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What has the OS Board "made" you buy??

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  • Nix143
    Nix143 Posts: 1,130 Forumite
    It's a given isn't it that after a week on here we all toddle off to buy the holy trinity of cleaning products
    - Stardrops
    - White vinegar
    - Microfibre clothes

    I reckon we should get given them in an induction pack :D

    (apologies if anyone has said the same thing, I haven't read the whole thread!)
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  • I have bought...

    Breadmaker (£14.99) -love it! :j
    soapnuts -brilliant :T
    soda crystals
    stardrops
    cheaper loo paper/kitchen rolls
  • I have bought a SC (v. pleased with it) and have cooked casseroles and rice pudding in it so far (not together!)

    Also Stardrops, Zoflora, microfibre cloths, w. vinegar, soda crystals.

    All brilliant and money saving - thank you all so much.
  • vivw_2
    vivw_2 Posts: 2,230 Forumite
    how do you make rice pudding in a SC
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.


  • piglet6
    piglet6 Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Stardrops
    Microfibre cloths
    Vinegar - no longer just used for chips in the house of Piglet!! :rolleyes:
    Sprouter for beans/seeds
    Stick blender

    We've also dug out the slow cooker (which had been at the back of the cupboard for soooo long!:o) and the bread maker (which I don't use very often because I am trying to lose a bit of weight and freshly cooked bread, with or without butter, is one of those things I find too hard to resist!!:p).

    Cheers, OS board...you're encouraging me along gently, and I appreciate it!! :T :A

    Piglet
  • Stardrops! (I do office cleaning at the weekends and this has saved me a fortune!)
    Vinegar. Not too clean on cleaning with it but bye bye fabric conditioner. :)
    I didn't get the free slow cooker afterall but am thinking of investing in one.
    New year, no debt! Debt free date - 02/01/07 :j :j :j :D
  • I have bought

    Panasonic breadmaker
    Morphy richards slowcooker
    stardrops
    Microfibre cloths

    Also eating more healthy foods and preparing them from stratch, love it.

    Kyle
  • TNG
    TNG Posts: 6,930 Forumite
    kyle wrote:
    I have bought

    Panasonic breadmaker
    Morphy richards slowcooker
    stardrops
    Microfibre cloths

    Also eating more healthy foods and preparing them from stratch, love it.

    Kyle



    same here, 'cept I got MR BM (and my names not kyle) :D
    :dance:There's a real buzz about the neighbourhood :dance:
  • Sarahsaver
    Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have, if anything, bought less. :)

    ALready had vinegar, microfibre cloths, slow cooker, breadmaker, and spent very little on food but still ate well.

    I have made more use of what I have already got in the house, whether it be decor, toys, clothes, furnishings, OS keeps reminding me to be frugal and therefore happy:)
    Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
    I have done reading too!
    To avoid all evil, to do good,
    to purify the mind- that is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.
  • dannahaz
    dannahaz Posts: 1,069 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well I already used microfibre cloths, made bread in my Panny. made lots of hm soups, made Jam and passata..but I can DEFINITELY thank this board for "making" me buy...

    stardrops
    something to sprout beans in
    white vinegar
    Mutton** from Fishleigh Estates - also known as Moorlands Farm
    Goat meat (although I haven't tried it yet)
    A sausage nozzle for my food processor so I could make my own sausages
    A food flask so I could make my own yoghurt
    Kefir grains
    Baby oil for my stainless steel hob
    Mozarella in bulk to freeze as we now make our own pizzas (with hm pizza dough)
    Linda Collister's fab book "Bread from Ciabatta to Rye"
    A load of spices to make Curry Queen's Curries (Edited to add)

    **This is the thing I thank the board for more than ANYTHING

    I'm sure there's more!
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