February Frugaleers United in Saving Money, Swapping Recipes & Supporting each other in finance, friendship & family life : )

[mammymammyIRL]

And so we continue ....

[SunnyLikeThursday]

I'll try it life. I never have done it before.

[lifelongfrugaleer]

thebetterbracampaign.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/bra-fitting.html?m=1

Try here sunny but if you Google bra intervention there are loads of MN threads

I did it and never looked back. It's a pain trying on different brands/styles but as soon as your find one that's right omg

[WreckTangled]

The maxi cosi axis is the only one I know of that swivels em

£40 diesel
£83 Aldi
£10.25 McDonald's. McDonald's we're doing cash only so I got as much as I could afford for the cash I had probably saved some money

[SunnyLikeThursday]

Oh wow. I just tried three different ones, and it is very complicated. I think I'll stick with this stretchy thing I have on. It seems to work.

[WreckTangled]

Diesel was only £1.17(.9) in town. I was really pleased with that

[SnugglySnerd]

The cybex sirona swivels Em. 0-4 years and the swivelling really saves your back.

[lifelongfrugaleer]

£1 tomatoes, £6 cubs (usually Monday so in budget)

[MeadowHay]

Hope everyone is well, I am too tired all the time to keep up with this thread I'm afraid.

Today spends were £2.35 on olive oil - saw GP yesterday, one of my ears has been like blocked for a few days and he said it's cos of earwax and the best thing to do is put a few drops of warm olive oil in it twice a day and it should soften the wax so it falls out. Sounds grim...anyways then £1 on a salad from my work canteen for lunch.

I have decided to apply for a higher role at work, we have a very clear grading structure so it's basically my job but the next rank up so bit more responsibility and a bit more interesting stuff (in theory...). We have to get our LM's 'endorsement' before we can apply for anything but my LM is sound and told me to go for it. The role is within my existing team anyway. I don't feel confident about getting it especially as I'm concerned about being discriminated against due to my sickness absence or the fact that I'm going on mat leave in a few months but I'm confident that I would be able to do the role. Idk if anyone else has applied for it, there is nobody else on my team in my band that has been there longer than me atm apart from one colleague but she has no interest in progressing and won't apply so I'm not sure who my competition could realistically be, and they prefer to hire internally for these roles. Fingers crossed.

Sunny I think a good bra fitting is really worth it. I go to Debenhams or John Lewis and they're both great. It is so much comfier wearing a good fitting bra and I'm not particularly large-chested, pre-pregnancy I was a 30DD which is not particularly big given the small back size.

[WreckTangled]

I think if you're wearing non wired crop top types bras that don't come with specific sizes there's not much point getting measured. I like a nice padded push up t shirt bra myself nothing worse than having your stomach protruding more than your boobs

[QuiteCleanBandit]

Wreck that made me laugh !

Lonely again Im sure we are related!
Nice find-wotcha gonna make ?
Tired -walked 8 miles today
Watching The Body Coach -I like his methods/recipes but ... his voice .
Omg it grates !

[Laska5772]

fell off the thread..
bit of a spendy day again,,have three birthdays to but for this week. one being DH's.
Need to add it all up though..

[mammymammyIRL]

Wiped out, going to sleep. Have read as far as here

[ememem84]

Thanks sunny will investigate.

Thanks wreck and snuggly for recommendations too.

Dinner out tonight with dparents dh ds focusing and her family and uncle knobhead. Sigh. Dm paid (for dh and I) which was nice and i cheekily used my pub loyalty card. Have £54 to spend in one of our local pubs now. Woop

[ememem84]

OOoh and £86 in boots points.

[Unescorted]

sea re the sofa have you tried salt, bicarb or hydrogen peroxide.... Nothing to lose if you are thinking of replacing or reupholstering anyway.

Back to catching up.... Back in a bit

[Laska5772]

Or Stain Devils -blood? . The one I have seen is Dr Beckmann but this looks the same ..

[ChristmasSeacow]

Unescorted I haven’t... tbh I didn’t really know where to start with dried blood. The guy tried steam cleaning today and I do think it’s helped a bit but nowhere near enough... it’s just a huge stain 😬. Shouldn’t really have tried steam cleaning on chenille but had nowt to lose and it hasn’t destroyed it!

I could try pre-softening the stain with bicarbonate and getting another steam guy in. Maybe worth a try.

