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There's saving money, and there's being tight: saving money at the expense of other people, or simply for the miserly hell of it.

Tell us about measures that go beyond simple belt tightening into the realms of Mr Scrooge.

(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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I do my food shopping after 6pm in the supermarket
and leave with a trolley full of yellow stickers. I don't see the point in paying full price when you can get it marked down so much cheaper at the end of the day.

However, Mr Stella won't eat reduced food so I remove the yellow stickers before he comes home from work.

He's none the wiser and I have money left at the weekend for treats!!
(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 20:56, 5 replies)
Oh I do that,
I look on it as a sort of throwback, savage hunting/foraging behaviour.

I've just got in from a prowl around Tesco with two big bags full of knock-down vegetables, fruit, pies and deli snacks.

Mr Quar certainly goes all primitive when I drag in a freshly killed Peppered Steak Slice (99p. reduced to 25p).
(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 21:25, closed)
Budgens, 4.20pm
Don't be late, or, like me, dinner will consist of Falafel, out-of-date yoghurt and two pork pies.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 8:35, closed)
I swear by this
I live in Japan, sushi doesn't keep, so after 7 or 8 it's all half price in the supermarket. Happy hour ends in my local at 7, half price sushi and 30% off beers to help work up an appetite, yay...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 9:08, closed)
Those cooked chickens in supermarkets
Get your timing right and 10p for greasy, chickeny goodness - lovely...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 10:50, closed)
Removing the labels
Brilliant!
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 19:18, closed)

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