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economymode · 02/12/2012 15:06
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AdoraJingleBells ·
31/12/2012 22:39
TrÃed To post last night but the battery gave up.
So, Monday we took DDs to the movies and bought food for a party.
Cinema -£15, drinks -£5, supermarket-£35 and roads -£2.
OH is on the mend.
Happy new year
AdoraJingleBells ·
29/12/2012 00:10
Glad you got treated to lunch economy, we said goodbye to our sarnie toaster this week, all the non stick has come off. It is amazing how things add up, isn't it? I went in for bread and salad, spent £56
.add £2 on roads and £45 on petrol and my run of NSDs is well and truly over
OH is home, with enough pills to make him rattle and a slight flea in his ear about his eating habits. He spent about £100 on his medication. We don't know what the clinic cost but they are sorting that out directly with the insurance. Drat, just realised I forgot to pick up X-rays, have to wait until Monday now.
AdoraJingleBells ·
28/12/2012 13:03
Thanks Rogue
Glad you had a good Christmas, and without breaking the bank
. I spent more on the actual Christmas dinner than usual because of splashing out on a whole turkey, but still less than previous years overall. Need to get some bread and salad today.
roguepixie ·
28/12/2012 12:17
Hello All, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas? Ours was lovely - made all the better because I have spent a fraction of what I usually spend at Christmas 
. Strangely, none of us has felt deprived at all!!!! .
Have had a number of NSD's - I think we are about 5 days in with no spend, which is brilliant.
Have just done an online food shop which is about £100 (don't want to go over this) - this is the first food shop since December 21st and will last us into New Year.
Adora, I do hope your DH feels better soon as is able to come home. Digestive problems are awful.
AdoraJingleBells ·
28/12/2012 01:56
Ali we had a lovely Christmas, thanks, how was your's? Just the four us and and loads of turkey scoffed by OH in the freezer now.
OH is having a night in the clinic, he has a digestive thing that he doesn't take proper care of. He's okay but they couldn't let him home after the mega pain killers. DD's missed the dentist today as I was trying to get at least one bit of the kit we have here to actually phone BUPA and let them hear what I was saying. Never mind, the clinic have spoken to them now.
I feel a slice of Xmas pud coming on
Mum2Fergus ·
27/12/2012 21:32
Back to work today (but only today and tomorrow then off til 8th Jan 
) so needed petrol, £49 and some pence for full tank-huge difference now the guzzler has gone!
Need some stamps tomorrow, fresh bread/milk then will redo fridge/freezer/cupboard contents list before shop over w/end.
Helenagrace ·
27/12/2012 07:42
economy my DH got me a lovely fleecy one last year with a hood from BHS. I went mad when I saw the bag because their stuff is awful usually but it's really lovely.
Off for our free day out at Kew Gardens today. Taking lunch so, apart from train fares, it should be an NSD. It's chucking it down though
economymode ·
26/12/2012 19:54
Hello and a belated Happy Christmas from EconomyVille .
EconomyBoy got given far too much for Christmas by my in-laws. I know they like to spoil their grandchildren, but it also makes me slightly cross, as half of the stuff he won't even play with, or I'll have to exchange for something more suitable. Yep, I am being ungrateful, aren't I?
Nothing spent here since xmas eve, but I am now browsing the sales online...
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Fluffycloudland77 ·
26/12/2012 09:39
£55 on turtle mats in their sample sale.
It was that or murder dh and the cat for crimes against a clean house.
Mum2Fergus ·
26/12/2012 01:13
Merry Christmas everyone! Well , no surprise in a NSD today lol wll need milk and bread in the morning, dinner will be courtesy of Mum
Avoided online sales today which is good for me! Need to get back to serious budget now...house purchase due to complete (fingers crossed) soon so want to be sure to have some contingency funds.
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