Oh come all ye frugalers, joyful in December, oh come ye, oh come yea and chat

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New Fred, hope I've done it right I've never done one before.

Well done on that saving ipsos

I didn't buy perfume, the ones I would buy were not reduced. Have found a make set within budget so will get that over the weekend.

Heating is already on, I'm wearing a top, sweater, cardigan and a wrap around my shoulders, trewes, socks & slippers and my fingers are freezing, ffs

I was reading online that one of the most economic ways to keep warm is a heated throw. (Like a fleecy blanket). Apparently they cost almost nothing to run and are really warm.

Thanks, will look at those. Not sure it'll work for moving around the house though, might have to spend more time watching telly

There's a man fitting new vinyl in our bathroom and I'm downstairs hoping the vinyl will be a decent colour and wondering when we'll be able to answer a call of nature again.

£5.95 on brunch with my friend at an M&S café. I hate spending anything on Black Friday, on principle, but I hadn't seen my friend for ages, so just made sure I only spent on food. I stopped her from buying anything that wasn't already on her shopping list, so it's just as well I was there really!

Been at work, LSD £1.52 on Friday night sweets and chocolate!

Its payday, bank balance is looking lovely and healthy again! Pretty pleased with how November is going really, did end up slightly overdrawn but bearing in mind had done a fair bit of Christmas shopping wasn't too bad. Going to have 2 fairly big childcare bills coming in from cm and after school club, am thinking at least £100 if not more. The Christmas hols will be another £70 in childcare (for 2 days ) family should cover the rest of it hopefully

Off to Bristol to see Mary Poppins tomos should be good, I am buying dinner as my mum bought the tickets! I def got the better deal as the tickets were £££!

Dd is watching Annie (the original) she loves musicals

Wowzers its stormy here.

A NSD here. I'm really surprised. We have no milk but tough shit. Our shopping is due later. Hope the weather doesn't delay them.

I massively fibbed. NSD my arse. We are having a takeaway later to celebrate some good news that we had.

Congratulations on the intriguing good news collie! Enjoy your takeaway.
NSD here but dispatching DH to get chocolate later!

Exciting Collie Very good! Should we ask?

My vinyl is down in the bathroom and I think I have kind of cocked up choosing the colour. Oh well. The man says he needs to "screed" the kitchen floor so is coming back to do it on Tuesday at the same time as the hall is plastered. It's going to be all go.

Oh tell us collie! Enjoy your take away what are you having?

£129 on an iPod touch for dh's birthday. Had to borrow from ds but will pay it back by the end of the month.

I am feeling chuffed, only spend today was £10 on a mattress protector. Gabriel returned an entire bottle over me this morning. Stripped the bed but last time this happened the mattress protector melted a bit in the tumble dryer. I realised how bad it is and how much we need one so ordered one. I've also spent £5.50 on washing machine dye. I bought some clothes on eBay and washed then with a new pair of jeans. So my lovely white cardigan and some other bits have been trashed. I'm hoping the washing machine dye will do the job. Expensive mistake.

Chinese! I had some results after a recent health scare and received an all clear. Yeaaaaaaah!

Enjoy your take away Collie and congrats on whatever the news is.

Ipsos do you think you can used to the colour? Hope the kitchen floor is ready soon. I started painting the kitchen walls last week, haven't done anything since then though

Ah, crossed post. Glad everything is good

Great news!! Must be a weight off your shoulders. I'll have crispy shredded beef, deep fried salted chicken and chicken chow mien please

Aw, that's great news, Collie. Enjoy your Chinese.

Great news Collie. :-) Fantastic!

Adora I think we may call this layer of vinyl "insulation" and put another layer on top. The floor was very uneven and the man has put a flat wood layer over it so that was a good start. dh would like the bathroom blue and the colour I've chosen will not go with blue, and also clashes with the expensive wooden bath panel that we chose, so I think it may be simpler to find a nice white one and put it on top. He left me with a sample of the kitchen one and I think it's okay. Choosing neutral colours is so hard.

On the plus side, it's been a cheap day for heating. (Chilly, but inexpensive)

I got my Farrow and Ball colour card in the post and am staring at it in total confusion.

Ipsos I really want a loop now!

What they really are fantastic. I can't recommend the thing too highly. If I didn't have mine now I'd be burning a fiver a day in gas and heaven knows when I'd realise, if ever. The switch in tariff that they recommended is meant to save me about £600 a year and I'm still with the same supplier. It makes the £70 initial cost of the loop look like a drop in the ocean.

Good news Collie!
Where do you attach the loop energy thing?
Our meters are in the garage so it would be a right pain having to go in there to look at it. Or can you look at an app or something?

Hi Pointless,

The gas part goes in the actual gas box and sends the data wirelessly. I think it said it had to be less than 30 feet from the wireless router.

The electricity bit clips round the cable that goes into the electricity meter and it sends data wirelessly too.

Then there's a third bit that just needs to plug into the internet router and also into a power socket. That's the receiver for the other two.

The batteries are spec'd to last at least ten years.

The £70 also includes free access for ever to their web interface and that's where I get all these graphs. I'll post some pics of the interface.

Sorry to sound like a salesperson, but this is so much fun.

This is the video: