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May the frugaleering be with you - frugal chat and support for frugalers old and new.

997 replies

babsmam · 05/05/2016 06:08

I took the liberty as we were nearly at the end of the last one.

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needastrongone · 23/05/2016 15:56

Afternoon.

£50 Abel and Cole delivery, but budgeted for, and £21 M&S, flowers and card for my friends birthday, plus apples for DS.

Ipsos Your DS's day sounds lovely, and I am sure the climbing frame will be fine, it would if I built it for sure! DS had Mindstorm stuff, he was a lot older than your DS when he got it, so good on him for being ready for it at this age. It's good stuff.

Re DH's business, no we don't deal with the EU all that much, neither buying or selling. We are risk aversive to EU clients, as bad debt from an EU client is impossible to recover basically, the EU certainly hasn't helped in this regard. We lost circa £10k during the recession to EU customers. We trade a fair bit with Middle Eastern businesses, and Australia, the main is UK based. Loads in Scotland, and that won't change. The latter are quiet at present, due to the oil price.

Girlie Think carefully, how can house prices crash, as the 'In' campaigners suggest, and interest rates rise, and goods prices increase and there be deflation? All of these things can't happen at once, as the counter act each other! It's scaremongering!!!!

DS is fully into his GCSE period now, but coping fine, they grow so fast don't they Cag.

needastrongone · 23/05/2016 15:56

It wouldn't, that was meant to be....

needastrongone · 23/05/2016 15:58

i.e. I am useless at building stuff, and writing intelligible posts too, it would seem, aaargh!

needastrongone · 23/05/2016 15:59

ps I am just going to message Collie, as she's AWOL isn't she?

Whataboutwhathuh · 23/05/2016 16:01

Thanks to checkout smart and some nectar points I got this lot free. I love checkout smart. I mostly only go and get the free stuff unless I was going to buy something anyway but it's fun and as I am a SAHM I have the time to pop to two supermarkets.

May the frugaleering be with you - frugal chat and support for frugalers old and new.
Cagliostro · 23/05/2016 16:10

Wow that's a great haul! :)

CremeEggThief · 23/05/2016 16:14

Good going, What.

Please let Collie know we hope she's okay and we miss her, Need.

NSD so far, but I have to pick up a few things from the Co-op when I go to Pilates later.

babsmam · 23/05/2016 16:19

Wasn't collie starting work again? I seem to recall a bit of stress. Hope she's OK.

£70 in sainsburys. I put some holiday stuff back though. All rest needed

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Ursulatodd · 23/05/2016 17:21

All freeeeeeee?????!!!!! That's amazing!!

I've had a NSD! (think I've forgotten what that is!) it's amazing what I can do without when feeling lazy...DD had to take 'picnic' pack lunch as we were out of bread - she loved it! I ate 3 crumpets as no milk for cereal (oh the hardship!) and I've cobbled together a dinner of frozen haddock filets, sweet potato wedges and a mixed bag of M&S veg for dinner.

We've about £250 left in spends account for rest of month, most of a tank of petrol and lots of tins of beans so it's looking ok for May!

Ememem84 · 23/05/2016 17:48

Great result ipsos and what

£5.10 on lunch (satay noodle salad -yummmm, Diet Coke and a bag of salted popcorn). Should really get back into bringing my own lunch.

Walked about town at lunchtime with a friend. We tried on pretty dresses for ascot. I already have a dress but found myself lusting after this skirt in coast. I'm not going to buy it (unless I can find some stupid good deal...) but it looked so pretty and made me feel like a princess. I'll just go into the shop and stroke it occasionally.

m.coast-stores.com/p/selbessa-tulle-skirt/1553465?locale=en

Gymming with Dh later. He is takin it upon himself to help me in my quest for abs. Which is nice. But it now means I'm going to have to work work work.

Girliefriendlikesflowers · 23/05/2016 17:54

Hi all, my laptop is playing up a but so hoping this will post!

I heard from Collie not too long ago, she is fine I think Smile

Had another work day and NSD, just one more to go and then 2 and a half weeks annual leave yipppppeeeeeee Grin so excited!!

