Fiona Lippey

Fiona Lippey,
Miser Extraordinaire and
founder of Simple Savings

"*double big grin* for your website. It has been such a help to me. We are a one income family, so the hints are very helpful to save us money. I bless the day that I saw you on TV. Pity you weren't around when my kids were. I used to read the women's mags for all the hints I could get, but none of them were as helpful as your website." Bron Schilling, Renmark, South Australia

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Hint of the Week Competition

Hi,

We are now giving away one 12 month membership per week to the person who donates the best tip to the Savings Vault. Everyone can enter. If you are already a member you win an extra 12 months added on to your existing membership.

This week Linda Holz has won 12 months membership to the Savings Vault with this great hint:

Save hundreds by blocking cold air

A 10 minute stock take of air leaks in my home will save me hundreds of dollars on heating every year. I live in an older house and on a windy day recently I noticed several places where draughts were coming in:

* Doors: Use an old towel, door sausage or a draught stopper to stop air leaks at the bottom of doors.

* Windows: We taped bubble wrap to our window trim to seal any draughts and to stop heat from transferring through the glass - windows are one of the biggest sources of heat loss. You can buy bubble wrap off the roll at Clarke Rubber or try a transparent plastic if you are conscious of looks, or special tape from the hardware store. Draughts around windows can be hard to spot but I could see the cobwebs around the top being blown around - a good reason to hold off on the cleaning!

* Fixed wall vents: I used plaster to fill in the holes. Fixed ventilation is generally not necessary and it is preferable to use controllable ventilation such as windows. If you have unflued gas heating you are required to have some fixed ventilation. See (www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au/documents/sealing_out_draughts.pdf) for more details.

With a few minutes of your time and some quick but effective fixes, you can slash hundreds off your heating bill.

http://www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au/documents/sealing_out_draughts.pdf

The best way to win a membership is to write helpful, interesting, unique and error free hints. You need to include how much money you saved, how you saved it, what you did and how much you paid. The more detail you provide the more likely you are to win a 12 month membership.

You do not have to answer all the questions to enter the competition. Each hint entered is judged separately. If you send 5 hints. They will be considered 5 separate entries. Which means you have a much higher chance of winning by entering one or two top quality hints than if you entered twenty brief, vague tips. Quality is everything!

If you do not have an answer to a question, or it does not apply to you, please leave it blank.

Thanks for giving it a go. Good luck!

Many grins,
Fiona

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Keeping Concrete Safe for Littlies

This month Michelle Stewart asks:

"I have an eight-month-old baby girl. We have been lucky enough to move into a family home which belonged to my grandparents. The house is very small and at the back there is a concrete veranda area. I would like to make this into an outdoor play area for my little girl for summer. I have looked into getting the rubber flooring, but at over $100 per square metre, it's way out of my price range. Do any other members have any ideas for how I could line this concrete area to make it safe and spongy for learning to walk?"


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