Sneaky ways to save the pennies

poppy-glos

wssla00 wrote: »

Mines gone really hard. What have i done wrong? Can I add more water to it and melt up again?

i've added more water several times, seems to thicken up over time

schumie

My OH likes the branded goods so I have found a way of nit buying them and he can't moan. We both work long hours so now and then buy our groceries from the internet - Sainsburys does free delivery at certain times if you spend X amount for instance.

I then get the own brand head & shoulders, tea bags etc and when they get delivered i tell him that they must have run out and have sent these subsitutions instead. He can't moan as i tell him I ordered Head & Shoulders its not my fault they are out of stock.

He loves the Original Source Mint Shower Gel but its over £2.50 so i buy a supermarket branded one for less than a £1 and fill his bottle up. He's never noticed!

I use Baby Lotion as a make up remover and its fantastic. I bought a 500ml bottle in Boots Christmas '08 for £0.99 and it was on a BOGOF. Now 14 moths months later i am coming to the end of this bottle so make up remover for 50p that lasts 14 months is fantastic. My skin looks better as well and i swear the lines by my eyes are less noticeable. The problem is that now I have to remember where I put the BOGOF bottle 14 months ago!

I use value tinned tomatoes and baked beans and add to them shepherds pies, casseroles, lasagnes and spag bol. Baked Beans count towards your 5 a day and as they're value there is always lot of juice in them so makes the dinners lovely.

I also pop to the shops most lunchtimes even if we have had the shopping delivered and I picked a whole duck in the co-operative store last week for £2.99. It had to be eaten or frozen that day so i popped it in the freezer and we're having duck for lunch tomorrow.

I also use the slow cooker a lot and we'll often eaten lamb shoulder which takes a lot of cooking on a slow heat. I add a lamb casserole mix to the pot with vegetables and leave it cooking all day then reheat some mash. Its so cheap to buy lamb shoulder (about £4 for half a shoulder) and if I'm going to be cooking carrots and onions all day in the slow cooker i buy value ones. You can't tell the difference when they've been slow cooked with spices all day.

I love the idea of using cheap bat foam or shower foam and decanting it into containers as hand wash. I am always washing my hands and the soap seems to go really quickly so I'm going to try that as soon as the soap runs out.

schumie

I forgot to say i also have a tesco clubcard, a nectar card a co-op card, a morrisons miles card for petrol and a boots card. The points really add up and as i have them all it doesn't dictate where i shop but it does mean that i get extra money. I've never used the points on my boots card and had 4000 odd so i asked the lady how much that was in money and shocked when she said £40. I got all my shopping for free with the points.

skaps

schumie wrote: »

He loves the Original Source Mint Shower Gel but its over £2.50 so i buy a supermarket branded one for less than a £1 and fill his bottle up. He's never noticed!

Great ideas. I have noticed that pound shops sell original source products so you may be able to find them there.

angela110660

schumie wrote: »

I forgot to say i also have a tesco clubcard, a nectar card a co-op card, a morrisons miles card for petrol and a boots card. The points really add up and as i have them all it doesn't dictate where i shop but it does mean that i get extra money. I've never used the points on my boots card and had 4000 odd so i asked the lady how much that was in money and shocked when she said £40. I got all my shopping for free with the points.

The points do add up - we have Nectar points of about £60 value currently - going to go to Vue cinema with them sometime soon to see Percy Jackson film with my daughter.

blueberrypie

lilac_lady wrote: »

Can you still buy powdered scourers like Vim and Ajax? They seemed to last for a long while and did a good job if you were careful and didn't use them on the wrong surfaces.

This post made me go "whaaaa????" for a second - until I realised it wasn't a continuation of the discussion just above it, which was all about cleaning teeth...

charlies-aunt

Sainsbirys still stock the powder scouring powder but its now sold in a plastic dispenser rather than in the cardboard tube with metal ends. I still but it as its cheap and a luttle goes a long way - especially good for shining up stainless steel sinks.

thifty

have just filled up my 5th soap pump from my 89p Mr S bubble bath and just wanted to say thanks to the tv star who came up with a great OS and :money:idea I would have never thought of. You have saved me loads!

Ellie2758

thifty wrote: »

have just filled up my 5th soap pump from my 89p Mr S bubble bath and just wanted to say thanks to the tv star who came up with a great OS and :money:idea I would have never thought of. You have saved me loads!

Sainsbury's bubble bath is this?

I must go and get my discarded soap dispensers out of the bin immediately!

Penelope_Penguin

Great MS tip :j I'll add it to the existing thread so that other moneysavers can see it easily

Penny. x