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This article was kindly written for the SDC by member @Deejay11. This week, Deb has some fantastic tips for getting $20 off your groceries every fortnight and a long-lasting tomato relish recipe using pantry staples.


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[mylittletibbies]

Thanks for your hints and for the delicious relish recipe.
I do the Woman's Weekly and Better Homes & Gardens crossword competitions.
Haven't won anything recently but did win a few smaller prizes a while ago. I had one great win a white leather lounge and chaise, used it for two years and recently sold it for $600, not bad for a freebie.

 

[Jest]

please make it that we can print the receipes.

 

[Deejay11]

Thanks for your hints and for the delicious relish recipe.
I do the Woman's Weekly and Better Homes & Gardens crossword competitions.
Haven't won anything recently but did win a few smaller prizes a while ago. I had one great win a white leather lounge and chaise, used it for two years and recently sold it for $600, not bad for a freebie.

Good luck with future crosswords! I used to enter them a few years back, and won a couple of minor prizes. I’ve just recently started “crosswording” again, no wins yet. The lounge sounds a great win and resale. I once sold a camera at a bargain-box price, as I’d already bought one for myself. The buyer who turned up at my house was a guy I vaguely knew from my work, who kept insisting I lower my price even more because I’d won it. He was insistently rude! Anyway, I stuck to my guns, and got my cheap price.

 

[mylittletibbies]

Good luck with future crosswords! I used to enter them a few years back, and won a couple of minor prizes. I’ve just recently started “crosswording” again, no wins yet. The lounge sounds a great win and resale. I once sold a camera at a bargain-box price, as I’d already bought one for myself. The buyer who turned up at my house was a guy I vaguely knew from my work, who kept insisting I lower my price even more because I’d won it. He was insistently rude! Anyway, I stuck to my guns, and got my cheap price.

Good luck with your future crosswords.

I had the opposite experience with the purchaser of my lounge. Not only did he not argue about the price, but he actually gave me an extra $50 for helping him to load it on his Ute. I said it wasn't necessary but he insisted.
I had two wins that day. Had advertised my car for sale. Had recently downsized to a smaller car. The car yard offered me $2,000 for a trade in on my Camry Hybrid.
They think because you are a woman on your own you're stupid. I advertised it for $12,000.wanted $10 000. Later that day a guy drove 3 hours from the city to where I live. gave me $10 000 cash.
Turned out he was a car dealer. He sold it for $16 000.

 

[April Bradford]

please make it that we can print the receipes.

Hi @Jest, would the recipe being posted separately help with this?

 

[deni67]

please make it that we can print the receipes.

Just go up to file then print, find the section you want printed then click print again.

 

[Deejay11]

Good luck with your future crosswords.

I had the opposite experience with the purchaser of my lounge. Not only did he not argue about the price, but he actually gave me an extra $50 for helping him to load it on his Ute. I said it wasn't necessary but he insisted.
I had two wins that day. Had advertised my car for sale. Had recently downsized to a smaller car. The car yard offered me $2,000 for a trade in on my Camry Hybrid.
They think because you are a woman on your own you're stupid. I advertised it for $12,000.wanted $10 000. Later that day a guy drove 3 hours from the city to where I live. gave me $10 000 cash.
Turned out he was a car dealer. He sold it for $16 000.

Some “winning moments” here for you!

 

[marni]

Thanks for your hints and for the delicious relish recipe.
I do the Woman's Weekly and Better Homes & Gardens crossword competitions.
Haven't won anything recently but did win a few smaller prizes a while ago. I had one great win a white leather lounge and chaise, used it for two years and recently sold it for $600, not bad for a freebie.

Thane a screen shot and place in photos. The have an “album” where you save them to.