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Wolfcub · 13/05/2018 20:50

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lifelongfrugaleer · 25/05/2018 21:02

Right where am I. Possibly going to miss some people but will try my best not to.
Welcome new and returning frugaleers.
Pleased you are enjoying your holiday lolly
Em, I take it you are in full mil flow. Good luck.
Meadow happy last day, now rest as much as possible. That is unfair of fil, hope dp can put it out of his mind for now.
Cracking savings wolf, payday is such a long way yet.
Sea, hope today was a better day, you rest now so you don't set yourself back.

Mammy I guesstimated the cake and ended up 100 cals over, no tea and shite macros.

Sunny, hope things are going ok with you

Wreck enjoy London and report back on the cable car as I'm thinking of a trip summer or October

Me, knackered after work. £12 Iceland, £68 Aldi. Sainsbury's tomorrow.

ememem84 · 25/05/2018 21:24

I will catch up. But I am the fucking worlds best wife. I should win an Oscar for my latest performance.

Dh picked me up from work. (I may have borrowed his credit card today and reared myself to some lovely clarins things. #classicemotionalspender)

We drove to the airport. There was traffic. He was stressy. I was nice and calm. He stresses more. Because I’m not kicking off.

I carry Ds into arrivals. Mil is there. She rushes over. Hugs for dh. Hugs and kisses for ds. No acknowledgement of me. Tries to take ds off me. I ask ds “do you want to see GRANDMA?” “Look there’s grandma” etc etc emphasis on GRANDMA. She takes ds away from me. He screams and screams and screams “oh dear” says I “come back to mummy” then once I’ve got him back “safe now with mummy”

Mil looks like thunder. Ds only cried because it was echoey and noisy. We get in the car. Mil goes for the front seat. My seat. I get in the back next to ds. Wait until dh has driven off and say “I’m surprised you wanted the front seat mil (and use her full name not her preferred shortened version) I thought you’d want to sit in the back with ds”

Dh takes us to pizza express. Mil complains because loud and noisy and full of kids. It’s a beach location (most southerly in the uk apparently) its mostly a glass building. It’s 6pm on a half term Friday. Duh.

Ds sits in a high chair. “Where’s his purée?” Mil asks. “He’s has food. Mum fed him early” I say. “Mum and dad have him two days a week...” we order food. Mil wants to give him garlic bread. Ffs. I’d have been ok with it had it not been so full of garlic. I couldn’t eat it. And I love garlic. It got sent back and taken off our bill.

Pizza arrives. Ds grabs at mine. So I cut the crusts off for him. He’s eaten toast and eaten bread and tomatoes. So I figure it’s fine. He got fussy in his high chair so I had him on my lap. Pizza express man is super helpful and takes my pizza away brings it back all cutted up. We smile nicely “there she goes again” says mil “flirting with the staff” (dh was impressed the guy even thought to cut my food up for me! - have sent a quick email saying thank you and mentioned it to the manager on leaving). I smiled the whole time.

Handed ds over to grandma. He smeared his tomatoey hands all over her and knocked her red wine onto her white jeans.

I’ve been wearing a white top all day. No tomato on me...

Bloody love that kid. Also no wine.

I drove back to mils friends. We hugged. She looked thoroughly confused. And pushed me away. And dh is super twitchy now. I reckon he thinks I’m up to something.

Ems 1. Mil 0.

ememem84 · 25/05/2018 21:29

meadow happy last day of work!!! Enjoy these next few baby free weeks!!! And I hope everything goes well for you. Xxxx

LonelyOversharer · 25/05/2018 21:51

Fantastic em!! Can you keep this up the whole time? She's bound to lose her shit and make herself look stupid infront of dh.

Unescorted · 25/05/2018 21:58

I haven't got through today's frugal updates.... But before I forget.

Snuggly gaffa tape. Cut it with rounded corners stick it over the smoothed down fabric. The flatter and smoother you can get it the better. Then heat the patch with a hair dryer for 60 seconds. Many a down sleeping bag or waterproof jacket or legs have been repaired in the Unescorted household using gaffa tape.

Girlie I have been bought a pair of binoculars to go bird watching. We are really lucky we get lapwing, curlew, grouse, moorhen, pheasant, wood cock, barn owls, several types of tits and chaff, wrens, robins, heron, kingfisher, and raptors. Come down to the peak and I will take you out.... I am not a twitcher but they are so lovely to watch. I can lose hours on the Moors.

Anyway off to read the rest of the day.

ememem84 · 25/05/2018 22:00

lonely I’m going to try...

Day one done.

Cagliostro · 25/05/2018 22:08

You. Are. My. Hero. 😆👏

MeadowHay · 25/05/2018 22:26

Em You are great! Grin

Taytocrisps · 25/05/2018 22:53

Did you see the exit poll results mammy? Looks like the Yes side has won by 68%!!!!

