make do and mend for tougher times

Popperwell

Enjoy the takeaway Pooky, if you are having senior moments at 39, well, its not looking good for me!

prepareathome

Fuddle its wonderful your 7yo wanted to have a go and now she has a nice rice bag to keep her warm she will have a good impression for sewing - can see you both fighting to use it in the near future

No sign of blight as yet on my potatoes but as its so wet and my soil is clay I am seriously thinking I will dig them up tomorrow as petrified they will rot and just cook the lot or oh yes idea just struck, son got to pay me £220 when check cleared I might use some of it to buy a dyhydrator, anyone got one and can recommend one that is not to expensive but still decent?????

Hugs, Love and Healing to all xxx

Popperwell

Welcome Nellie:wave:

Most of MSE site is friendly, this thread of course and well any of the threads to do with saving money. Most of the day you can say anything and even if you disagree people respect each other and are nice...you'll get support, friendship, recipes, ideas for saving money. All kinds really.

Anyhow good to see you...

Popperwell

I may be trying to avoid using the CH but I'm not sure if some things in the house feel damp. Even if its just to take the chill off...then again the rain outside has probably added to the moisture generally...

Pooky

I used to call them "blonde" moments but since my Mother so kindly told me I was "getting on a bit now" and starts mention the phrase "well, at your age...." I thought senior moment were more apt.

Talking of Mothers I showed her the delights of AF today, I'd ordered her some bits with my last order and she's gone home delighted with a huge box of bits that cost me the grand sum of £4, I even got her some of the tesc0 baby products to try (the shampoo is 9p a bottle and is amazing, as is the baby lotion at 9p a pop). My hairdresser commented on how wonderfully soft my hair was and was shocked when I told her what I was using. Well worth the 9p to try it if you can get hold of it.

fuddle

Welcome Nellie from one SAHM/W to another

Popperwell

Pooky wrote: »

I used to call them "blonde" moments but since my Mother so kindly told me I was "getting on a bit now" and starts mention the phrase "well, at your age...." I thought senior moment were more apt.

Talking of Mothers I showed her the delights of AF today, I'd ordered her some bits with my last order and she's gone home delighted with a huge box of bits that cost me the grand sum of £4, I even got her some of the tesc0 baby products to try (the shampoo is 9p a bottle and is amazing, as is the baby lotion at 9p a pop). My hairdresser commented on how wonderfully soft my hair was and was shocked when I told her what I was using. Well worth the 9p to try it if you can get hold of it.

You've found that too...there are many things in their range that when you check the contents, they are as good as the more expensive items that you are paying more for.

I have some but sadly not too much hair to use it on, where did my lovely head of fair glowing locks go:(:eek:It's going grey and it's just around the sides, plenty at the back...if I win the lottery perhaps I'll have a Wayne Rooney:pAt least I rarely need a haircut(saving money)

Byatt

PAH, on my dream list is a dehydrator...I add things to my basket on Ama$on, and look at it every now and then, and decide if I still want/need something, and if not, out it goes. Sometimes I have a fad for an item which passes, but I still would like a dehydrator. Doesn't asnwer your question of course, but I'm certain a few on here use them as we had a chat a few months ago about them.

Thanks for caring about me. :A

Popperwell, 4 egg cups?? And try an get one of those thermometers (sp) which say what the temp should be in a room, as you want to avoid hypothermia.

Pooky, don't tempt with AF :eek:...Ok, I'm just going to look, just look...:o

Hi Nellie, very appropriate user name!

Kittie, nice to see you here again. I always appreciate your kindness when you suggested I went to the Dr about my back pain. :A Love all your helpful advice too.

mardatha

I'm going to write a long shopping list right now for grains, pulses and bread flour.
We've got hellish rain nonstop today, it must've moved up here now.
Re rice bags, can I just say one thing? You cant heat them in a powercut - and its in a powercut that you might need them. So don't forget the humble hot water bottle

Popperwell

Byatt wrote: »

Popperwell, 4 egg cups?? And try an get one of those thermometers (sp) which say what the temp should be in a room, as you want to avoid hypothermia.

Good idea Byatt, I'll add it to my list...I know four egg cups, now I need three other people to join me...:p

I was going to get a fancy one(one would've done)but they were all cheap, 4 little pastic type in red, yellow, blue, green for £1 or 4 wire ones for £1. In the end I choose the wire ones...