2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

MrsCD

How lovely, Laura! It certainly looks like this is your year. You have a good plan for your wedding day and I'm sure it will work out perfectly 🥰  congratulations xx

keepcalmandcraft

Just catching up on the last few days posts.  Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding Laura! The colours of your outfits sound wonderful and I too look forward to seeing the photos xx

PipneyJane

In other news, Britain will shortly be hit by a long heatwave because I have finally finished that jumper!  OMG it’s warm.

Well, I think I have. It needs a wash and I’m  not 100% certain that it isn’t a bit too “skirty” for my liking.  Here, have a look and tell me what you think:



I am now convinced that the magazine original had a huge bulldog clip attached at the back so that the gores laid flat.

- Pip

Baileys_Babe

I like the style and colour of your new jumper @PipneyJane and thank you for the upcoming heatwave 😉

Your wedding and honeymoon plans sound perfect @Laura_Elsewhere if we ever get married I would prefer something along the same lines.

CAFCGirl

I think the jumper looks amazing!!!
I quite like the 'skirty' bit to it, gives it another dimension of interest - Well done @PipneyJane

florianatwobob

I too am looking forward to the upcoming heatwave courtesy of Pip. 

I may finally get those seeds started in my attempts to Dig for Victory. 

Liverpool_Anne

@PipneyJane, I love that jumper and it does look very cosy. After the cold, wet, windy start to the year I can't wait for the heatwave
@Laura_Elsewhere congratulations on finally being able to set a date, I am sure you will have a lovely day and look amazing. The prize for your honeymoon was just meant to be
Take care everyone

PipneyJane

Thanks Ladies.  The jumper is now being washed.

In other news, I started my 2022 Victory Garden today with the delivery of 15 garlic plug-plants from T&M, which I think cost £1.99.  (Still on order are some strawberries and some cherry tomatoes, both bought at deep discount and both to be delivered in April. Oddly, the T&M email receipt doesn't show the discount prices.)  While I quickly planted them out at lunchtime, I had a look at what remains in the raised beds.  The over-wintered broad beans are in flower, so fingers crossed for a decent crop there, and we appear to have two carrots growing.  

Also, I have a spend to declare.  5 coupons on a pair of these loafers from M&S. I'd have probably held off for longer but, if you have a Sparks card, there's a 20%-off-shoes voucher that expires tomorrow.   £36 paid (not £45). Technically, they didn't cost me a penny, just coupons, because work gave us each a £50 gift voucher for Christmas. 

- Pip

CapricornLass

That jumper is a lovely colour, Pip.  I can understand your feelings about the hemline, but if worst comes to worst and you really can't stand it, you can always unravel a bit and then make a more conventional  waistband!

Gem-gem

PipneyJane said:

Gem-gem said:

PipneyJane said:

@QueenJess said:

@Laura_Elsewhere said:

@QueenJess, yes I saw that too - I think it means garments. I know when I read something else recently about only wearing 10 items of clothing for a week of outfits it didn't count undies, etc...

Well that would make more sense. I think they’ve tried to boil it down too much as I have many questions on their 6 points!

3 should be pretty easy as an adult (might be less easy as a growing child - or for that matter now I think about it, if you lose/gain weight, become pregnant or generally change your body shape in any way!) and although I’m a big environmental advocate, isn’t small changes usually best (although accepting we are probably past that point to make a difference now). I mean, if everyone did this, there would be closures and bankruptcy of clothing stores all over the place (which obviously leads to redundancies and other problems).

My thoughts exactly.

Humans can, collectively, make small changes which would add up to a big difference.  We've already made a big mind-set change by becoming Fashion-on-the-Rationers.  Ditto because we're active on MSE, we tend to have a different mindset to most of the population.  If we have a collective motto it's "Don't Waste".  

Fixing food waste and eliminating short car journeys are  small changes an individual could make which would make a huge difference.   According to WRAP, 20% of all UK food is wasted, which is the equivalent of 5% of UK territorial carbon emissions .  Whereas, according to the Office of National Statistics, 40% of all car journeys are for distances of less than 2 miles, which could easily be walked or bicycled.  Back when I lived in inner Melbourne, I used to have a mantra:  if it took less than half an hour, walk it.  More than that, cycle.  If it took more than half an hour to cycle, then either use public transport or drive if there was no direct public transport route.  

(Yes, a 2 mile walk today would probably take me about half an hour, e.g. the walk into our nearest market town  While technically quicker if I took a bus, I'd probably spend all the travel time "saved" waiting for the damn bus to show up.) 

- Pip

DH and I walk to all local places (up to 4 miles away). We use public transport for journey within Greater London (for my DH it is free - all buses, trains and tubes after 9:30, I have to pay). DH cannot drive anymore due to health, so when by himself, travels to all football games via public transport. Shopping is done on foot. We use rucksacks. 

I drive the car when we travel to family and friends - long distance or go to quizzes out of area. (Though we do look out for train deals - to see if we can do it cheaper by train eg London to Taunton). Car is 9 years old this year, only done 42,000 miles. 

Are you going to be affected if the London ULEZ is extended, @Gem-gem?  We are, since both our cars have diesel engines.  Mine is 13 years old, DH's 11.

- Pip

Hi Pip, 
Luckily, I am not going to be affected by London ULEZ. Car is petrol. 

Tomorrow, place of work - visiting is 3 mikes away - so a nice walk tomorrow morning. But, It is supposed to rain at lunchtime, so may bus it back. 

I really like the chunky neck on your jumper. I have seen a poncho with that sort of neck.