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Frulgaleers - Jumping into June

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Laska5772 · 30/05/2018 22:06

We filled up the last thread before we did a new one!
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Fluffycloudland77 · 01/06/2018 22:11

When do they get home Unescorted? It was bang out of order to yell at you.

CremeEggThief · 01/06/2018 22:14

Aw, both of our Frugaleer babies are just too cute!😍

Very spendy day, and very enjoyable too.
£10.50 bus ticket.
£10 brunch with my friend.
£18.98 in Boots on make-up (CC cream, a lip gloss, concealer and mascara. That will easily last me a year!)
£24.50 Primark on my credit card.
£31.80 on lots of stuff we've run out/ were about to run out of from Wilkos.
99p shoe liners from Shoezone.
£1.47 on 3 cards in the Card Factory.

Just having a glass of the wine that my friend gave me for helping her move now.

Cheers to the weekend!Wine

Wolfcub · 01/06/2018 22:20

Unescorted were you one of Sarah Cox’s callers on the radio this morning? One of them was watching bike ride dots I think

ChristmasSeacow · 01/06/2018 22:57

Thanks for your thoughts everyone, it is so appreciated.

Very emotional and exhausting day. And a loooong journey home, not helped by lots of ridiculous pissing about over naughty people in pre-booked seats... and then trouble with t’tube. I am so tired now. And worried about my mum, who looks completely lost Sad.

Wonderful news on the house Cag, your mind must be all over the place with thinking and planning and excitement! Will you get 3 bedrooms and will the DDs be okay to share? More space, a garden, secure tenancy... all such positive outcomes. Will your rent also be less than in the private sector?

Must sleep, will catch up properly tomorrow.

northender · 01/06/2018 22:57

Seacow hope today has gone as well as it could.
Cag soooooo happy for you
Em be kind to yourself, you've had an eventful year & yes probably the timing of mil's visit hasn't been great.
Wreck your spa treat sounds great
Struggling to manage in the heat here. Finding it very energy sapping. Dh worked from home this morning and then spent the afternoon gardening, ds was revising, dd was at her friend's. I stayed indoors which was cooler & did some finance planning for the next couple of years. I like lists & numbers & having a plan.
Tomorrow ds has been called up to the first team for his full debut which is amazing. Dd is scoring so we are all going up to Cumbria for the day. Ds is very excited & nervous, I feel incredibly proud of him, particularly given all the problems he's had over the past few months. Cricket is keeping him going, just hope it's not distracting him too much from his GCSEs. Dd will have more money in the bank than us!

Bornlazy · 01/06/2018 23:20

I am so pleased for you Cag. We had a new build before this house and it was fantastic. No decorating, everything brand spanking new -wish it was me.

Lovely babies they are both getting so big 😍

em once your MIL has gone you will be so glad that she chose this time to visit and not September as it will be over and you can breathe a sigh of relief Wink

AuditAngel · 02/06/2018 00:02

Cag really exciting news.

Nearly as exciting -NSD

Yesterday I also spent £2 on 2 sets of fairy lights to go on the DD's dancing costumes for next week's cabaret. Someone else picked them up for me. I did have 2 sets in the loft, but I would have had to remove them from other costumes and it didn't seem worth it for £2

I also owe DD1 a big bar of chocolate. I ate hers today . Oops

SnugglySnerd · 02/06/2018 06:06

Hope you are OK today Sea. I have found the day after funerals to be a struggle before. Hope it went well yesterday.

Wolfcub · 02/06/2018 08:08

Sea much love to you today, I hope you have some time to take care of yourself.
North hope ds has a great day of cricket. I hear you on the heat, I’m ok in the day (inside) but the nights are uncomfortable

Hope everyone has a lovely frugal Saturday. Ds has contact this morning so I need to get up and get myself organised. Ds has been banging around the house since before 6. If it’s not chucking it down I will take him to a nearby event this afternoon which we go to every year

ememem84 · 02/06/2018 08:10

born yes! That’s the other side to it!

sea be kind to yourself. Take care and I hope yesterday was as ok as it could be. Xxx

I’ve just woken up which is actually very unlike me. Dh is wrestling ds in the living room...

