It isn`t tough for us. We are OS and we COPE

cdm

Many congratulations to Dizzybuff and Daughter on safe arrival yesterday!!! :j By coincidence, we happen to be watching the latest 'One born every Minute' on catch-up! Takes me back, I can
tell you.....

kitschy

For me personally, it makes sense for me to stock up a little week by week. Firstly because of the ever-rocketing prices, whether that's due to economics or the bad harvests (for example, I bought extra sugar when it was half price in Morrisons last week because the bad sugar beet harvest will inevitably hit the consumer). Also, my current contract ends in April, with the replacement contract (on which I may or may not be offered a job) not starting until June. The more I can make my pennies stretch now, by honing my frugal skills, hopefully the less painful I can make things if the worst happens in a few months.

If by chance none of these horrid things happen, I will have more pennies in the bank and my dream home will be that little bit closer!

kezlou

Hi all,

how is everyone?

congrats dizzybuff!!!!

Been quite os here, been watching the pennies but also going out and about doing stuff. sometimes the best things are free.

Bread recipe

500g plain flour
330ml water
1tsp salt
2tsp sugar
7g active dried yeast or 1 1/2 tsp of yeast in a bread machine

I make the above all the time and works really well for buns, pizza dough etc

We now tend to use more plain flour rather than bread flour.
Looked at the price of chappati flour and its quite expensive. So instead just going to keep on using plain / bread flour tp make bread with.

Great idea about the tuna tins and crumpets, may have a go next week with them.

ChocClare

GreyQueen wrote: »

Plus have bought a whole load of teabags with best before date Nov 2011 as a hedge against nasty surprises down the shops.

I just bought a sack of 1100 typhoo teabags today in Lidl for £9.99 with a best before date of January 2012. We get through tea like it's going out of fashion, and it's the one thing I ALWAYS have at least three to six months' supply of. Sounds mad, but it means I only ever buy tea on special offer, and I know we'll never... (panic attack breathing noises) ...run out :eek:

I have a load of gallon ice-cream containers from work that I will decant said tea bags into once they're opened to keep 'em fresh.

I like to keep a storecupboard because we're out in the sticks; my DH has a siege mentality anyway, and I think it's a useful thing to have in case of shortage of funds/illness/snow etc. I would be inclined to stock up on a few things at the moment which might be coming from the Middle East if I bought any; not in any stockpiling-y sort of way, but just to keep my costs in check. Sugar is a good example quoted earlier - we need large amounts of this for DH's bees, so have cases of it under the stairs - all bought on special offer at the cash and carry. Our buying things like this is not going to mean the shops run out or that poor old ladies can't get anything, but it hopefully WILL mean we don't have to pay too inflated a price for them.

mardatha

I'm not going to tell you how many boxes of teabags I have. Not even if you torture me !

NualaBuala

mardatha wrote: »

I'm not going to tell you how many boxes of teabags I have. Not even if you torture me !

Hmmm, that sounds like a dare to me.
Bring forth the rack and a head of kale.

I thought I was all stocked up on tea but opened my last box today. Must stock up next time. And Clipper said they will send me a free box so that's on its way :j

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

I'm not going to tell you how many boxes of teabags I have. Not even if you torture me !

Thanks for that, Mardatha; just had me laughing out loud down here in Shoebox Towers, a great start to a Sunday morning. It had been suggested before now that I should just have my tea infused on an intravenous line. And that was by people who love me! Off to put the kettle on again. :rotfl:

GreyQueen

lil_me wrote: »

We have an LED rather than LCD, it uses less normal and you can reduce how much it uses too which I think is a good feature.

Love the way this has span into a more positive thread. Finding more friends who know of my OS ish ways are asking for info lately so as I keep signposting them here we might end up with an influx lol.

I think I'm over the shock this month of everything going up at once with the VAT increase again.

This is probably a really thick question, but I want to understand and am genuinely baffled. How do you reduce the power usage on a LED telly?

ceridwen

NualaBuala wrote: »

Hmmm, that sounds like a dare to me.
Bring forth the rack and a head of kale.

I thought I was all stocked up on tea but opened my last box today. Must stock up next time. And Clipper said they will send me a free box so that's on its way :j

I wondered whether to put kale..kale...kale in steadily larger/brighter letters.:rotfl:. <Whispers> nice cup of yogurt anyone?:rotfl: and that will really compound it (Mardatha has a very low opinion of yogurt as well...;)).

I came to the conclusion that the worst form of torture would be to say "All sweeties are locked away for a month":)

ceridwen

GreyQueen wrote: »

This is probably a really thick question, but I want to understand and am genuinely baffled. How do you reduce the power usage on a LED telly?

I'd be interested to hear the answer to this too - as I am currently wondering whether to buy a tv again - and assume comments to date mean I need it to be an LED one (ie to be low on fuel use)?

I've heard plasma ones use loadsa electric - but when I went on a "sussing out mission" in a shop recently and was commenting that I was wondering whether to buy one again and didnt know what was what the shop assistant instantly told me "You will only want a small tv anyway - and plasma ones start at (?but it was huge size)". :rotfl: After a comment within the previous week - where I was wondering whether to treat myself to a readymade meal and the person selling them instantly said "You'll be wanting a vegetarian one then?" - I must have reached an age where my appearance speaks for me without me having to open my mouth.

What with sellers instantly deciding I'm vegetarian and I would only want a small t.v. if I had one....thinks: "What else can people tell about me just by looking at me? I'd be a fortune tellers dream by now I suppose...."