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NSD - No spend day
LSD - low spend day

We are a friendly and supportive bunch, recording our spends, frugal wins and frugal fails daily/when we can. Lots of good tips on discount vouchers, household cleaning and maintenance, cheap meals and more!

£50 on Christmas cake ingredients yesterday. Makes 2x 3kg cakes though :)

Amazing new surgeon consultant came today, he says op on Thursday, he's v confident that he will fix me! he says it will probably be a big op so 5-10 days in hospital after, but worth it if I am well again for Christmas. I'm so happy.

Great news MissA! So glad things are finally getting sorted out.

kids off school ill
frozen chips today £1.00 that is it
LSD....

Great news MissA!

great news MissA!!

That is good news MissA, do you feel better for being fed through a line?.

£3 on food I forgot on Friday.

Free advent calendars up to £3

Yorkshire & Clydesdale banks will be offering £150 cashback soon for switching current accounts.

I do feel better thanks, fluffy but oddly I am still very hungry, so I'm sucking boiled sweets (no solids hit your stomach that way) and drinking lots and then risking the occasional ice cream or soup. Even those give me mild to moderate pain though, so trying to keep to the fluids.

So the food bill plus a few bottles at the pub is just over £1500 and they've said there's a discretionary 10% gratuity charge on top. Would you pay it?

Our food was £2000 including wine with dinner and champers to toast and pre-dinner pimms and nibbles. That was in 2008. For 70 people. How many are coming?

38 adults 3 dc

Yes I'd pay it. You want good service on the day and wedding receptions are lots of work.

I'd pay it, worth it if it's the food you want and for goodwill and smiley service on the day.

spotty For me, it would depend on whether I felt the 10% was deserved or not, which you can't know until the day surely?

LSD today, a fiver at the car wash. Yes, I can wash the car myself, but it gets covered beyond belief with mud going to the farm to sort the pony out each day, I consider it a spending requirement in winter.

Cleaner paid too, but I have a budget for this.

Just about to spend at Body Shop, but that's from the Christmas budget, and already accounted for. If you spend £50, it's £25 off, therefore half price, and the DC both use their stuff.

Nsd, been at work which was very busy and can't believe how dark and miserable the weather has been all day - makes me want to hibernate!!

MissA - am so pleased things are finally happening for you just keep thinking about all that you will be able to scoff over Christmas!

Is that Bodyshop deal online needa?

Yes, I read it slightly incorrectly. You get £25 off if you spend over £50. I spend £65 (covering quite a lot of pressies, been waiting for a decent deal) and was charged £40, but still fine for me. The code is 14671, but it's on the website anyway, ends soon

That sounds reasonable Spotty. I catered for a wedding last summer and the cost price of the ingredients was £600, obviously there's the delivery, preparation, blood, sweat and tears to consider!

No only spent £11.25 Sat/Sun! Great NS weekend.

Today I spent £11 on takeout sandwiches, the first takeaway food in a fortnight, so not feeling too bad about it.

At the start of November I was well into my overdraft (by 50% of my monthly wage!) and thanks to my frugle ways I may just clear my overdraft by the end of the month. It's been a fairly jammy month - no huge bills, but it's shown me how much we can save if I put my mind to it!

It's our 10 year wedding anniversary next year and my DH's 40th, so we booked a holiday yesterday. 2 weeks of super saving and I've realised we can have a holiday!

Hmmm, maybe for Xmas we can eat beans and toast and exchange homemade gifts! (Grin)

Thanks, we've got a good deal as we know the owner/chef. This is our menu:

Starters:
-Sweet potato & parsnip soup, truffle oil, crusty bread
-Game terrine, cranberry compote, rustic toast

• Home cured & smoked salmon, potted shrimp, haddock & salmon fishcake, horseradish crème fraiche, pickled cucumber
• Oven-baked rosemary & garlic infused St Marcellin cheese, rustic toast, cranberry compote

Mains:

• Slow braised lamb shank or Rack & neck, douphinoise potatoes, winter vegetables, mint & redcurrant jus
• Smoked haddock, mashed potato, spinach, welsh rarebit, champagne & chive volute
• Pan fried duck breast, boulangere potatoes, green beans, black cherry jus
• Stuffed pepper, spicy mixed bean cassoulet, creamed spinach

Pudding:

• Assiette of dessert; Lemon tart, raspberry sorbet, chocolate brownie, seasonal crumble

Children are having spaghetti bolognese.

I will ask my dad how much he wants to tip

We're also having coffee after which will be paid for on the day.

spotty that menu sounds absolutely incredible!

Oh sorry MissA!! I'll send you a doggy bag for when you're better!

Amazing menu spotty!!

Spent £6? On 2 packs of Sainsburys lemsip and carrots. Will try and make parsnip carrot soup for the weekend.

Glad are getting sorted out miss a

Nsd for me. Dh bought some bread.

NSD again for me! So glad things are looking up Miss A!