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Thank you very much... apologies for the silence... I was "playing" in my garden!! :) I am off to look at soapkitchen and fresholi as well as colourlites. I can feel a shopping spree coming on! :)

I have got some books on the subject and some recipes to have a go at...(though just had a look at the shampoo bar recipe on one of the other threads and kind of went :pale: ! That looks scary!!) However... I was wondering about where to get ingredients and jars and bottles and stuff from. I don't w...

Susie, my MiL is the same! She loves hunting down the bargains in the factory shops. She is like a bloodhound! Only more effective, and has smaller ears! lol!

Thanks for the welcome Muddywitch!

Oh, I love Stamford and Newark too. I used to live in between Grantham and Newark, and used to love going into Newark on the bus. Mostly because I went to school in Grantham...and it was a bit of a dive!

My hubby and I have just had a bloody good laugh at this. Sorry, I shouldn't laugh at someone's misfortune, and I feel for you, I really do... but they way it was written was really funny! We have three cats. They all live indoors, largely because they are too lazy to go outside, but I have to say w...

That is totally fabulous! Very inspiring... I have a humungous stash of fabric (and wool come to that... oh, and embroidery silks... ummm can you see a pattern forming here?! LOL!) and I think some of it might be used on a skirt like that... except longer...because I don't want to scare the natives!...

Wow, what a welcome! Thanks very much. :) It is nice to see other Nottingham bods around here! I reside in Kirkby in Ashfield, and hubby was born and bred here, but I am more of a gypsy and don't really come from anywhere!! Becks77, I was singing at Southwell Minster last Saturday. Southwell is a go...

Just found this rather wonderful place whilst doing a search for self-sufficiency. It is something I have been interested in for ages and ages (as a rather overfull bookshelf full of books testifies!) and hubby and I are making an effort to become more self-sufficient. I look forward to seeing you a...