Works with cauliflower too but sometimes it's a bit messy
Your random money saving tips?
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The place is really overrun with old people, clogging up family homes etc, but they are eating out, going on lots of holidays, getting the house done up and generally revelling in being rich and idle. The local pubs, café's and restaurants are kept in business by them.
My rule is that any money found in the washing machine is mine. That's been a great little earner over the years. It also cuts down on the amount of stuff left in pockets.Money saving tips from my teenage daughter:
- collect recycle bottles from relatives, recycle a few batches, then cashout receipts
- declare ownership of any coins lying around the house (this income has dropped significantly in recent years)
- get lots of Eason vouchers for Christmas. Have mum purchase them from teen at face value. Then mum will purchase books using eason vouchers for said teenTeen ends up with cash and books ( everyone's a winner)
- when purchasing items in Boots, lego store etc make sure to use points that mum has accumulated
Top teen tips haha
My other rule is that if my kids want me to throw anything out just lave it in the floor. After expensive runners, airpods, and numerous other items went into the black wheelie bin that greatly reduced the amount of stuff left on the floor (the items were later fished out of the black bin by their owners). If you want that to turn that into a money saving tip then sell any "unwanted" items.
There is a trick to getting value out of the super six veg. You need to bring a slow-cooker with you and start cooking immediately after you've paid for the veg.I find generally that their stuff is inferior quality and would be very selective about what I buy there. Always avoid the fruit/veg. Handful of items that I would buy on a regular basis because tried and tested over the years. I find even their milk goes off quicker than Dunnes. Tea bags and their porridge that amounts to dust are two items that spring to mind.
Their prawn rings are good though but stupidly restricted to Christmas and maybe Easter
This old AAM thread refers
I find the fruit and veg in Lidl to be excellent, far superior to Tesco where it is already rotting in the shop.
I prefer the penny doubled for 30 days, think it's one of the quickest rags to riches route,
Providing of course that you have the funds to keep it going which means you were rich in the first place
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Its the cumulative effect of small spending ...
I was slagged relentlessly for bringing my own lunch to work everyday.
On the other extreme, there was a guy on my team, he spent 20 EUR per day on lunch and snacks - thats 5000 EUR gone.
I was slagged relentlessly for bringing my own lunch to work everyday.
On the other extreme, there was a guy on my team, he spent 20 EUR per day on lunch and snacks - thats 5000 EUR gone.
I totally agree with that. When I stopped working for a while when my children were small, we tried to cut all these small expenses that didn't give us much but cost us money: lunch for my spouse that he still brings at least 3 times a week, eating out mindlessly... I don't mean cutting nice dinners out. I mean eating out or on the go food that we did not enjoy. For example we started bringing picnics on our family days out. We still do to a large extent when we travel.
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Wow! Nice workmates.
Fixed that for youWow! BROKE workmates.
It was suppose to be a joke.
I've got horrible veg from Dunnes on occasion. My local supervalu is the best veg for me.
Part of today's haul at Bull Island.Clearly thanks to Clubman's efforts
Went towards a litre of milk and a live yogurt for my homemade yogurt production line.
We have a really good local Indian. They do a veg curry. Wow. Marvellous and a good bit cheaper than the meat options. Added to that I order it without rice. The wholegrain rice they have is 3.60. I get mine for 75 cent in SuperValu. 3 mins in the microwave. Not sure how money saving this is as I sometimes I use this approach to justify 2 takeaways a week !
Started doing that during COVID, and realised it was much better, and still do it. So much time and hassle looking for somewhere to eat has been saved. And then there's the cash savings....
I grew up 100 metres from the wooden bridge, could have been neighbours..Part of today's haul at Bull Island.
Went towards a litre of milk and a live yogurt for my homemade yogurt production line.
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My recollection of collectibles was on the unsavoury kind. Used rubber contraceptive devices scattered in the dunes.
The only deposit had already been made.
I'm not from and don't live in the area.
And it was funny Becky,
I'm sure if it was on some RTE satirical comedy show it would have got more laughs but here can be a tough audience sometimes
But funny or not it does bring up a good point and one that can save you money, always check the "Use By, Best Before" dates of the products you're buying and make sure that you're going to be able to use them within that date range
I know a lot of fruit and veg doesn't come with these dates now, so always try and decipher which is the freshest or look for a "packed" date
Try to avoid throwing out unused or gone off food is a simple and easy way to save money, your not going to get it right all the time but for the most part you will and it will definitely save you money that you can waste in other areas of your life
Can you get the 15 cents for those too?
If you factor in inflation.