle tea lights come in, cleaning them out and using them for butter portions.

What about using a silicone ice cube tray? You can freeze the butter in the holes and just pop out one or two as you need them.
Don't think I'd fancy using the tealight holders even cleaned out.

kerik4

Katkin wrote: »

I have spent a delightful 4 days solid (dont tell the boss:shhh: ) reading this thread. Thank you for all the fab tips. Just wanted to tell you about my butter making last night. I successfully made butter whilst exercising on my Xmas pressie of a vibrating exercise plate! Held the jar between my legs and let the machine do all the work while I clasped and tensed. Butter and muscles in 10 minutes.

Only problem was......DH came in and fell about as I'd left the curtains open and the whole street could see me with a jar between my thighs!!:doh:

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Have been feeling ill (sore throat, cold etc) & sorry for myself for the past couple of days, but your post made me laugh out loud so thank you for the cheer up!!!! :rotfl:

Reverbe

Beki wrote: »

This is probably something that most people do, but we go to the library.

Today DD took out 6 books (which to buy new would have cost over £40), DS took out 2 books (which would have cost almost £15)
And i took out 3 books (which would have cost around £35)
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In a side bar to Beki's post about libraries, I decided last year to do a survey and keep a runing total of how much the books I got from the library in a year would have cost.

From Jan 1 to Dec 31 - the cost of the books I borrowed and price I would have paid if I had bought them was (not including any dvds or cds) was £3500 approx.:eek:

Primrose

Reverbe - that's an interesting cost calculation. For keen readers, it's also a good example of how much our reading would cost us if we had to fund it directly ourselves, which I suppose we do anyway, as the cost of running our libraries is included in the Council Tax we all pay. . Quite apart from this, libraries play an absolutely invaluable role in our communities and in these difficult times will be fighting for their share of council tax payers revenue if cuts have to be made. So if annually libraries show a decreasing footfall and a lower number of users each year, they become prime targets for cuts. This is another good reason for readers to support their libraries to borrow books, CDs, DVD's & magazines, etc.to help prevent them closing. I'm naughty. In our County the libraries get their income allocated according to footfall (no of visitors) and number of items borrowed. So every time I visit, I walk in and out of the "visitor counter" screen at the door several times, and borrow as many books as I can, even though I know I won't have time to read them all.

Katie-Kat-Kins

Tiger_greeneyes wrote: »

I personally don't see the need to vacuum every day, there's only two of us here. Unless it's really necessary, once a week is fine. I use one-seventh of the electricity that way too!

Who on earth hoovers every day???

What are they doing to create that much dirt!? Once a week should be plenty unless you have small children, or moulting pets!

Sian_the_Green

Wow, you're supposed to hoover?

shelley1977

i use to hoover 4 or 5 times a day.at the moment i havenot been well and struggle to manage once a day which i need as have 5 children.

Sian_the_Green

Shelley, sounds like you have the problem and the solution there, get one of them to do it each day

Akom

Just finished going through all these posts. WOW!! Hard work but enjoyable and hopefully rewarding. A couple from me is in order i think.

Most people have small gardens now days so buy a push mower rather than electric or petrol. They're more reliable, easier to get in and out of shed and cost nothing to run. (great for fitness too).

Sometimes the pushmower snags on twigs or sticks found in the grass. I throw these in the corner and the next time i need to light a BBQ (soon i hope) i use these as a firelighter. They don't stink like the old parrafin blocks and again are free.

Last one for the blokes. I've been shaving OS for over a year now and it's saved me a fortune and it's a more enjoyable shave. I now use a Double edge safety razor, soap and brush. Needs practice but i promise you will get just a close a shave as 'The best a man can get' :rolleyes: If there is enough interest i can start an indepth thread on this. Think i'd call i'd call it 'Moneyshavingexpert.com':rotfl: :rotfl:

canidothis wrote: »

I remember many years ago as a young teen I stooped to pick up a penny and got laughed at by a group of people who were sat on a bench, they had superglued it to the path!! put me off a bit from picking up money ! However after reading about the couple who had found thousands over the years I found myself checking out the local supermarket car park!!:rotfl:

My tip for this situation is kick the coin first. If it moves and chinks then act like you've just dropped it. No one moans at you then, even if it's a penny. If it doesn't move just snigger to yourself and think 'that was close':rotfl: