Cheapskates or Frugal

[Ruthierhyme]

Having a giggle at an article on aol at some of the things people do to save a penny and wondered what everyone's experiences are here ...

My dad has has been known to tour the local town's greengrocers for over an hour with me in tow to save 1p on a bag of carrots, my mum uses 1 tea bag for about 4 cuppas .. she likes it weak she states!!!

[Miss Muffet]

Every New Year, my Mam would have my brother and I cutting out gift tags from the old Christmas cards - we used to argue over who would get to use the pinking shears!!

I use old towels, t-shirts etc as dusting/cleaning rags. At least I don't use old y-fronts like my Mam did!!!!!

If an item of clothing is beyond repair/charity donation, I check to see if it's 100% cotton. If it is, it gets washed and I use it in my patchwork.

I have just discovered a good tip: we have been considering buying cable tidies for behind the tv and pc, but just found this - use pipe cleaners. They're cheap, strong and easy to undo!

Here's a website for more:

The Frugal Life

Hooray for pennypinchers!!!!

[Ruthierhyme]

Ahh the wonders of pipe cleaners lol ... I use plastic coated ties that hold toys to their packaging, can be a feat to remove!

One of the stories that made me laugh was a chap that although really well off... pinched his works toilet rolls, even though it was like sandpaper .....