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Help! Water stains!
AAaaarrghhh! I hope some one can help me!! My plonker of a boyfriend got chocolate all over one of our white chairs, and somehow managed to hide it from me for a week!! :mad: I finally noticed last night and got scrubbing using a carpet cleaner spray (only thing in the house that'd work!!). Anyways, it got the chocolate…
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October Grocery Challenge
Hi all :) October is almost with us, and with it a new Grocery Challenge, so here in the quote are some helpful tips. Remember to have fun and to be kind to yourselves :) Good luck to everyone taking part.
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interesting article :
Green Brands: Is the Environmental and Ethical Integrity of Products and Brands Part of a New Marketing Responsibility or Just Another Way to Con the Consumer? http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=225583&source=r_technology
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Bed time!!
Wow... is that the time! Someone will probably start the daily thread in a couple of hours!!! What kind of nutters are on here this late anyhow? I'm off to snuggle down in my bed... Night night everyone... yawwwwwwnnn!! Sleepy
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Anyone fancy a bagel?
Ooooh I just had to post this as I am so chuffed. I don't normally shop at major supermarkets (only Lidl) but I went to a large Sainsburys to get my prescription. While i was waiting I went for a browse not intending to buy anything. I passed my favourite Cinnamon and Raisin bagels and noticed they had orange discounted…
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I have a tip
For once i have a tip rather than asking for help lol! Not sure where to post it so I'll pop it here and I'm sure some kind soul will move it to the best place. Today i put red hair dye on my hair and sat on my white leather sofa to wait for the regulation 30mins. Anyway at some point i obviously leant back. Didnt notice…
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I messed up
I made C_Q's curry tonight. But one fatal mistake, I decide to halve the recipe as I don't have a lot of space in the freezer to save the remaining paste. I halved all the ingredients except for the tomatoes. It's now very tomatoish, still tastes ok, but I'm wondering what else I can add to make it less so. Any ideas…
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Mushrooms and Walnuts
Hello, my neighbour has given me some wonderful field mushrooms and I want to do something special with them, rather then just use them in a full english. Any ideas please? Any ideas what I can do with walnuts? I have never pickled them, not keen on pickled anything! I would really like to try and do something with them…
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How Cheap can a Funeral Be !
My MIL is getting on in years and me and OH have been thinking about her funeral - morbid I know but it happens to us all! We'll end up paying for it as she's probably not got a bean in the bank, she spends money like water. What we're looking for is the cheapest funeral possible - has anyone got any ideas of price. We did…
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Free recipe cards.
From http://www.open2.net/everwonderedfood/index.html Or you can get the recipes online too: Butter bean chilli Bangers and mash Calamari with lemon mayonnaise California rolls Caramelised tart Cheese and jam sandwich Cheese fondue Chicken kebabs Chicken oyster salad Chicken tikka masala Chips with garlic mayo Chocolate…
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Buying local - I'm puzzled
Have often read on here about how much cheaper it is to patronise your local butcher, greengrocer etc. Apart from the fact that we don't really have any :( , I am puzzled as to how these small traders can charge less than the multiple supermarkets with their huge price negotiating power. I don't doubt that local produce is…
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Curry Night
Here you go ... enjoy! :) Curry Sauce 1 kg onions 50g ginger 50g garlic 1.5 litres water 1 tsp salt 225g tinned tomatoes (or passata) 8 tbsp veg oil 1 tsp tomato puree 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp paprika Method Stage 1 Peel and slice onions, garlic and ginger (if cheating and using minced ginger/garlic from a jar miss next bit…
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Cheap spot removal
Toothpaste! Just dab a little on the spots and leave it for about 10-20 minutes, then wash it off and they'll have gone right down. It's also good to show which are going down or appearing, if nothing happens on one after about 10 minutes then it should be going down and not developing. You should be able to feel it…
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Old Style Book - Nearly There
As many of you will know I've been in talks with my publisher about a MoneySavingExpert Old Style Book. Well finally the publisher has made an offer (all of my take will go to my MoneySaving kids charity) - and we're looking at it. It isn't what i want yet, but we're getting closer. martin
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Carpet/House still smells....please help!
Despite the excellent tips on getting rid of sicky smell from carpet/house...it still smells awful. I have cleaned with stardrops, bio washing powder, astonish carpet cleaner,,,,,, sprinkled-on haze, neutradol powder,,,,,,sprayed febreeze.........and left windows open all weekend (family were freezing & kept…
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Freezing cider?
Just got this by email: Near the end of a bottle of wine but don't fancy finishing it? Pour into an ice cube tray and put it in the freezer (red or white wine is fine). Then add a cube or two when you next cook pasta sauce, gravy, soup, risotto etc for a bit of extra flavour! (from https://www.savecashsaveplanet.org) Now I…
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Humerous Saving Tips
found these on another siteYou never know when these tips will come in handy! - If a small child is choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a jug of boiling water down its throat and hey presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed. - Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone…
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Composting - is this a good price for a composter?
Our local authority subsidises composters if you order through them and do one for £9.95 http://www.getcomposting.com/wm/index2.htm I want to start doing this even though we won't be doing any gardening just yet - more from a reducing waste point of view. Is this a good type of composter to get and is that a good price for…
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Buffet ideas
Morning all, My little girls 1 in 12 days time (where has the time gone) we were going to be having a cup of tes and slice of cake at Mums to celebrate but its gone a bit further than that and now we have around 30 guests coming. Mum has 2 large rooms ans a utility room where the food will be served. So now for some daft…
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Halloween Party! (merged)
We have decided to throw a fancy dress halloween party...if you're not in fancy dress then you ain't comin in! But we need some ideas, for decorating, costumes, food/drink and costumes! So can we get our OS thinking caps on for this???? One good trick we may have up our sleeve is that a friend is an undertaker and he is…
