May we continue our furious frugaleering into June : )

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Ooh blimey look at the time! bedtime (for me anyway .. Nighty night.. ) ..

I can't believe you're on page 9 of the new thread already!

Today I spent a few € on dental flossers in Boots and approx. €4 on sausage rolls -and Walnut Whips-

Lovely day here today and I think it's going to be hotter tomorrow.

My knee has been playing up (I sprained some ligaments a few years ago). It feels very tight and stiff and going up and down stairs is quite painful. If it keeps up, I may need to consider physio.

Yes, shocking news from Manchester during the week. Desperately sad seeing the photos of all the victims. We live in scary times .

DD and I have started watching 'Anne with an E'. We watched the second episode tonight. I'm really enjoying it so far and the location is beautiful. I need a budget for visiting Prince Edward Island .

Re sizes, I'm a size 12 and a 36B .

We went straight to grown up lego as I was too skinflint to pay the high prices for duplo. Ds played with it just as if it was playmobil from the age of 2, though it means we now have mountains of lego. I'm glad though because I bought it all with my Tesco boost tokens and those have now been discontinued.

Having said that, we also have a big box of mega blocks that we were given for free and they are great for things like building a garage for a lego fire truck or similar. They are so easy to stick together and good for young hands. Much easier than duplo.

Ds has always liked toys that were intended for older children, but for properly age appropriate stuff this magnet dress up man was great:

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Thanks for the ideas! I never find any decent Lego for party gift budgets but the games sound great, thanks Laska. And the dress up thing looks good too thanks Sunny. I might look at Lego for the family friend where the budget is a bit bigger. I am really hoping DS gets into Lego soon, DH is eagerly awaiting the Lego years!

The imaginary play with DGS sounds fab Laska. I don't think DS will ever play like that, such a shame

Crikey it's late! Just knitting little cap sleeves onto my cardi for sunday, it's going to be really hot and I've run out of time so tiny sleeves it is!

The quilt is 'quilted' part hand, part machine. Will finish and post pic tomorrow. It's lovely, and I don't often self praise!

Time trial tonight, 20 came, super weather. I did all the time maths (split lap times), and didn't make a mistake. Cake was random, ginger nuts, flapjack made with coconut oil instead of butter (v yummy), and sponge buns with choc on top.

Need sleep...

Thanks adora will try pm in a min.

girlie good for you I used to enjoy rounders. And stoolball but I think that's a Sussex thing.

seacow ds is four and he loves any kind of vehicles. Nothing crafty for him. If I was buying for a girl I would get a Melissa and Doug decorate your own wand or mirror which you can get cheap on Amazon.

Today should be a LSD. I'm in the office. Got occy health coming to check to see if I have a BCG scar as they want proof humph. Lots of paperwork to do anyway.

I used to love rounders. Well done you.

Need stamps today to post off my swapsies and fruit as per

Everyone else has just left for work/school/child minder. Just me and the washing machine noise for company

Will post later in all the things I get done hopefully. Boiling here already and should hit 24 degrees today

Thought of you laska yesterday when I got offered a conference room on IOW. Cheap but making everyone take the ferry over would have been costybut a fab day out

lonely I cannot believe you made the dress, the cardigan and the quilt so quickly! Whilst doing biking and baking stuff too... Have you been burning the candle at both ends? I am looking forward to seeing it all later.

Handyman has just arrived - he's sealing our other shower tray today (both were a bit leaky) and hopefully putting up a mirror above the staircase that we bought 8 years ago

Love the craft idea for a girl Wreck, thanks!

All the kids are different aren't they DGS (4) went straight to proper Lego when he was three. DGD ( now8) played with duplo for a few years then real stuff. DGS (5) loves duplo. I had a large log basket full of duplo that a gave away a month ago. Too big to store and someone needed toys.
Too hot to think never mind work

Laska I love Duplo, Megablocks etc too. Sometimes I realise that I am still playing with it after DD has wandered off to do something else! I think Lego sets start gfro!m age 4 probably because they are less likely yo eat out by then.

Rounders sounds like fun, Girlie it hadn't occurred to me that there would be teams to join.

Aiming for NSD today although I'm planning to take a bag to the charity shop and I always end up coming back with something. I want to resist shopping from a clutter point of view as much as a frugal one.

Eugh. Dh is being a twat again.

Our car was scratched in the car park yesterday. He's blaming me. Because if it wasn't him it must have been me. Obviously. He proper yelled at me this morning. Twat.

I pointed out the only times I drove yesterday were when he was in the car with me. And neither of us noticed the car being scratched while moving.

But still. It's my fault totally isn't and I need to own up to what I've done.

This was all on the way to work today. We got halfway there and I'd had enough. So just got out the car (while it was stopped at lights) and walked the rest of the way. Twat.

