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  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thanks OP, jogged my memory about this spring's herbs!

    'Thrift' is the new media craze - we're in front with MSE.
    I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
  • vivaladiva
    vivaladiva Posts: 2,425 Forumite
    There was an article in Stella (Telegraph supplement?) a few weeks ago about The New Victorians - they sounded pretty OS to me. I'm not clever enough to find it online:o. Any super sleuths out there?
    I have plenty of willpower - it's won't power I need.
  • Jillinoz
    Jillinoz Posts: 164 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    vivaladiva wrote: »
    There was an article in Stella (Telegraph supplement?) a few weeks ago about The New Victorians - they sounded pretty OS to me. I'm not clever enough to find it online:o. Any super sleuths out there?


    Was it this one?

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2007/10/07/st_newvictorians.xml

    Can you tell that I'm too tight to buy a proper newspaper and do all my reading online?! :D
  • otterspasm
    otterspasm Posts: 338 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thanks for the links...keeps me motivated when I read about other peoples endeavours.
    Tess x

    Underground, overground, wombling free...
    Old Style weight loss so far...2 stone and 7 pounds
  • vivaladiva
    vivaladiva Posts: 2,425 Forumite
    Jillinoz wrote: »
    Was it this one?

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2007/10/07/st_newvictorians.xml

    Can you tell that I'm too tight to buy a proper newspaper and do all my reading online?! :D


    That's the one:T.
    I read someone elses copy:o.
    I have plenty of willpower - it's won't power I need.
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Great article but damn, I hate being trendy-I think I might just have to start being spendthrift instead :D
  • doddsy
    doddsy Posts: 396 Forumite
    I thought the articles made thrift sound like a contrived trendy fad. I don't suppose papers would be interested in writing articles about some of the wonderful women on here who 'do' thrift because it's ingrained in them.

    I suppose I should be pleased that at least more people are trying.
    We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
    – Marian Wright Edelman
  • LJM
    LJM Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    its a good article and its good that its being recognised,but if the younger generation think its trendy let em if they will become thrifty themselves
    :xmastree:Is loving life right now,yes I am a soppy fool who believes in the simple things in life :xmastree:
  • cady
    cady Posts: 668 Forumite
    what is the best OS tip you have had which has saved you money??

    mine are -

    *use star drops
    *if you have mince in you can cook anything
    * get an airer
    * prepare in dvance

    would love to share some of other peoples!!! :D
  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper
    cady wrote: »
    what is the best OS tip you have had which has saved you money??

    Meal plan, meal plan and meal plan some more...
    Write a list and stick to it when shopping!
    Stardrops
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Bertrand Russell
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