All about being Frugal !

Our cinema does $11 tix Mon-Wed...... it's an easy way to make the entertainment budget stretch further for moviegoers.

Many other venues/restaurants have mid week specials too.... one of the benefits of not needing to work traditional Mon-Fri hrs is the ability to do things at non-peak times paying non-peak prices.

 

I play open-world videogames ($60-80 RRP) instead of taking real holidays to exotic locations.
It's a leisure activity with a good price per hour rate.

 

I'm not sure if your for real, or taking the ****.

Seriously! Who drinks 4 litres of milk & 5 cappuccinos a day.

There is a big part of your weight problem. No need for expensive gym memberships. Just remove the milk & cappuccinos & you automatically tick two goals at the same time. Weight & budget!

If it was only costing $50pw, then the distance isn't great! Walking will again tick the same two boxes as above.



/QUOTE]Now going to the gym I have stopped wasting money on lollies, chocolates and packets of chips.
I have substitued my sweet tooth for pineapple and Rockmelon, its cheaper because the big Cadbury Bars i like were $6 each.
[/QUOTE]It's great that going to the gym has given you the motivation to give all those things a miss, and fruit is a lot better than the previous options, but watch out on the natural sugars if you are overindulging in fruit. An even better option is a handful of nuts.

You can't just whip off your clothes & hop into a shower when out in public. Also, don't you find that really inconvenient? I mean, you're watching TV, or have friends visit, and the urge takes you, then you have to spend extra time in the shower. Also, if you have guests, they might actually like to use some paper.

 

I don't think anyone could beat Kathryn_d in the frugality department.. I wonder what her and Almost Bob are up to? House minding somewhere around the world?

 

It depends shower water is classified as 'Grey' water while the toilet is 'Black' water.

If you have grey water recycling it may include the shower drain.

 

There is a lot of people in my office who buy more than 5 coffee's a day @avarage $4 a cup.
I have a boss who drinks up to 10 piccolo's a day !

I didnt know what a piccolo was until he asked me if I could get him one.

 

What industry? I.e. What sort of work are these people doing?

 

One of these?

 

$30 a week for a prepaid phone? I hope you meant per month. You could get an awesome phone and plan for $120 a month otherwise.

 

You just hose your guests off in the backyard.

 

I have a prepaid phone currently on the $2 a day special unlimited data with Optus.
Getting too expensive though.@ 60 per month then the home internet wireless @ $99 per month !!!

 

Pretty sure he's taking the Mickey over last few weeks, and everyone is on the hook.

It's great that going to the gym has given you the motivation to give all those things a miss, and fruit is a lot better than the previous options, but watch out on the natural sugars if you are overindulging in fruit. An even better option is a handful of nuts.

You can't just whip off your clothes & hop into a shower when out in public. Also, don't you find that really inconvenient? I mean, you're watching TV, or have friends visit, and the urge takes you, then you have to spend extra time in the shower. Also, if you have guests, they might actually like to use some paper.[/QUOTE]
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Darlinghurstboy trolling people for reactions? Surely not?

 

$99 /mth for internet.... whoaaa!

Is that via satellite?

 

No, but it does include exclusive use of the Aussat 1 for 10 minutes per day.

 

Yes, per month sorry. Per week would be a bit expensive! That's only for 1.5gb of data though, which to many might not get them through a week.

A lot of saving money ideas requires lifestyle changes, not all want to do it. If I had a family I think it would be a lot harder to be frugal; so many demands

 

Very easy to go thru 4 litres of milk a day .

2 bowls of nutri grain in the morning use nearly 1 litre plus i use milk in my coffees instead of hot water and have about 3 cups before i go to work .theres already a bottle (2 litres) gone.

And if i mix the protein powder with it , so ends up nearly 3 litres a day. Come home in the afternoon drink a coffee again

 

And that's most of your weight issue in that one post.

 

Especially the nutrigrain.