It wasn't till I was middle aged that I found you could actually buy greaseproof paper as we always used the waxed paper from cereal packs too. My mother used all these saving tricks mentioned and so have I.
I've just bought my first pack of pedal bin liners as I have previously used plastic carrier bags.
Has anyone else still got a 'button box' where buttons are cut off old and worn out clothes and saved for reuse. My DGC love going through mine which also contains old coins (pre decimal) , hooks and eyes, press studs and lots of other stuff that seems to have ended up in there!
Our Welfare State. Is it broken?