Making stuff last a little bit longer

[NorthumberlandBoro]

At the shops,take one grape to the till. It won't register on the low-tech, insensitive scales so you will get it for free. Repeat this procedure 100 times or so and you have yourself a free bunch of grapes.

 

[goalscrounger]

I put glass candle jars into a pan of boiling water and then pour the melted wax into another jar (with a new wick). Makes the house smell amazing and eventually you get a lovely multi-layered candle!

 

[Borobarmy]

Every second day don’t go out the house hence not having to wear shoes . You get twice the life out of them .

 

[red_harrington]

Make do and mend!

pants - I have to be forced to throw them away. Some have been going quite a few years now! Still going strong.

Just chucked my fave pants away, much to the delight of Mrs H

They're 20+ years old and have seen plenty good times

 

[Trug]

Every second day don’t go out the house hence not having to wear shoes . You get twice the life out of them .

Or you could just wear one shoe at a time and hop.

 

[guisborough_rob]

Make do and mend!

pants - I have to be forced to throw them away. Some have been going quite a few years now! Still going strong.

I use old pants (invariably M and S) for paint rags or cloths for car cleaning. Good quality.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

I've just done the highly satisfactory double of merging the last sliver of the old soap bar with the new one, and getting the last of the three extra washes out of a Fairy Liquid bottle you can get when you think it's empty. Any others?

Yes. Britt Assombalonga- out of any desire to play football for the Club given a strip, told to sit on the bench and then thrown on with 8 mins to go in the desperate hope of wringing out any tiny bit of quality he may or may not have lingering in that big frame of his.

 

[NYboro]

Those sponge scourers you use to clean the pans....cut them in half with a pair of scissors. You only ever use a small bit of the scourer anyway. Makes the pack last twice as long

Loofahs are good for that and they're organic not plastic.

 

[r00fie1]

Bulldog clip on the toothpaste?View attachment 17052

Old habbits........