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Refilling tea lights
I seem to have loads of bits of wax around where the wick has been burnt but the wax remains. I wondered if I could use the wax to refill tea lights ...has anyone done this? How do you do it?
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washing powder
I normally buy Tesco own brand of washing tablets and wash on 40 but decided to go for 30 but found traces of white on dark clothes. Do I need to buy Aerial which boasts of washing on 30 using this. I suppose it would be cheaper to buy their powder and use less electricity as price is going up (we changed to npower last…
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old style board
Hi I am still a newbie and I only manage to find this forum by accident or by trawling through lots of threads. Can somebody tell me the easy way to find it. I tend to log onto mse website and go through the drop down forum menu there, but there is no mention of this site. Thanks L
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Another 'thick' question from me....
I bought some ready cooked sausage rolls yesterday reduced at Tesco. I thought they would be good for my girls packed lunches so i've frozen them. My question is...can i take them out of the freezer and defrost them and eat them, or do i need to re-heat them first....... also does anyone freeze cooked pizza and then…
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Best Place to Buy Happy Chicken
Hi Guys, I'm a bit of a newbie and loving this place.:j I try and only buy happy chickens that have had a good life, I buy them from Marks (the Oakham Chickens) they are fab when they are on offer but can be pricy the rest of the time. Does anyone else know of a place where we can get reasonably priced 'happy' meat? I am…
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Teenagers bedroom
I wondered if anyone has suggestions about my 13 yo son's bedroom - it is a disgrace! I know thats the case with most teenagers (I was pretty bad) but even when I bite the bullet and force him to tidy it, it is trashed again the next day. He doesn't seem to care about the mess at all. It's not so much I mind it being a bit…
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Metallic Marks on Porcelain sink
Hi just as the title suggests, we've acquired those horrible dark grey scratch marks on our white bathroom sink. I think they're from belt buckles and buttons on jeans. They're really obvious, and I wondered if there's any way to get them to fade or to get rid of them completely? Cheers
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Can I just run this one past all you experienced cooks out there please?
Most of the recipes that we use (for casserole/soup type things) begin with 'sweating onions/vegetables etc in oil' to make the base of the recipe. I've been trying this out in my microwave using onions, peppers etc in a drop of water to soften them first. It strikes me that this is reducing the amount of fat in the end…
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Left over meat ideas?
Hi I have some left over cooked beef pot roast which I need to use up and wanted to know if anyone had any ideas of what to do with it for another meal? I also have some marinated cooked chicken that I made a chicken noodle soup with the other night as we're all ill. So anything quick and easy and I am not in the frame to…
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Shopping List Software (Free)
Had a little play around with this free software download yesterday. http://www.homeplansoftware.com/shoplist.htm You can input the prices of your groceries per item and compile, print and even save your shopping lists. I've devised a "weekly" shopping list, a "bi-weekly" shopping list and a "monthly" one. It does take a…
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PMS Challenge 2008
Little birdie tells me some of you are missing the Pin Money Savings Challenge, so ... here it is for 2008 :D :D :D Here's the deal:- This is our "Pin Money Savings Challenge" (PMS for short) - a very old style way of money 'saving'. The old adage: "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves" is…
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Weekly Shop - how low ?
I know this is a bit like "how long is a piece of string" but how much should i aim for for weekly shopping bills ? I cannot look at current spend as TBH it is so erratic that it is not a reflection of shopping needs more a reflection of how i graze the isles at supermarkets buying !!!!!! i do not need:o We are a family of…
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can i use ground coffee with out a perculator?
i just received my £9 hamper from mr t`s :j was £50 :beer: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=661951 bargain of the year for me so far!! anyway amongst all the delish preserves and bottles of wine choccies and biccies there is some ground coffee and i haven`t got one of those perculator thingys as…
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My Old Style 'Full Circle' - Sorry, bit long
Hello everyone, I have been lurking for a year now but have never had the courage to post before. I have been so inspired by you all, laughed, cried (a lot) when reading some of the threads, but most of all I have been reminded that old style is perfectly normal. Thank you!!!!! I hope nobody minds but I would like to share…
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Chow Mein Sauce
Hi there, does anyone have any ideas how to make a nice chow mein sauce? Trying to cut down on food budget and a nice cheap chicken chow mein always go down well, but I don't want to spend 50p per packet on a tiny sachet on sauce. Thanks in advance, Stacie
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Any uses for empty sweet tins???
Got loads of sweets (roses, celebrations etc) for Christmas and now have empty tins. Hubby says chuck them out as we have too much clutter already but I hate to bin them (albeit pit them in recycling) if there is a good use for theem I have overlooked. Thanks
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Help with recipe book title please
I can remember reading on here a thread recommending a recipe book from years ago but can't find it (the thread). Can anyone give me an idea of what it was called i haven't got a lot to go on except it was written by a woman and it was real money saving OS recipes. :confused: Thanks in advance
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Saturday 5th January - Os Thread
Good morning.. this is the Daily Thread for 05/01/08. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Love Food Hate Waste
Hi I think this is my first post - it must be, I have had so much trouble trying to find my password. Found this and thought of you all. Found from the Edinburgh Vogues that my Cousin sends me. Have looked at this website and cannot believe there is not as much info as I thought there would be - we cannot teach the…
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what to do with shortbread
... other than eat it LOL We got a lovely Walkers hamper for Christmas. I say lovely - it looked gorgeous, full of scrummy shortbread etc, but I am constantly doing WW so shortbread out for me, also my MIL brought 2 packs of Morrisons shortbread with her on Christmas Day (no idea why, but there you go). So we have about 8…
