Money saving tips ~:o)

In these times of economic gloom and doom we can all do with a little help in saving money. So here’s a few tips you might find helpful to boost the seed kitty for next year.

• For Christmas ask for one of your presents to be The Roadkill Cookbook… anyone for a badger burger?
  
• Send all your dirty shirts to the charity shop… they wash and iron them and you can then buy them back for 50p
  
• Ring your friends when you know they’re not in and leave a message so they ring you back. If you do find them in they’ll be surprised when the line goes dead after you’ve been chatting for about a minute (‘cause you’ve put your receiver down). Wait ‘till they call you back (which people always do), express surprise that the call ended, and continue the conversation at their expense.
  
• Live off free samples. For example put the contents of free ketchup, salt, pepper and sugar sachets into empty branded bottles so the family won’t twig.
  
• In the pub let mates buy the first three rounds… by the fourth they’ll have forgotten whose turn it is and at least one will be on halves by then.
  
• Always wash the car when it rains.
  
• This year tell everyone you’re going away for Christmas and they’ll get presents when you get back… so you can buy their gifts in the New Year sales.
  
• Sew all your teabags down the middle and then cut them in half.
  
• Freeze your credit card in a block of ice… so if there's something you want, waiting for the card to defrost will give you ample time to reconsider that purchase.
  
• Be much more attentive while in the supermarket checkout queue. If the person in front of you doesn't have a club card  offer them yours… think of all those extra club points!