My orchid has flowered, I am so impressed I haven't killed it Grin am sure it was someone on the thread who advised me on how to keep it alive, so thank you to them if they are still about!

lilacclery · 23/05/2016 18:06

Ursula sounds like a reasonable diet to a pregnant ladySmile

What lots of lovely free stuff there

ipsogenix · 23/05/2016 18:13

Thanks, we have the mindstorms stuff now and it is great actually. Ds has been doing some programming of it, but mainly he is putting the robot to bed and getting it up in the morning. He is really very tender with it, as if it was his actual baby, which is lovely. He never was like that with teddies and used them only as ammunition, so I'm glad he has this robot.

Quite out of the blue, Dh has started frugaleering too. I never asked him too but he's become interested in it from listening to me wittering on about it for the last year. He is keeping a record of all his spending with a view to making budgets. Smile

I spent very little today. Only a little bit of cash to a passing tree surgeon to take away a bit of a hedge and to shred a pile of tree clippings. Very much better looking out there now.

Thanks for the encouragement need. It's odd how much more fragile a sturdy climbing frame looks when you know how it was put together, but I'm sure you're right. Smile

Fluffycloudland77 · 23/05/2016 18:27

Great haul there What. Perhaps your dh would like an account! Then you could double up.

Ipsos Bloody well done, lots of people would've just left it but £90 is better in your bank. It's cute how tender little boys can be.

Premier inns meant to be nice trying, they have £39 room sales and onsite beefeater or similar resturants. Beefeaters are sometimes on taste card so if you have a taste card trial when you go you'd get a good discount too.

£2.40 on 6 bottles of alcoholic dandelion and burdock.
£8 foundation and a high lighter. Can't use my old brands because they test on animals. So superdrug it is.
£10 petrol
£5.40 tea, about 500 bags. Will last 5 minutes.

Nail course book arrived & dh is drumming up trade for me.

ipsogenix · 23/05/2016 18:30

Enjoy the nail course book fluffy. Very exciting. Smile

eastmidswarwicknightnanny · 23/05/2016 18:35

Cag the holiday inn is lovely its really nice compared to some other holiday inn have stayed at we actually got married there nearly 10yrs ago.

Whataboutwhathuh · 23/05/2016 18:57

Fluffy is that allowed? So I'd just have bought two of everything on two different receipts and he uploads one and I upload one? I assumed it was one per household.

Fluffycloudland77 · 23/05/2016 19:21

Yep it's allowed. That's how I do it. Shopitize too.

Ememem84 · 23/05/2016 19:45

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/ebay/2636971-eBay-experiment-selling-old-slippers?msgid=61247139#61247139

So. Inspired by another thread I've listed a pair of old shoes on eBay. With a slightly different listing. To cater for um...slightly different tastes.

Worth a try right? I never wear the shoes? They're a bit scuffed up. #nojudging

Just back from the gym. Abs well and truely worked out. They hurt already. God knows how I'm going to cope tomorrow....

Fluffycloudland77 · 23/05/2016 19:48

I've done it. You get messages asking for photos of you putting the shoes on wearing tan pop socks.

tan pop socks

Perverted or what?.

Ememem84 · 23/05/2016 19:55

I'm one step ahead. I took a picture with tan tights on. tights sexy

Fancy frugal dinner tonight. Thai style red snapper (frozen. From Iceland dm would have a fit if she knew) with jersey royals. Salad.

We saw a recipe on tv yesterday for Iranian carrot cardigan and rose water jam. May give it a go. Sounded yum.

Ememem84 · 23/05/2016 19:55

Ahem. *cardoman.

Cardigan jam would be too fluffy

CremeEggThief · 23/05/2016 20:18

Ooh er, EmSmile. Let us know if they sell and how much they go for.

Good to hear Collie is ok, Girlie. Thanks for letting us know.

That's sweet about your DS and the robot, Ipso.Smile

£6.46 in the Co-op.

lilacclery · 23/05/2016 20:30

Wreck you've inspired me to go back to 30 day shred, did level 1 this morning.
Fluffy enjoy course
Ipso that is so cute ds is much more gentle with dolls than dd ever was, she'd drag them along by a foot head dragging along the floor

PurpleRibbons · 23/05/2016 20:34

Well done ipsos and what.
Newhall Street is a nice part of town cag, very short, easy walk to the Museum & Art Gallery which is free entry, incidentally. Not far from there to the snazzy new library!
NSD and I made a great frittata with yesterday's leftovers. Been planting my garden centre haul from yesterday, garden is starting to look lovely.
I hope collie can rejoin us soon!