I'm just home and having a quick cuppa before bed. I'll be back with frugalling stuff tomorrow.

Looks like em has some MIL drama.

Unescorted · 25/05/2018 23:00

em you need bottling. Good skills.

We have a nano brewery under the kitchen table..insulated by my library book collection. It saves a fortune. £30 for 50 half litre bottles. Each brew run is 4 weeks and no more complicated than making bread or stock. I have gradually collected flip tops which give a better seal than caps. Aldi do a wheat lager which comes in a flip top so we just kept them. Sterilisation is key but Milton does the trick and is cheaper than brewing specific sterilisation liquid or tablets. The brew shops are a mine of advice on recipes...there is one in Stockport who have loads of advice and do mail order.

Wolfcub · 25/05/2018 23:22

Em good work, you are doing great

Ds is now with (lovely) mil, drive was fucking awful both ways you know the sort of drive when visibility is so bad you are not even sure if you are on the road or heading into certain death

Drinks with friends, I am a bit hammered, have naughtily ordered takeaway because drunk me need food and can’t be trusted with gas flame

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ChristmasSeacow · 26/05/2018 00:39

Go for it Wolf!! It’ll do you good to let your hair down. And then eat salty carbs Grin

I have just finished writing my speech for dad’s funeral. It was emotional but I think it paints the picture I was trying to paint. And I feel optimistic that I can actually get through delivering it myself. Now to sleep...

Unescorted · 26/05/2018 06:44

wolf it was claggy here too. I would have ordered a takeaway too in the circumstances.

Sea I am sure it is going to be lovely. You have a fabulous way with words and an obvious love for your dad. Hope you slept peacefully. X

WreckTangled · 26/05/2018 06:44

Well done seacow that must have been so hard Thanks

Em she's positively insane.

Wolf hope you're hang over free today! I hate hose sorts of drives really takes it out of you too.

Tayto I'm hoping the exit polls are correct

Fluffycloudland77 · 26/05/2018 07:26

Em Smiling. Whatever next, and in front of your husband too Grin.

The most amusing thing is that personalities like this congratulate themselves on their subtlety.

lifelongfrugaleer · 26/05/2018 08:17

Go em. Awesome start.

Wolf, you deserve a break go for it.

I'm deciding if I cba to go to the 9 am gym class having just got out of bed

Lillylollylandy · 26/05/2018 08:58

Seacow that must have been very hard - I hope you're managing to rest now. I'm in awe of how well you're coping. Please try and make time for you over the coming days.

Em you're hilarious Grin DH and MIL have no idea what they've let themselves in for, do they. Go you!

Littlest DD seems to have come out top to toe in an allergic reaction, seems to be contact dermatitis. Any suggestions as to how I can soothe her, our usual MooGoo cream isn't really up to the task. Am also somewhat limited by the range of options available to me given my non existent Portuguese! I feel so sorry for her. She's been scratching all night so neither of us have had much sleep BrewBrewBrew

Fluffycloudland77 · 26/05/2018 09:01

I think you need to go to the pharmacy for anti histamines.

WreckTangled · 26/05/2018 09:01

Have you got antihistamine Lilly? If you take her to a pharmacy and just show them they'll be able to help. Also medicines have the same name abroad ie cetirizine

Wolfcub · 26/05/2018 09:06

Sea well done on writing your speech, you are so strong. I hope it was cathartic in a way, do go easy on yourself though

I am planning on staying in today doing jobs, reading books and not bloody spending anything until I go out for dinner with dm and df tonight.

Have a lovely day everyone

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Lillylollylandy · 26/05/2018 09:19

Thanks - I forgot to say we've got antihistamines but because she's only 1, we can only dose her twice in 24 hours and it seems to wear off after about 6 hours. Will try to get to a pharmacy today and see if they can suggest anything else.

lifelongfrugaleer · 26/05/2018 10:43

Most pharmacy staff have some English even if you have no Spanish. Or use Google translate?

Sea, well done you on writing your speech.

£68 Sainsbury's

Girliefriendlikesflowers · 26/05/2018 10:53

lilly I took dd to Spain when she was a baby and she came out in a similar sounding rash, I took her to a pharmacy and plonked her on the counter for advice!! They gave me some powdery cream which worked a treat, I think the rash was heat related though.

I'm at the hairdressers as dd is getting her hair done, town after....

WreckTangled · 26/05/2018 11:05

Food shopping delivered. It was almost £90 so way over budget but hopefully will make up for it next week. It's half term so knew it would be more. Plus ds was so excited to see all the food I had bought Grin

Loveabaconsandwich · 26/05/2018 11:26

Looking forward to the next MIL updates em Grin

So pleased you are now on your mat leave meadow. Hope you manage some rest Flowers

DP just rang me to say “I seem to be stood outside subway”. I did some enabling 🥪

We’re just doing the finishing touches to move DD2 into her new room. A lot of tidying/sorting still to be done.