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Scrimpers and Money saving?

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  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
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    hi.. larmy 16 thanks will take a look.... as at the end of the day.. i need to get inspired and ideas for this folder that i am now doing thanks to moggins...i really do want to get some order and a routine in my household tasks.... as once i am on top of eveything....i can sit on my butt in front of this computer, and not feeel guilty at 9 pm at night for jobs not done...
    Work to live= not live to work
  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
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    oops got a bit side tracked with another thread.......but i feel they go hand in hand anyway in saving and organisation...
    Work to live= not live to work
  • Austin_Allegro
    Austin_Allegro Posts: 1,462 Forumite
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    You have to remember that the UK, especially England, is one of the least religious countries in the world, whereas the US has a high proportion of churchgoers, and the whole idea of frugal living for them is tied up with the frontiersman Protestant Work Ethic (the whole Parable of the Talents stuff etc) which is taken a lot more seriously in the US - so what sounds like odd religious stuff to us is pretty normal to most of them!
    'Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.' Quentin Crisp
  • catznine
    catznine Posts: 3,192 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I have just e mailed asking for a re show of the series as I feel it would have more appeal now for both economic and green issues. Lets hope we have some success.

    I too subscribed to the Penny Pincher News by John and Irma Mustoe, very informative and I got loads of great recipes and craft ideas from them. I can recommend their book. Does anyone know what happened to them? They seemed to be such a lovely couple.

    I am trying to stamp on the temptation to visit amazon site for that surviving on one salary book now! :confused: help!!!!!
    Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.

    Jan grocery challenge £35.77/£120
  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
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    hi catznine.... why dont you wait until i get the book so i ca give a report on it ... thats what austin alegro is doing.....hopefully i should receive it in the next few days, and i read that one first.....
    Work to live= not live to work
  • chickadee
    chickadee Posts: 1,447 Forumite
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    catznine wrote:
    I too subscribed to the Penny Pincher News by John and Irma Mustoe, very informative and I got loads of great recipes and craft ideas from them. I can recommend their book. Does anyone know what happened to them? They seemed to be such a lovely couple.

    I'm glad I'm not the only sad person on here! My XOH used to laugh at me as my Penny Pincher News droppoed through the letterbox each month. He might well have laughed too, he was spending our money twice as fast as I could save it!! :rolleyes:

    Anyway, I only wanted to post to say I have the honour of having had a recipe published in the Penny Pincher News. Possibly my finest hour....:rotfl:

    Bring back the Scrimpers!!!
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  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
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    cool... what recipe was that, and can you still subscribe to thos mag, or is it only the book that you can get....(which i am still waiting for from amazon months later) :T
    Work to live= not live to work
  • chickadee
    chickadee Posts: 1,447 Forumite
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    cool... what recipe was that, and can you still subscribe to thos mag, or is it only the book that you can get....(which i am still waiting for from amazon months later) :T

    It was a recipe for Weetabix cake. I still make it now and then. Basically you soak three weetabix with brown sugar and dried fruit in mik overnight. Next day, mix it up with an egg and some s-r flour and bake it! Hey Presto! And it is low fat. It is also very forgiving of poor ingredients. You can use dried milk, not-so-fresh weetabix, any kind of dried fruit you have and if you have no muscovado sugar a spoonful of black treacle gives it a nice rich taste.

    Mmmmmm...think I'll get one soaking right now! ;)
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  • catznine
    catznine Posts: 3,192 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I use that recipe! it's great! I also donated a recipe it was for gnocci and sugo (tomato sauce). Sadly I too was so proud to see it in print! ;)
    Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.

    Jan grocery challenge £35.77/£120
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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    Ooooh that sounds yum!!!
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

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