February is 'use up' month

nearlyrich

Guilty as charged,

I buy BOGOF shower stuff, hair products and other things that don't go off, we have a cupboard full and I start one bottle and leave it half full and go onto another.:eek:

shetitasatic

There is already a thread for this. See 'February is use up month'!! :j

Hermia

Also if you have stuff that doesn't suit you think of using it in differerent ways. I often find that moisturisers that don't suit the sensitive skin on my face are okay if I use them as body lotion. People are always giving my bubble bath for Christmas, it doesn't suit my skin so I use it as a foot soak

Lillibet_2

I've been trying to use up my odds & ends in the bathroom for 2 years...trouble is, I keep getting more free samples, birthday pressies etc & never seem to come to the end of them! I currently have 18 bottles of bubble bath sitting in the cupbaord, thats 2 more than 13 months ago & I haven't bought a single one & use it religously!

arkonite_babe

I'll merge this into the "February is use up month" thread soon.

As the posts are in date order you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up

ladygrey_2

you could pack a selection of toiletries you think you won't use in a pretty basket and donate it as a raffle prize for a good cause

HOLsale

still working on the use it up thing in my kitchen

today i spent hours cooking and i am so pleased with myself

i used up all the breadcrusts and ends i've been saving in my freezer. i now have a bag of breadcrumbs/cheese in the freezer for casseroles

i used some on the homemade macaroni cheese that i made (using up some very old packets of cheese sauce as part of the base)

i finally got around to making pate from the pigs liver that's been in my freezer so long i was thinking of leaving something to it in my will :rotfl:

the recipe i used said to put an onion, stock cube and water in it and cook the liver in that then discard. well couldn't waste that good stuff so i used the liver for the pate (used some of that blue curaco AND some horrible whisky we've had for ages in the pate) then i toss the stock left from cooking the liver in the slowcooker along with all the other bits and pieces i've been saving in my freezer for stock. now i have a few bags of stock.

i also made rice pudding to use up the last of a box of risotto rice

and i had some brown flour that needed using up so i made some welsh fruit bread using that and all the little bags of dried fruit (you know, the ones where there's a few bits in the corner of a bag )

everything turned out soooooo nice too! in fact dh said that my mac n cheese was the best he's ever had...quite a compliment considering it's my first attempt to make it home made :T

Gers

I've now found an unopened bag of porridge date BB Sept '03. I'm sure it's OK to use still so will be adding it to the tin of porridge soon.

Can I die from porridge poisioning?




:rotfl:

Sarahsaver

Gers wrote:

I've now found an unopened bag of porridge date BB Sept '03. I'm sure it's OK to use still so will be adding it to the tin of porridge soon.

Can I die from porridge poisioning?




:rotfl:

check there are no bugs in it;)

Gers

Sarahsaver wrote:

check there are no bugs in it;)

BUGS??? :eek: It's still sealed and I've given the packet a good clean and nothing is moving. You've got me worried now!


*going off to look for bugs*



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