Your random money saving tips?

Package your rubbish in small portable plastic or paper bags. On the nights before bin collections, go for a walk and discreetly add your small contribution to your neighbours' bins. Simplez.

I used to do this accompanied by one of my Rottweilers, who could carry more bags attached to his harness than I could manage with my hands. The bonus for the neighbours was that he liked cocking the leg against the bins. The smell of large doggy wee deterred cats and other bin invaders from scattering rubbish all over the shop. The advantages for me were free rubbish collection, greater fitness, and that local drug-addled ne'er do wells were put off hassling me by what looked like a truly enormous carnivore. More civilized humans, enquiring why my doggy was kitted out with so much weight, were usually satisfied when I explained he was on a muscle-development/weight-reduction regime caused by eating too many drug-addled ne'er do wells of a night.

Savings and satisfaction all around the 'hood then, fewer Garda patrols, and fewer ambulances queuing at A&E as Fido* always cleaned up after eating.

*Not his real name, which much to his shame was Diddums.
 
RichInSpirit said:
I buy Lidl or Aldi cheap coffee which is at least 3 times cheaper than the same quantity of branded coffee.
I make a travel mug and a flash or 2 of coffee when setting off to work or on a long drive.
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The Lidl coffee whether in the jar or the French Italian is in imo the nicest around
 
Don't buy a TV but instead buy a 40" computer monitor (with speakers but without RF or Satellite Tuner) and watch streaming services via your laptop on this large monitor. You do not require a TV license for this setup so that's an annual saving of €160.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/...et-tv-and-postal-services/tv-licences/#fc8c9d

Watching TV on your computer, phone or other device​

You don’t need a TV licence to watch television on your computer, phone or other device (for example, RTÉ Player or streaming services like Netflix).

However, the computer, phone or other device must not be capable of receiving a TV signal by cable, satellite or aerial.
 
Add lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas, or butter beans to make casseroles, stir-fries, or salads go further. These are good protein alternatives and healthy. 400g of kidney beans costs 29 cent in Aldi or Lidl. The same weight in meat or fish can be up to €8. Also, use Irish cabbage and root vegetables like turnips in cooking. Cheaper, last longer and more volume than imported vegetables like peppers.
 
Tadaima said:
Also, use Irish cabbage and root vegetables like turnips in cooking.
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TESCOS no longer sell turnips, but swedes. Our beloved scallions have also disappeared from shops, replaced by spring onions. Go figure.
 
ArthurMcB said:
Showing my ignorance

Arent swedes same as turnips and scallions same as spring onions?
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They may be using "swede" to refer to the vegetable we call turnips (I don't know). But they are two separate vegetables.

Confusingly people often use the terms interchangeably. And even more confusingly in some regions people use the terms inversely (ie, in some places across these islands what locals call "swedes" are called "turnips" in other areas, and then vice versa).
 
ArthurMcB said:
Showing my ignorance

Arent swedes same as turnips and scallions same as spring onions?
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Swedes and Turnips do come from the same family. Swede is a Swedish turnip, hence the name “swede”. They are bigger, tougher skinned, yellow fleshed and much hardier than a turnip. Turnips are the smaller ones, with smoother skin and white flesh.
 
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