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READER SOS: Spare parts for loos
You can get spare parts for just about everything these days, but Miss Thrifty reader Emily has a wee problem. (Did I just write that? Oh dear, I think I did.) Her question: Please help Miss Thrifty – moved into a lovely new house a couple of month...
“Are we are falling out of love with IKEA?”
IKEA sucks? According to the latest news reports, our long-standing love affair with the adored bastion of low-priced, Swedish furniture could be coming to an end. Here’s The Mail on Sunday: A weakening financial performance, missed store targe...
Free needlepoint patterns for domestic goddesses
Miss Thrifty reader Felicity Hall, a needlepoint queen and purveyor of hot-to-trot needlepoint kits, got in touch to let me know that she has started to upload a wealth of free patterns to her new website. You can copy and print the patterns –...
Broken cooker, fridge, lawnmower or washing machine? Buy a spare part
Next time your cooker, fridge, lawnmower or washing machine breaks, don’t buy a new one. Buy a spare part, and fit it yourself. We did this a while back, when our fan-assisted oven became a fan-unassisted oven. We couldn’t get the oven ho...
Get your digital photos printed for free
Would you like some free photos? Miss Thrifty reader Amy pointed me in the direction of a website called Free Photo Printing – 455 Free Photo Prints, which does what it says on the tin. Many of the photo developers – Truprint, Boots, Jes...
Attention, non-shoppers: do you lead the ultimate thrifty lifestyle?
A nice television lady called Katy asked if I knew anyone who fitted the bill for her production company’s new programme idea. She is looking for people who spend just £1 or £2 a day. I said I’d put the word out* if Katy sent over her...


Cooler than I expected it to be. Very nice.
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