‘What’s the cheapest thing you do?’ – 23 examples of heroically tightfisted people

13.

‘Rip my makeup remover wipes into two so a pack lasts twice as long.’
–noodlesandwich123

14.

‘I put leftover boiling water from the kettle into a thermos, then next time I’m making a hot drink I put that thermos of water back in the kettle and reboil it.’
–TimmyHiggy

15.

‘When I make tea I fill the mug with cold water then chuck that in the kettle so it’s the exact amount. My partner just fills the kettle halfway full every time, even if they’re making one brew. Does my head in – even just from an impatience point of view.’
–g0_west

16.

‘Somehow in the last few years I turned into my grandma with wrapping paper. I keep the pretty wrapping paper, yes, but I also don’t write people’s names on gift bags so I can reuse them.’
–katie-kaboom

17.

‘Theres a pack of Belvita biscuits thats sometimes £1.25, sometimes £1. I’ll wait til it goes to ‘yellow label’ £1 price before buying a couple boxes.

If you knew how laughably bad with money I am regarding every other aspect of my life, you’d think this would be strange, but I refuse to buy something like that if I know next week it’ll be a tiny bit cheaper. I’ll also happily get a £17 Uber rather than wait for the train so swings and roundabouts eh.’
–starsandbribes

18.

‘Put my hands in my dog’s armpits to warm them up.’
–BeanOnAJourney

19.

‘Not sure if this qualifies but pouring the boiling pasta water into the serving bowls before serving, warms them up nicely.’
–LisaandNeil

20.

‘My husband does this thing where he’ll take a sauce for example, ketchup, mayo etc, and stand in the middle of the kitchen and do a turbine motion with said sauce in hand and apparently gravity forces it all down to the bottom. He looks like a dick but it works, we get a good few more days out of it.’
–ballybally93

21.

‘Whole lifestyle. Live in a campervan, chose my hobbies carefully so that they don’t cost me much, one meal a day (surprising economies with washing up/hot water/gas for cooking).’
–Watchkeys

22.

‘If I can’t be arsed going to the shops for milk I just ‘top up’ the end of the last bottle with water. I buy skimmed milk so basically it’s just cloudy water by the end.’
–sivvus

23.

‘I add a little vinegar to the end of a sauce bottle to get the last bit out. Most sauces (ketchup, brown etc) are vinegary anyway.’
–wintermute023

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