2023 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

Cherryfudge

Ooh, you people have done well! Those embroidered hankies are very pretty, @Nelliegrace.

So have I: I found white trainers in a charity shop today. I've been wanting some to wear with skirts this summer - the most sensible fashion combination I've seen in a long time (IMHO). What's more they are a comfortable fit (I'm another with tricky feet).

£3.99 spent, and no coupons.

Laura_Elsewhere

@diminua, my sympathies for your funeral worries- I still remember our struggles when my sister died suddenly in a heatwave- it really was difficult trying to find funeral blacks in a hurry in lightweight fabrics. I’ve made sure ever since that I have something suitable just in case… I hope all goes well on the day for you all. 

PipneyJane

@PollyWollyDoodle and @Gem-gem - if offered, I am definitely taking the sedation.  Having witnessed a few endoscopies when I was nursing, I know what’s coming and want to be unconscious, if possible.   The letter arrived on Saturday: my appointment is on 27th June.  I’ve told DH that he has to accompany me.

Yes, I knew that stomach ulcers are caused by microbes but, at the moment, I have not been prescribed antibiotics, because I had no major precursor symptoms.  We’ll see….

Nonnadiluca said:

I managed couponless knickers! I found an unopened m and s 5 pack in my size and one of my two favoured styles in a charity shop so they came home with me.

I think that counts as The Find Of The Year @Nonnadiluca

@Laura_Elsewhere on the odd occasion that I’ve bought a t-shirt, I’ve always counted it at 5 coupons. However if the consensus is 4 coupons, then I’ll list them at 4 coupons in the first post.

All:  is the consensus that a t-shirt is 4 coupons?     (Please respond.)

@diminua - sorry to hear about the funeral.  Hope it goes as well as these things can.

@Nelliegrace those hankies are beautiful.  Keep the box if you can - it’s a valuable part of history.

- Pip

ETA:  Laura, lymphoedema is the “great unmentioned” when it comes to cancer surgeries and radiotherapy.  I only learned about its prevalence when working as a staff nurse in Radiotherapy.  It makes logical sense that if you remove/irradiate some lymph nodes, of course the fluid has to go somewhere, but it never seems to get talked about beforehand.  Hope MrE doesn’t have it too badly and can manage it with compression stockings.

Edited Again:  I too am a fan of Mr Attlee.

Baileys_Babe

I vote 4 coupons for a T-shirt.

Cherryfudge

I agree with 4 coupons (and a refund for @PipneyJane's yarn fund, which may have suffered collateral damage).

thriftwizard

4 coupons seems about right to me too!

maddiemay

4 coupons seems good to me too

diminua

Another vote for 4 coupons here. 

Nelliegrace

I wear T-shirts as vests in cold weather, so would say three coupons. 

keepcalmandcraft

Also agree with 4 coupons