Maybe it was my upbringing under Dutch parentage or my years living on $50 a week as student, but along the way I have picked up some ideas that can save a bit of money here and there.
1: Do number twos at work. You use their toilet paper, not yours and they get cleaners in to clean the toilets which you don't. It's a win-win.
2: Buy petrol on Tuesday night. You have to be a fricken idiot if you don't do this. Seriously. If petrol goes up $0.15 a litre on Wednesday, that's an extra $7.50 on a 50 litre tank.
3: Cut the excess rubbish off fruit and vegetables before you buy them. For example, the stalks on broccoli or the shitty crap at the end of celery. You're not going to eat it so why pay for it?
4: ALDI: If only for the ridiculously low priced top quality chocolate and booze you can buy there. The only down side is that Aldi shuts at 6pm SHARP, so be able to get there after hours is a bit of a hassle, and on the weekends it's every man, or woman, for themselves.
5: Do your shopping in less well-to-do areas. It's a known fact that Camberwell Safeway is easily 10% dearer than Preston Safeway. That's just the way it is.
6: Buy home brand. If you can't get to Aldi, then buy the supermarket home brand stuff. Especially for staple items like sugar, flour, salt etc. Honestly, sugar is sugar, no 30% brand mark-up is going to tell me otherwise.
At the end of the week, these things may only save you $20, but it's still $20. |
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Oh .... also - try to restrict your shop to only once a week. Too bad if you forget something - make it wait until next week's shopping. I can guarantee that every time you visit the supermarket - you'll come away with more than just that packet of peas !!
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