an Ostentatiously Austere October...join here for a frugal month ahead!

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All welcome to join the MN frugaleers for another month of recording our spends, frugal wins and frugal fails!

NSD = No Spend Day (let's have as many as possible!)

LSD = Low Spend Day

Italian thinking of you

Nsd here as dh off work so he is sorting all that. Ive sent him to the bakers for a cream doughnut.

He is getting new tyres do ££££

Italian, I'm sorry, your little one will be ok so will youx

Hugs to you and baby, italian

Well, I'm kicking myself. Yesterday DD casually said "mummy did you know I'm actually on the hot dinners list?"

Now I'd sent her to juniors with packed lunches because I'd assumed the free school meals, which they'd become eligible for last year, would have stopped by now (DS gets them anyway because he's in yr1) as DH is now employed. I just assumed and didn't want to make a fuss.

So I asked at reception and it turns out yes she is still on the list! I'm confused, but very grateful of course. And totally kicking myself for the money I've spent needlessly on packed lunch stuff.

I have no idea how long this will last - I know they will get the Pupil Premium for five more years, and I guess they don't cut off the FSM straight away, but surely it gets reviewed every so often?! I don't want to get in trouble

I'll start a separate thread about it I think as from googling we shouldn't be eligible anymore!

Italian...
I know his won't make you feel any better but I was where you are now 11 years ago.
It's so hard, and distressing but look after you and let the medics look after your dd.
My ds is now a big strapping 11 year old :)
This too shall pass x

Italian thinking of you and your baby, hope she is a bit better now. The worst part of being a parent is when they are ill, it is horrible

Oh Italian poor you. You're in the best place now

Argh my bloody oven is broken

Italian I hope you and BabyItalian feel better soon.

DS2 has requested school dinners as he said he likes the look of the puddings! . I have told him there are some meals I am not sure he will like but he is focussing on the ones he will so I will make a decision soon.

Spent £33 in Asda. Think my soup was had a day too long and it has caused an upset tummy so went to get jacket spuds as just want something plain. Also got next boxers for DS2 and school trousers for DS1 as he is growing like a weed. I think I might have got the wrong size as per the cm on the label but given his height I think they will do. 15-16!!!! He is only 13.

Oh no Spotty!!! .

I think it's just the element

Dd has school dinners there's always bread and yoghurts etc if she doesn't like anything. We look online each day to see what she can have for lunch, I think knowing what there is stops any worrying.

Thank you all. Now at the hospital for children and waiting for what the doctor says...
But no more milk from me and baby Italian is a bottle refused

Italian have you/they tried a syringe to feed? You can squirt a little into the cheek rather than onto the tongue, seems to work better if I remember correctly from when DD was having trouble feeding.

Oh no spotty! Ours doesn't work either and can't get the LL in yet as the house is WAY too messy right now is there an easy way of finding out if it's the element that's gone?

NSD today. Would love one tomorrow to make 4 for the week. Next week will be extreme with long weekend away catching up with loads of friends. Luckily got unexpected share dividend so may use that got weekend jollies.

Italian hope you and little one are ok, you may have an infection and that's affecting milk supply it won't have dried up often we express about 10% of what a baby can get out in same time n some women get nothing expressing.

I don't know Fuzzpig. Process of elimination? Fan is working, top oven and grill are working so that's all I can think of!

I don't know Fuzzpig. Process of elimination? Fan is working, top oven and grill are working so that's all I can think of!

Italian hope everything is sorted quickly and you and little one are feeling better (and fed).

Spotty coming in a bit late here, but are all 4 elements on the cooker not working then? Or just one of them? (or have I utterly missed the point?)

Oh that's the same as ours - grill works, hob works, fan works. Thanks! :)

Er I don't know how many elements there are I know it blew my trip earlier though when it went

friend coming over for coffee in a bit

I went mad online last night - I (genuinely) needed to replace my concealer and ended up buying

concealer
lipstick
primer
candle
eco deodorant for DH
kindle book on magical tidying
box of multipack crisps as bargain price - actually feel ok about this one
2 books for work - ditto as were less than £5 each on ABEbooks
a kindle
stuff off the xmas thread - feel ok about this as it was bargainous

ItalianWiking84 Keep positive, poor baby Italian

Spotty do you rent? Ll responsibility. Or buy the element and replace it.

£3.19 on work supplies.

We do but it's our cooker. Dp's dad is an electrician so hoping he can do it. Might need the oven professionally cleaned first

Spendy day

£5 paying lady back in café
£8 on cake in said café
£9.98 in tesco on nappies, bread and stuff for harvest festival box I forgot about.

Ok, your idea of elements and mine may be different, so pay no attention to me then. My input is American, where we have stupidly different terminology for the same things (much to my embarrassment sometimes here in the UK when I am trying to talk to a repair person). I sometimes revert to "thingamabob" and "whatchamajiggy" in a panic.

My kiwi stepmum calls the hobs elements, is that what you thought?

Is £70 a good price to clean double oven and hobs? I know, I know, but it's pretty bad