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December 2023 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the FINAL Grocery Challenge of 2023! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your November Budget then keep on posting in the November Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own…
November 2023 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the eleventh Grocery Challenge of 2023! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your October Budget then keep on posting in the October Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own…
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💬 Some classic Old Style threads * Share your charity shop bargains * Cooking for one * Meal plan thread * Sneaky Ways to Save the Pennies and Lots more Sneaky Ways to Save the Pennies * Vinegar - 1001 uses! * The Old Style Starter Pack Plus keep an eye on the Grocery Challenge - the current month's thread is usually…
2023 Vegan Storecupboard Challenge
Welcome to the 2023 Vegan Storecupboard Challenge! The idea of this challenge is to make a list of the contents of your food storecupbards and freezer and to minimise your grocery expenditure by using up as much of your stores as possible throughout the year. Although this goal has been pretty tenuously observed in the…
Should I Buy a Food Processor?
I have some gift card money and I am thinking of buying a food processor. I have never had one before. I am disabled and standing for long periods to cook is difficult, so I thought maybe a food processor would speed things up and allow me to cook more fresh and healthy food, cheaply and quickly, as I often buy ready…
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - on a tiny budget.
As the title suggests.......how to live a sweet life on a budget..... Travel, going out, fashion, food, home decor and just having fun times and getting the most out of each day......living our best lives ever. All tips and hacks gratefully received. 😂🤣 So a bit of background. I am 71 and feeling somewhat worse for wear.…
Is your heating ON or OFF?
hi just wonder how many of you have put the heating on yet i was going to wait untill november but my 7 year old dd woke me up at 430 this morring saying she was cold i swear i saw steam coming from her mouth so i got up and put it on the house was cold though and my ds has woken up a few time durring the night to (his…
Shop Charity in '23!
A shiny thread for chazzer shopping in 2023... If you're 'fashion on the ration' then it's 'coupon-free'. If you want to save the planet, boost a cause or stretch your money - come post your finds on here, be they fabulous or funny.
The all new using what you have from your Freezer, Cupboard or Shed (Barn)
It is probably time to have a new thread for this. What do you have in your freezer? In your cupboard/shed? Do you have a veg patch or allotment? What did you manage to store, preserve or freeze? I, myself, like to cook following a recipe, but love to add veg from my allotment!
Old Style Daily Saturday 02 December 2023
It's very chilly outside, I'm reluctant to get out of bed.
What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
Ok I'm diving in as I've noticed several of us have lost posts we thought had posted, and there now seems to be a serious risk of losing the whole thread. So thanks for the heads up Karcher. (and i sympathise Frith - i too like to nip back) I've revisited the first thread of our part 2, posted 28th October 2009. It said:…
Weekly Flylady Thread 28th November 2023
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless…
2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD
To use Guineapigsqueaks/Sa1sysoo words “A new thread for declutterbugs in (2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021, 2022) 2023 !" My 2022 was another washout on the decluttering & decorating fronts. Neither DH nor I have managed to summon up any enthusiasm for anything. Of course, we did have our TWO big holidays - the American…
Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 4th Quarter 2023
Hi All Welcome to the Old Style Weight Loss thread for quarter four 2023, the run up to Christmas :# Please feel free to start posting your weight loss goals for the next challenge which will run from the 1st October until the 31st December although I'm sure for most of us it will be up until the 24th December or the first…
2023 Frugal Living Challenge
Welcome to the all new 2023 Frugal Living Challenge Join us here for year 16 of the Frugaldom challenge on MSE It's that time of year again, the time when we all need to start thinking ahead into the new year and how we are going to organise our frugal lifestyles, be it to tackle debts, generate extra income or squirrel…
Cooking for one (Mark Three)
Welcome to Cooking one (Mark Three), time to get a shiny new thread up and running. The link to "Cooking for one (Mark Two)" can be found here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=73708876&posted=1#post73708876 Cooking For One 13th Jan 17 at 7:32 PM Hi, newbie poster though long time lurker trying to adjust…
O/S Daily Friday 1 December 2023
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, hard frost and sprinkle of snow here this morning. Dinner last night was braised pork lions new pots, veg gray and yorkshires. Normal chores to do working…
Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
Just thought this would be quicker reference than what's for dinner or searching through lots of posts? There used to be one a while back, Meal Plan Monday or obviously whatever day you start yours on 🙂 I did post mine in the Grocery challenge, but will post again for anybody that doesn't join in with that thread. Vegan…
It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?
It suddenly feels that the everyday things in life are getting very expensive...it's costing a small fortune to live a no-frills existence these days. What have you had to think twice about buying / reduce consumption of / or cut out altogether?
Magimix Gelato Expert
Hi, My son is being bought a Magimix Gelato Expert mahine for christmas. I am wanting to buy the ingredients, ready for him to use it Christmas Day. Would anyone have a recipe for Vanilla Ice cream? It seems there is no recipe book but an app that can be downloaded with a QR code. But the QR code doesnt seem to be…
2023 Fashion on the Ration Challenge
Welcome to the village hall of Much Mending on the Borrow, where it is perpetually 1942. We’ve just finished the village Fun Run and the runners are discussing their times. There’s a fire in the wood-stove, tea brewing in the pot and cakes to share. Don’t mind Scruffy-dog on the hearth rug, or Jess, the cat, on the…
O/S Daily Thursday 30 November 2023
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, hard frost with possibility of snow showers, we'll see. Dinner last night was fish and chips from the chip shop, nice but an expensive treat nowadays! Short…

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