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O/S Daily Friday 28 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Very dark start to the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled and happy..…
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Give me a kick up the bum so I cook dinner and don't get a takeaway please
Having a heck of a day - still working, DH 100 miles away at a funeral, going away first thing tomorrow and my brain is trying to tell me to get a takeaway (can't really afford it). Am only planning to make carbonara so it's not even that hard but I'm exhausted (I do have fibro, slipped discs and various other health…
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Lifespan of treacle?
I have unearthed a jar of black treacle. BBE April 2018. It looks ok, smells ok. I can't see why treacle would go off. Unless it got contaminated with breadcrumbs etc. Should I risk it?
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O/S Daily Thursday 27 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, windy start to the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled and…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 26 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, windy start to the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled and…
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World Pasta Day: share your MoneySaving pasta recipes
It's World Pasta Day so at MSE Towers we've been thinking about MoneySaving ways to cook with pasta. Last night we didn't have much food in the house and my partner and I were too tired to pop out to the shops so we cooked up some pasta with bacon and a cheese sauce. It wasn't quite a classic carbonara sauce, but it was…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 25 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, air feels cool to start the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled…
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O/S Daily Monday 24 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, air feels cool and wet to start the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2…
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Candy floss 'spider webs' and grape 'eyes' - Ideas for no-oven Halloween snacks?
For the benefit of anyone involved with Halloween parties, or who might receive trick-or-treaters, what are some easy-to-make, no-oven snacks? Squeamish folk - you might not like these. For example: * Candy floss can be pulled apart and arranged to look like spider webs (or you can make your own candyfloss at home, which…
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A Frog A Week Equals A Special Treat 2022
I found this thread while mooching through the forum: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3449661/a-frog-a-week-equals-a-special-treat/p1 It struck me as great idea and something which may help to keep me (and hopefully others) motivated so have decided to 'revive' it ! 😁 I'm going to make a list of tasks and…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 17th October 2022
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 23 October 2022
Morning. 🙋♀️ Dawn is rising, I may have to, after coffee.
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Grocery Price Increases - What's the Biggest Hike You've Seen?
We're all noticing grocery prices creeping up (more like galloping up) because of various reasons but how many of these increases do you think are genuine as opposed to greed? Yesterday I went to our local Post Office that's situated inside a Nisa store that used to be a Co-Op until last November when it changed to Nisa.…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 22 October 2022
Morning folks. My coffee is brewing, I'll BRB.
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O/S Daily Friday 21 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, air feels cool to start the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled…
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Fleeces
There's lots of mention of cheap fleece throws etc on here but I've got a fleece throw from Ikea and it has neither weight nor warmth. I'm thinking I don't really know what is meant by 'fleece'. Can anyone describe the sort of fabric you mean and maybe a link to the type of thing? People talk about using 'fleece' as…
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O/S Daily Thursday 20 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, air feels cool to start the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 19 October 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Dark, air feels cool to start the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled…
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September 2022 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the ninth Grocery Challenge of 2022! ******** 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 August Budget then keep on posting in the August Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery…
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Critters
Please please can someone tell me a way of getting rid of an infestation of carpet beetles. I’m at my wits end!! My hoover isn’t much help as it’s on its last leg’s. I need to know what chemicals are going to work the most effectively. Thank you 🙏