Sausage, mash and beans for dinner with sausages I bought half price last month and froze. Was reliving my own childhood while watching ‘Back in time for tea’!

Lonely I love Malabrigo. I don’t knit fast enough for expensive yarn to really dent the budget so may as well just buy lovely stuff. I got some Wool Warehouse vouchers for my birthday from DParents so might get some Rios. I’m holding off until I get my birthday present from my sisters as it didn’t arrive in time but I suspect is yarny... just in case of duplicates.

World Book Day next week and I have no idea what to do for DS. He usually refuses to wear fancy dress but I don’t want him to be completely left out. Thing is, f he goes as a human character and anyone asks him who he is he won’t even answer so it has to be really self-explanatory. I am hoping for inspiration...

[ChristmasSeacow]

Laska I had no idea there were specialist stain removers*... very mixed reviews but may be worth a try? Thanks!

*feel a bit dense, what with being an ex-research chemist and all

[Unescorted]

I have been eyeing up the lopi wool that wool Wearhouse have in their sale section. I just need a good hoodie pattern... there was one in Stitch and Bitch...I lent my copy to a colleague who didn't return it when she quit. If anyone can scan and send it to me that would be fab.

[Laska5772]

Seacoew thats not thevone i saw though its dr beckmanns..ive had another look on their website and you want the one for cooking oils and fat .
it does say not suitable for upholstery though..
Are the covers removable? .. its because they need to be washed after..but then , if its ruined anyway , it may be worth a try? ..

it also looks like if Bill had got Monica (L) to use it there wouldn't have been all that fuss

[ChristmasSeacow]

Laska

Sorry Unescorted, I don’t get that magazine. Have heard good things though.

[Nofilter]

Thanks for the clarification ladies on how to deal with the more sporadic items which require money. I’m going to setup an account just for them and put in £150 a month.

I’ve been quoted £1070 to insure my horse with NFU and a girl at my farm puts £100 a month into an ISA account for hers instead and hasn’t had to touch it for two years so I’m considering that as it’s such a lot of money on top of the already high cost of having her!

Also thinking to cancel my Mums Bupa and my Aviva private healthcare which would save £225 a month because right now it’s about consolidation, bring expenses right right down until we are on the other side of the move and bringing in steady and regular income again. Do you think that’s a rash decision though?

I’m going to redo our energy suppliers on my TopCashback and also have a chat with Sky because that is £57 a month and I think I’ve read somewhere that someone pays much much lower?

My brother contributes £50 a week to my mum. It’s a bit of a crap topic really. In a nutshell at 23 I launched a business that revived overnight (moderate) success and prior to this as a family we had always been on the breadline. Since then I’ve generally felt that because I am more comfortable then my family shouldn’t struggle either - I’ve stopped a lot of it since becoming a mum - I’m a single mum so need to keep what we have for us now... there’s a lot of years to care and provide for DD and education isn’t there...

My brother actually earns really well - WHEN - he has work, he gets project jobs say a 3 month tv series or a movie... Xmas he’s always totally penniless when they don’t have work. He’s been trying to save bits and give it to my sister but at 32 he’s made no move whatsoever in securing his future, his own home or even renewing the car I bought him 8 years ago. This year since mum and I will be moving to the new farm he is forced to get a place of his own (although he will always be welcome with us anytime if he needed it.) but is apparently saving £5k for a trip to Vegas! Has no plan of where he’s going to move to either... frustrating I’ve trued to help him on his way in the past - I got him a flat for 6 months but he just partied and then moved back in with Mum the day he’d have to start paying the rent himself..

I think this forced move is actually what he needs to see he reality of life...

And I need to toughen up don’t I... grrrr

[WreckTangled]

Nofilter that sounds tough. Obviously he's your brother and you love him but I think he needs a big kick up the backside.

Seacow ds refused to dress up for wbd and just went in normal clothes. He doesn't really speak to people either.

Ds woke me up an hour ago because his duvet had fallen off and now I can't get back to sleep....

[SnugglySnerd]

Christmas it's probably a bit late for this but the saliva of the person whose blood it is should break down the proteins in it and make it easier to remove the stain. You might need quite a lot of saliva though for a sofa cushion!

[SunnyLikeThursday]

Wreck Yes I know what you mean. That's pretty much my usual plan too. I might try John Lewis. Thanks Meadow. Someone told me Rigby and Peller were good too, is that right?