Fantastic Frugaleers Continuing Austere April!

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Hello! :)

I can't keep up with you people

£3.76 in Holland and Barret, pore strips, chocolate covered raisins and a free kilo of peanuts. Till spat out another voucher for free peanuts good thing DHL likes peanuts. Then I spent £13 on lunch due to erratic teenagers

We're full of cold but I have supplies.

Ooh, I love peanuts!

Well done need & co!

Thanks Ipsos we have a drill etc but not sure if we can put things up on the outside wall. There is a tiny, much cheaper indoor alternative that I'll probably get sometime but it won't be nearly so awesome :o [mysterious]

Tesco order done, it's the last week of the saving vouchers - couldn't find the coupon book but remembered the code!

Finding more home ed resources online. It's bloody amazing how much there is out there for free! Was also a little sneaky and signed up for one education website with two different email addresses so as to double my download limit considering persuading DH to do the same

With the apple thing they go off the serial number. So as long as it's apple branded it will be fine. The website is pretty good for fault diagnostic it msy save you the journey to the apple store.
Star wars buying today.

Congratulations need DD and pony. 5 am feeds are not funny though. Hope the stables are not too far away for that extra.
Well done on eBay and insurance results

new Ebay tips:

Schedule listing to end on a Sunday evening - around 830-9pm
Do you have the receipt for the bag?
Dust bag?
Serial number? (There's a website somewhere (can't think of it off the top of my head) where you can type them in and it'll tell you if it's genuine.
Put a reserve price on it.
Take pictures of the serial number.
Offer free postage.
Post signed for/recorded
I also wouldn't over stress how genuine it is she who doth protest too much and all that...

Hoping for nsd today.

I wouldn't sell such a high value item on eBay. Buyers will scam you and eBay and PayPal will take their side.

There must be a way of safely selling such an item.

fluff I think you're right actually. Don't sell it on eBay unless you are happy with a lower price.

Are there any "designer" charity shops near you/ pre loved shops? There's one near me which splits the sale cost with you. But obviously you have to wait for it to sell.

NSD but am looking for a few new bits of clothing. Desperately need jeans, jacket and a jumper!

All our local shops are a bit crap and designed for tall, slim ladies with giant boobs. I'm short with no boobs!

Same here collie!

Lsd here. Ds has jabs this afternoon so only spend will be on some chocolate stars or something for him afterwards. Have a lemon drizzle cake in the oven first attempt though hope it comes out ok! Have stripped all the beds and will hang it all on the line once the cake is done.

I saw a feature on BBC about a website for selling designer goods, but I can't remember the name, sorry. I agree with Fluffy, eBay isn't the right place for expensive items.

Found it

www.hardlyeverwornit.com

Hope that link works

60p fish fingers
27p mint sauce.

Flipping love morrisons saver range

Collie what shops do you have that do clothes for tall slim people? I'm twig shaped and find getting clothes really hard.

I just tried doing a tesco order where I only chose things that were under £1 if at all possible. It came out a lot cheaper. I suppose that will work for a while and then suddenly the freezer will empty and it will all rebalance with one huge expensive shop. I'll have a go.

Sometimes being frugal I get really fed up of boring lunches so I treated myself and bought sesame seed bagels, Philadelphia(own brand) and bacon. Most delicious lunch ever. Or maybe brunch as its still before noon

I wish we had Morrison's! Mmmm that bagel sounds so good.

It was! Plus lemon drizzle for afters. I think I'll try a different recipe next time though.

Off topic, but ds has his place in reception! Was a bit worried as we are 8.5 miles out of catchment, and only get by on sibling thing. Plus the year will be rammed, nursery has swelled to 29! Was 15 after Christmas. Such a relief.

fluffy I shop at morrisons a lot, tend to buy their own brand, is their saver brand about as good?

Best ever lemon cake is the one in Raymond Blanc's kitchen secrets book. Not quite drizzle, but just the best ever. Want cake now... have lemons in the fridge.

I must not eat cake.

Hi everyone, did not do so well over the weekend - spent £12 more than I meant to at Waitrose, because I had DS1 with me on his own (we normally have DS2 being wild as well) and he was so well behaved and sweet and enjoying doing the 'scan as you shop' that I allowed a few extra treats in the trolley!

Then, yesterday was meant to be a NSD, but I ended up spending £22 on Amazon because I needed a £2.99 add on item for DS1's birthday cake. However I added on a garden fork which is something we really needed and would have possibly ended up buying anyway, so I shouldn't feel too bad.

So, on to today - aiming to just spend £1 on a snack from the work canteen (brought most food with me).

I've never had a bad savers product. Lots of rumours on moneysavingexpert forum that it's normal own brand in saver packaging. At least you won't have to do two school runs like Lucsy has been doing.

Life's too short to avoid cake.

Okay, I've listed a few things on eBay . And I have lots more to list too - I'll probably do another batch this week.

I tell a lie, I didn't like the teabags.

Sainsburys SMARTPRICE tea is nice though.

I can't do any value tea but Sainsbury red label and aldi red label are both v good.

We have roast chicken tonight will use half chicken then tomorrow or wed night will have it with daphonise potatoes (aldi ready made from chiller) as quick after work dinner boys dont like/can't have the pots but on work days have a snack as eaten at nursery/childminders.

Thank you for the iPod advice. We have an Apple store (or is it an iStore? Is there even a difference, I've never set foot in either ) but will definitely see if I can find out more online first. I've no excuse for not doing it earlier TBH, I just left it on the counter for months and silently grieved for the games I'm really missing

Also, printing - does anyone do this printer subscription thing where you pay monthly and get basically unlimited printing, and they send you ink etc?

We have a regular wireless printer, but it's sat unused for a really long time as the ink kept running out so quickly (despite minimal use) and it was so expensive! So we've been getting by with the odd trip to the library as you can get free homework printing on some afternoons. But obviously with home ed we are wanting more and more printing now. Not sure what the least expensive option is!

I like my laser printer. I buy the toner on eBay. The last one was a genuine brother part for under £10.