Thank you OS and everyone - Merged

maypole

newlywed wrote: »

If you squish it so the roll is an oval shape it makes it harder to "unroll" on the holder and so less likely to have an andrex puppy style moment

Doesn't work for me though as OH keeps squishing it back into a round shape!!!

oh thank you I will try that handy hint.:j we seem to eat it in our house!

chalky_75

Thank you for all the things on the brilliant lists so far

and thank you for making me feel like I belong to a big caring, happy family.

As you gett older your world gets a bit smaller ( no grandchildren yet!!!) You miss your Mum to ring and have a chat to. You miss some of your friends who you used to share good times with and care for. But this site makes me feel that there are people who care and who I care about. I love my waves and I do send gentle thoughts to you all

icka

What a beautiful thread

• Thank you for making me feel like I'm not alone
• Thank you for making me understand I'm not a weirdo for wanting to be DF
• Thank you for teaching me to cut the dishwasher tablet in two
• Thank you for making me ask, Do I need it, can I do without it before I buy anything
• Thank you for making me "make do"
• Thank you for making me realise that spending money on ridiculous things is nearly sinful and I dont need another pot of pink nail polish
• Thank you for making me a better friend and wanting to spend quality time with the people I love over a cup of tea, rather than a night out when you dont really get to talk.
• Thank you for making me get a library card
• Thank you for making me borrow dresses for weddings and lend mine instead of spending a small fortune for one day
• Thank you for ebay, pigsback, quidco.

Most of all thank you for giving me my faith back in humanity, that we are not all materialistic mindless gnorms. That some people especially the wonderful people on this site really are fantastic. When you strip away teh credit cards, the endless spending the fast cars, fancy clothes you are left with the real person. Clothes do not make the man. And we can all agree that this site proves what a fantastic community we have.

Thank you Martin for giving us each other:T :T :T

Pitlanepiglet

MrsTine wrote: »

Only for a day or two leave em any longer and yucky
The skin goes brown but the flesh stays firmer (I like bordering on green bananas so might not be everyones taste :rotfl:)

Wrap them well in a tea towel to insulate them from the cold, I've kept some for two weeks that way.

Kerfuffle

This thread has dragged me out of lurkdom to show my appreciation.

Thankyou to my 'real' friend Jean who gave me The Thrifty Ways book as a gift and which introduced me to this site, I swear she knows me better than I know myself.

Thankyou to all the 'virtual' friends that even though I may not 'speak' to I love listening into your conversations and learning stuff.

Thankyou to Martin for setting the site up in the first place.

Thankyou to Weezl and InSearchOfMyself for the 50p challenges.

Thankyou to all the contributors for all the tips I've learnt and for reminding me of all the ones I'd fogotten.

Thankyou for:-

Stardrops
Vinegar
Slow cookers
Challenges
Twinks Hob Nobs

Thankyou for allowing me to be frugal without being tight, and to admitting that's it ok to be careful with money.

Thankyou for showing me that 'being careful' is more fun!!

Thankyou for Shaz-Mum-of-Two for forwarding this post.

Thankyou to the person who started the thread in the first place (I've forgotten who it is now).

XX

Kerfuffle

Thankyou to Curv,

sorry

XX

In_Search_Of_Me

Kerfuffle wrote: »

Thankyou to Weezl and InSearchOfMyself for the 50p challenges.

XX

what a lovely thread...I have so much to thank mse for that it would be impossible to list...suffice to say my life is changed, I've paid some debts with much to go, made genuine friends, had fun, rediscovered the joy of cooking, am supported and, I hope, support and have lerned what is important in life....
kerfuffle must just say that I'm not responsible for the 50p challenge...as many will verify I seem unable to leave mr t's without spending 50 quid never mind pence! but I am happy to be weezl'e partner is mischief but the credit for the 50p's must all go to her and nothing, absolutely nothing, would get me to eat a pigs brain...eeewwww!!!

mrbadexample

Thank you all for not giving up on lost causes.

buxtonrabbitgreen

Thankyou for the board that always gives quick sensible answers without sarcasm and nastiness. Thanks for making me feel accepted in my penny pinching, foraging, ways. Thanks for reminding me about star drops, I used to use it 30 years ago and fogot about it. Thankyou for this site in general and all the tips quidco, pigsback etc I have saved loads of money. My friends at work would thank you also for the jam, cakes and cookies I take to work for T break.

Bitsy_Beans

I just wanted to say ditto for all of the posts covering the 4 pages before mine!
I love coming on this board and it's inspired me to be the wife and mother I always wanted to be. I love cooking for my family, I even enjoy a little bit of housework (not all of it mind you) and I feel I have learnt to try so many things, (value stuff etc) that being a supermarket snob I wouldnt have had the courage to try!
I find OS living a challenge but not in a bad way. I even got my mum into it.
And lastly thank goodness for Stardrops!!