OS Daily Tuesday 14th April

Miss_Liquorice

This thread has made me think. My first reaction was money saving isn't necessarily the same as old style - old style is about value for money, not spending the least possible. Old style certainly helps moneysaving though!

I don't have many 'indulgences' - I do use real butter, mostly for baking as I use very little butter otherwise, and I just hated that 'marg' taste from cupcakes. At the moment my bed sheets are finest Primarni While I am a student, my money is going to rent and bills, so it is an experiment in cheap. But whenI graduate (and find a job...) I'm going to reasses my values - what do I really miss? I'd like to pick pasta shape based on what looks fun rather than value penne... but at the moment, that extra 50p is better going towards something more useful than spirals.

I think with bedsheets, for example, you can save up and treat yourself. But if you really crave decent fabric conditioner, buy it on special offer. Or go crazy and live life once and buy it as a treat! :rotfl: It's just about finding what's important to you, and nobody here is going to look down on you for treating yourself to fabric conditioner! Money saving is only a competition with your pre-MSE self, not with anyone else.

Penelope_Penguin

Buddingblonde wrote: »

You have all given me a lot of food for thought

I think that a little luxury is certainly needed in the house and that I have possibly taken that for granted when cutting down the household budget. I think a wee rethink might well be in order to get me back on track and feeling a little less cheated.

Glad it's helped :T I'll add this to the Old Style Daily thread, which is the best place to get inspiration to live an Old Style life

Penny. x

blueberrypie

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

- its all relative, I have just watched a compelling second world war film called 'the pianist' and feel quite wasteful living a 21st century lifestyle even though I am a frugalista.

So true.

Not long ago I saw a webpage - I wish I could find it again so I could link to it. Anyway, the page included a photograph of a group of children in London (I think) in the early part of the 20th century. One of those who'd commented on the story with the photo said that he'd asked an elderly relative what the biggest difference was between life then and life now - after some thought, she said that children nowadays - *all* children - have shoes. And indeed, in the photograph, very few of the children were wearing shoes.

It really made me stop and think about how much we have.