It was getting tough in 2006 and the workhouse still threatens us in 2011

NualaBuala

I turn my back for 5 minutes and I come back to a different thread! :rotfl:

Mrs Chip, you are in fine form this evening - thanks to you I nearly choked on my tea - you seriously cracked me up this evening, thanks for the laughs! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


Just back from dinner with a friend, was lovely even if it was a bit extravagant. My budget is going to require some wrangling to get back on track but I'm well stocked up so I think I can cut back on groceries if I can only get myself organised to do some meal planning for a change.

Hope everyone's doing ok, hugs where needed. x

mardatha

Knitting.....

Mrs_Chip

Aw thanks, but Smiley started it, I'm just a bit of a ligger!

Well I can confrm that tinned peaches are edible 5 years after their use by - anyone else up for the 'Whos got the oldest tin on the block' game?

Hope everyone has had a good chuckle tonight, I certainly have, cheered me up no end!

mardatha

Ok I've cut my hot water bottle into strips and I'm trying to knit it. But there's quite a lot of knots in it. Will it do??

Unless anybody can give me a link to a site that sells latex in 4ply ...

NualaBuala

Ok, between Mardatha and Mrs Chip more tea is getting spilled than drunk tonight ... not very MSE! :rotfl:

HariboJunkie

mardatha wrote: »

Ok I've cut my hot water bottle into strips and I'm trying to knit it. But there's quite a lot of knots in it. Will it do??

Unless anybody can give me a link to a site that sells latex in 4ply ...

Did you remember to empty the hottie first? And hottie refers to the hot water bottle, not the RV.

I need to stop googling. There's even a fan page for homemade gimp masks on facebook! :rotfl:


....I haven't joined it by the way.

Mrs_Chip

Spot on, Mardartha, just make sure the knots fall in the right places and the alt.stylers will be queuing up!

Margaret54

Hi all got myself a second hand book from play.com yesterday, and was so pleased with it I thought I would mention it on here. It's called The Thrift Book Live well and spend less, and is by India Knight.
Full of tips to save money and she writes about a lot of areas. I know we all have lots of great tips and I for one have learned so much from others on here, and thank you again everyone. What I loved about it too is she has a chapter about money and gives an understanding of how money works in the world. I only paid £2.45 for it and free p&p which is good too.:) I will add it to my wee library:) take care everyone.x

greenbee

I see some alternative sources of income for a few of the knitters here

HariboJunkie

Margaret54 wrote: »

Hi all got myself a second hand book from play.com yesterday, and was so pleased with it I thought I would mention it on here. It's called The Thrift Book Live well and spend less, and is by India Knight.
Full of tips to save money and she writes about a lot of areas. I know we all have lots of great tips and I for one have learned so much from others on here, and thank you again everyone. What I loved about it too is she has a chapter about money and gives an understanding of how money works in the world. I only paid £2.45 for it and free p&p which is good too.:) I will add it to my wee library:) take care everyone.x

I have that one too Margaret. I was quite an entertaining read though one gets the impression that India doesn't need to be very thrifty. Glad you enjoyed it and you paid alot less for it than I did.