fillymum
synful soul
we are always looking for ways to save money in this house.
I never, ever waste food. Most left overs can be rehashed as something different and tasty. If we are talking SW most things can be made into free or near free soup or combined into an omelet. For example today for lunch we had left over SW shepherd's pie on a bed of the tail end of a cauliflower topped with a healthy extra of mature cheddar. It was delicious and just enough for lunch. Non SW , almost anything can go into a pie. Fruit that is left at the end of the week becomes a quick chutney. Vegetables left over at the end of the week become a veg. curry or roasted veg with whole cloves of roasted garlic, served with SW style chips or of course the inevitable soup.
I only leave the amount of shelves in the oven that I need to use. No use in using electricity or gas to heat an empty shelve.
Almost all my clothes come from charity shops or boot sales.
I never buy new books.
If you dust twice a week cut back to once. Only you will know or notice.
I only have my hair cut 3 times a year and do the colour myself. Today's products are so good you can not go wrong.
Best of all is growing vegetables.......our Christmas potatoes go in this weekend. You do not need loads of land to grow veg. You can grow them in tubs or grow-bags,. I have just bottled beetroot and onions in balsamic vinegar, no sugar, so SW friendly and give so many dishes a great tang.
I only buy food in season and always look for sell by date reductions.
My sister in the U.K. buys loaves of bread in Asda at the end of the day, sometimes for as little as 2p a loaf. It is just a matter of making the effort to be there after 8 in the evening.
She is known as the coupon queen and hardly ever pays the full price for anything. She is amazing but she does put a lot of time into finding the coupons on line. She also really seriously does Asda's APG and Tesco's PP but really seriously. Last time I was with her (3 weeks ago ) she had Princess coupons worth £5 each and was filling her store cupboard with free Princess products. She also had Dove, Birds Eye and Mc Cains coupons plus loads more to many to list here. You have to be "buying" the product with the coupons but she manages to live almost free of grocery bills.
She never buys anything household or otherwise without consulting MSE. She also looks at Free-cycle in her own county and the next one and when she has needed things like a new microwave, small furniture etc. She has picked them up for nothing !!! You can not get cheaper than that. She has had loads of near perfect kids toys and clothes for her grandchildren.
I promise you if I lived in the U.K. I would do exactly the same as Gill.
I never, ever waste food. Most left overs can be rehashed as something different and tasty. If we are talking SW most things can be made into free or near free soup or combined into an omelet. For example today for lunch we had left over SW shepherd's pie on a bed of the tail end of a cauliflower topped with a healthy extra of mature cheddar. It was delicious and just enough for lunch. Non SW , almost anything can go into a pie. Fruit that is left at the end of the week becomes a quick chutney. Vegetables left over at the end of the week become a veg. curry or roasted veg with whole cloves of roasted garlic, served with SW style chips or of course the inevitable soup.
I only leave the amount of shelves in the oven that I need to use. No use in using electricity or gas to heat an empty shelve.
Almost all my clothes come from charity shops or boot sales.
I never buy new books.
If you dust twice a week cut back to once. Only you will know or notice.
I only have my hair cut 3 times a year and do the colour myself. Today's products are so good you can not go wrong.
Best of all is growing vegetables.......our Christmas potatoes go in this weekend. You do not need loads of land to grow veg. You can grow them in tubs or grow-bags,. I have just bottled beetroot and onions in balsamic vinegar, no sugar, so SW friendly and give so many dishes a great tang.
I only buy food in season and always look for sell by date reductions.
My sister in the U.K. buys loaves of bread in Asda at the end of the day, sometimes for as little as 2p a loaf. It is just a matter of making the effort to be there after 8 in the evening.
She is known as the coupon queen and hardly ever pays the full price for anything. She is amazing but she does put a lot of time into finding the coupons on line. She also really seriously does Asda's APG and Tesco's PP but really seriously. Last time I was with her (3 weeks ago ) she had Princess coupons worth £5 each and was filling her store cupboard with free Princess products. She also had Dove, Birds Eye and Mc Cains coupons plus loads more to many to list here. You have to be "buying" the product with the coupons but she manages to live almost free of grocery bills.
She never buys anything household or otherwise without consulting MSE. She also looks at Free-cycle in her own county and the next one and when she has needed things like a new microwave, small furniture etc. She has picked them up for nothing !!! You can not get cheaper than that. She has had loads of near perfect kids toys and clothes for her grandchildren.
I promise you if I lived in the U.K. I would do exactly the same as Gill.
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