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Save Money on Eye Tests
Apparently, a person with healthy eyes should be getting their eyes tested every couple of years, roughly. As someone who is short sighted, but otherwise has trouble free eyes, I would agree that this is about right. But, as someone with apparently healthy eyes and a prescription that does not appear to have changed in [...]
Don’t Call 0845 and 0870 Numbers!
One cost that is absolutely unnecessary to the cheapskate is the cost of calling ‘Lo-call’ numbers – 0845 and 0870 numbers, for businesses, government departments, even doctors surgeries. In all fairness, on 0845 from a BT landline may not cost much – may be included in a talk plan even, which may work out as [...]
Free Audiobooks
You may not, unlike me, be a dedicated audiobook listener. I started listening to them to try and save money – I hate walking to and from work and despite having an MP3 player full of music to listen to, I always found myself really bored and resentful, plodding along and would often catch the [...]
Approved Food – Save Money on Grocery Shopping
Would you eat food after it’s ‘best before’ date? How long after? A day? A week? Or do you, like me, just throw stuff out as soon as it passes it’s best before reasoning that it can’t be good for you at all. Some studies suggest that average household throw up to a third of [...]
Make Money with Mystery Shopping
Mystery Shopping is a potential goldmine. The work isn’t necessarily interesting and the income is definitely not guaranteed – you can only work when there IS work. You have to be fairly on top of the companies, they usually will not ring you up to offer you work, although they may email or text you. [...]
Be a Beauty Guinea Pig
I may be a Cheapskate, but I still want the things that many other girls want; manicures, eyebrow threading, waxing and massage. I want hot stones, I like my hair to have highlights, I love facials and sometimes I just want someone to wash and style my hair before I go and do something like [...]
Cheapskate Guide to Makeup
There are no ugly women, only lazy ones, according to Helena Rubenstein. I can’t decide if it would be a better or worse world if there was no makeup. No pressure to conceal spots, widen eyes or redden lips. No shiny nose anxiety. But on the flipside, no ability to conceal spots, widen eyes or [...]
Cheapskate Guide to Premium Bank Accounts
First rule of banking for Cheapskates? Never give your bank money when you don’t have to. I know loads of people with ‘premium’ or ‘plus’ accounts. They usually seem to be the people least able to afford to pay these charges, and when I ask why they do, they respond with a vague ‘mobile phone [...]
Your Library Needs You!
Cheapskates and libraries are marriages made in heaven, like horse and carriage, wine and cheese or booze and fags. If you don’t have a close and loving relationship with this most bountiful of resources, there must be something very wrong. The sheer volume of stuff you can get, especially from City libraries, is phenomenal. A [...]
