Hard Times

I can't get the type of coat that I want on the island Mahdahhlia. I'd seen one I liked on the Cottontraders site, but I've decided to wait now until later in the year.

Thanks.

 

i cut and colour my own hair every 6 weeks or so ( left it longer recently ) but i save a furtune
i also do my daughters, her partner's, grand children's and my hubby's and my mother in laws

 

An Old Tip I used when I was A wee laddie.:WINK1:.

Boil Your Eggs ,Then Use The Boiling Water To Make Your Tea :D.

 

Another One I Just remembered, Again, when I was a wee Laddie.

When I could not Afford a hair cream, like Brylcreem (A little Dab'll Do Ya ), I mixed Sugar And Water In a Milk Bottle. I placed it in a cupboard to Dissolve for a couple of days then dampened my hair with some,combed into place, it dried Stiff..
Not recommended for Gardeners, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
My Mother Called Me Gypsy Joe :WINK1:.

 

We used to do that to keep the Mohecan hair up.

It was fine till it rained, euurrggh.

 

It Was Fine Ziggy, As Long As We Had A Good Stock Of DERBAC SOAP..

 

Oh, don't

Are You Old Enough To Remember Derbac Soap And Steel Rake...... | Toluna

We've been nit free for about 5 years now, but you know its only going to take the first grandchilds first week at school before the comb & stuff come out again:DOH:

 

Ah well, we're rapidly getting to the stage that the nits could be harvested and used as a form of free protein. Every cloud, arf, arf.....

 

We never had any problems with head pets as i call them in my family when we were kids and always had visits from the nit nurse at school every now and then:D

I don't know about anyone else but just talking about the little monsters has me scratching my head

 

Don't waste money on expensive nit combs from the pharmacy ! Get a cheap 'pet comb' from Wilkos for a fraction of the price - they are exactly the same.


P.S. Don't tell your kids where you got them from.

 

Lidl have Parazone on special for 59p (I buy ten at a time when it's on special), although the bog should never be that bad that you require the nuclear option anyway!

As we all need to do some shopping in s/markets, only do it in the final two hours of opening - I regularly find factory reared chickens for less than a quid, and it is my moral duty to buy them rather than let them be thrown in the bin. Roast overnight using the timer and cheap leccy. Strip the carcasses of meat and boil for stock. More than good enough for chicken pie.

Buy veg from the market, meat from the butchers (it really is cheaper as it will not be pumped up with water).

If your motoring is on a budget, run a car that is older than circa 2002 - this negates the potentially expensive failure of electronic components. If an older car will not start £100 to £200 generally sorts it, with the modern electronics you need to budget anything up to a £1000. And secondhand parts are frequently not an option, as many components have to be programmed in and this is a once only process.

I buy all my coats in charity shops, along with work clothes.

Cook at least one extra portion and freeze them.

Share food with your neighbours - if it's cheaper buy big and share the spare, it cuts both ways around here.........

 

Every time one of my socks wears out, I throw it out and keep the other one.

When another one reaches the end of its life, I do the same again and I've got a pair.

They may not necessarily match, but who cares?

(Actually, Mrs Trunky cares quite a lot, but hey ho!)