Top Ten Money Saving Tips

1. Waste not, want not – you have to think about this for a while to understand its true deepest meaning! But, only buy what you need, use what you’ve bought and nothing is wasted.

2. Don’t buy – borrow! If you need a piece of equipment or special tool for a DIY job, don’t buy it so that after you have used it once it’ll sit in the shed or garage for the rest of eternity, ask neighbours, friends, colleagues at work if they have what you need. If all else fails, contact a tool hire shop, but try all other ‘free’ avenues first.

3. If you’re not satisfied with a product, write and complain, 9 times out of 10 you’ll get decent money off coupon or voucher to spend in store.

4. Prolong the life of your carpets, take off your shoes as you enter your home, and get visitors to do the same too, saves getting the carpet dirty and saves on wear and tear too.

5. Don’t throw out old bed sheets or towels etc, cut them up into decent sized squares and use for cleaning cloths.

6. Clean windows with warm water and a splash of vinegar, wipe off and buff up with a sheet of newspaper, watch them sparkle.

7. Always write a shopping list for the weekly groceries, but not on new paper – check out any junk mail you’ve received, bet the backs of letters are blank for you to use?

8. Use envelopes from junk mail too, use a sticky address label to cover the printed address on the envelope – great free envelopes.

9. Use a tube squeezer to get every last drop of toothpaste from tubes (any tube products really) and then when you think its empty – cut open the top and sides and scrape out the remaining contents.

10. Never throw anything away before thinking of alternative uses.