May we continue our furious frugaleering into June : )

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laska I need peas. Will swap for eggs. I have about 140 eggs just now. Frozen peas and eggs will be fine to swap via royal mail won't they!!!

Wow lonely thank goodness he is ok and you made him call the dr!

lonely OMG how scary.. Glad all is well now ! Yes heres to our fab NHS ( and lets hope after Thursday wewill have someone in who will protect it).

Yes ! Pea n' egg omlettes for all the Posties? !!

I found a pheasant in freezer ( its not a big freezer but amazing what you can hide in it) . left over from Christmas.. so we have that (and peas?) for dinner! ..

I have been down to garden centre and got bug spray..£4.99..I am starting to heal up nicely now . still sore but black eyes are going down, wore sunnies but still got some funny looks when I took them off.!

Also £6.70 in Co op - some local asparagus - Yum! gotta eat it whilst its here- and other bits.. that will be it for today as i will be in garden now.

The dress came and has gone straight back..so frugal win! Sadly it was more grey than blue and with my white/blue skin it just drained me

Hi thanks for the advice. The car needing repaired is the killer this month. I live in a tiny village with no shop so need to use my car.
I already shop at Aldi and have loads of random meals in my freezer.
I'm needing new glasses as well I can hardly see!
I'm eBaying lots but things don't sell as well as they used to

Thanks copper. I do like geo caching. Sometimes it works and sometimes it really doesn't. It's very good for getting computer types out in the sunshine and exercising though.

We went swimming and had a good time yesterday, and then again to the big playpark for ice cream today. The difference in price between the play park/ice cream option and the Proper Museum or swimming option is amazing. Very glad of the play park.

Em What an idiot your colleague must be. Sorry to hear that.

Wreck well done for doing that test. It sounded hard. I hope the found out something helpful.

Lonely how frightening for you both, pleased he is on the mend now

How scary lonely, glad DH is now ok

Everyone was on their best behaviour at our BBQ, and I managed to finish the cleaning about an hour before going to collect DParents. DP had a good time with all their grandchildren and celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary too.

PIL rang to say they are coming around tomorrow morning. The house is so clean/tidy I don't need to worry about doing much apart from running round the vacuum

Most importantly my brother left the third full bottle of bollinger behind. Already had a post-BBQ glass and the rest has my name on it .

NSD too and we have enough pudding to last the week end

love sounds like you've all had a lovely day.

Went to sainsburys as it's the only place with my fussy old cat's food on offer, £47, only £8 of that was catfood I looked at all the clothes, but all the vests and shorts had nothing smaller than a 12 or 14. So was a little disappointed as I thought I'd treat myself, money saved though.

£14 in b&m on chicken wire and hose nozzle and the dodgy american sweets I love

Just having a coffee then I'm going to dig a bit of the garden.

£15 odd on fruit and veg.

£25 riding and £18 on a cheese &a ham toastie a Fanta and 4 pieces of Bakewell tart (to take home) at garden centre.

Was gifted an enormous bag of second hand baby boy and toddler boy things today. All of it "brands" (Ralph lauren, hilfiger, joules, white stuff, etc) plus a cute brand new pair of baby timberland boots. Some of the stuff won't fit him for ages. But I'll vacuum bag it up and will save it. Such a generous gift too.

Busy day. Saw three houses this morning. One great house but next to a busy busy road so very noisy. One ok but the previous owner was obviously a keen but bad diy-er. And the third not great at all - difficult to find nonway were the three bedrooms three doubles (one double, a double at a push and a teeny box. Arguably you could for a double bed in it but you'd not fit much else).

Hacked out for our riding lesson today then back to the school for a canter round. Lovely.

Annoyed though. My pedicure has smudged. 😭 my big toe has "ruffled" knew I should have opted for gels...

Hi everyone. Been AWOL as my grandad's death was kinda difficult and I had to travel away for his funeral. I think when I first posted I was still sorta in shock, it didn't really hit me until later.

I am back home now. Feeling fragile still but mostly just because I'm worried about my nanna really. They were married 54 years and she spent the last 25 as his carer as he was severely disabled. I bet it feels so weird and empty for her now and she won't know what to do with herself. She barely even allowed herself to cry at the funeral. My mam's family is full of like, strong matriarch figures and crying is just not the done thing.

Anyway. Sorry about that. Obviously it's too late for me to catch-up and I might just sorta dip in and out for a bit until I feel more like myself. Hope everyone is ok.

