‘I saved £1,800 a year with a pay packet saving hack’ - Birmingham student - video Dailymotion

Student Emma Cutler, from Birmingham, saves £1,800 with a money savvy hack

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00:21 These are all of the budget-friendly uni essentials I got from B&M, starting off

00:26 with this 14-piece dinner set for just £10, which I think is such a bargain. I also got an oven tray,

00:32 a pizza tray and a roasting tray. This three-piece sink caddy was just £2, except I've swapped out

00:37 the dish brush so it can hold my dish matty. I also got this set of five utensils for £2.50

00:43 and some other kitchen essentials like scissors for £1.50 and a jug for 99p. I love a microwaveable

00:49 bowl like this, they are so handy for heating things up. Food storage boxes are also super

00:54 handy for meal prep and I got this glass jar which is also stackable, so it's good for maximising your

01:00 storage in the kitchen. Then I got this pop-up laundry hand towel which was £7 and it's really

01:06 easy to collapse it, so it's not taking up too much space. The material is also really good quality.

01:11 For the living room, I got this extra large throw for £15 and it's the softest thing ever. It is

01:17 also massive, this is just half the size of it. Then I got this little swing bin which is meant

01:22 for your desk but I think I'm going to put it in the bathroom. Photo frames are also really cute

01:26 decor for a uni room and this is a pack of three and command strips are really renter friendly if

01:31 you want to put any frames up. I also got these command hooks to hang up on the back of the door.

01:36 Then this rope basket was £5 and I put a little throw in here which looks so cute and hides my

01:41 extension lead. I feel like I never have enough hangers so I also got this pack of 10 for £3.50

01:46 and finally I got this bath mat for £5 which is such good quality. This is everything that I picked

01:52 up in my Aldi food shop as a uni student. Starting off with fruit and veg, I got some of these wonky

01:58 onions. I always get the wonky ones because they're way cheaper. I also got a single potato because I

02:04 know that's all I'll be using and that'll make about two portions of mash and I also got some

02:09 tomatoes and cucumber for salad bits. This is all the fridge bits I got. I only got one pack of ham

02:14 for me because I didn't need anything else but I did also pick up a block of cheese and some halloumi.

02:20 The majority of this shop is literally stocking up my cupboard so I got a couple of snacks and then

02:25 some sauces and spices. These are my go-to spices that I use in majority of my meals, especially

02:30 with chicken. Then I picked up some other things for the cupboard. I love this peri peri rice,

02:35 it's literally so good. I also always buy Aldi's cheapest coffee and I don't taste the difference.

02:41 So altogether this came to just under £21 and I probably don't have a meal here but

02:47 it was mainly just a cupboard restock.

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