Use this instead of your gas or electric this winter. You will save 💰💰💰💷💷💷💶💶💶💶

Get a 2-burner camping stove this winter and avoid the nutty energy bills this winter. Save 💰💰💰💷💷💷

Get a torch in case it's too expensive to use much energy this winter.. get self sufficient in energy sources.
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Keep toasty this winter, grab a reflective sports blanket and wrap yourself up in it....it's like a thermos flask, retains the heat...you will stay boiling hot all winter with one of these. £12 for 4 blankets from Amazon but any camping outlet will have them.

Crochet yourselves some blankets this winter, at least learn how to do it, you don't need to do fancy squares, just practical easy stuff like blankets with the most basic stitch for beginners. It might well be more difficult to obtain clothing or bedding in the future so start making your own now ok... If you can get hold of wool then you will be able to make bags, blankets,hats, scarves and those with more expertise can do more complicated garments. The idea is self sufficiency. This pic comes from a blog of a person who likes making blankets. She shows you how but you can just learn from YouTube the most basic stitch and use that for your blanket or scarf.... That way you will depend less on the shops.
https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/cosy-stripe-blanket.html

If you can't get hold of balls of wool for making your blankets or garments from the shops then try to get hold of raw wool from a farm or online and make it into yarn.
Spinning Yarn: How to Spin Raw Wool Into Yarn | Homesteading
https://homesteading.com/spin-yarn-tutorial/amp/

People who want to start crochet or knitting or who know how to should stock up on yarn now so if you need to make a blanket or garment you have yarn. We can not be sure of future supply of yarn in shops or online because we can not be sure of the future supply of anything, due to fuel costs or other reasons. We should try to make our own clothes and blankets by crochet/knitting or even sewing using material. That way one is more self sufficient and not dependent on shop stock availability or possible inflated prices.

Grow tomatoes at home using seeds from a 🍅. Seedlings get nutrients from 🥚 shells but you don't need to use them, just plant seeds in empty egg boxes with soil.

This soap looks so nice, very clever effect with the bubble wrap. However, I don't know the ingredients....I will try to find them. Anybody know?

Helpful video on how to make soap.

This is from Amazon and is when you buy the soap base already made and you melt it, colour it and add perfume oil to it. Of course it's not really self sufficiency because you don't make the soap you just melt this and adapt it to suit. This is what they used for the honey soap I posted.

Record Bankruptcy in US*

1. Victoria's Secret declared bankruptcy.
2. Zara closed 1,200 stores.
3. La Chapelle withdrew 4391 stores.
4. Chanel is discontinued.
5. Hermes is discontinued.
6. Patek Philippe discontinued production.
7. Rolex discontinued production.
8. The world's luxury industry has crumpled.
9. Nike has a total of $23 billion US dollars preparing for the second stage of layoffs.
10. Gold's gym filed for bankruptcy
11. The founder of AirBnb said that because of pandemic, 12 years of efforts were destroyed in 6 weeks.
12. Even Starbucks also announced to permanently close their 400 stores.
13. WeWork isn't in a great spot either

*Nissan Motor Co. may close down in USA.*

1. Biggest Car Rental company (Hertz) filed for bankruptcy - they also own Thrifty and Dollar
2. Biggest Trucking company (Comcar) filed for bankruptcy - they have 4000 trucks
3. Oldest retail company (JC Penny) filed for bankruptcy - to be acquired by Amazon for pennies
4. Biggest investor in the world (Warren Buffet) lost $50B in the last 2 months
5. Biggest investment company in the world (BlackRock) is signalling disaster in the world economy - they manage over $7 Trillion
6. Biggest mall in America (Mall of America) stopped paying mortgage payments
7. Most reputable airline in the world (Emirates) laying off 30% of its employees
8. US Treasury printing trillions to try to keep the economy on life support
9. Estimated no. of retail stores closing in 2020 - 12,000 to 15,000.

*The following are big retailers that have announced closing:*

- J. Crew
- Gap
- Victoria's Secret
- Bath & Body Works
- Forever 21
- Sears
- Walgreens
- GameStop
- Pier 1 Imports
- Nordstrom
- Papyrus
- Chico's
- Destination Maternity
- Modell's
- A.C. Moore
- Macy's
- Bose
- Art Van Furniture
- Olympia Sports
- K Mart
- Specialty Cafe & Bakery
and many many more

*Unemployment claims reached an all-time high of 38+ million - unemployment is over 25% (out of 160 million of work force, close to 40 million are jobless). With no income, consumer demand is falling drastically and the economy will go into a free fall. This is just USA...*