Practical but good cost saving tips

Don't throw out leftover wine \ wine that has been open too long or oxidised.
Pour into smaller bottle and add a pinch of salt.
Keep to add flavour to stews and casseroles.
Alternatively, some people make ice cubes and add to stock when needed.
 
Switch your lighting to LED. Especially if you have Halogen lighting. Halogen bulbs will cost you a small fortune to run compared to LED.
 
Don't get takeaway's.
Bother to learn how to cook properly.
Don't use a tumble drier.
If you are cold at home put on a jumper. If you are still cold put on the heating.

Don't buy Barry's Tea. The own brand stuff is the same and Lyons is nicer.
 
Oh, don't have kids. That's a really important tip.
If you do then sell them while they are young. The older ones don't get a good price (they are not like cattle that way).
 
Stop buying stuff you don't need.

Ditch the TV subscriptions (Sky & the like)
Walk or cycle

Shopping is not a pastime.

Next time you take bags of stuff to the charity shop reflect on how many hours you had to work to buy that stuff in the first place.

Give foody items as gifts, there's a better chance it won't end up in the charity shop after someone else's clear out.

Learn some DIY skills

Learn to sew.

Drink your wine, you paid for it - enjoy it! And always buy Barry's Tea - anything else is a false economy ;)
 
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W200 said:
Please explain further. Ive never seen any of this substance . Is it a brand name ? ;)
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It's a bit of a Sunday night phenomenon when you fancy a glass with dinner but don't finish the whole bottle.
So tend to open a bottle of something relatively cheap and cheerful.
Ideally I'd have more half bottles lying around but they are nearly the same price as a full one and limited selection.
And this way we end up with cooking wine.
 
Is there other tea aside from Barry's?

Great value in books from the charity book shops

Register with your local library and down load the Borrow box and Press reader aps. Borrowbox allows you to download audio books for free (so you don't need audible) and has a great selection. Pressreader will allow you to read the digital issues of thousands of magazine and papers for free. Last night I read the Washington Post and then had a look at the BBC good food mag, all for free
 
The Irish Daily Mail is on Pressreader. The Guardian, Telegraph and music mags like Mojo. Very good and free service.

I love my "spend €25 and get €5 back " vouchers in the Dunnes near me. I know I should do my shopping in Aldi, Lidl but I find them joyless and boring.
 
deanpark said:
The Irish Daily Mail is on Pressreader. The Guardian, Telegraph and music mags like Mojo. Very good and free service.

I love my "spend €25 and get €5 back " vouchers in the Dunnes near me. I know I should do my shopping in Aldi, Lidl but I find them joyless and boring.
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You're missing out on the middle aisle fun of Aldi, and Lidl and buying something you never knew you needed!
Although I suppose, that's not a cost saving tip :)

To continue the wine theme for earlier, now that you can't use money off vouchers etc for wine ALDI and LIDL are even better value there.
 
deanpark said:
I love my "spend €25 and get €5 back " vouchers in the Dunnes near me. I know I should do my shopping in Aldi, Lidl but I find them joyless and boring
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I'm with you on that. The bread from the Bakery in Dunnes is excellent. Lidl also have good bread but the offering from the bakery in Super Value is appalling.
 
Purple said:
I'm with you on that. The bread from the Bakery in Dunnes is excellent. Lidl also have good bread but the offering from the bakery in Super Value is appalling.
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The brown bread from SV is great. The white baguettes are inexplicable.
 
In fairness to Lidl their ' 4 for €2' croissants and '5 for €1' white rolls are grand. But thats about it.
As long as you go early. Queues at the tills are crazy after 9am. Staffed by stern Eastern Europeans mainly.

Dunnes though has a much nicer vibe and less stern people on the tills. Life's too short for dealing with glum shop people when I'm spending my hard earned cash.
 
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