Save money on your spring wardrobe

Ruth Jackson explains how to dress for less this spring, plus two more money-saving tips - and one to avoid.

The world is coming round to my penny-pinching ways. A new survey from uSwitch.com reveals that frugality is fast becoming the norm. These days, 51% of us take packed lunches to work, 52% have dusted off their piggy banks to hoard small change, and 36% of Britons are more likely to pick coins up off the street than they were a year ago.

However, some may be taking things a little too far. Of those surveyed, 20% are saving money by cutting their own, or a family member's, hair. So expect a surge in pudding bowl sales.

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Ruth Jackson-Kirby

Ruth Jackson-Kirby is a freelance personal finance journalist with 17 years’ experience, writing about everything from savings accounts and credit cards to pensions, property and pet insurance.

Ruth started her career at MoneyWeek after graduating with an MA from the University of St Andrews, and she continues to contribute regular articles to our personal finance section. After leaving MoneyWeek she went on to become deputy editor of Moneywise before becoming a freelance journalist.

Ruth writes regularly for national publications including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Mail on Sunday and Good Housekeeping, among many other titles both online and offline.