Before I forget: Anyone got a Chilly bottle? My sister swears by hers, water stays properly cold and doesn’t taste weird. But don’t know if there’s a cheaper alternative that’s just as good.
Cag sorry you are under the weather, defo time to look after yourself. Were you pleased with the cleaning in the new house? When do you think you’ll have your first sleep there? Ooh, exciting.
Bandit who are these CFs - relatives or cheeky friends? I have a few friends that never reciprocate but I invite them in that full knowledge. I’m a feeder and we have different circumstances - not so much financial as space to have people round. And come to think of it I cook a three course meal for my sisters /Mum at least once a month and can only think of one occasion that they’ve cooked for me in the last 10 years. But again, space. And DS preferring to be at home. No wonder I spend so much on groceries 
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Em I’ve thought before that private primary school isn’t so different to nursery costs. However, secondary tends to be soooo much more expensive. And then it’s the cost of two children that makes it out of the question for us, unless PILs help (they’ve said they would - in fact they were somewhat shocked when we said DS was going to state school - I think they just assumed that we’d go private as their children did, but I didn’t!). I wanted my dcs to go to state primary anyway because I want them properly rooted in their community, ie to walk to the park and see people they know. The private schools round here have a much bigger catchment area and most people (even in this naice area) go state because the primary schools are pretty decent. They are also much more ethnically and socio-economically diverse, which I really like. However, we’d probably accept help from PILs for private secondary for DS if it was the only way to get a suitable school for him. I’m hoping he’ll get a good special secondary school place though.
Lonely the worst thing about being a working mum, in my experience, was having to feed everyone after a long day at work! I like cooking but that (and fussy eating) drained all the fun out of it.