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Lentils
I’ve used the search function but am not sure any of the threads answered my question. i usually buy dried puy lentils for stews/curries. I need to replenish but notice that the supermarkets only have one brand. They all have brown, green and speckled green which are way cheaper. So what’s the difference? Are speckled…
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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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2025 Frugal Living Challenge
Welcome to the all new 2025 Frugal Living Challenge Challenge yourself to live a frugal lifestyle so you can afford the freedom to enjoy life. This is about household budgeting, simply living and being creative with your money. Frugality can be a fabulous lifestyle choice for debtbusting, boosting savings or investing in…
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Old Style Daily New Years Day 2026
Good morning - and a very Happy New Year.
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The War against plastic waste
I don't know if we have a specific thread on here for sharing tips against reducing our plastic use - perhaps we could share them, but here's a current "bee in my bonnet". We recently received our National Trust magazine which came packaged in an oute wrapper which said: "I am 100% compostable and contain Potato Starch.…
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2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering
To use Guineapigsqueaks/Sa1sysoo words “A new thread for declutterbugs in (2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024) 2025 !" My 2024 was another washout on the decluttering & decorating fronts. That is what happens when I don’t plan ahead 😔 Neither DH nor I have managed to summon up any enthusiasm for anything…
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2025 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
(The Fashion On The Ration Challenge is about restraining our shopping impulses and buying the clothing we need as well as what we want. As @Laura_Elsewhere said "If this group is about anything, it's about understanding how we buy and what we buy and when we buy...". We use the original, 1942, clothing rations.) ---------…
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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 4th Quarter 2025
Hi All Welcome to the Old Style Weight Loss thread for quarter four 2025 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. You do not have to submit a loss or gain for the first week as it's our starting week, you can post your first…
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O/S Daily Wednesday New Years' Eve 2026
Morning all.
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Shorten trousers
I've bought a pair of leather jeans with unfinished long leg hems, I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion on how to temporarily shorten them securely so I can wear and decide on length I finally decide I want to turn them up to. Also how best to shorten them - simply cut? or a smarter way? I've searched and glue or tape…
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A Very MSE Advent 2025
Welcome old and new faces to A Very MSE Advent 🎄 Our advent runs from the 1st December to the 24th I originally set this diary up because while pleased for my friends, I was envious of their fancy advent calendars and wanted to appreciate what I did have- and save a few quid! Your advent can be anything you like, such as…
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Mellow Fruitfulness
Our Autumn OATs (Outstanding Annoying Tasks) thread With thanks to Keats and the Met Office for the thread title https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/weather/seasons/autumn/autumn-facts I think my main OAT aim this autumn is to get a lot of foodstuffs out of the cupboards and not wasted, which is going to have to…
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December 2025 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the twelfth 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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Preserving (Kilner) jars etc - best place to sell?
After 45 years of bottling our garden produce, we're cutting back in the new year to just jams, pickles and chutneys. So we will soon have well over 100 "old" type ("Dual-Purpose") Kilner jars* together with their rings, new lids and so forth that will be surplus to requirements, plus our All-American 921 Pressure Canner.…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 30 December 2025
Good morning everyone.
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Blanket that's not wool or fleece?
We have a 4ish tog wool duvet but I get cold at night. I am however menopausal and have found putting wool or fleece on top makes me too hot. Have also tried chenille and similar. My brain is blank, what other types of blanket could I try? Bonus if they don't have tassels on and even better if are cheap. Thank you
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O/S Daily Monday December 29th 2025
Good morning all.
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Cheapest place to buy insulated gloves?
Both DH and I have reynauds so insulated gloves are a must. Unfortunately we also have three teenagers who lose things so need more gloves. The last lot I bought from a market stall on holiday, they were thinsulate so very warm. I don't have a market near me at all so where would be the cheapest place to get several pairs…
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O/S Daily Sunday 28th December 2025
Good morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd December 2025
Cristmas week starts here 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…
