Frugaleers Still Saving into September

[Laska5772]

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Laska that sounds like a horrible situation! You deserve a bit of a moan

..and back to normality .. (except I havent got a [wine}..

so today was a HSD . £110 on a Hush handbag!

I economised on making a lovely surry with thereast of th elamb and the veg in t e fridge..
Stomach is better today!

I got my waterproof mattress topper 9 for DGS single bed when he is here, from Ponden Hones .. it was £9, and towelling one side..

Lovely Curry that was! .. (im not into making County maps with food.. though It could be an interesting hobby for retirement).

(Oh and DSF also pissed me off by telling me my retirement pension is definately not going to be enough to live on , and boasting how much his is! its kind of burst my bubble )

Wreck hes gorgeous.. here is our sunday rescue cat , he has no teeth but see those claws!!

Well it maybe but your frugal. I hope they get the bug

Lovely cat 😻

Laska ** those claws!! another lovely Sunday cat!!

Catface had her chicken. She is a happy sleepy catface.

I so want a cat now!!😍miss having a cat about!!

I send you 💜 laska you poor thing! I'd rather have a bug than a horrid family get together. I'm with fluff, I hope they all puke and worse in the car going home!

We have super torrential rain. My cat is asleep next to me.

Garden centre was just a bit spendy £100 on fish, plants and water treatment, £15 gloves for dd1, she has a farm visit every fortnight for the very cool subject 'animal husbandry' ! I did let her choose the 3 subjects she was allowed to choose.

I have also spent £160 in the amazon, more tank plants, fish food, and a pair of bright red fly london boots for me. I buy one new pair a year, these are my third. The kids are demolishing roast chicken drumsticks and mac cheese downstairs, I'm sneakily eating a bag of mini poppadoms upstairs. I really don't like them, but cannot stop eating them.

Thanks for trying fluffy

Sorry for the crap weekend laska. If your handbag habit is too hard to break you could always look for a fun part time job that's nowhere near the stress of your proper job. Both my parents did that after retirement and both really enjoyed doing bits and bobs on their terms, and just having nicer holidays etc with the proceeds.

I feel completely unprepared for DS starting school. I know what he needs for uniform (if I can get him to wear it ) but not for the rest - should he take a drink? And a snack for break? Do kids still do that? Do Reception kids need a pencil case?!

Lonely thank you for your kind comment about DS, he really is a sweetie. I hope he doesn't completely sink at school. I am so nervous for him, I just can't imagine how he can assimilate with the other kids and make friends when he can barely speak and has no social skills . Think it will be an anxious night ahead.

Plumber is coming tomorrow to mend our overflow thingy so the garage can dry out. AT LAST! Hopefully the musty smell will be banished with it.

laska , what a truly rubbish weekend

£13.60 in sainsburys
£8.99 on birthday present

Our new robotic vacuum cleaner is currently mopping my kitchen floor

I now hate sleeping in double beds as I'm so used to sleeping in a king size one cag . Apparently I sleep in the middle of the bed. Bedding can be more expensive though

seacow my DD has to take a water bottle and a piece of fruit for morning snack.

Seacow ds takes a water bottle for during the day but they get free milk and fruit/veg at break time. They get free milk until they're five so your ds should get it. The snack comes under the free school meals for all ks1 so I'm surprised some children don't get it (I've seen other primary's through work where their ks1 brig their own snack too so not aimed at you love!).

Ah DD gets her free fruit too for afternoon snack. But yes forgot about the free milk as well until 5.

Aaah its a bit melodramatic but I feel a bit like one of those characters in Gothic novel.. you know, the ones where there is one child brought up in a family but made to know that they are indeed not of the family (except this wasnt fully 'explained' to me until recently.)' when i discover that indeed i dont seem to actually have any father - not the one who brough me up from 18mths old .. (and not my 'real' one as doesnt acknowledge me either, only my sister) ..

Its daft I know, (im ruddy 59, I should be able to get over this stuff ) I did always know my DSD was 'old fashioned' and everything goes to the son.. etc..

Ah well .. I do love them despite, and my mum is 92, I wont have her long and i'm not going cut her out (as my my sister has done for most of her life until recently ) .. I dont think they even considet they are being a tad unfair here ..

Luckily I do have a (pretty ok) pension (I think) and a lovely Dh who adores me , and my family, and I dont need their ruddy money.. golden sister and DB can squabble over it but I certainly wont be treating my lovely DSD inthat way ..

Right. enough.. Thanks for listening!!

Ah I don't think they have afternoon snack at our school. That would make sense though.

Sea, I had a look in one Morrison's and nothing. Will look in the other this week.

seacow hope all goes well for your DS tomorrow..
lonely boots sound fab.. luckily I have a surfeit of boots ( and now handbags !! )
Loveabaconsandwich Robot Vacumn I ^loathe vacuuming.. Luckily Dh doesnt!

Who was talking about conkers? ( Girlie?) Several huge ones hit the car as I was driving under the huge trees in our road earlier , I had to check there were no dents! ( there werent!), Our road is a conker city this time of year but thekids dont seem to pick them up.. we never let any go uncollected when I were a lass! (early Cretatious period)

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Ours school have morning fruit thought-out ks1. No need for pencil case until jnr here. Good luck getting him to school. YY to water bottle. We are strictly water only too.

Lovely cats. Well done on being such a good catmam em.

My chocolate cake crumbled as I lifted it. Stuck together with icing and my team won't care.

Moan away laska. Can't pick family unfortunately in some cases.

Lonely do you want a £5 off £30 Lakeland vouchers until 9 Oct. Online or I can post to you?

Or anyone for that matter as I have 3 but will only use 1

Sending tummy bug vibes to them laska sounds like a horrible visit!

Loving all the cats and happy Millieversary Em can't believe it's been a year!

Ah seacow what a big day. I really hope they look after your lovely boy and that he settles in well. Will be thinking of you all!

Had the most gorgeous lunch as parents took us out, sea bass with beurre blanc and spinach and fries. Phwoar.

You know what's weird? I hardly ever order fish in a restaurant. Somewhere lurking from my fussier childhood/teen days is the idea that fish is not a treat, it's something that you have to eat because it's good for you. So I usually end up ordering something a bit more 'naughty' which is ridiculous as I often end up not enjoying it that much if it's stodgy etc. How weird am I?!

Anyone thinking of putting their heating on?

cag oooh that lunch sounds delicious.

Dh isn't really a fish fan so we don't eat a huge amount of it. When I was growing up ddad worked the fishing boats so we always had fresh crab lobsters scallops etc. And prawns and langoustine. Mm. I love nothing more than a picked crab and chips. Or a plate of fresh cold (cooked in salted water) prawns or langoustine a nice salad fries and a crisp glass of white wine. This would be absolutely wasted on dh. So for me I have fish as often as I can. Mmmmm.

No heating until there's been a frost more than two days in a row. That's the law