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Is there a winter thriftiness thread?!

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BaBaBaBoomBoom · 26/10/2015 08:39

I think I recall one last year with people making their own draft excluders and tin foil down the back of radiators?
Anyone fancy linking/ making a new one?

We've just bought some fabric to make heavy duty curtains for our front door!

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00100001 · 26/10/2015 11:01

We're classy and hang blankets up in windows that aren't "used" :)

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Grumpyoldblonde · 26/10/2015 17:17

I used clubcard vouchers to double up and get us new heavy winter duvets for free! I have heard we may be in for a very cold, harsh winter (who really knows?) so every week I am putting an extra couple of tins of soup or beans or pasta in my stock cupboard in case we get really bad snow, not really thrifty as such but possibly sensible

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00100001 · 26/10/2015 17:29

Now is a PERFECT time to switch energy suppliers (uswitch)

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00100001 · 26/10/2015 17:33

Also we move the furniture round a bit - because the sofa and a bookcase is covering up our rads. We move it all around, but even moving the furniture forward will help!

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00100001 · 26/10/2015 17:33

leave the oven door open after cooking (switch it off, naturally!)

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00100001 · 26/10/2015 17:34

bleed your radiators

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Wirralmumof2 · 26/10/2015 17:41

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Fluffycloudland77 · 28/10/2015 15:38
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BaBaBaBoomBoom · 29/10/2015 13:24

Some of these ideas are great, particularly the layering up before you get cold, I'd never have thought of that but it makes sense!

Also, going to make time to check my energy bills this eve

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CountryLovingGirl · 01/11/2015 21:39

I have just bought a few cheap fleece blankets from IKEA. £3 each. Nice and cosy!

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