What are your money saving tips?

Probably i could be the last person to suggest money saving techniques but couldn't be the first one. I can't save money at all. If by chance i get succeeded in saving few bucks till the last dates of the month, they would definitely be spent over chocolates before the first of next month.

Well, I am not the greatest money saver myself - I am more a spender - LOL! But I tend to walk when I can instead of taking the bus or tube (it is quite easy to do this in Londoin), and I look for "own brand" goods in the Supermarkets too, instead of buying the more expensive brand name stuff. I also tend to go to the local market towards the end of business on a Saturday, as they sell a lot of fruit and vegetabes off cheaply then.

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