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What Frugal/Cheap/Old Style websites do you visit

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  • jinny
    jinny Posts: 1,889 Forumite
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    Hi All, Don't know if this has been posted before, but i have just been on this great website about self sufficiency for urban folk.
    http://www.selfsufficientish.com/
    gonna have a go at the grape wine or nettle beer!
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
    Put on some lipstick
    and pull yourself together”
    - Elizabeth Taylor
  • dND
    dND Posts: 801 Forumite
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    Their recipe for elderflower cordial is really good too :beer:

    http://www.selfsufficientish.com/elderflowercordial.htm
    Aiming for a Champagne Lifestyle on a Lemonade Budget
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  • Sailor_Sam
    Sailor_Sam Posts: 278 Forumite
    Have just checked out the self suffic site, it looks great. Have added it to my Favs list. Looked at the property for sale in Portugal. So tempted to sell up. How much is a euro ! dream on.
    A good cowboy always drinks upstream from the herd.
    A good cowgirl always keeps her calves together.
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,215 Forumite
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    i found this whilst trawling the boards for info on household manuals, and have spent best part of an evening looking around it.

    what a fab find! cheers OP
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • Hi all, just in the middle of a thunder storm here!!! its august!!

    Anyway i was just wondering what everybodys favourite frugal sites, for cheap recipes, using up leftovers, making homemade gifts etc etc??

    (as long as it took me to write this post, the sun is now shining!!)
  • lauren_1
    lauren_1 Posts: 2,067 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    You must be near me, we have had downpours, storms and now beaming sunshine (big black clouds on the hovering by though)

    My fav site, erm, this one!
    I have not looked at any others though.
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,650 Forumite
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    Hi leighanne,

    There's an earlier thread on this that may help so I've added your post to it to keep the replies together.

    These threads may interest you too:

    A frugal website - American - not religious!

    Money Saving/Frugal Living/Voluntary Simplicity Blogs

    Pink
  • helenhugs
    helenhugs Posts: 1,149 Forumite
    jennyjelly wrote: »
    I often buy DVDs for presents and always check for the best prices on www.find-dvd.co.uk
    I use this & the books one www.find-book.co.uk both fab :)
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.
    Good Enough Club member number 8
    :j £2 coin club = now in a sealed tin so I'm not sure
  • Magentasue
    Magentasue Posts: 4,229 Forumite
    I often find myself on the websites mentioned above but due to being a miserable cow, can't be doing with them because of the americanish. This is the only one I visit regularly. Besides which, there are so many hours in a day and every now and again I have to do a bit of real life.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,351 Community Admin
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    found this site from a blog page, ican sit and stare at the pictures for hours
    and waste more time doing nothing!

    www.foodgawker.com
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