I've sent him a message telling him not to speak to or even contact me unless a) he's willing to apologise for the way he spoke to me (like I was a piece of shit) or b) someone has died.

Again. He's having a stressful time (but it doesnt excuse this).

Aah.

Ah.. sorry to hear that Em its a v stressful time for you both..My dad is precious about the car and inthe end mum gave up driving..I cant think of any sage advice but if you and he are strong you will weather it all.. just keep looking after yourself.and try not to let it get to you. ultimately cars just dont matter.. xx

Luckily DH feels the same but i still hate finding scratches on ours because the way my dad used to go on.. Dad even tried to blame me when he scraped his car on the ferry because he wouldnt have been on it i hadnt moved here!! ( i just laughed at him)

It's just frustrating laksa but youre right. Just take care of me and the rest will sort itself out. When I jumped out of the car this morning I may have slammed the door so bloody hard I think the indicator casing for the light on the wing mirror fell off. oops

But plus side I had a nice 30 minute walk to work in the sun. In my flip flops. proper shoes on now

I'm stickin by what I said. Don't contact me unless you're willing to apologise. I may have also asked him to remove me from the insurance if he's that bothered about my driving. though hope he doesn't because this will backfire on me tremendously

I'm tempted to use the savings I have to get my own car. #emotionalspends but again probably not the most sensible solution right now.

Em That sounds right off the scale to me. He shouldn't be yelling at you for a scratched car or expecting you to "own up". That speaks of aggression and trust issues, which are both a bit of a deep hole. If it was me I would totally buy my own car, and would be thinking hard about what is going on in the marriage. stuff like this can blow up nastily after children come into the picture, so it's good to have it out before babies arrive

Well done for standing your ground.

Em what an ass, some pillock though for letting his pregnant wife walk in flip flops because of a scratch on the car!

Having separate cars is a massive expense though.

I put a chip on my car two weeks ago & the face dh had on him you'd swear I'd broken his windscreen, it's a little chip, it's no big deal, annoying but that's all.

My dh doesn't give a monkey's what I do to the car. I reversed into our fence post recently and knocked the fence post over. Dh gallantly got out, sawed the post off at the base and removed the no-longer-needed fence panel, and then watched approvingly as I reversed into the greatly enlarged parking space in our front garden. I have also previously broken the light cluster on the other side of the car by bashing it off the house. Dh kindly replaced the light cluster.

I should mention at this point that reversing into our front garden is possible only for ninja drivers and magicians. Strangers often stop me in the street to ask how I do it, so I'm not as awful a driver as you might think from the story above. People in our street have to choose their car according to the dimensions of their tiny 1920s drive as there is rarely street parking.

I totally don't get why anyone should be a nob about a scratched car.

sunny I'd totally understand if I had scratched it. but the I'd be super annoyed too because I was careless.

You're right. It does. I know he's stressed to the max at present with work and the house stuff. But as I said. No excuse. I've text him and told him to not even dare to even think about speaking to me like that again. And he needs to apologise. No excuses. Apologise. I've pointed out I'm not a doormat. And won't be one of those (in my view) "pussy simpering wives/mothers" who just nod and agree and say sorry for things they haven't done to keep the peace. Fair enough if I've done something wrong/upset someone etc. But I'll admit it and say sorry.

wreck the walk to work was totally my choice. It's all flat. And I like walking in flip flops. And it's was sunny and warm. And I got to work much quicker than if we'd driven. So I'm not bothered about the walking part. I just couldn't be bothered to sit in the car and continue the argument. As I got out of the car I may have loudly told him to go fuck himself in the ass. (Not my finest moment).

Am fully aware that things can get tougher once baby arrives I guess new parenting sleep deprivation etc will exacerbate anything.

If I was to buy a car we only have one parking space, so that'd be an issue... so practically it's not the best solution. Maybe when we move to a house with more parking I may do it. But for now must not spend on a car.

Anyhoo. The sun is shining. I have a cute outfit on and am going to buy shoes at lunchtime. And a nice sandwich.

Sorry just noted it was mammy not wreck who mentioned flip flops.

Sunny you've got a rare one there, patient kind & forgiving are not qualities that most men possess.
At least one of my brothers seems to, the other one possibly does too but he lives in Canada so I don't spend enough time with him to be certain . My df dp and ds definitely do not!

Pic of shoes essential em 👠
I'm home from work, I lasted until 12 but I feel unwell & can't concentrate so I figure I'm no use to them & I've left. Going to go to bed for afternoon.
I've cramps & pains in my hips. Oddly I feel like I did when I went into labour with dd except I'm not pregnant

Sorry DH is being a knob em

Feel better soon mammay

Will update my spends later have been shopping

Thanks bacon I had a slice of toast before retiring to my bed, it'll either kill or cure me

Thanks Mammy. I felt just like Em in that I didn't want to be always subordinate to my dh, so I married a very gentle fella. It certainly makes life a lot calmer