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May 2024 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the fifth Grocery Challenge of 2024! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your April Budget then keep on posting in the April Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery…
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April 2024 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the fourth Grocery Challenge of 2024! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your March Budget then keep on posting in the March Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery…
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March 2024 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the third Grocery Challenge of 2024! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your February Budget then keep on posting in the February Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own…
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New to the Old Style MoneySaving board? Start here
💬 Some classic Old Style threads * Share your charity shop bargains * Cooking for one * Meal plan thread * Sneaky Ways to Save the Pennies and Lots more Sneaky Ways to Save the Pennies * Vinegar - 1001 uses! * The Old Style Starter Pack * What are you making for dinner? * Reverse meal planning Plus keep an eye on the…
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O/S Daily Sunday 19th May 2024
Good morning, it's a grey start here but might improve I suppose. I've been awake for a long time, worrying about this and that, but finally gave in and came downstairs. Glad you had family time with your nephew Gers, and were able to help him. Sounds as if you are having plenty of family time as well TA, enjoy! Nanny,…
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Saving pennies to make pounds
Thought it would be good to share some money saving tips and would love you to join in. My first tip is something I have done this morning, I have stopped buying mint tea and just have a cheap pot of supermarket mint in the kitchen window, just snip, use and it keeps growing and growing.
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Shop Charity Store in '24!
A shiny thread for chazzer shopping in 2024 - and remember, if you're 'fashion on the ration' then it's 'coupon-free'. If you want to save the planet, boost a cause or stretch your money - come post your finds on here, be they fabulous or funny.
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2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD
To use Guineapigsqueaks/Sa1sysoo words “A new thread for declutterbugs in (2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021, 2022, 2023) 2024 !" My 2023 was another washout on the decluttering & decorating fronts. Neither DH nor I have managed to summon up any enthusiasm for anything. Not helped by DH’s health scare in March 😔 Our…
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Cooking for one (Mark Three)
Welcome to Cooking one (Mark Three), time to get a shiny new thread up and running. The link to "Cooking for one (Mark Two)" can be found here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=73708876&posted=1#post73708876 Cooking For One 13th Jan 17 at 7:32 PM Hi, newbie poster though long time lurker trying to adjust…
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5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
Ok I'm diving in as I've noticed several of us have lost posts we thought had posted, and there now seems to be a serious risk of losing the whole thread. So thanks for the heads up Karcher. (and i sympathise Frith - i too like to nip back) I've revisited the first thread of our part 2, posted 28th October 2009. It said:…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 13 May 2024
Welcome
to the weekly Flylady Thread. We
often see new flyers (gents welcome!) around this time of year so please don't
worry if you feel you cannot keep up. Similarly if your house has been
neglected it won't be turned around in a day - but if you stay you will get
into some good habits which do help! Happy flying. What…
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Reverse Meal Planning
Not sure if many of you will have tried the reverse-meal plan idea. Rather than buying all the ingredients you need to support your meal-plan, you look at your fridge, freezer and store-cupboard and meal plan from that, minimising what you shop for. Based initially on the fresh produce that would be wasted if it is not…
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What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 2nd Quarter 2024
Hi All Welcome to the Old Style Weight Loss thread for quarter two 2024. Please feel free to start posting your weight loss goals for the next challenge which will run from the 1st April until the 30th June. You do not have to submit a loss or gain for the first week as it's our starting week, you can post your first loss…
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The Knitters Thread
Following on from the recent thread about handknitting it is apparent that many of us OS'ers are also keen knitters. The idea of this thread is to give us a place to post comments/suggestions, to be able to chat about our current work in progress (WIP), share patterns/tips/tricks, and post pictures of our completed work…
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Saving Money With Walkie Talkies
Husband bought us walkie talkies. They have a 5 mile radius so when he is out and about in the town centre or supermarket, we will be able to talk to each other. Useful too when he is in the garden or in his study. I won't have to shout or phone. Only cost is for charging. We've tried them in the house and a few streets…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 18 May 2024
Good morning folks. Everything outside is covered with a thick blanket on fog. Can only hear a cow mooing, can't see it! I'll be back after coffee.
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24 for 2024
OK, it's that time again! I know a few people have done this in the previous years, but I'm making a start on getting organised (or procrastinating over my 23 for 23 list 😂) The idea is you have a list of 24 goals, that you do 24 times during the year. It can be big or small, fun or serious, and the idea is something you…
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Reading as a cheap hobby
Reading needn't cost anything if you live within walking distance of a library or get a free bus pass. Libraries often put on free activities for children, too. If you're lucky, your local library will be warm and have some cosy armchairs. Some libraries will allow laptops so that students can work on projects and…
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2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
Welcome to the village hall of Much Mending on the Borrow, where it is perpetually 1942. We’ve just finished the village Fun Run and the runners are discussing their times. There’s a fire in the wood-stove, tea brewing in the pot and cakes to share. Don’t mind Scruffy-dog on the hearth rug, or Jess, the cat, on the…
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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
Just thought this would be quicker reference than what's for dinner or searching through lots of posts? There used to be one a while back, Meal Plan Monday or obviously whatever day you start yours on 🙂 I did post mine in the Grocery challenge, but will post again for anybody that doesn't join in with that thread. Vegan…
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Ninja CREAMi Breeze Ice Cream & Frozen Dessert Maker
Posting here as us OSers are the most likely to make HM ice cream. Anyone who has seen the deals to be had on the main site will have seen this one. The reason I am going down the HM route is because I love ice cream but the stuff in the shops is ultra-processed and really is full of rubbish. I would rather get away with a…
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La Dolce Vita - 2024
Happy New Year. Hello Everyone. I continue on my mission to live La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - living the best possible life I can with what can be politely termed a modest budget. 😂 I want to have it all......a beautiful home, gorgeous clothes, gourmet quality food, exotic travel and fun. Alas I am not a trust fund…
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Old Style Daily Friday 17 May 2034
Good morning folks. BRB