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Archives for March 2013

Old postage stamps
Last year my mum passed away. Whilst clearing the attic I found my old stamp collection from when I was a kid (yes I was a bit geeky:)). It's from the late 70's / early 80's, so new money. I've checked ebay and I would either get peanuts or nothing for them. So my question is, can I use them for post that I send now? I…
Weekly Flylady Thread 1st April 2013
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Thank you to Dusty for last week's thread :D The…
what more cutbacks can you make to combat increasing gov cuts and price increases !!
my family has three kids two of them autistic and we are looking at benefit cuts and price increases accross the board :mad: i am trying to buy my own home so that they have some security when im gone and a roof over their heads becuse the government arnt going to be helping us :cool: so we already have cut right back and…
O/S Daily Happy Easter, The Cheep, Cheep, Thread
O/S Daily Sunday 31th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please…
Cheap budget meals to feed 7! Any ideas?
Due to recent circumstances (family members falling on hard times and staying with us) there are now six adults and one growing teenager in the house.Our energy bills have skyrocketed due to the demands of so many people being in the house, and especially as two members are disabled and feel the cold a lot more so the…
Lentil Curry
Hi Can anyone recommend any lentil curry recipes ? I decided that we should eat more vegetarian food so bought a selection of lentils but to be honest I'm not sure what to with them. I''ve got brown lentils, urid dal, channa dal & orange lentils. I''ve tried looking in recipe books but all the recipes I like use different…
O/S Daily Saturday 30 March 2013
O/S Daily Saturday 30th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
How to make the most of cost price meat, veg & fruit
Hi All, I will apologise as I know this board gets lots of posts like this but... I have recently started a new job and as a result I can get all my fruit & vegetables at cost price from a wholesaler :money:. I can also get cost price meat from a very highly regarded butchers. However I have really got into a rut recently…
Can this last 8 days ?
I can do a small shop, basically were going away 8th April for a week, 2 days after booking this the washing machine went meaning I need to replace. Will be able to do an online shop when I return but for now I have. Loaf of bread 12 small pitta breads Frozen peas and sweet corn Around 2kg potatoes 1 bag of pasta 7 carrots…
O/S Daily Good Friday Holiday thread
O/S Daily Friday 29th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please…
Anyone else doing a 'spring clean'?
Morning I have decided the house needs a good spring clean. I always start these things and one or two rooms ed up clean and sorted, but need some inspiration to do the rest of the house! Having become Pinterest obsessed I have seen lots of things that I want to make/use for storage etc but need the house sorted first.…
Can you freeze clotted cream?
Hi, I'm doing a proper afternoon tea with sarnies, cakes and scones with clotted cream. I bought three tubs of clotted cream, I'm sure these pots are getting smaller! It was 3 for the price of 2. I don't want to appear a cheapskate so need 2 pots of cream, can I freeze the third one or will I just have to eat it all? :D…
I'm cold...
I got my gas/electricity bill yesterday and I'm nearly £500 in arrears so I need to radically change something. I've decided I'm not going to use the heating at all when my daughter isn't here and only use it sparingly when she is but I need to find ways to keep us - and the pets - as warm as possible cheaply. We live in a…
Meal Plans W/B 31th March
Good morning everyone! Happy easter weekend everyone. Im taking the best of both worlds, having had my passover seder last week and having lots of easter eating this long weekend. got loads (3 kilos!) of cheese yesterday at wholesale cost, so need to eat through some of that as it is taking up lots of space in the fridge.…
O/s Daily Thursday 28th March
O/S Daily Thursday 28th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
Roadkill, for bloke.
:hello: all, Long time no see. :D For a while now I've been thinking about trying to use some roadkill. I've seen the programmes on TV, where people actively cruise the highways and byways of our green and pleasant land, looking for things that have been run over; squirrels, pigeons, anything they can eat. This appeals to…
Frozen fish query.
I have some fish that was bought in may 2012, it was fresh cod in a vacuum pack. I put it in the freezer and it's still there. Is it safe to eat or should I chuck it? Also have some calamari that was bought at the same time, this was already frozen. Same question, is it safe to eat? Thank you. :)
Lamb expensive? - Not at the moment!
I thought that I would post this here, because a lot of folks (like us) are trying to find ways of economising with food, and at the moment there are some brilliant deals on legs of lamb, the best seeming to be Asda, where I purchased one leg yesterday (£8.50), and went back for another two today to freeze (£7.80 and…
OS Wednesday 27th March
O/S Daily Wednesday 27th March This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
chicken soup
Tonight I cooked a chicken in the SC for the first time :money: I put an onion, 3 carrots and a couple of celery sticks in whilst it was cooking. I've left all the juices and veg in the SC and put the bones (carcass totally colapsed) back into the SC. I was going to put 3-4 pints of water in to make soup but should I…

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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to cut overdraft rates for millions but hike them for others – here's what's happening and full help
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Warm Home Discount expansion confirmed with millions more eligible for the £150 top-up this winter – here's what we know
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Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
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