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The Second Purse Thread
Hello everyone, I’ve been thinking of reviving the Second Purse Challenge
for a while and a post by @Frugalistamama spurred me on. For those who don’t know about this way of grocery budgeting,
I’ve linked the original posting by @Mothership below. I intend to set aside £30 of my monthly food budget to look
for bargains to…
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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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Advent calendars for ourselves.
Last year there was a post about "advent calendars" which instead of expensive treats was things like re- visiting a favourite piece of jewellery or other simple treats,each day. I can't find the post. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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25 for 2025
It's that time again, as we face the end of one year and embark on a new. So if you're up for a challenge, feel free to join in. You'll know how this goes if you've done any of the previous years, but for newbies the idea is you have a list of 25 goals that you do 25 times during the year or just a list of 25 goals to hit…
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O/S WOMBLING, Road Coinage, Skips, Roadside 'finds' etc
Okay Confess.......... Who has benefited from people having clear outs. I will begin with my 'finds'.......... A perfect lamp A wooden stool about a foot high. Perfect for me as I am challenged height wise. 2 Flower pots A plastic shopping basket. Great for carrying multiple items up the stairs. A metal shoe rack. All…
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Frugaling my way to FIRE
Hi all I have always spent most of my time on the DFW boards as have spent the majority of my adult life in debt (thanks to a 1990s education that didn't talk about money, parents who weren't well off but hid it very well and being given loads of credit cards when I started university with no education about what that…
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Old Style Daily Monday 03 November 2025
Good morning all.
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Preparing for Winter V
Official MoneySavingExpert.com Insert: If you've come through to this discussion from this week's email, welcome to the MSE Forum. You've joined our Old Style MoneySaving forumites chatting about how to prepare for winter. Read below, read the last few pages of the discussion to see their most recent posts and click…
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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…
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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…
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Prepping: the new world...
Thought it was about time for a new Prepping thread... Please keep it on topic, friendly and realistic for life in the UK (i.e. no hurricane basements, no guns, no politics). For those that don't know, the Guides & Scouts among us will be prepared, but are the rest of us ready? IMPORTANT NOTE: this thread is a resource for…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 02 November 2025
Morning all sleepy heads. I'm still in bed. BRB
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Old Style Daily Saturday 01 November 2025
Pinch Punch, first of the month. Morning all.
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Old Style Daily Friday 31 October 2025
Morning all.
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2024 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…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 30 October 2025
Morning all. No hotel breakfast so still in bed. BRB
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 29 October 2025
Morning. Just going down for second hotel breakfast.
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Is there an app for daily tasks?
I'm looking for a (free) app that might be useful to me to list daily and weekly tasks. Some for self care and others for housework etc. I really need to get myself motivated and this just might help!
