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Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
All your thank-yous for people popping in are also greatly appreciated @Greying_Pilgrim! Your diary is a haven of civilisation; I find that much of the forum a beacon of light, politeness and clear t…9 -
Re: February 2026 Grocery Challenge
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81869323#Comment_81869323 Morning All Something I wanted to add, re H&B: this roll-out will fix the issues people had with their website an…6 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81875072#Comment_81875072 That’s good to know, thank you. Our workplace tend to request specific basic things for the food bank but I put the o…7 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81874856#Comment_81874856 He’s allowed one glass and that’s his lot 😆 He can come across as almost normal sometimes then he says/does somethin…5 -
Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81874381#Comment_81874381 Glut!! I even corrected that already!12 -
Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge
I make lemon marmalade every time I get a gluten from Olio and then trade it for other things. Most recently a jar of lemon marmalade in exchange for very well rotted chicken poopy wood chip left fro…12 -
Re: Five Year Fix, Five Year Plan
DID manage to get outside and do the garden, mostly - I can't do the hedges because I filled the garden bin, and I filled it with rose pruning among other things so it's too spiky to squash…6 -
Re: Old Style Daily Sunday 08 February 2026
Morning all Back from a damp and misty few days in Cheshire. However we walked each day , got wet every day but it was a break and change of scenery. And today it’s not raining…yet! Looking at the re…14 -
Re: Moving on
I have a quiet day till I need to go to work so I've put together a spreadsheet - a pretty basic one but I did use a couple of spreadsheet skills (okay, probably those are basic too, but useful …5 -
Re: Old Style Daily Sunday 08 February 2026
It's a bit grey and misty here, nothing to invite me outside. I got rather glued to the TV yesterday watching far to much of the Winter Olympics, all those sliders, snowboarders, skaters and ski…14

