Your best OS find this year??

a_sav

It has to be M&S wine &dine for £10.00 luxury on a budget

Gers

Slow cooker - making a bulk of food and freezing - hearing how others are coping - being part of the lives of others (from a distance).

almar_2

Going back to old style cooking proper food, mostly in the slow cooker and buying my fresh meat on line http://www.fresh-meat-online.co.uk/index.html has saved me an absolute fortune.

Micro fibre cloths and all the cleaning tips are brill too.

In 2009 I am going to grow my own veg in pots too.

shopndrop

My slowcooker, bread maker and Remoska as well as buying an energy monitor and being shocked at how much electricity some household items were using so enabling us to cut back or switch things off, changing our lightbulbs from normal ones to low energy ones.

lilac_lady

ATM machine - cash only concentrates the mind on what's getting spent.

newlywed

Slowcooker - thanks for the tip Love the way it cooks dinner for me while I'm at work Shame it doesn't chop and prepare the food too

Also ... Twinks hobnobs - an easy way to keep the kids quiet - while they help make them and eat them

And I love the 5 OS pleasures thread - helps me try to think of the positives even if I feel a bit

sunflower76

I don't think I can narrow it down to just one - sorry

1. Avoiding the supermarket (local shops, veg box and online delivery when absolutely necessary)
2. Cooking and baking from scratch
3. Breadmaker
4. Stardrops
5. White vinegar

And I'm sure there are loads more

Tabatha_Kitten

1. Meal planning.
2. Cooking in bulk & freezing.
3. Rubber chicken.
4. Cutting my washing powder with soda crystals.

Cat_Addict

What is rubber chicken LOL?

afterglow_2

lots of them, best one is using my local butcher for decent cheap cuts of meat for a really nice homecooked couple of meals every week!!
stocking up my cupboards with cheap essentials so dont go to expensive shops!
cycling everywhere, with a backpack, cheap, healthy and good for the environment!!!
planting my own herbs and tomatoes in the summer was my biggest highlight!!!!