Stampeding through a sensible, scrimping September!

[PeoniesforMissAnnersley]

Thought I'd do the honours

With kids back at school and autumn weather drawing in we all need a very sensible September. I'm putting up my thermal curtains and refusing to put on the heating until October. Who's in?

£2.80 on some lunch

Nsd. I've been in all day with a banging headache. Luckily dd1 and 2 make their own way home frim school and dd3 is being dropped off by my lovely friend. I' m supposed to take dd2/3 swimming but don't think i can fave it.

Spent £15 taking the kids to mcd's for a treat/hassle free tea and will spend 50p on a snack at DD's dance class tonight. Will also need to fill the car with petrol - £45 - but that's in the budget.

Need to get the cats new collars this week too as they have both lost theirs along with their engraved tags

£17 on a dominos

Hi everyone, we're moving so fast!

Get well soon missa and everything crossed you will stay mended for a good while yet!

oneofthose and furcoat I could have gone for one of those hassle free teas myself tonight! I got home late from a meeting and felt 'meh'. Did manage to make the planned bubble and squeak but cba to cook the chicken to go with it so essentially we ate a big plate of mushed up sweet potato with a vat of gravy .

Sensible September is going ok here. We have now paid our deposit for a two night break in late October but this really has been the only non-sensible purchase. I went through Christmas bits lastnight - just one thing to buy for dd and her stuff is done! As is my niece and my dad so feeling quite chuffed that I've spread the cost by picking things up here and there (luckily dd is so young I can get away with second hand books and a pack of pants as they're just as exciting to open!)

I am glad I joined this thread. Minimal spending, just milk, post office, bread, margarine. Under £5.

I am going to make a massive batch of scones and freeze half (and probably defrost next week).

I'm so cold. Pretty tempted to put the heating on but will resist!

I had the heating on this morning spotty.

£2.40 on school dinner for dd, otherwise nsd.

Payday Friday

I'm wearing thermals. Dh knows better than to ask about heating.

I opened a savings account. I'm going to skim what I can straight into it at the end of the year pay a lump sum off the mortgage & my tax.

No word from morrisons yet.

We have storage heaters so can't just pop them on for an hour I've got a cold nose!!

Oh lord I hated those storage rads. Are you electric only?.

You wouldn't mind if they frigging worked.

Yep no mains gas for miles around here. Plus our sitting room has the stairs in so all the heat goes straight upstairs!

It is cold isn't it? I may relent in the morning and put the heating on for an hour or so.

I wonder if you qualify for a warm home discount?. Sse policy on warm home is as clear as mud.

My mil misses out on it because she's not on pension credit. She's a few quid over the threshold.

Don't think so, we don't get any benefits as such (small amount in tax credits likely to stop in April). Might get dp to make me a hot chocolate!

No heating yet here. Chilly, but just piled on the layers of clothing.

Spent £15 on birthday present for close friend, and then a tenner on McD's for tea, as we stayed at friend's house later than planned. And I was tired. (and lazy)

£2.49 on discounted spot cream and the usual £22 on getting to work

Changed duvets from 4 tog to 9.5tog this eve...was freezing last night! No heating on yet.

It's getting cold here too, winter is fast approaching... Need to find the winter duvets soon from the addict...
Spent 29£ on a fisher price toy for dd, but was on offer with 35%. The supermarket have all their toys on sale with 35% off so will go tomorrow and see if they have other things that I can save for Christmas

Utterly appalled with myself:

Pub £15 (2 rounds)
lunch £10

£25 and nothing to show for it unless you count a lovely time with friends I've not seen for 2 years as they've been abroad and they're going back for who knows how long next week. I decided to losen the purse stings :)

listsandbudgets you can't put a price on friendship. Thats just only a £1 a month to maintain your friendship since you last met!

lilac exactly. My friend wouldn't have batted an eyelash if I'd have just gotten her a card for her birthday, but she has really been there for me, especially over the last year or so which has been particularly hellish, even while she was going through stuff of her own. I value the friendship, so I wanted to be sure that on her birthday I could give her a couple little treats that I know she wouldn't buy herself.

Well petrol ended up being £48 and I did half my food shop tonight which was £48 (should have been £58 but had a £10 card after a complaint I made about one of their products).

Got x4 energy saving light bulbs for my awkward up-lighters in the living room for 89p each - supposed to last 10years but not much faith in that so bought more than I needed and will put the spares away.

Will do the other half of my shopping in aldi tomorrow but not much left to get, mainly fruit and veg, shouldn't be more than £20.

Fluffycloud thank you for sainsburry code.

NSD.

At last. NSD yesterday. Today I need nappies from Aldi and a few bits of fruit /veg from the greengrocer. Big shop on Fri or Sat so mustn't get more than I need.