2022 Frugal Living Challenge

YoungBlueEyes

I got a couple of bottles of white vinegar in Lidl’s today, 29p each @Frugaldom

There was an awful lot more brown than white tho, I had to dig through to get them. I think folk are waking up!

Frugaldom

YoungBlueEyes said:

I got a couple of bottles of white vinegar in Lidl’s today, 29p each @Frugaldom

There was an awful lot more brown than white tho, I had to dig through to get them. I think folk are waking up!

.I will keep trying, it's been all malt vinegar the past 3 months of grocery shopping.

Re the tagging, if you type the @ symbol and the first few letters of username then there should be a drop-down list of suggested names. Or, as previously said, just type @Frugaldom and I'll get a notification. 😊

zafiro1984

Someone said it's cheaper to use a dishwasher than do the dishes by hand, not sure if this is correct but I do chop my dishwasher tablets in half - a tip I picked up on here.
However, I just realised, I can heat water on the woodburner and use it for washing up, that means I can put the dishwashers to bed for the winter so apart from the washing up liquid it can't get any cheaper.

London_1

Good Evening ,well done willow for becoming debt free its a great feeling isn't it.

I am watching a tv programme I recorded on my Tivo box from Channel 5 called the 'Winter of Discontent' about 1978/79  and inflation and the amount of food shortages we had during that winter.
 It felt like everyone was on strike at one point and inflation was 7% and unions demanding 30% increases. I remember the winter clearly, as we had dreadful snow and the shops were virtually cleared of food within days ,petrol queues and if you heard of a shop that had almost anything you would try to get it..I do hope we are not in for another 'winter of discontent' this year 

I feel reasonably secure with my food stocks, well of dried and tinned stuff at least.How we will get on with fresh food I'm not so sure, but we will get trough I guess. as we are a pretty stoical race aren't we and just batten down . 
It was interesting to see how the commnuity sprit was alive and well in the UK, as it was in our recent pandemic and I do have faith in the goodheartednees of the majority of folk.

I've been a bit poorly with laryngitis and not feeling quite up to par, but I was lucky enough to see my Dr yesterday (first time for three years ) and he gave me a prescition for medicatio which hopefully will reduce the swelling in my throat.I have a very croaky voice at the moment, so giving my vocal cords a rest as well  

My Dr advised just soft easy to swallow stuff bless him and suggested Ice cream ,so following Drs orders  I bought some choc ices which were reduced in Tesco, as my small Metro shop reduced stuff at thei time of the year to get their Christmas stocks in.So tea tonight was some strawberry jelly with ice cream   lunch was chicken soup  

So spoiling myself for a change  

Hope everyone is Ok and hanging onto their purses only 6 more days until the end of the month and I still have not used the CH yet its still very mild here.

JackieO xx

YoungBlueEyes

Aww get well soon Jackie 🙂

willow_loulou

What do you use the vinegar for @Frugaldom? I get small bottles from Home Bargains for cleaning. Glad you remember me, I still follow you elsewhere. 

Thanks @London_1 it feels great. 

Elisheba

Primrose said:

Please tag me in to posts for responses, otherwise, I'm missing a lot of the updates.
 

How do you do this please?  I'm not good on some of this technical maintenance stuff.

My question is how do I see a list of posts I'm tagged in? Can't seem to find anyway to do it in my profile. 

Elisheba

willow_loulou said:

What do you use the vinegar for @Frugaldom? I get small bottles from Home Bargains for cleaning. Glad you remember me, I still follow you elsewhere. 

Thanks @London_1 it feels great. 

Not sure what @Frugaldom uses it for but I use it as softener in my washing machine, anti mold spray in my bathroom, window cleaner, and soak orange peels in it then dilute it with water for a general cleaning spray. And also for food  .

I bought 4 or 5 big cartons of it on Amazon last year and and I don't think I've finished one yet. 

Glittering_M

2Scratters said:

I am continuing to use the water butt for reducing the water used, especially the loo. 

@2Scratters, can I please ask how you do this? I'd be interested in doing something like this myself but I'm unsure how I'd transport it from garden to house (watering can?) and keep it inside the house, or do you go out everytime you need it?

We aren't on a water meter so I don't need to do it from a money saving perspective but I'd be keen to consider it from an environmental one. 

Thanks in advance.

VintageHistorian

Just breaking my lurking for @Frugaldom and others looking for white vinegar - my husband bought a very large (5 litres) bottle of the stuff off Amazon the other week.

Obviously in very rural areas it might be harder to get an Amazon delivery but if you have a friend with easier access you could ask them to purchase for you.