Today I had lunch out with two of my friends which was nice, and it was like super proud as I managed to go into town on my own on Saturday morning for a union meeting then hang around to meet them. I did get overwhelmed later as it had got so busy and noisy so had to go home but my friends understood, they are aware that I'm on the autistic spectrum and have an anxiety disorder. I think I spent about £12 but actually one of my friends bought mine so I need to give her the money but I might be seeing her again tomorrow anyway so can give it then.

Also, I have a few lego cards from Sainsbo's, only like 5 or so, would anyone like me to post them? Not bothered about stamps or anything, could you PM me if you'd like them as I might miss your posts as I don't know if I will keep up just yet or not.

fantastic day here ,been out in garden weeding etc.in shorts and vest top. I may have even changed from blue/white to slightly off white on shoulders ( i never get a real tan)
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DH just presented me with a and tonc and we shared a bowl of Tyrells posh crisps sitting inthe sun.. has gone straight to my head as we had no no lunch... Am off to put Pheasant in oven now.. Also found a couple of sausages in freezer. We have salad aparagus (and peas if we want them!). Yum tea. Am looking forward to it ..

Box set this evening (starting 2nd series of The Unforgotten.. ).. Perfect day..

meadow . Im sure all of that family stress, the death of your grandfather, plus the travelling must have really taken it out of you..

Look after yourself this evening.. Perhaps get a take away delivered? xx

Welcome Teabags.

Hope you are OK, Meadow. Be kind to yourself.

Lonely that sounds scary,thank goodness they saw him so quickly.

Low spend day today. Made use of our NT membership to enjoy the sun and the gardens. Spent £6 on ice creams though. Making the most of treats like that while the babies are small as it will be £££ to buy ice creams for all of us. We'll have to stock the freezer instead.

DD1 has expressed an interest in night time potty training. Not sure I can cope with my sleep being any more disrupted than it already is but feel like we should strike while the iron's hot. Maybe we could get all the sleep deprivation over with in one go. Especially as DS is already showing signs of teething...

lonely and meadows big hugs sounds very stressful times for you both .
My phone is playing up couldn't see what I was writing!
Had a very low spend day only £2 in loose change I found in changing bag on 4 fresh donuts at local farm show. I won tickets so saved £20.
My dh and older son are away to super cars my dh's boss gave him tickets as he knew he likes cars. So win win

Hope you're ok meadow

We spent four hours at the fete. It was lovely.

Take it easy there Meadow. It must be a lot, with your exams at the same time.

I'm flagging a bit at the end of a very busy half term holiday. Ds has been full of beans and keeping up is quite a job.

Hope you are o.kay Meadow

Hope your dh is o.kay Lonely

Thats a vile thing to say Em am glad you told your colleague to stop it, honestly what is wrong with people

Back to work for me today, was quite busy and tiring!

Dd is at her Granddads, have just spoken to her and they have had a fantastic day at the Bath and West show! It sounds fantastic lucky girl!

I popped to Sainsburys after work and spent £67!! Flipping Sainsburys is a nightmare, that said I bought two new pillows as dd has now decided she wants two pillows rather than one (it was cheaper to buy two pillows than just one!) also got cat food and cat litter. So total food spend was approx £45.

Lovely, frugally holiday day...crabbing, kayaking, a drink on the beach and then.....dropped my blummin phone on the road and it was smashed to smitherines. Hopefully £50 if insurance all ok. Other spends - £2 parking, £9 formula, £12 drinks.

Just caught up.
Wreck, I would have had a serious cry at that. Hope it worked out ok in the end.
Lonely...scary about DH. Just shows NHS is the best when you actually need it.
Em.. Your colleague needs to be reminded that they were once a baby in the womb. Most people stop being "parasites" once born. Your colleague clearly remains a parasite.
DGS' operation has been moved. Monday morning now.

Oh copper all will be well

Copper is that tomorrow morning then? I will be thinking of you all as you work your way through that. Good luck there and take care.

We're on our last day of holiday now. I'm quite tanned and need to drink about 10 litres of water to catch up, if only I could get a second between outings.

Just catching up with the news from last night. Another attack in London. Hope you guys in/around the city are ok. X x

Dh is heading over on Tuesday for work for a few days. Irrationally I don't want him to go. He's still sleeping so haven't told him this yet.

Copper hope all goes well for your DGS

Oh copper I'll be thinking of your dgs how old is he again?

Such horrible news to wake up to. Our friend works in the met he started his night shift at 10pm last night and was due to finish at 7am but is obviously still at work.

Bil is coming round today he's taking us to the pricey pub across the green and then fixing ds' bike for him so should be a lovely day.