Anyone had a lightbulb moment with anything OS-related ?

sarahs999

I've been a bit of an OS all my life, but OH has been somewhat....er.... erratic with his money habits. He's a musician and has been a bit head in the sand when work is in short supply...

anyway, we went to Lidl the other day after I read about the money you could save on here, and when we got to the checkout and it was £38 instead of our usual £100 plus at sainsbury's, the look on his face was priceless! SInce then he's been a changed man. He's switching off lights and computers, making dinner with leftover veg, and fully embracing our economy drive. I'm so impressed!

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thriftlady_2

Bless him :T

moggins

OMG!! Perhaps you could take mine and train him too?? Please?

poppycracker

moggins wrote:

OMG!! Perhaps you could take mine and train him too?? Please?

And mine!!!! (You could even start your own business) :rotfl:

halloweenqueen_2

So not only did you save £60 odd quid - you're saving more and more because of it!! Well done - if you do set up the School of Old Style training I will send mine for a refresher course. Mr Hq is quite happy to eat food from Lidl as long as he doesn't have to shop there. I obviously married the missing link in the royal family!

sarahs999

LOL - he's just rung to ask if it's OK to go to the market and get end-of-day fruit and veg or if he should wait for the new month's grocery challenge! Maybe I will set up that training school!

halloweenqueen_2

Thats it - rub it in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Penny-Wise_4

My OH has caught the OS bug (I hope for all your sakes it is really contagious ).

He has started making dinner pretty much every day & only buying what we really need when we go to the shops.

I rang OH from work today (he’s at home) & asked him to go to the market (open Thursdays & Saturdays) to get some fresh veg as we only had 1 onion and 2 potatoes left.

He refused as he is making curry tonight (& will use the onion ) & we are going to my mum’s for tea tomorrow so won’t need any fresh veg. He said he will take me on Saturday so it lasts longer & we don’t waste it .

halloweenqueen_2

I'm not even going to comment!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good for you both, I think Mr HQ is a closet snob!

dlb

Lol, i thought he wasnt taking much notice of all the changes i was doing, until he came home one night with loads of little pots of jam from the cafe, and little packets of sauces!!

halloweenqueen_2

Mine will get twitchy if I put the napkins i didn't use in my bag!! Going to take him back to the shop for a refund I think!