I’m more interested in cheap Yorkshiremen. A good friend of mine lives in York and is she ever stingy. Must be its proximity to Scotland!
We do have that reputation.
It’s for a reason. We are both one of the poorest areas of the UK and - at the same time - one of the richest for many centuries. It just didn’t filter down. So most Yorkshire people are a touch canny with their cash.
Love the place. Love the people. But they can be tighter than a bull’s backside in fly season :)
Heritage is genetic, I live in TN, and my heritage is Scot Celt with a dose of a few others thrown in. And I’m told I’m a tight wad. No, I want value for any product I buy. And most are over priced. My boys bulked at the off brands. I fixed that. Bought a bottle of the name brand ketchup, or mustard and kept pouring the store brand into it. They never caught on.
I do opt for higher end on some products as there is better quality, longer lasting like shampoo. But I still keep bars of Fells Naphtha bar soap as it is a good all purpose soap, and works on bug bites sting/itching. I still have my grandma’s caner and her cast iron fry pans. All in good condition.
It has to be on sale, have a coupon or give gas points. Then I load up on gift cards for BD and Christmas. Did my Christmas shopping for 6 grands and 5 great grands and hubby in 10 mins at Kroger’s with gift cards, at 4 times the gas points. We had a $1 off to tanks of gas that month up to 35 gals. Hubby fills my car from a 5 gal can, then takes it and the smaller ones to the Kroger gas station, fills them and his car, last month he had two $1 off fills, that saved $22-24.
I have a well stocked freezer, and pantry that is rotated. Dry goods like paper can go in the garage along with cleaning, soap, and other items not subject to heat. I buy long term storage stuff, freeze my own garden veggies, that is what my freezer is dedicated to. It’s a pain to rotate each season. But it has to be done or you get freezer burn and a waste of your time and product.
Take time to properly prep meat and it last longer in the freezer. You can take advantage of sales that way. Again you have to rotate. I find dating helps to that easier.
Short term storage is the harder thing to do. Bleach only has a 6 month life span. And it is my favorite cleaning product.