Today’s plans are - riding then mil is coming for dinner. i am making my faves. Spicy roast chicken. Couscous and some roasted veggie salad. Mmm.

Unescorted · 02/06/2018 08:25

wolf not me although there are quite a few of us. It used to be a niche hobby but as bikepacking becomes more popular there are more people who need a dotwatcher to make sure they are safe and they don't take an illegal route. We are virtual race marshalls.

Sea I would have lost my shit if someone was sat in my seat after the day you had.

North you must be so proud. That is a huge achievement. Enjoy Cumbria.

I need to do some planting. My bro has been giving me all sorts of hatched seedlings. So the weather has turned.... Ah well the water is needed.

LonelyOversharer · 02/06/2018 09:22

We have had a lot of rain. Everything has grown about six inches in the night, escpecially my living willow hedge. Except the coutgette that has been parted from it's root by something super helpful. Lots of midges out there, swiftly watered the greenhouse and retreated.

Not sure whats on today, hoping it won't involve money.

WreckTangled · 02/06/2018 10:23

£58 Lidl. It's definitely got more expensive there I think it's on par with Tesco plus I think some things have gone through the till more expensive than they were priced. Will post meal plan in a min

LonelyOversharer · 02/06/2018 10:28

Yes, I thought that too wreck it used to be that everything was cheaper, and you could trolley chuck without checking. I think now they are so popular, there's a premium type brand as well. I bought Jersey Royals the other week, super 6 type, thought marked at 69p, went through at £1.49. They'd put the tiny cheap bags next to the big dearer bags. Still delicious though, but I was cross I'd been 'caught out'.

Cagliostro · 02/06/2018 10:48

Morning all.

Best of luck to DS north how exciting!

Seacow huge well done for getting through yesterday. Please be kind to yourself today.

All we really know is that it is 3 bedroom with a garden - not sure on size though as new builds are probably smaller. But no matter what it’ll be bigger than here. Also, the location is unbelievably good. I keep checking google maps to make sure we are correct. It’s an easily walkable distance to town, and it’s right next to a lovely park! So those things would make a huge difference to our lives, and the house feels sort of secondary to that.

Just hope we can see it really soon as it’ll be much easier to make plans. I assume we wouldn’t need to decorate if it is a new build (although I would really love to at least paint the Caglets’ rooms as they’ve never had that). Normally the council rips out all carpet between tenants so we would have to spend on that, but not sure if there will at least be something there if it’s new (we have agreed wooden flooring is preferable in the living areas but if we can take our time to save for it then so much the better).

Being able to look round will also mean we can plan more. Things like knowing the layout, what is in the kitchen/bathroom etc. The plan for the rooms is that DS will have the smallest room, DH and I will have the biggest one at first while we still have baby in with us, but once she’s ready we will swap with DD, so she will have the biggest room to share with her sister. Plan is to “Ikea hack” :o and divide with Kallax etc. Although I have heard you can get grants towards attic conversions. We could also register on home swap for a four bed if we really want for the future, but the location of this place really is lifechangingly good.

And in the frugal sense... we will be saving almost £300 a month :o :o :o

WreckTangled · 02/06/2018 10:49

That's awesome cag. Take photos. Have you looked on right move? Some might be private in which case they'll be on there as sold.

Meal plan:

Butternut risotto
Spag bol x2
Jackets and tuna
Hot dogs
Roast chicken
Pizza
Southern fried chicken
Something with left over chicken (pasta, risotto or quesadillas)

Cagliostro · 02/06/2018 10:58

Sorry for all the waffling, I am just emptying my brain ATM 😳

There will be a huge overlap though which will be very pricy. As the council ask for rent very quickly (also this one requires a week in advance 😂) and we’ve only just paid rent on this place so I think we will have to be tenants here until July 28th. But while it’s expensive, mum said she will help ❤️ and we are planning to use the time to our advantage as we can move stuff over and unpack gradually, get new furniture delivered there with space to build etc.

Cagliostro · 02/06/2018 11:04

Blimey, 8 weeks doesn’t feel like very long to move our entire lives somewhere else 😳 (it wouldn’t be such a big deal if we weren’t so cluttered... we have made progress TBF and some of our stuff is already packed 😇 but it’s very slow!)

