What's the best thing for OS living and where did you get it?

Lefs

What's the best thing you've ever bought (or acquired) for old-style living that you couldn't live without? And where did you get it?

thriftlady_2

My big chest freezer. Bought from Comet or was it Apollo?

Zazen999

Allotment, council, £15 per year. Bargain.

CCP

My breadmaker - I now wonder how I ever coped without it. I got it from my grandmother, who was given it as a present and didn't want it as she rarely eats bread.

The only thing better than a breadmaker is a free breadmaker! :D

missychrissy

I wouldn't be without my slow cooker. It turns cheap cuts of meat into lovely stews etc whilst I'm out at work doing a night shift.

One batch gives me one for today, one for tomorrow and several for the freezer. Saves on time and fuel costs.

Chipps

Pressure cooker.

But I agree with the allotment one, too (ours is £16/year)

angela110660

electric carving knife we got 29 years ago for a wedding present - cuts meat so thinly - no ordinary knife comes near it.

westcoastscot

the library -
we don't have any allotments around here

elf06

nope no allotments
My best is my SC aswell

Whistling_Gypsy

My laptop...so I can look up anything moneysaving I need to know....mostly on here:j:j I must have saved thousands over the years - Bargain!!

And store thousands of recipes....:D

And compare prices of anything I need to buy..if I haven't been able to get it of freegle/e-bay:D

And my (free) chest freezer...slow cooker....pressure cooker....:o

Oh - and my lovely OH who fixes/fetches/carries/tests etc.:A

Quasar

LOL laptop here too, I suppose.

Actually, I nominate my slowcooker for best acquisition so far. I can cook four portions of stew and save quite a bit of money by buying cheaper but tastier meat cuts, and I use all vegetable bits and pieces that tend to lurk in the fridge.

Oh and vinegar...