Money! Money! --- Tips on Budgeting and Housekeeping (3)

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(Continued) 11. What do you do if a button comes off or the seam of your skirt or trousers tears off? Do you throw your clothes into the bin or take them to a tailor’s? Why not learn the basics of sewing? The times, they have a-changed, and sewing on a button is not dishonourable for a man (anymore)! 12. A hint I got from a colleague who works full time and has raised four sons: She told me once that she refused to operate the washing-machine every day. She’s taught her sons to put jeans and pullovers out on the clothes-line on the balcony overnight when they aren’t tiptop anymore. Lo and behold, they look and smell better the following day without washing. 13. If you don’t have a builder or a chimney-sweep in your family, it’s not necessary to wash your clothes at the highest temperature. 60°C or even 40° should be enough. Talking about electricity: why do all your appliances and gadgets have to be on stand-by? Switch them off and start them again when you want to use them. 14. I know women who iron underwear! I think everyone who does that is sick and should be sent to a nuthouse. I really do. If you do this, too, don’t tell me, I wouldn’t survive it. Save the electricity and use the time you save in the kitchen to prepare a yoghurt dessert in the way I told you in my previous money-saving post! 15. The hippy days of ‘Save water, bath with a friend’ are gone, but you can at least close the tap while you’re brushing your teeth and use a mug for the water. Willy-nilly you’ll save money if you follow my pieces of advice. You can then spend this money and buy something that pleases you or a birthday prezzie for yourself or a loved one. With this you do something to boost the economy of your country. So everybody will be happy. --- You can get to the first parts of the series if you click on the green box above the title. --- photo: pixabay