Here are some guiding commandments for good living off the smell of an oily rag.
• A fool and their money are soon parted. – supplied by Sandra.
• “Use half as much and get the product at half price!” – old oily rag saying (which we just made up now! – oily rag ed).
• “The most important things in life are not things!” – V.M, Levin.
• “Eat it up. Wear it out. Make it do. Or do without.” – Janice, Oamaru.
• My Mums favourite expression was, “if you can make do with what you have, you will want for nothing”. – Canny Scot, Christchurch.
• “It’s never a bargain unless you need it.” – S.F.
• If you look after the pennies the pounds will look after themselves.
• A dollar in your pocket is better than your dollar in someone else’s pocket.
• Cheap is good but free is better.
• Needs are things that are really needed. Wants are things that are not really needed.
• Understand where your money is going and you will be in a position to control its outflow.
• We don’t need luxuries to be h-a-p-p-y.
• More is not always better. – S.J-B.
• “Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.” – Samuel Johnson
• “Waste not – Want not ” – D.M, Katikati.
• “If there’s an egg in the house – there’s a meal in the house”. – D.M, Katikati.