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Preparing for winter II

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  • coco1980
    coco1980 Posts: 625 Forumite
    Now saying snow showees tonight:eek:
    :oIn 2009 i finally gave up smoking Have been smoke free for 3 years!!!!!!
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    Target weight 10st current weight - -10 st 7lb
    Aim to be debt free by Jan 2013! not now just bought a house:D
  • diddly74
    diddly74 Posts: 822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Confuzzled wrote: »


    soon i'm going to take her curtains down and sew some bubble wrap inside the duvet cover along with the blanket i sewed in there earlier. this way the neighbors won't see it and complain it's unsightly, i should think it would help.

    :p

    I would say s** the neighbours, they aren't paying your bills!
    Donna
    Economy; careful management; providence. Whether you call it thrifty or frugality it all comes down to getting more for your money.
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Since my last post earlier (having read the forecasts for this week :eek:) I have

    Bubblewrapped the glass on my kitchen outside door
    Put up the fleece... I didn't have net curtain wire stuff so used string and now its sagging and you can see the glass in the middle of the sag! Still, it will do for a day or two (read month or two :D). Said fleece looks awful... its not long enough and looks like a right Heath Robinson job so once I get my curtains back I will fashion something or other from them.

    I wish i'd got curtain tracks instead of poles as I have large gaps at the top and sides of my curtains - oh well, I will see whats the best way of extra lining the windows.
    Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget! 

    Curtain pole installed in the living room
    Paint curtain pole
    Window quilts for landing window & french door
    Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
    Insulate front door
    Bubble wrap windows & french door
    Wash front door curtain
    Blind for the bathroom
    Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
    Wash heated throws
    Wash duvet & wool blankets
    Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
    Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
    Buy or make blind for kitchen
  • beingfrugal
    beingfrugal Posts: 124 Forumite
    Frugal wrote: »

    I wish i'd got curtain tracks instead of poles as I have large gaps at the top and sides of my curtains - oh well, I will see whats the best way of extra lining the windows.

    That's one thing i've learned 'living like this' is never buy a pole to hang curtains... and that's spoken from a girl who would only ever have chrome poles and fittings in a previous life. Can't beat snug and warm - even if my poles in the kitchen are Ikea 69p specials - they're a waste of time and money because of the draught element. Never again... ever.
  • lbr102
    lbr102 Posts: 192 Forumite
    The snow/wind must be official now...as the Daily Mail is saying so! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327482/Winter-arrives-vengeance-Snow-65mph-winds-flooding-predicted.html :) lol
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    lbr102 wrote: »
    The snow/wind must be official now...as the Daily Mail is saying so! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327482/Winter-arrives-vengeance-Snow-65mph-winds-flooding-predicted.html :) lol

    oh lovely :(

    I sooooooooooo wish I could go abroad for 6 months of every year and avoid this vile, cold, wet weather.

    I love the bright cold days, thats ok... But damp, windy and snowy... Noooooooooooooooooooo

    Snow is fine for 3 days (coz the kids love it and it looks pretty) but after that its beyond a joke for me :mad:
    Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget! 

    Curtain pole installed in the living room
    Paint curtain pole
    Window quilts for landing window & french door
    Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
    Insulate front door
    Bubble wrap windows & french door
    Wash front door curtain
    Blind for the bathroom
    Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
    Wash heated throws
    Wash duvet & wool blankets
    Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
    Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
    Buy or make blind for kitchen
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just put your heating on folks... Its COLD!!! and getting colder ;)
    Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget! 

    Curtain pole installed in the living room
    Paint curtain pole
    Window quilts for landing window & french door
    Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
    Insulate front door
    Bubble wrap windows & french door
    Wash front door curtain
    Blind for the bathroom
    Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
    Wash heated throws
    Wash duvet & wool blankets
    Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
    Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
    Buy or make blind for kitchen
  • annie123
    annie123 Posts: 4,256 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Frugal wrote: »
    oh lovely :(

    I sooooooooooo wish I could go abroad for 6 months of every year and avoid this vile, cold, wet weather.

    I've already priced it up for you :D

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=34358975&postcount=3836
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    annie123 wrote: »
    I've already priced it up for you :D

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=34358975&postcount=3836


    ROFLMAO! :rotfl:

    :T:T:T
    Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget! 

    Curtain pole installed in the living room
    Paint curtain pole
    Window quilts for landing window & french door
    Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
    Insulate front door
    Bubble wrap windows & french door
    Wash front door curtain
    Blind for the bathroom
    Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
    Wash heated throws
    Wash duvet & wool blankets
    Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
    Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
    Buy or make blind for kitchen
  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Hopefully we won't be getting this again for a while.

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