Scrimping - How to save money & bag a bargain!

[That-Crazy-Rat-Lady]

Thought I’d start a thread on scrimping, I love a good bargain and have been quite inspired by some of the ideas on the channel 4 programme Super Scrimpers (and bemused by many)

So any one got any?

Mine is weed killing! Rather than spending a fortune of expensive weed killers that are full of chemicals and harmful to pets and children, use household salt from the supermarket, pour it along the cracks in your patio or the base of the weed in your lawn and its gone in a couple of days.



Crazy Rat Lady x

 

[Gramaisc]

On the odd occasion that I require a rubber band, I just nip out for a short walk and have always found one (red, of course) - and I don't think that I've ever had to go more than one lamp-post before I've found one.

 

[United57]

I'm led to believe if you put nettles in water you can make nettle fertiliser 1Kg to 20 litres

 

[Trumpet]

Chicken thigh meat is great for home made pies and curries, miles tastier than breast and cheaper too. Get mine off the chicken guy on the indoor market.

 

[Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt]

White vinegar makes a great general household cleaning agent & is hugely cheaper than supermarket / shop bought cleaners.

 

[Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt]

On the odd occasion that I require a rubber band, I just nip out for a short walk and have always found one (red, of course) - and I don't think that I've ever had to go more than one lamp-post before I've found one.

Oh so true. The Postman around our way drops 'laccy bands like confetti - there was me thinking that the Royal Mail was struggling to balance the books....

 

[Gramaisc]

White vinegar makes a great general household cleaning agent & is hugely cheaper than supermarket / shop bought cleaners.

Do you have a preferred source for your white vinegar? My mother is obsessed with the stuff and her source has recently ceased to operate. I would get extra points if I turned up with a significant quantity...

 

[That-Crazy-Rat-Lady]

You can get it in a spray bottle from wilcos for about 90p, it does wonders on shower screens and draining boards x

 

[United57]

Ch

Chicken thigh meat is great for home made pies and curries, miles tastier than breast and cheaper too. Get mine off the chicken guy on the indoor market.

Chicken John to those in the know. You forgot juicer. Great on barbecues without skin and bone take out.

 

[umarkmywords]

Do you have a preferred source for your white vinegar? My mother is obsessed with the stuff and her source has recently ceased to operate. I would get extra points if I turned up with a significant quantity...

You could try Lowndes fruit stall in the market, i got 1/2 gallon of white vinegar for my pickles and my cleaning. Tried coca cola down the loo, sparkling clean, makes you wonder what it does to the parts of us it does reach. Made my own furniture "oil" today, 1 cup olive oil and 3/4 cup of lemon juice, put in a spray bottle give it a good shake and go for it, leave it for a few mins and buff up or leave it to soak into your wood. No nasty niffs to choke you. Brill

 

[shoes]

I just don't bother cleaning - it's saved me a fortune over the years.

 

[Gramaisc]

You could try Lowndes fruit stall in the market, i got 1/2 gallon of white vinegar for my pickles and my cleaning.

Excellent! I interrogated them today and was told that they should be stocking it again in August/September, as pickling time approaches. We'll last until then on current stocks.

Thanks.

 

[Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt]

Do you have a preferred source for your white vinegar? My mother is obsessed with the stuff and her source has recently ceased to operate. I would get extra points if I turned up with a significant quantity...

To be honest I haven't got a "White Vinegar Dealer" I have always just managed to find it in the Supermarket....

 

[United57]

I just don't bother cleaning - it's saved me a fortune over the years.

Hopefully you poor coke down the WC ?

 

[shoes]

Hopefully you poor coke down the WC ?

In a round about fashion, it takes a detour first

 

[umarkmywords]

To be honest I haven't got a "White Vinegar Dealer" I have always just managed to find it in the Supermarket....

too dear from s'market, get it in large quantity from lowndes market stall or shop - so much cheaper . Just eaten a banana smoothie for b'fast, time to clean my shoes with the banana skin - only because i have an interview see ya'll

 

[darben]

time to clean my shoes with the banana skin

Does Shoes mind being cleaned in this manner?

 

[age'd parent]

Is shoes scrimping on drugs?
Bananadine.
Usually one will feel the effects after smoking three or four cigarettes.
Obtain 15 lb. of ripe yellow bananas. 2. Peel the bananas and eat the fruit. Save the skins. 3. With a sharp knife, scrape off the insides of the skins and save the scraped material. 4. Put all scraped material in a large pot and add water. Boil for three to four hours until it has attained a solid paste consistency. 5. Spread this paste on cookie sheets and dry it in an oven for about 20-30 minutes. This will result in a fine black powder (bananadine).

 

[Alan B'Stard]

Hopefully you poor coke down the WC ?

Only when there is a knock at the door I don't recognise.

 

[darben]

i have an interview see ya'll

Hope your interview went well!