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Frugaleers chatting and saving in the April sunshine.

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SunnyLikeThursday · 25/03/2018 17:43

Welcome to the new thread. This is a support thread for chatting and discussion of family budgeting.

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lifelongfrugaleer · 10/04/2018 16:26

My boss made the final call in the end.

Pleased you can still take the new job wolf.

lifelongfrugaleer · 10/04/2018 16:27

Am dying clothes. Olive by hand, navy in machine

ememem84 · 10/04/2018 17:02

Nursery was fine. The staff were forceful but so friendly. And by forceful I mean “you’ve got loads of stuff to tell us about ds so why don’t you take this cuppa and sit on the couch and I’ll take ds and play with him” his key worker seems really nice. He gave her some super lovely smiles and a few laughs. He stayed near me the whole time. And we played together. He didn’t seem phased by anything. I’ve been talking to him about it for ages.

Tomorrow I hand him over and go off for an hour. If I want to I can call to check on him, probably won’t. I’ll just hop to the coffee shop next door and cry into have a cake and a coffee.

They went through everything with me. Open 730 to 615. We can drop any time and pick up any time. If we want to take him out for lunch we can. Essentially we’re paying for the space we can do what we want.
We talked allergies (no known ones yippee!), parenting style (just winging it), and food. They’ll provide breakfast lunch tea and snacks if we want them to. I’ve said breakfast and tea we’ll more than likely do ourselves but we’ll see how it goes. I have asked for them to write in his book what he has for lunch and whether he liked it or not. Just so I know. And I’ve said I’ll do the same if he tries anything new at home.

So successful hour.

Spends today £1.80 parking at nursery, £61 lunch with dparents and dsis (my turn today and I used my pub card so now have £89 worth of points. Yippee!) £3 at the park on ice cream for dsis and I (put ds in a swing - so happy! Took him on the slide - shrieked with laughter!! and bounced with him on the tramampoline - happy boy!) and £5.68 coop - washing up liquid butter for dsis (she sat in the car with ds) and tomato pasta sauce as cba to make one.

Oh and £39 petrol but that’ll last the month.

Now Home and ds is supposed to be napping. He’s in his sleeping bag on the bed with me. Rolling about.

Wolfcub · 10/04/2018 17:08

I keep reading that as liquid butter Em

mammymammyIRL · 10/04/2018 17:11

I know it doesn't feel like it for you em but to me your maternity leave has flown Smile

I got a call for a scan that I was told could take 2/3 months for tonight! Yippee! I'm hoping I'll be waiting for a little while and that I can catch up with you guys. I'm spending a bit of time on the Relationships & Separation/Divorce boards too.

In financial news a concert I had tickets for Fri night has been postponed until July, which I'm very pleased about as I didn't really want to go and had tried to sell the tickets. The date it's on in July doesn't suit me so I'll get a refund. Only H bought them so I'm hoping they'll refund to me rather than him, will see how that goes in the morning.

ememem84 · 10/04/2018 17:13

mammy it has. I’ve been off 7 months on Sunday. Eeep. No idea where that time’s gone. It’ll be nice to get back into the routine of work though. I’m weirdly looking forward to it.

ememem84 · 10/04/2018 17:13

wolf Grin liquid butter. Now there’s something. You probably can buy it...

SunnyLikeThursday · 10/04/2018 18:57

Does anybody know if it's possible to buy shoes like these as real shoes rather than dance shoes?

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SunnyLikeThursday · 10/04/2018 18:57

www.capezioeurope.com/women/shoes/2-student-footlight

I have a pair, but they melted in the rain. The soles came off and the pretend leather cover.

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littleHen84 · 10/04/2018 19:16

I am into second week of shifts and it feels like Mat leave was a zillion years ago! Luckily doing 2.5 days which os a really nice balance,it has been really nice being back at work,i have a nice rewarding job so have missed it,spends wise it has been a pricey month struggling to squirrel any away. Having a tea party sunday as the baby is a year old!! Sounds v strange saying i have a ine year old!

Laska5772 · 10/04/2018 19:16

Hooray ! You know that I love shopping sunny Grin
how about these?

littleHen84 · 10/04/2018 19:17

Just noticed i used the word nice rather alot in that post! Art of putting a wording a sentence has clearly gone!

littleHen84 · 10/04/2018 19:18

Oh my lord that one was worse!!

