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

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  • JailhouseBabe
    JailhouseBabe Posts: 1,590 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BM (cheap - not impressed, may have to return & upgrade)
    Stardrops
    Microfibre cloths
    Soda Crystals

    Very impressed with those who are now growing their own. I'd try, but I know I'd make excuses not to maintain - hate gardening with a passion!
    some people grin and bear it, others smile and do it :)
  • Horasio
    Horasio Posts: 6,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I am contemplating buying a slow cooker

    Stardrops
    More microfibre cloths at a decent price
    Seeds - I have a greenhouse

    Need to get well enough to use the cloths/stardrops - not been well and not cleaned for a couple of weeks

    I have used my washing line more but I do live in Scotland!

    I look for more reduced items and have shopped at Lidl/Aldi more

    So I am using more of what I have and looking to save money a lot more - spent £100 less on food last month.
    An average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T :o :rotfl: :rotfl: :p :eek::mad: :beer:
    I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Jailjouse Babe, I used to be one of those who hated gardening too, I left that to my XDH as he loved it, but when we got divorced and I was left with a 110 foot garden I had no choice. I did turn most of it over to grass the first year or so, now I have two large veggie patches, fruit bushes all down the fenceline and my greenhouse is about to go up tomorrow.
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

    F U Fund currently at £250
  • Horasio
    Horasio Posts: 6,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    What is BM and MATH?
    An average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T :o :rotfl: :rotfl: :p :eek::mad: :beer:
    I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.
  • nuttyrockeress
    nuttyrockeress Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Already had a SC, used it mainly in the winter for stew but it has been used more now.
    Bought an easiyo, which we love!
    Looking at a BM but want to get the Pannasonic SD253 but will have to wait til August when I get my long service award from work, will ask for vouchers so I can put it towards one.

    Now I have an oven (my old one was broke for about 18months) I have been baking things at least once or twice a week.

    I also enjoy sharing ideas with people, by far for me one of my favourite things!
    It's nice to be nutty but's more important to be nice
  • nuttyrockeress
    nuttyrockeress Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    BM = Breadmaker

    MATH = a member of this lovely little forum!
    It's nice to be nutty but's more important to be nice
  • mandy_moo_1
    mandy_moo_1 Posts: 1,201 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Since reading this board i've bought

    Loadsa vinegar....for cleaning & to use instead of fab conditioner
    Microfibre cloths...clean anything & everything with them if it sits still long enough!
    Soda crystals...for mixing with washing powder
    Stardrops.....for cleaning bathroom,kitchen & floors
    Chest freezer....to store all my batch cooking
    Slow Cooker...to make all my stews/casseroles etc to freeze in my new freezer!
    Bicarb....loads of it to mix with few drops of essential oil & use as carpet freshener
    Lentils....to 'bulk' out meals (wud never have thought of using these!)
    Food Processor....to chop all the veg into teeny-weeny bits so i can hide it in spag bols/shepherds pies etc so the kids can't see them!

    That's all i can think of at the mo!
  • larmy16
    larmy16 Posts: 4,324 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    BM (cheap - not impressed, may have to return & upgrade)
    Stardrops
    Microfibre cloths
    Soda Crystals

    Very impressed with those who are now growing their own. I'd try, but I know I'd make excuses not to maintain - hate gardening with a passion!

    I hate gardening too! Infact even touching compost makes me angry! It all seems such a pain, even worse than housework. Leaves everywhere, twigs, things growing at such a rate they take over, nightmare.
    Grocery Challenge £139/240 until 31/01
    Taking part in Sealed Pot No.819/2011
    Only essentials on Ebay/Amazon

  • Horasio
    Horasio Posts: 6,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    wigginsmum wrote:
    - A second freezer for all my batch cooking.

    - Some of those rubber tumble-drier balls so I don't use scented laundry sheets any more.

    What is this?

    What do they do?

    How much are they?
    An average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T :o :rotfl: :rotfl: :p :eek::mad: :beer:
    I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.
  • Horasio
    Horasio Posts: 6,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    larmy16 wrote:
    I hate gardening too! Infact even touching compost makes me angry! It all seems such a pain, even worse than housework. Leaves everywhere, twigs, things growing at such a rate they take over, nightmare.

    I prefer gardening - being in the fresh air makes me feel so much better than being in a sweaty house doing irritating housework.
    An average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T :o :rotfl: :rotfl: :p :eek::mad: :beer:
    I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.
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