Saturday 24 November 2012
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Day 20 - Bye bye Cleapss
68. - 67. 2 toiletries used to wash a laundry load.
66. Blue bedsheet which never fitted the bed properly and used to constantly annoy us. I did think of re-purposing it but it's too synthetic and stretchy so I think I'd have needed an overlocker to cope with it and I do not have one of those!
65. - 63. 3 computers from the attic that DH left on the drive and were quickly taken!
Had another awesome day at Cleapss. I wish I could go there every day!
66. Blue bedsheet which never fitted the bed properly and used to constantly annoy us. I did think of re-purposing it but it's too synthetic and stretchy so I think I'd have needed an overlocker to cope with it and I do not have one of those!
65. - 63. 3 computers from the attic that DH left on the drive and were quickly taken!
Had another awesome day at Cleapss. I wish I could go there every day!
Monday 19 November 2012
Day 19 - Cleapss Peeps!
62. Grace Cole Lavender Polishing Foot Scrub, all used up and thrown away.
Had a lovely day on a Microbiology course at Cleapss at Brunel University. We dissected a rat, poured agar plates and trialled amylase-starch reactions under buffered and unbuffered conditions at pHs 4, 7 and 9. It was a great opportunity to ask questions and I learned about Pasteur's 'swan neck' and why you shouldn't put agar plates in the fridge!
And I've got another course at the same place with the same lovely teacher to look forward to tomorrow :)
Had a lovely day on a Microbiology course at Cleapss at Brunel University. We dissected a rat, poured agar plates and trialled amylase-starch reactions under buffered and unbuffered conditions at pHs 4, 7 and 9. It was a great opportunity to ask questions and I learned about Pasteur's 'swan neck' and why you shouldn't put agar plates in the fridge!
And I've got another course at the same place with the same lovely teacher to look forward to tomorrow :)
Sunday 18 November 2012
Day 18 - Money Saving Expert (MSE)
61-53. 9 toiletries thrown away because they're too old to use or that I really hate and will not use and cannot repurpose!
I joined the Money Saving Expert forums the other day and am doing the "No More Buying Toiletries" challenge. I don't want to buy anything until next year. So I've inventoried most of my toiletries, I haven't done make-up or nail items yet but will do them next weekend hopefully. I've found 73 items so far and have thrown away 9 of those and brought 6 travel-sized bottles of shampoo/shower gel downstairs to repurpose for small laundry loads/delicates/ washing and blocking knitting :)
I'm also keeping an eye on my groceries budget. I have spent £247 on food so far this month which seems an awful lot when it's only feeding me, DH and two cats! But toiletries, loo roll, magazines etc may have sneaked into the trolley so I will have to keep those separate now and control my grocery spending for the rest of the year!
I joined the Money Saving Expert forums the other day and am doing the "No More Buying Toiletries" challenge. I don't want to buy anything until next year. So I've inventoried most of my toiletries, I haven't done make-up or nail items yet but will do them next weekend hopefully. I've found 73 items so far and have thrown away 9 of those and brought 6 travel-sized bottles of shampoo/shower gel downstairs to repurpose for small laundry loads/delicates/ washing and blocking knitting :)
I'm also keeping an eye on my groceries budget. I have spent £247 on food so far this month which seems an awful lot when it's only feeding me, DH and two cats! But toiletries, loo roll, magazines etc may have sneaked into the trolley so I will have to keep those separate now and control my grocery spending for the rest of the year!
Thursday 15 November 2012
Day 15 - Voting
52-42. 11 balls of yarn - karma'd on Rav.
I went to vote at about 7:30 pm and met two little boys trying to carry a mattress down the road. I offered to help and carried it with them to a patch of grass where they played on it rather loudly! It was one of the boys birthday (age 12) so I gave him and his friend a bar of chocolate each. My good deed for the day :) I just hope they don't come knocking on my door wanting more chocolate and money and who knows what!!
I went to vote at about 7:30 pm and met two little boys trying to carry a mattress down the road. I offered to help and carried it with them to a patch of grass where they played on it rather loudly! It was one of the boys birthday (age 12) so I gave him and his friend a bar of chocolate each. My good deed for the day :) I just hope they don't come knocking on my door wanting more chocolate and money and who knows what!!
Sunday 11 November 2012
Day 11 - Handbags at noon!
41. French Connection PU handbag, broken and (very sadly) not fixable :( - thrown away.
Saturday 3 November 2012
Day 3 - Attacking the stash!
40 - 38. 3 Yankee Candle wax tarts - karma'd on Rav.
37 - 36. 2 balls navy blue acrylic dk - karma'd on Rav.
35 - 34. 2 old Yankee Candles that I was going to recycle and make into new candles but never got round to it - thrown away.
33 - 32. 2 Yankee Candle Votives - karma'd on Rav.
31 - 28. 4 balls purple acrylic dk - karma'd on Rav.
37 - 36. 2 balls navy blue acrylic dk - karma'd on Rav.
35 - 34. 2 old Yankee Candles that I was going to recycle and make into new candles but never got round to it - thrown away.
33 - 32. 2 Yankee Candle Votives - karma'd on Rav.
31 - 28. 4 balls purple acrylic dk - karma'd on Rav.
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