A WOMAN has revealed that she saves £40 a month on her electric bill, by moving one lightbulb from room to room.
Stephanie Bennet has a long list of extreme money saving techniques, despite her boyfriend Patrick stating that she has plenty of money.
Speaking to TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates, he said: “Stephanie has a good job.
“She works in a doctor’s office and has a lot of money saved up, but she doesn’t want to spend anything”.
Stephanie’s house is often plunged in total darkness, and she and Patrick move the lightbulb around when they really need it.
Another of the cheapskate’s money saving techniques is to have “navy showers” which involves turning off the water when you are washing your body, and only having it on briefly while you rinse yourself off.
To make sure that Patrick sticks to her strict two minute shower rule, she has a baby monitor, and shouts at him through it if he is taking too long.
Stephanie re-uses boiling water for cooking over and over again to save water, and saves every scrap of food that hasn’t been eaten, for example scraping a dribble of pasta sauce back into the jar.
Patrick and the rest of her family do not understand Stephanie’s extreme ways but, despite being embarrassed by her, he does as she says because he loves her.
The money saver’s scrimping reaches new heights in the supermarket, when she pulls grapes off their stalks and bananas out of their skins before weighing them, so that they end up costing less.
This saves her around £2.30 per shopping trip.
She also cooks lasagne in the dishwasher, so that she can wash her dishes and heat her food at the same time.
Patrick gets extremely embarrassed when he has friends over, as Stephanie makes him turn the TV off during adverts to save electricity, and asks guests to walk around with a candle so that she can have the lights off.
However, Stephanie doesn’t care.
She said: “I get the utmost satisfaction from being a cheapskate.
“I don’t care what anybody says”.
Stephanie’s frugal ways have left many social media users open-mouthed.
How to save on your energy bills
SWITCHING energy providers can sound like a hassle - but fortunately it's pretty straight forward to change supplier - and save lots of cash.
Shop around – If you’re on an SVT deal you are likely throwing away up to £250 a year. Use a comparion site such as MoneySuperMarket.com, uSwitch or EnergyHelpline.com to see what deals are available to you.
The cheapest deals are usually found online and are fixed deals – meaning you’ll pay a fixed amount usually for 12 months.
Switch – When you’ve found one, all you have to do is contact the new supplier.
It helps to have the following information – which you can find on your bill – to hand to give the new supplier.
- Your postcode
- Name of your existing supplier
- Name of your existing deal and how much you payAn up-to-date meter reading
It will then notify your current supplier and begin the switch.
It should take no longer than three weeks to complete the switch and your supply won’t be interrupted in that time.
Commenting under a video of the cheapskate, one person said: “She has money for a wig and to get her nails done but she’s not spending money on feeding her family properly?”
A second person said: “Wow, she is a healthcare professional and she is extremely unhygienic serving her guests lasagne that has been in the dishwasher”.
A third person said: “She is not cheap, just disgusting and weird, I almost threw up watching this video.”
A fourth said: “This is what you call a narcissist. Using one light bulb and moving it room to room?
“Not allowed to take a relaxing shower? Yet she’s allowed a wig and her nails done?”
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