My Money Saving Tip. But do YOU have any?

I'm playing here all night, folks......two drink minimum of course.

 

Hey Gal.
What an excellent idea!
Can I come and shower at your place please?

Perhaps you could rub me down with a soapy Loofah?
That shouldn’t be so hard now.
Should it?!

 

Brilliant Bilby.
Brilliant!

 

In this warm weather, if bread dries out or gets a bit stale, use this recipe to make a bread pudding. It can be served warm just out of the oven with some custard, or eaten cold like a piece of cake. Either way, its delicious !!!

The Pudding Club

 

If you happen to have some bread that, due this warm weather has gone a little dry and stale, use this recipe to make bread pudding. It can used as a 'pudding' and served warm with custard, or it can be eaten cold like a piece of cake. Either way, its delicious !!!

 

‘Talking about bread which is a bit stale.
I find that actually it makes the best toast.

 

And homemade bread crumbs.

 

Crummy Gal.

I didn’t know that!

 

I try my bestest. You can grow your own potatoes from the little sprouty bite - eyes

 

still think the best, is if its not something you're going to enjoy playing with, or a least eat or use it to make something with,
never buy anything who's sole (or even primary allure) reason is to impress someone else.

i know a lot of (visual) artists, their market is other people's vanity, but i say make your own art, that's what makes us human.
(and its not the little green pieces of paper that are unhappy anyway)

you don't need a large "living room" (or if you're like me, any) or a pool if you don't swim, if entertaining a large number of guests is not a common frequent part of your life style.
you don't need a super gofast, unless that's the love of your life, but you might have a use for something you could haul stuff or live in. but if you don't you don't.

 

Errrmmm isn't that a bit soggy ???

 

Thanks for that Gal.
I must keep those handy for today!



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More saving water tips!

How much could I save?
Savings vary by supplier and usage, but the Energy Saving Trust estimates that replacing an inefficient shower head with an efficient one could save a family of four £75 on their gas bill and about £120 on their water bill (if metered) each year.

And with the new winter insulation freebies, not only could you cut down on leaks, but they will protect you from costly repair bills from burst pipes.

What's more, reducing water consumption helps the environment. The Energy Saving Trust says it can cut energy use, reduce the impact on your local environment and limit carbon dioxide emissions by using less energy to pump, heat and treat the water.

Change your habits
For those on a water meter, saving water means saving money. But for those not on meters, it can slash energy bills and help the environment.
Nowadays we use an average 150 litres of water a day per person – our grandparents only used around 20!

Top tips suggested by MoneySavers
Below are some tips collected from MoneySavers (some are not for the faint-hearted). We'll start with our favourite. It's not for everyone, but some MoneySavers save it for when using the loo at night...



If that's not quite your thing, here are our other top tips:

• Don't wallow, shoot into the shower. A quick shower uses far less than a long soak in the tub, so think twice before baths.
  
  
• Save your washing up for one wash. Instead of washing up as you go, save it up and do it in one go to minimise the amount of water used. As one MoneySaver says, it's a great excuse to leave the washing up!
  
  
• Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth. Simple but effective!
  
  
• Steam your veggies. Healthier and tastier than boiling them.
  

• Running your tap to temperature? Fill up empty bottles while you wait for it to heat up and use round the house to water plants or for the kettle.

• Use rainwater for flushing the loo. One MoneySaver's tip: "I use rainwater for flushing the loo, after filtering through muslin.
  My tanks are 200 gallon metal, sealed, with a large tap. Charcoal in netting, the sort oranges come in, keeps water smelling sweeter.
  The bucket stands outside the conservatory door or in the bath, with a splash of half-strength bleach."
  
  
• Fix leaky taps. Check your meter's not increasing when you're not using water. If it is, get leaks sorted.
  
  
• Turn off the tap when you shower. After initially wetting yourself, turn off the shower until you are ready to rinse clean. One MoneySaver reckons you can shower with almost no water at all.
  
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lots of things you can do in your own house, on your own land. a lot fewer if you don't have either.
of course, not owning a car, or a house, can be one, all by itself.

also there are treasures in nature and in what other people throw away.
pretty much you need to have land to take advantage of most of them.

also a vision blocking wall or fence will save a lot of hassles with neighbors and the expenses these are likely to result in.

 

Not so much money-saving, but I take sailor showers, where when I'm lathering up, I have the water off so it's not running needlessly.

In the way of money-saving, I line-dry and have done so for the better part of 40 years.

I practice reduce, reuse, and recycle with as many things as I can, and buy only necessary things/items as needed.

I cook and bake from scratch.

Only drive once a week, extend it longer when/if I can.

Have always been money-saving conscious and frugal.

Back in the day when my kids were little, I made homemade baby food and formula, used old-fashioned cloth diapers and rubber pants, and shopped second-hand and thrift stores for clothing for them, often finding brand spanking new things still in their original packaging.

Also having a large family, we practiced handing-down clothes and toys to one another through the years. Huge money-saver that was.