Sneaky ways to save the pennies

rosemary54

Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »

We did this - twice - since we had so many guests on Mother's Day. We had the two chickens on the day, saving two breasts, which are frozen, and then I made stock with the carcasses, which we are having as soup today and risotto tomorrow. The parsnips got mashed with cream and the carrots were steamed. We still have lots of spuds left. I know I should be buying free range meat but it seemed too good to miss.

was this only instore? I can't find it online.

paigexstewart

A great tip I have is to hang all my washing that needs ironing in the bathroom after a shower and the steam will do it for you! x

rosemary54

my local 4 star hotel has a beauty room that has an offer of the month,usually saving up to 50% on a beauty treatment,well worth checking out,just had an hours facial for £20 lovely treat paid for with all my other "savings":j :j

also join your local garden club,ours is only £10 a year and we get 10% off at a couple of garden centres and %50 off seeds with a catalogue plus great speakers,must be bargain of the year :j :j :j

redhotmamma

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redhotmamma wrote: »

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eh? Am I missing something?

geordie_joe

rosemary54 wrote: »

best thing to do is buy online(no postage :j ) a 3 month one(used to be 4 months so when they changed the price we thought it got cheaper:mad: very sneaky) then stock up at the beginning and end of time period and go without 1 for a month or so before renewing so works out cheaper than buying a yearly one :j :j :j

How do you stock up? My doctor won't give me 4 months supply of pills in a 3 month period. Even when I put my repeat prescription form in a few days early, just because I happen to be passing the doctors, I have to explain why I want the pills early.

suebfg

thought of some more tips:

Don't waste money on expensive magazines and newspapers - read them online for free!

If you do buy magazines, share them around at work and encourage colleagues to do the same.

Don't dry clean clothes unless absolutely necessary - most items (suits excepted) can be washed on a gentle wash

rosemary54

geordie_joe wrote: »

How do you stock up? My doctor won't give me 4 months supply of pills in a 3 month period. Even when I put my repeat prescription form in a few days early, just because I happen to be passing the doctors, I have to explain why I want the pills early.

I have never had a problem,I get a repeat on the 1st day of the prepaid pescription say jan 1st,then feb 1st,then march 1st then finally march 31st so getting 4 months in 3 :j so I can wait to take out new prepaid a month after and start again, so really say to doc well the 1st is for jan,2nd for feb ,3rd for march and 4th for april so its really a 4 month period.hope this helps (and makes sense!)

daska

geordie_joe wrote: »

How do you stock up? My doctor won't give me 4 months supply of pills in a 3 month period. Even when I put my repeat prescription form in a few days early, just because I happen to be passing the doctors, I have to explain why I want the pills early.

Tell them you're going on holiday and won't be around to pick up the prescription if you wait until you run out?

rosemary54

suebfg wrote: »

thought of some more tips:

Don't waste money on expensive magazines and newspapers - read them online for free!

If you do buy magazines, share them around at work and encourage colleagues to do the same.

Don't dry clean clothes unless absolutely necessary - most items (suits excepted) can be washed on a gentle wash

silk can be hand washed and for "dry clean" only items buy a product called svit ,a large bag you use in your tumble dryer with a special sheet,once you have the bag you can buy refil sheets,works well and a lot cheaper than dry cleaners:j