Old style MoneySaving

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…

Good morning all. BRB

Morning all. 

Morning all. I'll be back, meanwhile sending love to @Camelot for her gallstones surgery today. 

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…

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…

Good morning all. 

Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot - morning all. 

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…

Morning all. I'm off down to Glasgow for two days. Leaving shortly. Hugs to all. 

Good morning all. 

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 ?

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…

Morning all sleepy heads. I'm still in bed. BRB

Pinch Punch, first of the month. Morning all. 

Morning all. 

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…

Morning all. No hotel breakfast so still in bed. BRB 

Morning. Just going down for second hotel breakfast.

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!