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Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2020
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Good for you MrsCD 😉👏 I think we will all need something to do when Boris puts us all in lockdown AGAIN.Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £469.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov Dec Grand Total £8 -
I have now knitted five pairs of hand warmers for the homeless + one pair for DSis.Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £469.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov Dec Grand Total £6 -
Make Do & Minimise: Wilted vegetables from fridge & bits from freezer & cupboards to make soup.Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £469.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov Dec Grand Total £7 -
I minimised some leftover fabric into dolls clothes for my niece's Christmas present. I'm now also making some bedsocks out of left over wool stash for another Christmas present.
Lisa
Fashion on a Ration Challenge 2022 - (66 - 53.5 = 12.5 coupons)
Frugal Living 2022
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Lo mash & lo plum tomatoes added to hm soup - now has depth & is very tasty🙂🤤
one more ball of wool used for hand warmers & the first 2 squares of a blanket.
Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer, fridge & stores.Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £469.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov Dec Grand Total £7 -
Make Do: Los from Sunday’s dinner will be used to start a soup. Rest of the ingredients will be sourced from the veg box & freezer.Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £469.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov Dec Grand Total £6 -
Monday's dinner is always Sunday dinner leftovers in our house!
I've minimized a lot of old bottles and tubes from the bathroom.2025 Fashion on the ration
150g sock yarn = 3 coupons
Lined trousers = 6 coupons ...total 9/66 used
2 t-shirts = 8 coupons
Trousers = 6 coupons ... total 23/66
2 cardigans = 10 coupons
Sandals = 5 coupons ... total 38/66
Nightie = 6 coupons
Sandals = 5 coupons ... total 49/667 -
We needed a packed lunch today, so I wrapped our sandwiches in old, clean cereal-packet bags and tied them with strips from an old t-shirt! I feel remarkably make-do...!
(But on arrival home, the bags were dead easy to turn inside out, wipe over and rinse clean and leave to dry for tomorrow - and using t-shirt ties didn't squish deep lines into the sandwiches like elastic bands always do!)
2025 remaining: 37 coupons from 66:
January (29): winter boots, green trainers, canvas swimming-shoes (15); t-shirt x2 (8); 3m cotton twill (6);
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2025 second-hand acquisitions (no coupons): None thus far
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2025 needlework- *Reverse-couponing*:11 coupons :
January: teddybear-lined velvet jacket (11) & hat (0); velvet sleep-mask (0);12 -
Make Do - soup from los
Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £469.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov Dec Grand Total £7 -
Morning Peeps,
Been busy still working on minimising items in the house. Managing to throw an item a day away still.. Minimising spends has been positive as now will need to spend savings on a roof repair Not quite the mend I had in mind.
Make do with what food stuff is in the house and getting stuff packed up ready to post out to some lovely people to make new items with.
Happy Friday all and stay safe.
2Scratters
Anything is better than nothing-check back and see
On the declutter journey since 2023 with Mrs SD. Tilly Tidy since 2023.10
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