Today is the last day before I go back to work full time so Lizzie & I decided to earn a bit of dosh.
I had a pile of metal down the side of the house and Lizzie had an old radiator. I also had a bag of old clothes and shoes an Lizzie had 3 bin bags full of outgrown children's clothes. We piled the whole lot into my car and set off, first stop the scrap metal merchants, where we got £17 for the metal scraps, then on to the cash for clothes place where we got £24. I checked the mileage and we'd driven 4 miles, so we feel we've made a profit, not a huge amount but for the sake of a little effort it was worth it.
I've tried comping and never won anything, I've also tried surveys but I always seem to be in the wrong age group, but today was definitely a success.
I also threw some steak and kidney in the slow cooker this morning when I got up and it's cooked now and will go lovely with some mash and HG cabbage. The steak is actually ox cheek that was £2.10p the kidneys were reduced to 40p, I added a thinly sliced HG onion, some seasoning and a cup of water. There are at least 4 portions there.
Scrimping and saving, ranting and raving. Past retirement age.
5 comments:
During the summer we made a lot of money with scrap metal. My DH was a builder. It was hard work but worth it.
Sylvia
You did have a successful day - and you can't beat coming home to a meal made in the slow-cooker. You seem to be a bit more like your old self - sorry, former self :) Love your take on life. Deborah x
I am feeling better but still get very tired.
I have been to the scrap yard 2 or 3 times this year and came away with a few bob. Nice. Better than taking it to the tip and giving someone the money.
You went out of the house with junk and metal scraps, and came back with £17 and £24 from it. What a practical way to get rid of those clutter, eh? The recyclers get their materials, you get money, and somehow both ends helped out the environment – such a win-win situation. Cheers!
Marion Dunn @ Global Resources
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