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my Best one is…

a visit to the card factory for cheap cards and gift bags and then picking up presents from car boot sales or charity shops. I have got some brilliant kids party presents for 50p so with the card and a cheap gift bag I have brought the cost of a present in for a pound before.

looking for any tips at all, obviously you can buy porridge oats in bulk cheaper than buying expensive kids cereal etc but anything clever or that people might not have thought of before.

don’t know how bad the fuel crisis will be but considering charging battery packs to charge phones at work and taking a thermos of boiled water home 😂

I can normally get about 50p- £1 on a bundle of normal baby clothes on ebay after fees. You have to present it well and list on a weekend when they have a discount on fees though.

I work as a live-in housekeeper, all my bills are paid.
My employer is a multi millionaire, he doesn't care if I charge my phone at work.
(I realise I'm very lucky)

Under stand what the numbers mean on your radiator valves and set them correctly to optimise savings and energy use

My grandmother donated her body to science.

The trouble was they didn't want it. They had enough bodies.

So even if you plan to do this, it might not be helpful and will still leave your family having to dispose of your body.

And no DIY burials aren't an option!

Interesting.

I will give it a go this way. Would be good if it worked for other veg too. My spring onion turned out well, but the pak choi did go manky. Will try it with soil. Thank you.

Why have I never thought of this? I do so much of my shopping through eBay!
thanks for the link. I have signed up 😊

"Who says you need a funeral? It’s £1000 to direct cremate and £7 for a scatter tube. Can skip the scatter tube even and bring your own container. See, just saved you £6k."

id rather have a wake and a few words after a direct cremation, funerals will change if the price keeps rising. The most expensive part is the council charges even if you have a basic funeral and different council charges can vary considerably by £700 locally.

Nice one thank you

A full freezer ru s more efficiently as it doesn't cool down as fast when you open the door, therefore the cooling unit won't have to work so hard. So fill it with cheap things that you will use - loaves of bread are good. Make sure they are well wrapped though tonavoid freezer burn.

I have received £1080 in 4 years via TopCashback!

will pm you a referral code for extra bonus @boobearandme

Yes. But otoh the bosses are typically “stealing” form the workers more and more. The pay disparity charts between the highest earners and lowest workers has increased massively in last 50 years, and especially since the start of this Tory government,

if people were paid by their employees a wage that covered the increased inflation and heating costs then we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

similarly if the energy suppliers weren’t paying out massive dividends to their shareholders and bonuses to their CEO, people wouldn’t need to be doing this. This includes water companies..water fgs…water is an essential for life and should never have been privatised into what is monopolies to line the pockets of shareholders.

eat leftovers cold. I have two hot meals a week which are part of a batch cook and I learnt to eat the leftovers cold - even chilli, curry with bread, baked beans. I eat cold soup.

Or buy big bags of frozen garlic cubes, like this from Morrisons, 99p for 400g:

groceries.morrisons.com/products/taj-crushed-garlic-233769011

they also do frozen ginger, and even frozen garlic and ginger together, for a similar price.

I haven’t crunched the numbers but I think that’s cheaper than buying fresh and it’s certainly easier/lazier than peeling endless cloves of garlic. As a veggie I live on homemade dals, curries and stir fries and I can’t taste the difference between that and laboriously-prepared fresh ginger or garlic.

Proof! In 4 years more than £1000!

But all that means is that you’re not meal planning properly? 🤷🏻‍♀️
If you plan properly without leftovers you’ll still have Xmas money.

You don’t need to carry it down in a bucket. I have been using grey water for years in the garden. I identified where my downpipe was and collect it from that before it hits the drain. Same with water from the washing machine rather than putting the hose down the waste pipe I can hook it over a large bucket and reuse that in my garden. As long as you aren’t adding bleaching agents to you wash it is fine on plants and veg.

@boobearandme hi!

I know I felt the same! It quickly mounts up, you just need to get into the habit of logging in via the site before going onto eBay. Getting car insurance via them is another good one (although you do need to check you are getting the best offer).

Good luck, hope it helps.

I did that this last year and this year. Last year I got a tonne. This year the garlic has done really badly and my cloves are only tiny.

That is genius.

If you're having a new shower put in, look into a Waste Water Heat Recovery System. It has a heat exchanger so the outgoing warm water pre-heats the cold water going into your boiler.

It also works with some but not all electric shower units: they need to have a thermostatic mixer.

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can someone explain vinted

You don’t have to use food that you don’t really want to eat. File large plastic bottle with water and put them in any gaps.

Save on repeat prescription costs for anti-depressants by not worrying about constantly turning lights off to save 10p per day, when your energy cost have gone up by thousands.

The plastic bags for cereal that are inside the boxes are excellent as a second bag for items that go in the freezer as they are a lot thicker than most store bought bags, helps stop freezer burn.

These plastic bags are also excellent as a tray liner for putting whatever you are freezing onto, cheaper than baking/freezer paper and can be wiped down and reused.

Freeze things on a tray separately (like ravioli) and once frozen put it in a bag. Easier to get out a portion.

If freezing several trays of something (like home made pasta/dumplings) use the little tripod things from large pizza boxes (that stop the lid squishing the pizza) to stack the trays but not squish the food.

Stop using bag clips to seal plastic bags for fridge/freezer, they are usually rubbish and break quickly. Just use a couple of standard laundry plastic pegs to clip shut.