Thursday 28 October 2010

Money saving tips:

This weekend I texted a friend to apologise for not being in touch as I’d been far too ‘strapped for cash’ to go out anywhere..! A phenomenon that all of us students (even old ones like me!) experience from time to time.
After talking to some of my friends working at the enquiry unit today we have devised some money saving tips and useful websites:
Food & household shopping
- Tesco/Morrisons/Sainsburys; shop as close as possible to 4pm on Sunday, bargains guaranteed !
- Morrisons; the bakery & rotisserie depts put their products on clearance prices at 7pm each night.
- Save 10p on hot drinks at Medway by bringing your own cup (thanks Kelly!).
- Aldi have 10 x instant cappuccino sachets for £1, great for making yourself a hot drink at Uni – hot
  water only costs 10p on campus !
- Medway student shop have an excellent bargain shelf at the back of the store.
- Avery Hill student shop sometimes have boxes of discounted items next to the till.
- At
www.amazon.com you can order travel plugs 5 for £5 (thanks Remco!).
- Lidl are currently selling tomato soup at 17p per can (thanks Remco!).
-
www.madaboutbargains.co.uk lists all the 2 for 1 & 3 for 2 offers in all UK supermarkets.
Resource saving
- Use energy saving light bulbs (some power suppliers give them away free if you sign up).
- Avoid leaving halogen lights on, they use loads of power!
- Use a slow cooker, they can be bought for £14 at Argos. You can cook a meal using the same  
   amount of energy it takes to power a light bulb. 
- Share showers/baths (if appropriate!) that’s what they do in Australia!
- Free smoke alarms  ! You can get them from the Kent Fire Brigade, and they may save your life!

Travel
- Car sharing – When I was at studying at Canterbury I saved at least £1200 by car sharing. Check out the 5hare scheme on the U of G website.
- 
www.skyscanner.net for cheapest flight fares (thanks Remco!)
-
www.couchsurfing.com for free accommodation (thanks Remco!)
-
www.yha.org.uk for low price accommodation in some beautiful locations, from £14 per night.
Going out
- Orange Wednesdays 2 for 1 cinema tickets for orange network users.
-
www.vouchercodes.co.uk for eating out vouchers
Communications
-
www.skype.com for free communications.
-
www.freecall.com for free calls with a 20 Euro deposit (thanks Remco!)
Everything else !
- Have a savings account (thanks Taz !)
- Have a rainy day fund in the ashtray of your car (thanks Taz!)
- Make a budget list (thanks Taz !)
-
www.moneysavingexpert.com for a whole variety of ways to save money (thanks Spencer!)

J’s Record of the week:

Night nurse

by Gregory Isaacs
It was a sad day on Monday 25th October. Gregory Isaacs passed away aged just 59, after a long battle with lung cancer. I thought it only fitting that this week’s record of the week should be dedicated to him.
He had an illustrious career spanning 1968 to the present day. He was signed to Island Records in 1982 and released ‘Night Nurse’ the same year. Initially, although it received frequent radio play, ‘Night Nurse’ was not a hit in the UK. However, the song did rise to popularity in the 1990’s when it was covered by Simply Red.  Hopefully a more cheery musical choice next week !  Jerushah x

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