Amazing April Austerity.

[CremeEggThief]

Hi All,
Taking the liberty of starting a new thread, as I went to post spends on the old one and it's full.

We had a lovely day out at the seaside and visited an old lighthouse as part of it. As we rely on public transport, that's always a big part of our days out spend.
£9.60 bus fares.
£9.60 train fares (with the family railcard).
£6 lunch from Sainsburys ( £3 meal deal each).
£4.50 entrance to the lighthouse.
£7.10 coffee, hot chocolate and cookies in a café afterwards.

Oh and DS needed a haircut, which I think was £6.50.

knitting Good for you. Horrid woman.

wreck I used to love it when nursery kids did me a picture. I'm hoping I'm right that it's flowers. Let's hope you get those fees back. I think you deserve a cut for doing the admin.

Welcome back Scarlet

Lilac you only get one chance at life. It took me ages to to do things because they were good for me not what was expected. Being happy is a right and if you aren't at the moment change the bits that make it that way. Keep safe x

cag do you have an HR dept to take the comments to - if not ACAS may be able to advise.

Tayto - our fridge did the same. Defrost it - ours took a week because the back had all frozen over. Carrots are now fine. We were on the verge of getting a new f/f.

I am going to confess - how long have you peeps been saying about cashback sites.I have never used them because I don't know how. How do they work?

And a proud mummy moment - one boy and his bike

Ah unescorted, what a pair of gems.

They aren't too bad .... house training may take a while.

Ah lilac- counselling is so difficult at the time, the bubbling round of thoughts in between appointments where you don't have the counsellor as the sounding board (which I suppose is the point but it's not easy) I hope it helps you though

girlie my last proper removals was 10 years ago and cost £300 for a 1 bed flat, I've moved since then with a man with a van which has been cheaper but so much more hard work, i think probably too much hard work on a cost to value ratio.

So much mud! It's giving me the fear. All I can think is how long it must have taken to clean him up.

Ok, what you do is register for free membership of topcashback and quidco and Kidstart.

Search for a retailer, say Boden, and there's a "shop now" or similar link.

Click on it, it redirects to the retailer and you shop.

They leave a tracking cookie and can tell how much you've spent. Then the cashback tracks in your account. They confirm it and eventually pay out. You need to set cookies to accept all in the browser.

I don't know who pays but I've had about £1800 in 4 years so I'm not complaining.

I will give it a a whirl.... I thought it was some special club joining thing so never bothered. 1800 in 4 years is not to be sniffed at.

I am still getting gid of the mud - looking forward to the summer when he can be hosed down.

Definitely not too old Collie! One of my pupils is a grown up. Like a proper older-than-me grown up :o

at proper older than me grown up cag

It's now Wednesday dh has still not put his half of money into joint account for last week. He gets paid on Friday & is a different bank so it takes a day. By tomorrow when I transfer my share he'll be a week behind this annoys me no end but more so now because we're overdrawn & have been charged a referral fee as its not authorised. It wouldn't have happened if he'd lodged on time.

Oh dear lilac hope he does it today.
Nsd planned as back to work

My personal acc balance reads €12.54 diesel light is on so going to spend €10 on diesel & remainder on fruit

'Ride till you puke, and guess what, I did just that!'
He is an absolute gem! Thanks for sharing!

lillac, sorry, why are you still with him? He sounds hard work and if I remember correctly, is abusive.

NSD yesterday apart from DS ice skating which was ready budgeted for.

Should be a NSD today too. I'm in work this afternoon and going to spend the morning chilling out with DS. Going to start writing a list of things we need to take with us.

Anyone have any suggestions what to take to a caravan for a long weekend? Just incase I forget lol.

lila - I'm sorry to hear you are going through such a hard time with your husband. It's really shit when they turn things on you like that. Was he always like this?

It's not wrong to consider life separate from him. A colleague and friend recently did this and she looks amazingly happier. She bought her husband out of their house and he moved to a flat nearby. They get on quite well and co-parent. She also has help from her parents who are nearby. She works ft too although has some flex in her job where necessary (so she works from home a day a week and leaves early one day a week etc). She had to get it round her head that it wasn't her fault at all - she was blaming herself quite a bit.

She's now found herself a new friend through online dating - wasn't intentional but it all sounds pretty serious and he sounds like a lovely person too. There is hope for a woman in her early 40s with a couple of kids!!!

Good luck with whatever you do. We are here.

I'll be spending for lunch today as meeting friend to tell her about my new job. Onwards to more declutteirng though!

£158 dance fees, £66 school meals, £72.50 x2 passports and whatever postage today.
Don't: loo roll, kitchen roll, cling or boxes for pic NIC, pic NIC stuff, towels, tea towel, dish cloth, wash up liquid, shower gel, toothpaste and brush, clothes, PJ, swimmers, tea, coffee, milk, drinks, snacks, breakfast, cool bag, games, DVD, blanket looking at today's weather. That's all of the to of my head but I'm sure there is more

That's a beautiful painting wreck.
Lilac the counselling sounds tough but helpful, it must be very draining emotionally. Look after yourself. You DD sounds lovely.
Thanks for ideas to use up odds and ends in the cupboard. I might experiment later.
Plan for today is post office to send parcel then garden/park this afternoon so it should be a very low spend day. Need to take a few bits to the charity shop too, will try not to buy anything!

cag hahaha! Love it! I used to play when I was much younger and I fancy getting a piano for me to play on. But also so DS has a musical instrument in the house he can learn too.

DS is in a "mischievous" mood. He's in everything and every cupboard. Climbing on everything too! Arghh!!

Just found my dream house on Rightmove. Only £725,000!

Lovely painting wreck. I'm pretty certain I can't paint like that, whether I was 5 or 55!

Lila - it sounds like your having a v tough time at the minute, I hope the counselling is a step in the right direction for you.

Thanks everyone, yes it is a vase of flowers

After pre school I'm taking ds to get his hair cut that'll be £10.50. I'm not sure I have the confidence to phone natwest re PPI as I'm not even sure I had it so I might write to them instead

Haha Cag! I still feel 18....

Amazing unescorted

wreck honestly it was so easy! All I said was something like "can you just check for me?" And they did. Happily! They have the records ready to check instantly. x

Hmm maybe after my coffee I use the phone all day at work and phone important consultants etc but this is way more scary

Ursula Love it! With dogs, rugby, horses, chickens I sympathise fully with the yearning for summer

Lovely picture wrecked

Dogs getting clipped today and I am working this afternoon. Also have a meeting with our IFA re pensions, investments, money etc.

Collie Bargain house, buy 2