Marvelous Frugaleers - May the Money Magic Continue into June

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Just setting up the new thread for the chatty Frugaleers.

By popular request - copied from January

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I froze dozens of courgettes last summer but they go so watery when defrosted. Not sure how I'd be able to chop them

peppa I think if you defrost the courgette and then fry gently, the moisture will evaporate out and they would be fine to add to mince. I had a courgette glut last summer and roasted them or fried them before freezing.

NSD so far today

Oh I'm shorter than you collie! They have elasticated cuffs at the bottom though...

That's soooo expensive! I wouldn't pay that. I pay £2 for 1.5 hours with all you can eat cake and biscuits snacks for the dc and drinks.

NSD.

£5 for an hour at a toddler group?? that is ridiculous, they should be about 50p surely?!

Fluffy hope your cat is looking better?

Nsd I think.

Finished late at work so just did a quick brinner for dinner A couple of days off now which is good as am cream crackered!!

Collie we are pretty rural but there's still a fair choice of groups within 15 minutes drive. Have you looked at libraries, leisure centres etc even one of the posh pubs here does a --yummy mummy- coffee morning.

Fatface shoppers 15% off with national trust until 30 June. Full price items only I think.
NTRUSTSUM15 is the online code.

The toddler groups round here are one pound each

Yep Here it's £1 for a 2 hour toddler group

That tankini arrrived and it is going back!! The so-called underwired bra bit is nothing like and the cups are a weird shape ( or it could be my boobs) Anyway it makes me look worse than the old bikini (sigh) so am just going to wear the old one an am resigned to being a fat lump on beach

However actually i think tankinis are the absolute work of the devil..

Spendy again ( although some is my holiday clothes money ive saved up especially)

Nice cream 'gypsy' top with lovely crochet yoke from Tkmaxx £19.99 and a cream cami from peacocks £3 to go under it ( will look good with my navy hareems i think )
£2.27 in Co-op on lunch
4.33 in Holland and Barrat on 2 big boxes of my favourite green tea with lemongrass for work ( buy one get one half price).. those will last me a good while

then.... £15.25 in Sainsburys on fags and wine (yes i know i shouldnt , but a bit down about the swimsuit thing .. it wont help I know

So podgy 57 year olds on the beach? Is a burkini the answer? Actually I know European women (esp Greeks and Germans ) dont seem to care so why do i so much ?

Ill be ok when i get there ..I often get a bit depressed before a holiday , Does anyone else?

i loves a discount code i do....bit of a standing joke that i rarely pay full price for anything.

Same here babs. It won't accept gift cards online but says I can phone, wonder if they'll honour the code over the phone.

Laska you will look fabulous! Could you get a wrap skirt/floaty top or something if you are worried?
NSD here but will have to do a quick top up shop tomorrow I think. Knee is still playing up so I'm going to see if I can get a supermarket delivery slot tomorrow to save having to walk all round the shop.
Used the slow cooker again today so that's 3 uses making it just over £4 per use so far and I expect that will keep coming down, I love it! My mum is already working out how many Xmas puddings she can make this year if she uses both mine and her own!

the is already making me feel better!!

£5 for DD1's karate class.

My advice for cabin bags is to double check your airline's policy as they keep changing them. I bought DH one of these lightest for Easyjet, for them to change their policy, meaning that they no longer guarantee the size I bought would go in the cabin, although they did guarantee they wouldn't charge for it. However, as he was only taking a couple of days worth of clothes plus laptop (I took his stuff in cases with me) and iPad he wanted it with him. I ended up buying a Samsonite.

i would ring up spotty as its in store too with a voucher from the latest NT magazine, its worth the price of a phone call to save 15% on FF stuff.

NSD today. Need to take a load of stuff back to BHS and do some food shopping. If we scrape the cupboards then we can last until Sunday. I need to go by Sunday as the voucher some one left for me at work runs out then.

Laska my very fat 46 year old belly will be browning in a bikini in Greece. I bought 2 new ones last year after the previous ones all died the year before and I had to borrow from my MIL!

I bought from Curvissa where they do proper cup sizes, and knickers big enough not to roll down to under by c-section overhang.