LOL. This is funny. We too are the nut jobs in our family. But quite frankly I don't really care. We only have one income but that is more than adequate for our needs. We have only ever lived off one income anyway. Our budget is still set up for a $A but with hard work and study my partner now earns $AA. We save the difference. We have ...

I do this same as howdah. All our drawers have bars of soap in them. I remember reading years ago that in addition to helping soap last longer it also keeps away moths and silverfish. Not sure if this is true or not but I've never had a problem with either.

I remember when i was a teenager wanting to shop at op shops but my mum being too embarrassed to be seen. LOL. Usually it is the other way around! I love op shops. I buy as much as possible from there. I only buy what I have a use for and also good quality. When we were looking for a house to buy one of the criteria was that it had to be close ...

My kids 7 and 10 have only been to the hair dressers a few times. I get my son's with the clippers and just trim my daughters shoulder length hair. Me, I haven't been to a hairdresser for a couple of years now. I can't see the back of my head so don't really care what it looks like. Hubby says it is fine so that's good enough ...

In our family it is a contest to see who can save the most water. Each time our water bill goes down the difference is split evenly. So if one bill was $150 and the next one was $130 we all get an extra $5 spending money. To get more spending money the next bill has to be below $130. If it is say $140 we get nothing. It works for us and the kids ...