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A miserly May on Mumsnet for the fantastic frugaleers!

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MissAnnersleyismyhero · 28/04/2014 16:29

Saw April was getting very full so thought I'd start this off early!
Welcome to all who want to save cash, live frugally and pay debts, or just trying to live within our means!
Full of hints and tips on how to save money in the supermarket, meal planning and daily life.

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ItalianWiking84 · 07/05/2014 09:10

MissAnnersleyismyhero that is really awful if her inlaws werent supportive about her going to hospital. Do they perhaps live in a smaller city? Luckily none of my inlaws or partner friends have mentioned anything about it being bad going to hospital and where we live, big city, its getting more and more common, that people want to go to the hospital for labour, so therefore they are paying the fee for it to happen, I think I read somewhere that now its almost 50/50 in NL between home birth and hospital birth, so defn getting more even out. But I was never asked, due to heart condition, no midwife would wanna take the risk of a home birth, so luckily our insurance pay all my appt and the labour :)

FantaSea · 07/05/2014 10:48

Italian I'm pleased you appointment with the cardiologist went well, that is good news Smile .

£20.00 on petrol - I had been hoping to delay filling up until Friday but I had to take DD to school today, 20 miles each way, as there was a problem with the trains. She is very anxious at the moment as her A level exams start in 2 weeks, and so we are the house of stress at the moment.

AdoraBell · 07/05/2014 13:27

I'm glad the apptiontment went well Italian

Yesterday I spent £12 in the grocers, need to go back again today for honey, and another £30 in the supermarket.

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MissAnnersleyismyhero · 07/05/2014 13:31

Italian so glad you got good news at the doctor's.

I have some good news of my own - I have been promoted at work! Smile should hopefully mean more cash as well as more responsibility.

Not an NSD today as had to pay cleaner, buy extra cleaning stuff and NEW DISHWASHER TABS FOR OUR BRAND NEW DISHWASHER THAT ARRIVED TODAY. ahem. Grin

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ilovepicnmix · 07/05/2014 13:57

I feel out of touch as signal is crap at my mum's so I've struggled to get online on my phone.

Big congratulations to you missannersley

Today is an NSD. Yesterday I spent 49 in Morrisons. Day before was an NSD.

FantaSea · 07/05/2014 15:17

MissAnn congratulations Smile

ItalianWiking84 · 07/05/2014 16:00

missann congratulations :)

CoolCadbury · 07/05/2014 16:22

I don't know what's more exciting - a promotion or a new dishwasher. Wink

Congratulations missanne on your promotion Flowers and on your new dishwasher Grin.

Fluffycloudland77 · 07/05/2014 16:26

MissAnnersleyismyhero Well done. Make sure it's more cash, otherwise what's the point? Confused. Next time you get a dual fuel/water bill ask for an actual reading because they should go down now you have a dw. I only put my hot water on for 20 minutes at 55c now, it used to heat all night when I had to wash up Sad.

SSE still flicking the corporate V sign at me. I shall be taking my custom elsewhere when my contracts up.

£8.80 on work stuff.

Italian I hope you are on ml now, it's hard enough for you to be pg with a heart condition let alone working.

ItalianWiking84 · 07/05/2014 16:26

So you YNAB experts, what do one do, if you want to buy it, but do not own a Visa, Mastercard or American Express? Is there simply no other way of buying it?

AdoraBell · 07/05/2014 17:53

Congrats MissAnnersley on your promotion and Grin at shiny new dishwasher.

I'm about to spend £4 on a kilo off honey, just having a coffee as being home alone was bugging me today, have been given a free slice of cake. Need To get scourers for the loo, about £1.

NK5BM3 · 07/05/2014 18:37

Congrats MissAnn!! Smile NSD.

CoolCadbury · 07/05/2014 19:06

italian I paid with my debit card. Can you get someone to gift it to you and you pay them back? (You can get YNAB gift cards) Expensive though.

CremeEggThief · 07/05/2014 19:24

Congratulations MissA :). Glad all went well for you yesterday, Italian.

£3.08, on some lunchbox staples and a second class stamp. I still find it amazing they cost 53 p now. I remember when I first came to live in England in 1996 they were 19p!

springbright · 07/05/2014 19:40

NSD today...although it feels like a minuscule victory with such a big bill looming for the roof Sad

miss I just skimmed the posts to begin and really did think all of the congrats were for your dishwasher!! Well done on promotion!

ItalianWiking84 · 07/05/2014 19:50

Fluffycloudland77 first going off next week, but I work from home for a very good company, so I can pretty much work as much or little as I want during the day, so I work a bit in the morning, rest a bit, work a bit, rest a bit and then work a bit again. But yeah getting to the end point now, going to be good being able to just relax without thinking of work for a while.

ItalianWiking84 · 07/05/2014 19:51

cool i could, but then I would miss the discount and a part of me thinks that is not fair. Will try writing to them and see what they say

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MissAnnersleyismyhero · 07/05/2014 20:19

springbright to be honest I am probably equally excited about both Grin, I hate washing dishes and it has been a hectic two weeks since the old one died!!

fluffy I am sure it will be more money, I can't see how they can ask me to start managing people etc and not offer it, my boss's boss just offered me the post today and didn't yet have numbers etc to show, so I am just trying not to count my chickens...

Frugal win - got a huge bunch of bananas, a bag of clementines and babybels from work, they were going in the bin Shock all freshly bought for a work lunch yesterday but uneaten. I arrived too late to stop the binning of c.20 bags of crisps and 6 bottles of water Sad

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SpottyTeacakes · 07/05/2014 20:22

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CoolCadbury · 07/05/2014 20:27

italian how do you cope with out a visa/mastercard/amex card on a day to day basis? I don't have a credit card but could not manage without my visa debit card.

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MissAnnersleyismyhero · 07/05/2014 21:25

Just checked my online account for mobile and have been charged £58 for calls I didn't make, including 2 sets of 2 calls which apparently happened simultaneously to different numbers Hmm then I had to pay 50p for the privilege of speaking to company about it, the guy went on hold for 6 mins then came back to say "that bill looks really weird, I'm sending it for recalculation" and apparently it will take 3 days until they decide if it's right or not!!!!
Angry

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MissAnnersleyismyhero · 07/05/2014 21:26

The thing is, there are people who might not have checked and just thought "oh, Ive been a bit careless this month" Hmm why can't ANYONE do their actual job in this country?????

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northender · 07/05/2014 21:48

Great news MissA!!

1.80 on potatoes for the hotpot I'm doing tomorrow in the slow cooker.
21 pound cheque back from Metrolink after my complaint Smile

I'm trying to get into the habit of cooking double quantities when I cook certain meals so I can freeze half. It means the prepping and cooking takes a bit longer but not twice as long and each week on my working days we can have a freezer meal. It seems to be working so far. I've always done some freezer meals but usually in much bigger batches.