Rightmove a good idea! DH did mention seeing some photos on google that seemed to be the nearby houses. Prices are quite high on that street. I think our one (eeeep!) may be the only council one?

Fluffycloudland77 · 02/06/2018 11:19

£300 a month is a huge saving cag. It’ll be cheap on heating too because it’ll have nearly 12inches insulation. Don’t store things in the loft unless you fit a raised panelboard up there or it’ll reduce the insulation value. I know people who had free insulation fitted, then squashed it down to board over it for storage 🤔. If it’s new it’s probably got a hatch but no ladders. The walls will need to dry out, it was a year till we could paint here.

Wreck I found that with aldi. £35 a week for years then it crept up to £47,48,49. Which is silly for two adults.

Unescorted · 02/06/2018 12:03

Cag if you have the address look it up on the planning portal for the local authority. You just need the post code or street name. They will have the plans on there. If it is one of ours they will have to be over a certain size. The s106 units can be smaller.
Most housing associations let the homes without carpets. Bathroom and kitchen will have tiles, laminate or lino.

I have done a ticket - I was supposed to pick up and pay for some plants today.... Only problem is that I forgot to get cash from the bank and don't have the car to pop out. I am pretending to be out incase they call round.

laComtessede · 02/06/2018 12:38

Congratulations @Cagliostro, fantastic news.

Spends yesterday
£127 supermarket ( incl. lots of nappies and two swimsuits for DS, one of which will be returned.
£2 parking
£2 coffee.

Girliefriendlikesflowers · 02/06/2018 13:24

I'm not sure you would get a 4 bed cag when I looked at swapping my council flat they were very strict on bedrooms and would expect siblings of the same sex to share. The house sounds brilliant though, I found moving forced me to be pretty ruthless with getting rid of stuff. The process of packing and unpacking makes you evaluate everything you own 😑 asking 'does this make me happy or serve a useful purpose?' helps.

I'm on my lunch break at work, a beautiful day here. Did I mention I'm picking up a tree later? Someone on a local fb page was offering it for free, I think it's a rowan and will go at the bottom of the garden. There is something really lovely about planting a tree 😊

Dd is at her grandads for the wend, they are taking her to the bath and West show so she should have a lovely day.

WreckTangled · 02/06/2018 13:34

It's our village fete this afternoon. It's the biggest event of the year 🤣 considering we live in the smallest place ever (one pub and a tiny shop) it usually makes over £10k and they give some to the school the dc go to in the next village. Ds is having fun playing 'building' in the garden

Frulgaleers - Jumping  into June
ChristmasSeacow · 02/06/2018 13:38

That’s such brilliant news Cag. I hope you love it when you see it, although location and park are already two major pluses!

Nice one SonOfNorth

And lovely baby pics yesterday.

I am still feeling rather lethargic and down. The service was quite nice yesterday, my Granny had chosen everything before she died, and even written her biography for her eulogy. I was a weeping mess before it even started because my Great uncle (granny’s BIL) came over to chat and said that when he visited Granny a few weeks back she was just so thrilled and happy that we’d been down at Easter and she’d got to see my ‘beautiful’ DD again. That set me off...

The wake was a bit annoying though tbh. It was organised by my aunt’s partner, who is a rather boorish sort. He organised it at ‘their’ social club (think all-day bar, patterned carpets and faint smell of toilets) but really it seemed to be just another social event for him and his club mates. My mum is the loveliest calmest person ever but even she is ‘a bit cross’ with them for making it a club social and not about family. We escaped after a couple of hours and had a cup of tea elsewhere before getting our trains. I had booked a window seat because I wanted to hide in the corner, stare out of the window and have a little weep if I wanted. But because a couple wanted to sit together I agreed to swap booked seats, but then I was turfed out of my other window seat because it turned out they had actually booked two aisles seats. I was disproportionately annoyed about it 😡.

Anyway, this morning I have been quite weepy and tired. I am really dreading dad’s funeral, I just don’t know if I can speak. At least lovely DH will stand in for me if necessary.

PILs coming tomorrow so I have to tidy, clean and cook. They are going to blitz our garden.

WreckTangled · 02/06/2018 13:42

Poor you sea make sure you take time for you