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Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
I'm so pleased you made it and that the weather is holding up nicely. My Mr penguin cook bags usually work nicely but that's a "straight too' the holiday cottage rather than with …6 -
Re: 2026 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
@Laura_Elsewhere was it you who recommended the diaries of Jean Lucy Pratt (a,k.a. Maggie Joy Blunt)? My copy of her collected diaries, “A Notable Woman”, arrived this afternoon. I‘ve been suffering …9 -
Re: 2026 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
Feeling sad today having resigned membership of the Women’s Institute. My mother and grandmother were NFWI members. An organisation which worked together once to help Britain stand for truth now dema…8 -
Re: 2026 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
Thanks for all the ideas everyone 😀 I do have some linen shirts that I can wear and I'm finding sewing simple tops has gone OK. Thanks also for the encouragement for the new job, it's in t…7 -
Re: Moving on
I was pleased with myself, though, as DH pointed out, it was self-imposed stress! Yesterday was the last of the full-on days for now. Phew. We had to be up in time to leave the house at 8.15 to drive…5 -
Re: Mum died leaving £1400 in debt- They said they'll wipe it if theres not enough in the estate but..
I lived with her and we used all our money to pay for bills etc. I did her banking and it's just the one bank. She closed her other accounts down when my father passed away 20 years ago. I was h…5 -
Re: Moving on
I will be dicing my cabbage & freeezing it in my usual size portions. I often do a "well it is curry (spaghetti or casserole or !) so I will shove some cabbage (cauli, carrot or ! in). It wi…5 -
Re: Moving on
This morning, DH said he had had a terrible night's sleep. For most of my life, I've been the one complaining about lying awake, so I have given him a few hints, but amazingly he has coped …5 -
Re: Moving on
It's been a full-on day, started very woozily as DH was up with cramp last night, then kept asking for my phone to read up about it, till I said firmly ' Do you really need that?' Toda…5 -
Re: NST April 2026: Thrift and Thrive
NSDs racked up to 5, had to buy a snack today while travelling back to the UK. So glad to be home. One week of school hols left. MSETurtle head firmly attached 🐢6