Laska5772 · 10/04/2018 19:22

more Mary Janes sunny
Mary Janes with two straps

Laska5772 · 10/04/2018 19:23

you need Gin Hen Grin!!

ememem84 · 10/04/2018 19:26

Disclaimer - I am joking. But what about these sunny....?!

www.manoloblahnik.com/rs/products/campy-11798705

More seriously

www.clarks.co.uk/c/Dalia-Lily/p/26133271

www.clarks.co.uk/c/Orabella-Fern/p/26128241. They also have these in black.

I have a new found love of Clark’s. Never thought I’d say that. There are some lovely shoes there.

ememem84 · 10/04/2018 19:35

I may have just bought a pair of shoes. £45 Clark’s brown flat loafers. Andora I think is the style name.

WreckTangled · 10/04/2018 19:41

My grandad gave dd his lexicon card game, his grandad gave it to him. She's been playing it with dh all evening 😍

Laska5772 · 10/04/2018 19:43

Em I think you can Blame Sunny for that!

Unescorted · 10/04/2018 19:43

Evening ya all.

I had an unexpected nsd. Otherwise a very uneventful day. I am cherishing days that are calm and unchallenging. They are good for my head.
Wolf glad your boss is understand. It makes all the difference.
Laska I have motorhome envy.
Sea you are a lovely daughter and granddaughter. Not to mention an awesome mum. Your family are really lucky to have you. I can't imagine having to balance so many competing needs all at once.
Em mine were in the don't look back at the gate camp... I felt so redundant. DD to!d DS to act pleased to see me at pick up time. I love that girl.

ScarletPower · 10/04/2018 19:45

Money in bank: -£55.05
Money in food/petrol account: £105.69
Money in purse: £0.43
Price Guarantee voucher: 0.65p

Actual money available: £51.07 + 0.65 voucher.

Spends since last post
7.00 – dress – it’s from a secondhand selling site on FB and was exactly what I have been looking for (although it’s not a need, it’s a want)
14.94 – Groceries yesterday – there was no quick food in so the kids were whinging there was nowt to eat. I stocked up on tins and pot noodles and also got a 65p price guarantee voucher.

  • Managed another 2 hours overtime today (go me) so that is 3.75 hours in total. I’m fairly sure I’ll have missed the cut off for May’s wage, so I won’t get it paid until June (boo).
  • DS1 has paid me the money he owed me and my cheque cleared, so there’s no more money to come.
  • If the car insurance money hasn’t been taken out by Thursday I’ll move that across and I’ll shift the remainder of the grocery money over too, and then I’ll know how much I have paid off the overdraft this month.

Days left to payday: 3 (including today)

ememem84 · 10/04/2018 19:46

laksa at least it wasn’t the manolo’s.... love those. Not the price though. But love. Shoe love.

The thing I’ve realised about Clark’s is that it’s not just for old ladies as I once thought. The shoes are stylish. Comfy. And smart. Well some are. Some are hideous.

But I needed flat brown shoes for work. Usually would opt for a £7.99 pair of tan ballet pumps from new look. Which will fall apart.

Laska5772 · 10/04/2018 19:51

unescorted we've not bought it yet! .. That's just the one we really like and think is probably IT..Ive been saving in LGPS AVCs now for 14 years..its a great tax saving also if you can afford to

Today my boss has FINALLY ( only 2 months after I put in my formal request ) sent my flexi retirement calculation request details back to HR Hmm .

mammymammyIRL · 10/04/2018 19:53

Em it's getting back a bit of you other than being ds's mummy are your dps looking forward to having ds?
How do you feel about mil seeing him? Would she want to take him to meet her friends alone?

I got free parking on road near hospital Grin

My dinner was scrummy, slow cooked roast beef with steam fresh veg, Yorkshire puddings and bisto onion gravy made with juices from beef. I'm stuffed Smile

Seacow delighted you got your door in.
Laska no need to be embarrassed about posting about campervan you've saved long and hard for it

Wolf glad your work is supportive.

My bank account is lowest it's been since starting ynab almost 2 years ago €4.22 Sad but all bills accounted for and some coin in my purse €5.10

mammymammyIRL · 10/04/2018 19:55

Told to load up my bladder for transvaginal ultrasound and it's running 30 mins late, must not pee, must not pee....