Household hints & tips to save money

[judydawn]

Great label GF LOL

[cookie1]

I love it.

[Cornish Cream]

That's so funny GF

[mcmich]

That's so funny GF. 

[CreamPuff63]

It's impossible to keep all your receipts. So take a photo on your smartphone or iPad as soon as you get home from the shop. It's sufficient proof if you need to validate proof of purchase. Comes in handy for warranty, returns, insurance and probably tax purposes.

[Cornish Cream]

A very good tip CP

[cookie1]

What a sensible and wise thing to do CP. thanks.

[jo_nz]

I think I have already mentioned before how I cut stale bread into thin slices and bake it in the oven (130 deg) until dry and crunchy to use as crackers. (Tortilla chips are a big favourite here)

The crispy dried bread also makes really good fine breadcrumbs that keep for ages in a jar.

[judydawn]

 I used to do that years ago Jo, the AWW Dinner Party No 1 book serves it with different entrees - they call it Melba toast.  I haven't done that for a long time but it was great.

[fundj&e]

i make crostini with my stable bread so so easy now with the AF

[droverjess]

Posting this here for those saving money post Christmas

Some good recipes from the store cupboards etc etc

http://www.simplesavings.org.uk/downloads/30/21-dollar-challenge-survival.pdf

[achookwoman]

i make crostini with my stable bread so so easy now with the AF

I cut stale SD bread into cubes and mix with a little chili oil, bake in AF and serve with soup. If they go soft, a few more minutes in AF.

No will power, so best for me to not go into supermarket.

[Bedlam]

I don't know where to put this but wanted to share.  While shopping for hard floors( as you do) I was told a great tip from a sales person,for cleaning. Put a splash of dishwasher rinse aid into the water.  No streaks and a great shine.

I've put it in the right place for you Denise

[thermilover]

Woww, loving the tips here, especially CP's idea of taking photograph of receipts...
I always misplace receipts and regret later...

Recently after buying thermi, hubby and I have started saving a lot of money by not eating out but having a fancy dinner prepared at home in thermi.. No more store bought soup, no more pizza take away, no more store bought bread and biscuits.. Its surprising as how much you save when you spend on the ingredients rather than the ready made stuff...

Need to read through all the tips though, love this forum even more now

[thermilover]

Okay, not sure if this tip has been suggested by anyone on this thread, apologies as I havent read each one of them, but wanted to share this..

As me and hubby are trying to cut down on many of our expenses, we put our dishwasher and washing machine between 10pm-7am, but since we cannot always stay late/wake up early to switch on/off, hubby has bough these timer plugs online on ebay (cost just a couple of bucks)

You can set the timer to start and stop at a particular time, and this is not the timer on the machine but rather the plug point which is nice and reduces the power consumption..

And also, he has bought remote controlled plugs which can be switched off all at once at night instead of going to each plug point to switch it off..

We have observed a lot of difference in our power bills as well