I love visiting the Scottish side of the family. I always get loads of tips. Good tips; the kind you can really use. Like when my mother-in-law showed me how to warm a lemon by rolling in your palms -- to make sure you get every last drop when you squeeze it.
My sister in law (SIL) is from Edinburgh. We have a silent agreement -- we usually just nod at each other since I don't understand her accent, and she doesn't understand mine. But somehow, when it comes to things like money -- and saving money -- we instantly understand each other.
We were taking about Tesco vouchers the other day... she was appalled when I proudly told her her I used £18 of the ClubCard vouchers for my last shop.
"You don't spend your Tesco vouchers in the store, do you?"
"Ummm, of course not," I said, trying to figure out if the look on her face was for me. "I use them online."
"You can get FOUR TIMES their value for places like Pizza Express and Cafe Rouge." I was vaguely aware of something like this, but was sure it required hours of form-filling and weeks of waiting for vouchers to arrive in the post. I was intrigued, we eat at Pizza Express more often than I wash the dishes.
"You do it online. It takes a few minutes".
So I did it. I logged onto www.tesco.com/clubcard. I registered my details and exchanged £30 of vouchers for £120 worth of pizza tokens.
Hubby is proud.
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