by Mike Mccarthy

Created on: May 12, 2009   Last Updated: May 19, 2009

Thank God for the recession. At last all those money saving ideas that have been waiting for a reason to be implemented can be put into action. Some may be daft, some may seem impractical but they will save you money and of course that is important, right?

The first thing you do is invest in larger wheels for your car, this allows you to travel a few more inches per rotation and will therefore increase your gas milage, what could be better? While on the subject of cars, while driving make sure you have a domestic battery charger plugged into the cigar lighter socket, you can charge all your house rechargeable batteries this way, pure economy. Keep your phone on charge during the journey too, and just smile at the savings on your electricity bill.

Next, steal a housebrick. This needs to be placed in the cistern of your toilet. If you are charged for your water due to a water meter, each flush will work out much cheaper. Also, don't flush so often, you can use the unwanted Christmas perfume and deodorant presents to sweeten the atmosphere while you save money on your water bill.

Ladies, save some cash on your hairdo, getting your hair wet in the rain just spoils that style, so a good second use of those free carrier bags from the supermarket is to make a nice hat out of them, this way your hairdo lasts longer and you are being kinder to the environment by using those bags again.

While on the subject of free carrier bags, they have many money saving uses. You can bury your pets in them, save buying new shoes by wearing them over your feet when it is raining and even dress your children in them.

Now that the recession is here, now is the time to start that CV writing idea you had. Because the market you want to approach is expanding rapidly, there are many more customers available to you. This will be a cheap start business particularly if you borrow a computer and printer from your son or daughter, and get the customers to provide the paper. In fact, if your children type, get them to do the cv's, that is real entreprenuralism. Of course you will have to pay pocket money but I am sure the profit margin will make this worth while.

Of course, if you are a victim of the recession and you have lost your job, just think of all that extra free time you now have. You can take up vegetable gardening and sell the vegetables. Or you could invest the time in building a political career, you know that being successful cannot be difficult simply by looking at current examples. Then you can lead the Country out of the recession by implementing your money saving tips Countrywide.

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