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Freezing shop brought cakes?
Freezing things is one area I’m never really sure about can you freeze shop brought cakes if they don’t say suitable for freezing? I know some say not suitable for freezing but the majority don’t seem to say either way. There are few cakes out at the moment that would great for Xmas but stock is already hard to find so…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 13 November 2025
Morning all.
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OS Daily Wednesday 12th November
Morning all
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October 2025 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the tenth Grocery Challenge of 2025! As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 11 November 2025
Morning all. BRB
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Old Style Daily Monday 10 November 2025
Morning folks. Off for my procedure later. Trying to relax a bit longer.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 3 November 2025
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. 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 but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 09 November 2025
Good morning all. BRB
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Old Style Daily Saturday 08 November 2025
Morning all.
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Old Style Daily Friday 07 November 2025
Morning all. I'll be back, meanwhile sending love to @Camelot for her gallstones surgery today.
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Vegan Storecupboard Challenge 2024
It's back!! 😁 ETA: This challenge is about using up what you have in your storecupboard and freezers to make vegan meals and save money on groceries! Link to last year's challenge: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6413148/2023-vegan-storecupboard-challenge/p1 Following a massive deep clean of my food…
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Finding a Balance with Teens
When you're being thrifty due to your innate nature and the desire to have the money to help your kids through uni, your own retirement funds etc rather than an immediate necessity, how do you balance your teenagers' current 'needs' for beauty products, socialising, gadgets, clothes etc? -things that you wouldn't dream of…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 06 November 2025
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 05 November
Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot - morning all.
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Adulting my way into 2025!
I've been around on these boards for a number of years now, and still I'm struggling to get my act together :D I guess I'm realising I'm not very good at keeping myself accountable, so I'm hoping you'll let me have this (almost) diary here so I can check in with what I've managed to achieve. At almost 40, I need some…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 04 November 2025
Morning all. I'm off down to Glasgow for two days. Leaving shortly. Hugs to all.
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Old Style Daily Monday 03 November 2025
Good morning all.
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Revitive Circulation boosters
I am interested in buying one - to help mobility problems caused by knees !1. Do they genuinely work ?2. Which model is best ?3. Where is the cheapest place to buy from ?
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Thrifty in my 60's
Next year I reach 60. I have never been bothered about the other big O birthdays . Being 60 does bother me, for various reasons. 1 My father died when he was 60. 2,It is the decade you retire in 67 for myself. I am going to start saving and being thrifty, Also what did you all do when you were 60. I have arranged to go to…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 27th October 2025
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 but,
unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all
need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also…