Extreme frugality: 26 tips for thrifty living


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  1. Laura Ryan
    Laura Ryan says:

    I’ve started buying Xmas food (non perishable) in June. My husband drinks ales so I got 15 bottles half price as they were reduced for Father’s Day. 99p each instead of £2. They’re in date until April 2023 and we’ve got more than enough for hubby and guests.

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  2. Anona Mead
    Anona Mead says:

    Ahhhh, the late great Shirley Goode. She also wrote Goode for One and Gave a Good Year. Both worth having if you can lay your hands in them. Waving to you from five miles down the road

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  3. Bri A
    Bri A says:

    If you cold brew tea, one bag to a quart jar, overnight in the fridge, it makes a stronger tea. You can heat it in the morning in the microwave in about 2 min. I think it is smoother.

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  4. lin pulver
    lin pulver says:

    I cut circles of fabric from old bedding or tea towels and stretch elastic around the edge and stitch with a zig zag stitch. I just pop these over bowls in the microwave. No fear of plastic contamination and they can go in the wash.

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  5. Helen Hartley
    Helen Hartley says:

    Had roast pork with veg one night then pork and gravy low carb bread sandwich the next, then pork meat and salad, so easy. My daughter lost a heap of weight and gave me all her clothes…I'll never have to buy clothes again LOL!

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  6. Debbie Frampton
    Debbie Frampton says:

    I'm at the age where I don't need more stuff so I prefer nothing at Christmas but my family all like gift cards for dining out places like Goodwill and other shops. My one daughter did ask me what I wanted for my birthday this year and I said a gift card to my local Menards hardware store my ex-employer of 21 years I bought bird food canned cat food and a couple things for my daughter

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  7. Frugal Jo
    Frugal Jo says:

    I really enjoyed this, Jane! I used to get a lot of end-of-day bargains at the market when the kids were little, back when we lived in a town that had a good market…

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  8. DazzleDust32
    DazzleDust32 says:

    Hi Jane! Christmas for me is all about the time with family, food, music and cheesy films. I don't get excited about gifts in the way I used to and prefer to see the reaction of others when opening a gift from me. I love crafting and also make around half of my Christmas cards each year, which works out cheaper than buying packs, I'm sure. The Works has a good range of stuff.

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  9. Shirley Detheridge
    Shirley Detheridge says:

    Hi in the winter when my children lived here I used to go to the Laundrette to dry our clothes it cost about £2 or £3 to dry about 5 loads of washing and I was in and out of there in about half an hour and all luvly and dry and not drying in the house making the place damp and hanging around for ages.

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  10. Sue Ievers
    Sue Ievers says:

    Pizza for dinner tonight so the dough is rising in the car as it is warm here today.
    I discovered 20yrs ago if you leave a 300ml double cream in the car for half a day you have extra thick cream.

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  11. IVANA HANUS
    IVANA HANUS says:

    I have not done Christmas shopping for the 2 past years, as my children and grandchildren live in the UK and I live in South Africa. Now this year I will be travelling over for Christmas to visit them, so we will have a nice get together. Can't wait, all the money that I have saved will come in handy.

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  12. Claudia Oliver
    Claudia Oliver says:

    I have loads of clothes, most of which I never wear but I won't get rid of them. Instead I started a no buy year in 2015 and haven't stopped except where I have needed to replace something that wore out where I couldn't replace it with something else I still had in storage. Given how much I have, I probably don't need to buy any clothes again for the rest of my life. I also repair and alter what I have giving things a new lease of life.

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