Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Looking for thrifty ways to get the washing dry.


As we gradually enter into Autumn I'm once again presented with the age old dilemma of how to get the washing dry. Today three bath towels have hung on the line all day and are only fractionally less wet than when they went out there. 

So what to do?

In a bid to reduce the electricity bill I'm trying to avoid using the tumble drier which is a bit old and inefficient anyway.

Haven't resorted to putting the heating on yet so can't dry them off on the radiators.

The Frugal Queen suggests  "Hang your clothes outside to dry, on on a clothes rack indoors. Clothes will take around 24 hours to dry." Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be happening though I guess I do need to give them another 12 hours or so, let's hope it stays dry.

I remember once reading a frugal tip about towels and that was not to use them but to dry yourself with a face flannel instead. I imagine that would save loads on the washing / drying but somehow I'm just not ready for that yet and it would certainly be a step too far for the rest of the family.

So any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Image:Alex Proimos licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic



Thrifty or Frugal

Lately I've been reading quite a lot of blogs with the word "frugal" in the name which led me to ask thrifty or frugal?

Thrifty definition:

"using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully"

Frugal definition:

 
"sparing or economical as regards money or food"

So the same thing really, now all I need to do is figure how to BE thrifty or frugal!

Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries

Thursday, 17 June 2010

Royal Ascot 2010

If you are planning on attending Royal Ascot please be aware that "Her Majesty's Representative wishes to point out that only formal day dress with a hat or substantial fascintor will be acceptable."

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Closed



Our Etsy shop is now closed for the forseeable future.

Too be quite honest we found that the only way to sell on Etsy

was by continually relisting items to prevent them from becoming buried

under hundreds of other listings. It became a bit of a pain not to mention an expense even

though it doesn't cost much to list.

But the biggest pain was when people "purchased" an item and never paid for it.

Etsy automatically classes this as a sale and commission is charged they are very good

about cancelling the sale and commission but again it's a pain causing a lot of

unnecessary work for the seller and of course the "sold" item (that hasn't really sold at all)

isn't available for sale in the shop....

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Last Chance to Buy

Vintage Ruffle High Neck Romantic Victorian Style Brown Blouse medium small

1960s Vintage Long Sleeve Smock type Dress with Belt Size Medium

Tweed Blouson Style Jacket Size Medium


The above items are currently in our half price sale, the listings are due to expire after this weekend and we won't be renewing them SOOO if you want one of them get it now before it's too late.

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Etsy Half Price Sale



There is a half price sale in our Etsy shop

do pop over and take a look.

You might just grab yourself a bargain.

Friday, 19 March 2010