Preparing for winter II

diddly74

Mrs_Veg_Plot wrote: »

Have added to my food preperations for winter by buying plain, sr and bread making flour along with castor sugar and pasta. Have also bought lidded clear plastic storage boxes to keep them in.

Me Too!

I am a very happy bunny tonight - my hubby's Mum has given me her 1970s Kenwood Chef A701a mixer! She can't remember if she has the liquidizer but I can always get one of those they sell them on ebay but I do have the whisk, K paddle thingy and the dough hook.

I am just chuffed! :T:T:T:T:T

TITEASCRAMP

Our heating is around 19p hr to run

mrsr

Has anybody heard what the long range forcast is for this winter

NualaBuala

Could anyone tell me how do you work out how much gas central heating costs to run? I know my bills during the very cold snap were horrendous so it'd be good to work it out.

Mamzie

I'd like to know that as well

Forecast is not good atm MrsR...

Mamzie

Found the news stories that had me worried again ...

linkie

another

crumblepie

I'm on a prepayment meter so it's easy for me to check how much gas I use as I can see how much money I'm using. I also log how many units I'm using and how much it has cost me every week. Last year I did become a bit obsessive about it as I didn't want to run out during the very cold spells.

It costs me around 45p an hour maybe a touch more. I've spent £2.50 on the heating since thursday but have only had it on for an hour or two each day and this is usually early evening. Once the curtains are closed, and I've put on another jumper, the house keeps the heat in so i turn it off.

My old fathful hot water bottle which has been going strong for 15 years gave up on me this week. The stopper has broken so I'll have to go out and buy a new one. I'd only just finished knitting a nice stripey cover for it as well.

I'm shocked by the food prices shooting up. I'm holding out buying some things as I'm hoping that the supermarkets will have a price cut spree before christmas, meaning the prices will be more used to what we're paying. I notice this happens in tesco a lot where prices are ridiculously high then they have a 'saving you money' promotion. I'm hoping the bread flour goes below a pound a bag, I prefer to use this rather than the value stuff for bread. I have been stocking up and have enough to last a few months but things aren't looking good for the new year if prices keep jumping up.

LovelyLollipop

On the second of those newspaper links, the following bit has annoyed me:

"6 SET your room thermostat at or around the recommended temperature of 21C (70F). Turning down your heating thermostat by 1C could save around £60 a year."

Surely those more vulnerable and cash-strapped people will read that and realise that for every 1c they turn UP their heating, it could cost them an extra £60 a year, and panic. Which kind of negates the "keep warm, stay at 21 degrees" advice that went before

Our heating is currently set to 16 and so far so good but we're all young and can bustle about to get warm.

T'is bleddy FREEZING here outside in the West Mids today!!!!!

csarina

I have just been gifted 2 1/2 yds of thermal lining for the curtain in the hall.....Brill............

annie123

http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/


weather report for next week:

Snow in Scotland, and the north of England and just cold for the rest of us!

Stand by your fleeces......are we all prepared?:D