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2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
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Fleece gloves?
2024 Fashion on the Ration - 10/66 coupons used
Crafting 2024 - 1/9 items finished3 -
Some spends to report.
400 grams of pure wool
1 TShirt
1 blouse.
The wool was a trial colour range for a Granny blanket I am going to crochet for my third grandchild. However , when I started it didn’t feel right. I can’t get the wool I used for the elder two due to the company not sending to France. Well, they will send but the cost would be very very high and they could give me no indication of what the cost might be. I bought a French range but will have to try a different one. One of the not sunny uplands. The blouse was a CS but , but I am counting it in full. My question- how many coupons have I used. So far it has been 100 guns of pure wool.
Keep safe everyone and Bon courage.6 -
Oh oh dear, the wartime autocorrect has changed grms into guns!4
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Well I’m not too worried about cost and more about longevity. I plan to add whichever ones I want to my Xmas/birthday list as I can never think of anything I want and will make do with my current ones until then.
Thinsulate gloves or outdoor shops are a good idea - I’d not thought of that!2025 decluttering: 5,544 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟2025 use up challenge: 513🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑Big kitchen declutter challenge 143/1502025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5004 -
Mr_Elsewhere and I were married, and are very very happy...
I've filled the tins with chocolate caramel shortcake for you all to celebrate with
Thankyou all for everything over the last few years, as one thing after another went wrong and yet more delays happened!
Yrs, Mrs Elsewhere 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);14 -
fantastic news wishing you both much happinessIt doesn't matter if you are a glass half full or half empty sort of person. Keep it topped up! Cheers!8
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Wishing you both every happiness for the future.
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us" Alexander Graham Bell7 -
Wishing you happiness for the future Mrs and Mr Elsewhere.✒️ Declutter 2025 🏅👗 Fashion on the Ration 2025 61/66 coupons (5 coupons silver boots)✒️Declutter 2024 🏅🏅🏅(DSis 🏅🏅)
👗Fashion on the Ration 2024✒️Declutter 2023 ⭐️ ⭐️🏅(and one for DSis 🏅)
👗Fashion on the Ration 2023✒️Declutter 2022 🏅 🏅 ⭐️ ⭐️👗Fashion on the Ration 2022✒️Declutter 2021 ⭐️⭐️⭐️🏅👗Fashion On The Ration 2021 (late joining due to ‘war work’)7 -
Congratulations Laura (and Mr Elsewhere, of course). Wishing you all the best.Fashion on the Ration 2025 - 1.5 coupons remaining
December Grocery Challenge £160.89 of £250 spent
Declutter 7 things (net) in 2025. Done, now trying to keep it even (4 under at present).6 -
Congratulations! I hope you enjoy many happy years together.Sealed Pot Challenge no 14
Fashion on the Ration - 5666 ( 5 - shoes, 1.5 - bra, 11.5 - 2 pairs of shoes and another bra, 5- t-shirt, 1.5 yet another bra!, 3 coupons swimming costume 1.5 yet another bra, 10 coupons, 2 jumpers, 6 coupons 6 prs of socks, work trousers and steel toe capped boots, 11 coupons)7
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