As a team we have decided to keep our eyes open for any credit Crunch Busting Ideas – basically anything that might save you money. So if you come across anything in the area that might help someone save some pennies. These ideas may cover eating out, so include places like Derby (lunch ideas), Buxton, Bakewell etc., they may be savings on food or an incredible holiday or flight deal – just email them into parwich@hotmail.com – but don’t forget to include where these offers can be found – in which newspaper or on which website.
An excellent source of offers is to register with the Martin Lewis Money Saving website, you will receive an email every Wednesday & you can click on the Restaurant section to find out which eatery will save you the most money.
Here are a couple to get us going.
Pizza Express– nearest are in Buxton & Derby are offering a £10 meal deal from 31st March for 10 days. Click here to print out your voucher.
La Tasca – a Spanish Tapas Restaurant is offering 50% the total food bill until 19th April. Click here for your voucher, this is through The Telegraph for other offers at the restaurant click here.
As a team we are highly dedicated and where possible we will of course try out these offers ourselves, however we cannot be held responsible for anything, so do check before you buy or eat!!
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I personally think that the tesco vouchers are excellent. If you use them for a deal it is worth 4 times more and i used £50 of them on a campsite this year giving me £200 off the total otherwise i use them on days out so places like Alton towers can be free otherwise it would cost a lot with a family of 5.
Here are some ideas recently sent to me by a friend which other people may find useful as well:
Times are really hard for all of us so here are some suggestions for saving a few bob……
DON’T waste money on expensive ipods. Simply think of your favourite tune and hum it. If you want to “switch tracks”, simply think of another song you like and hum that instead.
HOMEOWNERS: Prevent burglars stealing everything in the house by simply moving everything in the house into your bedroom when you go to bed. In the morning, simply move it all back again.
SAVE money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply changing your name to match your existing plate. – Mr. KVL 741Y,
DON’T waste money buying expensive binoculars; simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.
SAVE electricity by turning off all the lights in your house and walking around wearing a miner’s hat.
HOUSEWIVES, the best way to get two bottles of washing-up liquid for the price of one is by putting one in your shopping trolley and the other in your coat pocket.
OLD telephone directories make ideal personal address books, simply cross out the names and address of people you don’t know.
SAVE on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.
SAVE a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to Oxfam, they will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty pence.
CAN’T afford contact lenses? Simply cut out small circles of cling film and press them into your eyes.
WHY pay the earth for expensive jigsaws? Just take a bag of frozen chips from the freezer and try piecing together potatoes.
MAKE your own inexpensive mints by leaving blobs of toothpaste to dry on a window sill. Use striped toothpaste to make humbugs.
SHOPPERS, when buying oranges, get more for your money by peeling them before taking them to the counter to be weighed