if you had to go back...

chickadee

I would keep my breadmaker. It is like a friend to me now. I must give it love and attention almost every day and it rewards me tenfold!

Also OH and DS will now eat more interesting bread. DS loves my 5-seed bread (sometimes 4-seed depending upon supplies) and previously he wouldn't eat anything with bits in and loved the white cotton-wool style bread from the supermarket. Now he asks for fruit loaf, seedy bread and malt loaf. Brilliant!

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I don't think I would want to go back to chucking my money away.This site is so good that when ever I feel tempted to spend any cash I log on here first, and half an hour and I change my mind about spending. I wonder if it is the equivelent of A.A. could be called M.A. or Money Anonnymous I suppose Keep up the excellent work I think it's great and love reading all the tips.

GreenFingers_2

Well… a very good question. When I was single, I was happy, contented, and naturally Old Style. Then I got married, and for a number of years I became unhappy, discontented and New Style. Then I got divorced, and once again became happy, contented and naturally Old Style – hooray. :rotfl:

Mango

Definately the way I shop and meal plan - I used to be terrible at just going into the supermarket and picking up whatever I liked and used to throw away loads of food as I couldn't use it all up/it would go off before I had got around to using it. I feel quite ashamed at how much food I used to waste.

Rikki

Mango wrote:

Definately the way I shop and meal plan - I used to be terrible at just going into the supermarket and picking up whatever I liked and used to throw away loads of food as I couldn't use it all up/it would go off before I had got around to using it. I feel quite ashamed at how much food I used to waste.

Definitely less waste.

Always cooked from sratch but with the recipe section I am now spoilt for choice.

minus point Less housework too much time spent with you guys.

freyaluck

There are so many things that I would hate to give up.
I think I would have to keep cooking from scratch, but then theres the recycling(a lot more) and saving ( I have savings for the 1st time in my life :j )
I just think If I couldn't go it O/S I would have to curl up and die :A I have lived through years of new style and the depression that went with it . I still get the odd down days , but nothing like it was before, where I would sit on my butt in front of the telly all day everyday and moan and shout cos I had no money, O.K I still have very little money , but it goes a hell of a lot further these days. :beer: .
Now I get up and start preparing dinner, what happened there, dinner was usually something I only ever thought about when my eldest was moaning coz she was hungry or dp walked through the door after work. :rolleyes:
I still can't believe what a mess I was.

So My answer is I couldn't not live O/S it would kill me!

rchddap1

It would have to be the breadmaker & HM Pizzas. OH can't live without them now, and really enjoys making and eating them.

pavlovs_dog

well reading through the posts, its nice to see that most of us would opt to save the things that make us healthier and allow us to spend more time with out familes, which is nice....

elona

I would hate to be without the breadmaker and slow cooker - DDs love home made pizza and DH loves soups and stews made in slow cooker.

moggins

I've always been a little old style, being here though has made me feel more normal and not on the outside of society anymore. The one thing I would keep is my baking. It's always been a disaster before and I thought it was me, now I've straightened my cooker and learned it's funny ways I feel much more confident and am always baking when I have a spare minute.