Sneaky ways to save the pennies

rosemary54

ceebeeby wrote: »

Real Xmas Trees ....

Check on your local council website to see if they do a free Xmas Tree collection service.

I found out today that ours are doing this next week - has saved the petrol for the trip to the tip.

when mine comes down tomorrow I will chop it down to burn on the wood burning stove,lovely smell too:j

Mely

edaniels1983 wrote: »

i LOVE my rubber broom. i have had one for years as being a hairdresser they are perfect for brushing up hairs and perfect for carpets x

even flylady has jumped on the rubber broom bandwaggon with the rubber sweeper and the rubberscrubber!!

i have save loads in using a rubber broom for everything. its my mop, broom, window squeedgie etc

Nicoll wrote: »

Brilliant for dog hair on the laminate floor downstairs and on the carpet in the bedroom, don't get the hoover out very often, just every now and then to get dust out the carpet....electricity saving alert!

I have to get a rubber broom!... lol. How much are they, and what is the best type?

edaniels1983

Mely wrote: »

I have to get a rubber broom!... lol. How much are they, and what is the best type?

wilkinsond so one for 5.00 and that is pretty good, our local B&M had the wonder brooms(JML) for 2.99 the other day and the hand held ones for 1.50

tesco sell wonderbrooms on the JML rack (they are the yellow and black ones) but i round them harder rubber than the wilkos one and i actually prefer my wilkos one but use my wonderbroom for outside. its perfect on the slabs!!

the hand held ones are acr for cleaning rabbit hutches etc, and scrubbing the toilet etc

here is flyladys ideas for them
http://flylady.net/pages/FlyShop_rubba_scrubba.asp

http://flylady.net/pages/FlyShop_rubba_sweepa.asp

Aril

When I first bought my own tree I really wanted some of the American folk art type decorations but I'd finished work [my son was a baby] so I decided that I couldn't justify the cost. Instead I used the Shaker catalogues I already had for inspiration and got my OH to cut out various wooden decorations from scrap wood. I then decorated them in a similar fashion to the photos and 11 years on I'm still pleased with them.
Aril
PS my only "new decoration" this year was a bauble that took my fancy in a charity shop for 59p. I have a gold bowl that my sister no longer wanted which I fill with my most gorgeous baubles as I find they get lost on the tree and don't really go with the Shaker type decs. I put it in the middle my dining table on top of a glitzy mat that also came from the charity shop. It's quite eyecatching!

carpedieme

My parents have the original christmas fairy ( it has a wooden face ! ) from when they ot married 55 yrs ago along with several other baubles and homemade decorations, society is dominated by consumerism these days.

tara747

Oooh, lovely!! Our Christmas tree angel was my gran's, it is sooo beautiful. It has a little painted china face and an organza skirt. I love it to bits and hope to inherit it one day. I love family heirlooms.

joesaunt

My Christmas Tree fairy is 42! I was born in December 42 years ago and my dad being very proud went and bought their first Christmas tree and fairy, and I still have her.

Ok, she has one arm, green plastic knickers, no top, wings or hair....but I love her.:rotfl:

kr15snw

Our Christmas Tree (well the one that goes in the hallway) was bought a week before my boyfriend was born. That was in 1972! It still has the same lights which were bought with it as well.

He has always put this tree up, but last year I made us buy a nice new one to put in the front room as his is a bit bare....

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NualaBuala wrote: »

I know there were some posts about boiling water and using flasks. I've got better at using the right amount of water and if there is anything left over, it goes into a flask for later. In this cold weather, I've found it useful for de-icing the bird bath.

Also, the water from the tap is very cold at the moment and so takes extra energy to boil it. So when I've emptied the kettle after boiling, I refill immediately as the hot element warms the water so it doesn't take as long to boil next time. And it protects the element of course.

Good ideas:T

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carpedieme wrote: »

My parents have the original christmas fairy ( it has a wooden face ! ) from when they ot married 55 yrs ago along with several other baubles and homemade decorations, society is dominated by consumerism these days.

Wouldn't it be great if the recession and concerns about the planet began to bring back the same sort of attitudes