Most of us will have heard of the term "Thrift", which is defined as :- "Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality." In the current environment of rising energy prices, increased living expenses and difficult employment market, NOW is the time to explore the many thousands of Money Saving Ideas available on the Internet - FREE of charge!! If you search Google for the term "Thrift" you will see that there are over 9 million webpages!!! In the current worldwide economical environment we should all be looking at ways of saving money, recycling goods and generally reviewing our lifestyles. Imagine if you could save £50 a month, that would be over £600 a year. What could we all do with that? How many times have you checked the pantry, only to find that some of the food is out of date? A simple tip :- "To avoid going to your pantry and finding you have missed the expiry date on a food item place a small container in a visible spot inside your pantry and anything that must be used within one month can be stored in it so that its not forgotten and wasted. You can also use a similar system for your fridge." Simple!! But imagine if you could save £1 a day, or £30 a month. Then save money by economical use of electricity :- "Household appliances left on standby (when you switch off via remote control) still use the same amount of electricity as if they were switched on therefore costing you money. To stop this from happening you need to switch the appliance off by hand or at the power socket." This is a problem in every household.............we have all done it!! Imagine the savings that can be made by switching appliances off at the power socket. The two examples above are only the tip of the iceburg - imagine how much you could save by being more "Thrifty" ? It really is simple to save thousands and thousands of pounds - why are we all wasting money ?