3<\/p>\n Heading to get your home essentials can be costly but one mum has just the trickCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n Forget complicated financial spreadsheets or extreme couponing<\/a> – this TikToker is revealing the surprising everyday items she never buys, and her reasons why might just change your shopping habits for good.<\/p>\n The mum, known as Octoberonabudget<\/a> on TikTok, shared a candid video revealing five common household items and food products she simply refuses to spend her cash on.\u00a0<\/p>\n And it turns out, saving money<\/a> can be surprisingly simple once you know where to cut back.<\/p>\n First up her number one hate is buying kitchen rolls.\u00a0<\/p>\n READ MORE ON MONEY SAVING MUMS<\/p>\n \u201cWhat an epic waste of money, just use a cloth,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n This seemingly small swap is a common thread among those looking to reduce both waste and spending, highlighting how daily habits can truly add up.<\/p>\n Next on her hit list are familiar names from the supermarket aisles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n She recommends that people opt for non branded sauces and soups, as she thinks the cheaper ones \u201care just as nice\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her third point is to avoid ready-made cake mixes.<\/p>\n I’m a mum-of-2 and was a broke teaching assistant on \u00a3840 a month – now I\u2019ve made 46k doing a side hustle anyone can do<\/p>\n “The only one I’ll use is a ready-made pastry mix because pastry is a pain in the a**e to make,” she admits.<\/p>\n “But if I can bake something myself, I’ll bake it rather than buy a ready made mix.”<\/p>\n Her fourth no-go item follows a similar logic: ready meals.\u00a0<\/p>\n “So much cheaper to just make your own and portion it up. Plus you know what’s going in it,” she explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n She urges shoppers to not fork out on things like kitchen rollCredit: tiktok\/ZNdmmwC1k\/ 3<\/p>\n The mum also recommends buy non branded productsCredit: tiktok\/ZNdmmwC1k\/<\/p>\n Finally, Octoberonabudget calls out a common snack that’s often seen as convenient. <\/p>\n “Lastly, these single use jelly pots.<\/a> What a waste of plastic for starters,” she says.<\/p>\n \u201cBut also, buy a block of jelly, get some ramekins and make your own jelly pots for much cheaper.”<\/p>\n Her video gained 15.1k views and 18 comments after just one day of it being shared, and many people\u2019s opinions were mixed.\u00a0<\/p>\n One asked: \u201cWhat do you drain fried foods on?\u201d<\/p>\n To which the frugal mum replied: \u201cA clean tea towel if I need to get grease off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Then someone else asked: \u201cHow do you clean it off a tea towel? Do you have a frugal hack?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n And Octoberonabudget replied: \u201cPut it in the washing machine?\u201d<\/p>\n Money saving challenges<\/p>\n Here’s some of our favourite money saving challenges.<\/p>\n Weather saving challenge\u00a0– Save the amount equal to whatever the highest temperature was that week.\u00a0\u00a31 = 1C.1p challenge<\/a>\u00a0– save 1p a day for everyday of the year, but it increase the amount by 1p each day. So day one you save 1p, 2p on day two and 3p on day three. When you reach 100 days you start adding a \u00a31 coin each day too, while this increases to a \u00a32 coin each day plus pennies at 200 days, and \u00a33 each day on top of pennies at day 300.20p a day challenge\u00a0– Start by putting 20p in savings, then increase the amount by 20p every day. For example, the first week will look like this: 20p, 40p, 60p, 80p, \u00a31, \u00a31.20, \u00a31.40.\u00a35 a week challenge\u00a0– Like the 20p challenge, put aside \u00a35 a week and increase it by a fiver each week. Eg \u00a35, \u00a310, \u00a315, \u00a320Round-up challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Every time you buy something, round up the purchase to the nearest \u00a31 and put the difference in a savings account. Eg. You pay \u00a32.60, so you put 40p in savings. You can use an app such as Monzo or Starling to do this.\u00a0Bingo challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Here you have a bingo card with different numbers on it and you tick them off when you\u2019ve put that amount in your savings account. It can be ad hoc but you have to tick them all off by the end of the month.\u00a0Monday to Sunday\u00a0challenge\u00a0– With this challenge, you simply save \u00a31 on Monday, \u00a32 on Tuesday and so on until the weekend where you don’t save on Saturday or Sunday.365 day challenge<\/a>\u00a0– Every Sunday you put aside \u00a31, followed by \u00a32 on Monday, \u00a33 on Wednesday and so on. On Saturday you\u2019ll put away \u00a37, and then the process repeats and you\u2019ll put aside \u00a31 on Sunday as the new week begins![\"Woman](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e8wpxk-woman-carrying-full-shopping-840303730.jpg\")
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