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Welcome to the last Grocery Challenge of 2024! 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…

Morning all. Not moving yet. 😀

To use Guineapigsqueaks/Sa1sysoo words “A new thread for declutterbugs in (2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021, 2022, 2023) 2024 !" My 2023 was another washout on the decluttering & decorating fronts. Neither DH nor I have managed to summon up any enthusiasm for anything. Not helped by DH’s health scare in March 😔 Our…

Morning all. It's a very bitterly cold Bank Holiday here. I'll be back. 

Happy New Year. Hello Everyone. I continue on my mission to live La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - living the best possible life I can with what can be politely termed a modest budget. 😂 I want to have it all......a beautiful home, gorgeous clothes, gourmet quality food, exotic travel and fun. Alas I am not a trust fund…

Welcome to the all new 2024 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…

Happy New Year. 🎉

OK, it's that time again! I know a few people have done this in the previous years, but I'm making a start on getting organised (or procrastinating over my 23 for 23 list 😂) The idea is you have a list of 24 goals, that you do 24 times during the year. It can be big or small, fun or serious, and the idea is something you…

Been using a cheap air fryer for a couple of years now and an apple crumble is a favourite thing i cook. Got a Ninja for Christmas and just tried a crumble in it, set it for 30mins as usual and when i went to get it out i found that almost half the crumble topping had been blown off. Any ideas what i can do, if i cover it…

Good morning everyone. I'll be back soon. 

Hi All Welcome to the Old Style Weight Loss thread for quarter four 2024. 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 appreciate people will probably want to stop before Christmas! You do not have to submit a loss or…

Recently my Indesit washing machine has started emitting beeps throughout its normal programme. It's usually a matter of three short beeps but can be more. Does anyone know what this means? The manual went awol years ago and I haven't a clue.

I've been given a Tesco finest iced Christmas cake with a best before date of 31 January 2025 and will not eat it all by then. I freeze rich fruit cake but never an iced cake. Will it successfully freeze so I can continue to enjoy it for a longer period.

Morning all. The night has been very rough so I may snooze. 

I'm going away for a couple of days and I wondered if I make sandwiches on the Tuesday morning and put them in tin foil in a tupperware box, will they be ok to eat on the Wednesday lunchtime? Unfortunately I won't be able to keep them refrigerated.

🎄Christmas Week Starts here🎄 Thank you, Valli, for last week's 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…

Good morning - just starting off, I'll be back later

Good morning everyone. 

There is a discussion on this board started by @markglasses who has been taking jam sandwiches to work for many years. To help him and others to have a virtual peek into others delights, this thread has been started. Mark would also like to see approximate costs as well, if at all possible. So anyone who wishes to lift the…

This Sunday (26 November) is 'Stir Up Sunday' - traditionally a day to make your Christmas pud and/or cake. Will you be stirring your Christmas pudding this weekend (or perhaps you've done it already)? In this thread from 2012 several Forumites shared their family recipes, and there's also a 2004 thread with another…