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As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

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  • paidinchickens
    paidinchickens Posts: 1,468 Forumite
    morning peeps

    I have been collecting jars and containers from jumble sales for the last few weeks 10p/20p bargains:j

    I am hoping to find some of them single stone pots (not quite sure what they are called) the ones where you can make single shepherds pies and put them in the oven, then just pop on your plate. I get fed up with cooking things like pies and lasagne and they look fab in the oven dish but when I dish it up it looks like a can of dog food tipped up on the plate:D Some little individual pots would look better I think, like these pub lunch places use.

    I am going to pop up to Focus today as the prices are supposed to have come down a bit. Last 7 days until closure I think. A few years ago I bought a load of those mags that had a voucher for a free tin of paint from Focus.........the whole house is now cappuccino :rotfl: So need a few tins for touching up and going over the kids rooms.

    Don't forget it is free listing on ebay this weekend:T

    Cat still has not had the kittens but is now so huge and fed up it can't be much longer. I do hope she has them before DH goes away as I do not want to play midwife on my own:eek:

    Have a lovely day xxx
  • paidinchickens
    paidinchickens Posts: 1,468 Forumite
    ps

    JEDI I thought if people forgot your birthday you don't get to add that extra pesky year on and you get to stay that age for another year:j That is what my nan used to say anyway :D:beer:
  • Molly41
    Molly41 Posts: 4,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Really interesting book called:

    Gowdridge C, Williams AS & Wynn M (1997) Mother Courage: Letters from Mothers in Poverty at the End of the Century. Penguin.

    Tough times then as now and only a few years in history (relatively).
    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
    Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
    I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
    When the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
  • ally18
    ally18 Posts: 761 Forumite
    edited 16 June 2011 at 10:02AM
    Broomstick wrote: »
    I'm putting everything into glass Kilner-type jars or cereal pouring boxes where possible and gradually the cupboards are losing their manufacturers' labels. Things that I'm leaving in their original containers like Marmite or Bird's custard powder really stand out!

    The more printed labels I lose, the more beautiful the cupboards seem to be becoming. A shelf of different kinds of rice in glass jars looks really lovely; the colours of dried whole-foods start to seem very artistic. I can't tell what is organic or non-organic, well-known brands or basics any more but I can see what I have and what needs using up. The breakfast cereal shelf is looking particularly good with not a brand name in sight! I'm also hoping that, by being able to see what is there, my DSs will actually be tempted to finish things up rather than open a new packet (bit of a problem in our house atm!)


    Added after reading the latest posts above... of course this is what kitchen cupboards would have looked like a long time back...


    What a brilliant idea, my kids always have to open up a new packet and don't use things up. I may have to copy you and invest in the same things. Where have you got your jars etc from?

    ps sorry, carried on reading. off to ikea tomorrow.
  • kidcat
    kidcat Posts: 6,058 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I buy cereal pourers from TJHughes but I think Ikea have those too. :)
  • cat_smith
    cat_smith Posts: 1,258 Forumite
    :j:jRain-dance successful. We've got blue sky today. Enjoy it down there :rotfl::rotfl:
    GC Mar 13 £47.36/£150
  • alec_eiffel
    alec_eiffel Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    Re: Ikea glass jars, they are cheap but the metal clip closing things are not that good imo they are always springing apart and it's a bit fiddly to put them back together again. We bought some really good, inexpensive ones from TK MAxx, Wilko and Dunelm Mill are good for jars too. Ikea ones with just a push on lid are great though.
  • Thrifty85
    Thrifty85 Posts: 40 Forumite
    By building up slowly you'll be more stable financially. All your peers may build up years of debt, large mortgage and may run the risk of losing it all in 10 - 15 years time.

    Slow and steady wins the race.

    I couldn't agree more. I bought my first house alone last year (nothing special, just an old terrace in a run-down part of town) but I've furnished it without running up loads of debt and without going 'cap in hand' to family. However I'm only just getting by.

    Last weekend I treated myself when I was with my friends to see Take That. We stayed in a hotel overnight and ate out a few times (not to mention a few drinks!). But I'm paying for it now. I've got £150 left until the end of the month but that has to buy me 2 weeks of petrol (at £50 a week!). SO I've got just £50 to keep my and my cats in food, get a father's day card and gift and any other little expenditures until the end of the month.

    Rather than get down about it I see it as a challenge! Looking forward to seeing how little I can spend. Will let you all know how I get on!

    Happy birthday Jedi

    Have a good day everyone.
  • Lizzy and anguk, many thanks for that, just the sort of thing I like to - will have a look when I have time. Really struggling to keep up with the thread, but good to see it's so popular. Times we live in ,eh?

    Have not read the last few pages, but I just wanted to say good luck to Jackie and all others facing interviews/exams - feel for you. I still have nightmares sometimes about exams!

    I've found an interesting bit of work for next weekend, helping to prepare for a wedding at a local 'big house' which hosts events. hoping this may lead to more of the same, as I'm
    losing my second job soon.

    Gardens here seem to have recovered after heavy rain (hope this has benefitted farmers too) so our usual small crops of potatoes, leaf beet and onions are OK. these are the three things that seem to grow here without much attention, so they are most of our veg crop. Had the first pots at the weekend and they were v. good.

    Realised at the weekend OH had had no sales from his craft business for a week - not a good sign at this time of year. Squirrelling away as much as possible right now.
  • Molly41 wrote: »
    Really interesting book called:

    Gowdridge C, Williams AS & Wynn M (1997) Mother Courage: Letters from Mothers in Poverty at the End of the Century. Penguin.

    Tough times then as now and only a few years in history (relatively).

    Thanks, Molly. One I have on order fron the library - Millions like Us, V. Nicholson - womens' stoiries from WW2. Heard a bit on R4 and it sounded good.
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