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RE: The Moneyless Chicken - Veggie - 17-07-2022
Some strange ideas for saving money there!
If you dictate what you want for presents you still have to buy presents to give back. Close family used to ask what we wanted and we'd do the same for them - until we realised how pointless it was and decided to buy our own presents because, that way, we'd get exactly what we wanted.
"Don't buy nail varnish remover but let it chip off" - Why varnish your toe nails in the first place if you're happy to go round with chipped nails?
I agree with Mark about candles - not cheap and you'd have to carry them from room to room - Hazardous!! If she wants to be frugal, buy a hat/headband with a USB rechargeable light in it. I have one I use to go down the garden after dark to the chicken run. Whatever you may think, I' don't wear it indoors apart from the time when we had a power cut when it was very useful.
I reuse herb tea bags several times and chuck a few fresh leaves on top when they're getting low on flavour. Eight times isn't possible - it would be hot water. When all my free teabags run out, I'll be using herbs from the garden.
Did she say one bar of soap lasts months?????
The final straw for me was that she records it on a spreadsheet. The evenings must fly by.
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - JJB - 17-07-2022
Agree wholeheartedly, even being a tight git, sometimes life's too short.
Great idea with head light. I've got one but it's not rechargeable. Very useful bit of kit.
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - Veggie - 17-07-2022
The hat is like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0818LD19B/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?pd_rd_i=B07X9PVKM2&pd_rd_w=2fpv9&content-id=amzn1.sym.921b36ab-ae54-4e01-9727-6b290ca001d3&pf_rd_p=921b36ab-ae54-4e01-9727-6b290ca001d3&pf_rd_r=HNC1SFVPEVMXX20S2EJQ&pd_rd_wg=pof6V&pd_rd_r=f4fc60ae-e50b-4c32-8b2b-664c131b04c3&s=sports&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFJN1k5VUYzNzhVSTImZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA1NDI5MTVFWTZYSjE4RkdKWlcmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDg5NDU0M0xRR1BFRFhUUzk5MSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbDImYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl&th=1
but cheaper.
I have 2, just in case one runs out of charge when I need it.
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - JJB - 17-07-2022
That's very swish. Mine is a workshop light on a elastic band like a belt not rechargeable though ( I think) I'm not sure where it is P must have squirreled it away. Not a lot of use to me there then, is it?
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - Veggie - 17-07-2022
They're less than a fiver on Ebay.
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - JJB - 17-07-2022
Noddy comes to mind or was it Big Ears with the red hat?
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - Veggie - 17-07-2022
Noddy had a red hat with a bell on it, I think.
I have a red one and a purple one - no bells though.
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - Vinny - 18-07-2022
(17-07-2022, 11:16 PM)JJB Wrote: Noddy comes to mind or was it Big Ears with the red hat?Cyclops comes to mind for me!
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - JJB - 18-07-2022
(17-07-2022, 11:22 PM)Veggie Wrote: Noddy had a red hat with a bell on it, I think.
I have a red one and a purple one - no bells though.
That surprises me
RE: The Moneyless Chicken - Veggie - 18-07-2022
A One-eyed MInion?