The Friendly Frugaleers, halfway through June!

[Cagliostro]

All welcome!

Good luck Meadow!

The joules sale has lots of winter gloves etc. It would make a good Christmas stocking filler.

Sending lots of love to meadow

Is anyone one else suffering from awful, awful hay fever at the moment? I figured I had a cold as it was so bad.

Yes Love, it is awful at the mo.

Love yes me too I feel rotten. No hayfever tablet will touch

Have you seen the dr?

Hoping for a NSD today as haven’t had one for a while.

Hope things are progressing well for meadow.

Cag haven’t really gotten into Futerama but will watch it if it’s on and think it’s funny. I wouldn’t bother with a coffee table as it’s just another four corners to worry about them banging their head on. Tesco have some wardrobes half price in their closing down sale.

Have any of the hay fever sufferers tried Vaseline to trap the pollen?

I have a feeling I had an Ikea card once, but we have only been rarely as it’s such a trek, so goodness knows where the card is. I suppose I could sign up anew with our new address though? Can I do it there?

Ooh yes thanks must look on Tesco direct, and look for other stuff on it too - trampoline is an essential as well 😂 (so I can tell the Caglets to sod off into the garden if they get too bouncy... so that’ll be all the time then 🙄)

I love futurama more than the Simpsons, we ended up buying a multi region DVD player just to get the later series as they came out in America 😳😳😳 I am now enjoying seeing the futurama references in the Simpsons. I love an Easter egg, as they are known. 🤓

secure.ikea.com/gb/en/user/signup/family/ You can do it online.

Your dh needs one too yes?.

Free hot drink, 10% off sale items, you can swipe it on the entrance booth and win stuff or get vouchers.

www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/D2D-Opt-Out-Application-Form-2015.pdf

If you print and return this you can opt out of all the crappy leaflets the postman puts through your door.

We've never had a coffee table cag and it only matters about twice a year when my nan visits and has a cup of tea, for everyone else there's window ledges and the unit below tv to rest their cup

Depends on if you play boardgames on it or not though I guess.

For me it's only an obstacle to make your way around in a room but depends on how big your room is too I guess.

Yes it’s not a massive living room, bigger than our current one though. So it’s definitely not an essential. Board games will more likely be played at the main table. We only have a small round one ATM with four chairs (and will get cagletini a proper high chair) but the plan is to upgrade to a bigger rectangular one that can be expanded, since mostly it will just be us five but when we have DSCs round there will be 8 or 9 of us! But a table is not really a priority yet as we have lots of other stuff to buy. Same with a sofa - ideally we would like a big corner one, but we have a sofa already so upgrading can wait.

We have a coffee table made specifically to take larger board games. It has rounded bull nose corners. We didn’t have this when ds was a toddler though we had an evil sharp cornered coffee table!

All our furniture currently had those padded corner guards on!

Another one here with bad hayfever. I'm also having the period from hell. They are getting worse every month. I think it's time to see my gp.

I am sniffley. Never suffered from hay fever. I’m putting it down to the Invisalign treatment and my teeth moving and nudging my sinuses. This happens right?!

Well. I have a JOB!!!! She offered it to me on the spot. I very almost burst into tears, but didn't.

I start on thursday, this thursday. Holy moly.

Thats full time, 37.5 hrs a week, minimum wage for now. Its a 3 month trial to get started with. I ran the numbers through the benefits calculator, we will lose the working tax credits, but the child tax crdits stay the same, so all in all, we will be about £700 a month better off. I'm only just starting to realise just how little money we have been surviving on for years. This will change everything. Literally everything.

And dp is happy to be the stay at home dad, do the afternoon pick ups, and bum around the house during school holidays. But, money!

Thankyou all for all your support. I genuinely don't think I would have had the guts to do this before I found you on this thread

Congratulations Lonely and well done! Awesome news

Congratulations Lonely that’s amazing news

I am so so happy for you lonely!!!!

OMG lonely I am so happy for you! Yay! £700 a month is MASSIVE! ⭐️💖

Wooooo lonely amazing news!!!! 🍍🍍🍾🍾🍾

Congratulatons Lonely. I hope hes also going to cook meals and do housework while your out. You'll be debt free in no time.

NSD.

£5 in nectar points paid out and sainsburys refunded the tomatoes. I cut the bad bits off and froze them for soups, chilli etc.

lonely that's absolutely fantastic news, well done you, welcome to the world of working outside the home parenting, we'll be here to support you in the gripes that come with that too.

Hope dp is going to take over the chores that you do at home and the gardening etc, because you don't need to have two full time jobs!

Yay!!! Lonely
Such brilliant news

I hope meadow is ok and enjoying delicious new baby snuggles. Xx 💙💙💕💕