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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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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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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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O/S Daily Tuesday 21st May 2024
Morning all. Had to set alarm for Mr F's colonoscopy medication.
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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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Tips for a new mum
Hello! I've been lurking for the last month or so and finally got round to signing up. I'm a new mum, baby is 10 weeks old and after much discussion and plenty of spreadsheeting I think we have come to the decision that I will not return to work after my maternity leave is up. I say "I think" because it'll be tight. So I'm…
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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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Weekly Flylady Thread 20 May 2024
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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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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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 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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The all new using what you have from your Freezer, Cupboard or Shed (Barn)
It is probably time to have a new thread for this. What do you have in your freezer? In your cupboard/shed? Do you have a veg patch or allotment? What did you manage to store, preserve or freeze? I, myself, like to cook following a recipe, but love to add veg from my allotment!
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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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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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Packed lunch options
When I started working I used to take a cheese sandwich for lunch. The problem was the short life of both the bread and cheese meant I'd never get through it all before it went off plus I got sick of eating the same thing for lunch everyday. I then decided to stop packed lunches and just buy something out, more expensive…
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What's the oldest item of clothing/footwear you still wear?
There was a great thread on this board from 2007: What is your oldest item of clothing? It kicks off with a 40-year-old anorak and a 55-year-old suede jacket. I'd love to know if it's still common to own clothes that last for decades. Please let me know, therefore, what clothing/shoes you've kept in use for the longest?
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What's in your lunchbox ?
There is a discussion on this board started by @markglasses who has been taking jam sandwiches to work for many years. To help him and others to have a virtual peek into others delights, this thread has been started. Mark would also like to see approximate costs as well, if at all possible. So anyone who wishes to lift the…
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2024 Frugal Living Challenge
Welcome to the all new 2024 Frugal Living Challenge Join us here for year 17 of the Frugaldom challenge on MSE It's that time of year again, the time when we all need to start thinking ahead into the new year and how we are going to organise our frugal lifestyles, be it to tackle debts, generate extra income or squirrel…
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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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O/S Daily Monday 20th May 2024
Good morning, I'm just popping off to make coffer. Back soon.
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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…