There are many methods of saving money that you can employ in these days of less money and fewer jobs. Take an extra packet of sugar and creamer the next time you go out for coffee and use them at home. If you do this on a regular basis you can save on your groceries by not having to buy as much sugar and milk for your tea or coffee.

How about leaving on your underclothes when you take a shower? This will save you on the amount of laundry that you have to do because you already have your smalls washed. How about using your tea bags the second time for your second cup or cutting them in half so that you get two cups of tea from one tea bag? It is quite easy to do by sewing two extra rows of stitches down the centre of the bag. These may seem like extreme measures, but many people are finding money very tight right now and are resorting to such measures.

Many hotels and other locations that cater to groups gathering for meetings offer free coffee. Simply watch the newspaper or TV to find out where such events are being hosted and pop in to receive your coffee free of charge. You can have a cup at the location and take one with you for the road. Bview.co.uk has collected numerous money-saving tips such as these that will help you cut down on some of your household expenses.

Taking extra packets of condiments, such as ketchup and mustard, at restaurants and take-aways is something that has been used for years to save money at home. You can store them in a drawer in your kitchen or even pour them into your empty bottles at home if you don’t want visitors to know that you have been collecting in this manner.

Order a glass or water with slices of lemon when you eat at a restaurant instead of paying for a glass of lemonade. Add sugar from the table to sweeten it to your taste. If you go out to the pub for a drink with your friends, you will have to buy a round of drinks. However, you can save on this too by being careful to be the last one to buy a round, especially if there are four or more in your group. By the third or fourth round, the others will have forgotten whose turn it is to pay and you can get away with having free drinks for the night.

Wash your car using the squeegee at the local petrol station or go through the lost and found at the rail stations to acquire some items that you need. You do have to be careful when you start scrimping though so that you don’t do something illegal and end up in more trouble than you bargained on having.

Kath Kelly is a prime example of a scrimper who managed to live on £1 per day for a twelve-month period. She found free buffets for her meals, shopped at church jumble sales for her clothing and bought the produce at supermarkets just before closing time when it was offered at reduced prices. As part of the challenge, Kath’s rent and utility bills were paid for the year, but she still had to survive on this budget and pay for all her other needs.

One of her tactics included picking berries from bushes to supply her diet with fruit. She became an expert at picking up loose change on the street, amassing over £100 in the year. Kath, who is an ESL teacher in Bristol, said her friends thought she was crazy to take part in this challenge thinking she would be freeloading off them during the year. However, she says it was not like that at all and she became the “queen of the buffet.”

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