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How Do I Save Money Leading Up To Christmas?
As we all know, Christmas is on the way. And with an increase in the cost of living, I'm becoming a bit worried. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated :)
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Weekly Flylady Thread 14th November 2022
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 20 November 2022
Morning folks. Off to make a brew.
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O/S Daily Saturday 19/11/22
Good morning, I'm popping off to make coffee, back soon
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New job and I need ideas for not buying food on the go
Morning all I've been working from home / very part time for the last year. I've lost nearly 3 stone by eating healthily and cooking from scratch, as well as saving the pennies from not buying ready made food. Just two of us as kids have flown. I've now got a new job 4 days a week and through previous habits I know my fab…
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Examples of surprising prices
Did shop today and Prawns were cheaper than Margarine. I was surprised by this as see prawns as luxury and Margarine as a basic and not suggesting you use prawns instead of Margarine. It seems to me the basics are getting very expensive and we should switch our diets possibly. Some more examples would be most helpful
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which brand of washer dryer would it be wisest to opt for?
I live in a flat so I must get a single unit for both washing and drying. it seems they are likely to be less reliable, but that's the consequences of being poor, everything costs more. :/ well I am trying to decide brand. the cheapest ones sell the most and so the parts must be easy to get and repairs therefore cheaper.…
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Old Style Daily Friday 18 November 2022
Morning folks. It's a chilly start here with no hope of any more warmth. Some may remember that ages ago I was disappointed to find that the mugs I wanted to buy from M&S had been discontinued, well yesterday they were back on their website at a reduced price so I've ordered four. 😀 When I emptied the dishwasher yesterday…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 17 November 2022
Morning folks. The stars are twinkling in the sky this morning, one of my favourite sights of the day. Yesterday I spent some time rearranging my thoughts, pushing some right away and bringing others right to the front of my mind. It's so blooming annoying that one negative memory always pushes in to eat away the many good…
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 16 November 2022
Good morning folks. What a nasty day yesterday was, persistent rain and wind. I went out to visit my elderly friend in hospital, what a shock it was to see him. He's lost so much weight I hardly recognised him but his eyes still twinkle and his humour was intact. I'd only been there for 10 minutes when one of his daughters…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 15 November 2022
Good morning folks. It's so dark, miserable and uninviting outside. I'll write more once I'm up.
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Old Style Daily Monday 14 November 2022
Morning all. It's grey and wet outside and I'm still under my duvet. I'll BRB.
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October 2022 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the tenth Grocery Challenge of 2022! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your September Budget then keep on posting in the September Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own…
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Drying clothes?
Household generates about 4 loads of washing a week, too expensive to run the temperamental tumble drier. Don’t have an outdoor space for washing line or whirly-gig, or the headroom for a ceiling drying rack. Trying to keep the heating off, bar the occasional 30 minute run to take the edge off, for as long as possible.…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 7th November 2022
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 13 November 2022
Morning folks.
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next up.....tumble drier balls
do they work?
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Old Style Daily Saturday 12 November 2022
Good morning folks. BRB.
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O/S Daily Friday 11 November 2022
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Very dark start to the day. DH and DS1 getting ready for work, I'm showered, dressed and enjoying my first cuppa and my porridge whilst on here. DS2 settled and happy..…
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Budget Advice
Hi, I'm looking for some advice in regards to my budget and I'm hoping someone can help. I am doing ok financially at the moment but I feel quite worried in relation to rising costs (as everyone is) so I'm looking to make changes where I can. I do a budget on an Excel spreadsheet once a month and try to be fairly careful…
