Preparing for Winter

meanmarie

Shaz....did you have to tell me about Kemps sale??? I have banned myself from that site but will have a little look later....or now....

Marie

shaz_mum_of__2

Sorry marie:rotfl:

I have to explain to hubby why 24 balls of wool are winging there way here!!

Kittie business went under 2 yrs ago ...........bancruptcy and everthing I see it as a positive now as i am a lot less stressed than i was towards the end.......................my bankruptcy hearing was 2 days before i got married :eek:

The cafe was great it just wasn't busy enough i should have stuck with just doing the outside catering as that paid but my heart wasn't in it in the end

jcr16

very proud of myself, yesterday i made my son a duvet cover for his cot duvet from an old sheet which we no longer needed. He loved it last night. it been quite cold at night here recently. but he just wriggled down and snuggled into his bed.

Also went and bought our new carpet today. we were going to have a wood floor in our lounge but decided that carpet would make it warmer. it is coming monday, so hubby got lots to do as were still sanding walls,lol. but carpet right had 10 % off on top of their 25 % sale prices so we got the carpet at a really good price.

wow hope i can find a good deal on curtains at a charity shop. i need 3 pairs big enough for patio door size windows. i am hoping to try and find some very very thick velvety ones. which will keep us very snuggly in our lounge this winter.

daytime i is very warm here so nice to be able to get washing on line, but i am so in winter mode. i need grey skys and rain.

kittiej

Aw sorry to hear that Shaz, glad BC has set you free. Just noticed your sig, my father lives in N Lincs lol.

Well done jcr, have you tried asking on freecycle? If, as I suspect, velvet curtains aren't the modern thing of the day then I would imagine you could pick some up on there?

Even the the cheaper velour curtains are really good and thick.

Are there any pubs doing a refurb where you live? Maybe it's worth an ask.

Good luck in the charity shops, I haven't been shopping (apart from food shopping) since before last xmas and there are loads of charity shops in Ponty now.

Fantastic!

frosty

Hi everyone,I have followed all the tips on here and I have just looked at my gas bill £528.00 in credit:j,Electric £270.74 in credit:j.So I am going to ring them and ask them to refund it and also reduce the DD;).We have two people less in the household(son&girlfriend moved out)its amazing what a difference its made to the bills.So A big thankyou to everyone for all your ideas.:T:A

teedy23

the most I,ve done so far is buy a couple of vacum pack bags to store the summeryist of summer clothes to stick in the loft but you all have me thinking. Thats a good thing....honest.

Archiel

Have you all got your draught excluders made?

What is everyone making them out of?

Cheers

Archie

Savvy_sewing

Archiel wrote: »

Have you all got your draught excluders made?

What is everyone making them out of?

Cheers

Archie

I sewed two shirt sleeves together and stuffed with cut up stockings.!
I used the body of the shirt to make a cushion cover, and it went to somebody on here who liked it.

I looked at a cover to go on the bed in my local charity shop, and as it was white, (well should have been white). I thought it would be great for my BF, who likes white duvet covers, but they wanted £40!!! for it, so soryy BF but I cannot affort that.
Infact since the Help the Aged, and Age concern joined forces the prices have shot up, and no more cheap manager special rails on the things that had been there a while, now they are off to the rag man!!! :mad:

cheerfulness4

I love Kemps wool clearances, too. Got my lovely ultra chunky wool from them for my posh poncho last year. The pattern was from them, too. Only about 35p I seem to recall.

Edited - just checked. It's 20p now.

http://www.kempswoolshop.com/pattern_details.aspx?selectedItemID=62786549&picture=sirdar8473&desc=Bigga 8473

kittiej

Aw that's a shame Mooloo.

The shop I had my curtains from had a couple of patchwork quilts that looked quite nice but I didn't bother looking at the price though.

I don't think I shall be making draught excluders since from past experience they got on my nerves lol