The Friendly Frugaleers- Autumn is on its way !

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Hi Frugaleers
Sorry lame thread title

I need to look at pet insurance. We may be getting a gecko. Can they be insured?

Also hellooooo Bower! This is the other thread I hang out on daily :o

I'm sitting by the playground outside the town mall, and I can see at least four rats.

Sorry for not checking in. We had my friends ds around yesterday. She called back and I think I made my point when I said that ofc dh would pick him up and entertain said kid untill pick up time bec luckily he was raised to be able to take part in all stuff and not divide in gender. She kinda went silent and just said thank you.. I should perhaps have challenged her comment about my girls but it just wasent worth in in my opinion. I have no problem standing up for myself or the girls but jyst didn't want to engage in such nonsens..
But dh said she seemed overfriendly when picking him up and kept thanking. Haven't heard from her today. But will wait a couple of days and then see what happens.

Ordered some make up with 70% of discount for approx 20£. But nsd yesterday.

Fluffy are none of the other graters any use? On Amazon the iNeibo ones get good reviews and are a lot cheaper.

Made the raspberry buns and burnt my lip on the jam as too greedy to wait until they cooled.

Well done Scandi. I think it's better if you can calmly make your point than to have to silently ponder it for ages.

We had a nice quiet day today. Dh is on holiday.

I went right out on a limb and had another can of sprite. It's high living, I tell ye.

Don't know really. Sometimes the brands just get it right first time and everything else is a copy. Like the kenwood mixer, the magimix food processer.

It shouldn't cost me more than a few quid if I can get a voucher & will hopefully last for years.

Take I cant replace anything till the kenwood hand mixer packs up. It will live forever despite one beater being out of alignment because I rammed it against the dishwasher rather than look to see what was stopping the drawer sliding out.

My implant is coming out, they agreed to do it straight away so I didn't need to cry.

Just went trought all the clothes from my friend. Dd completely dismissed some really lovely clothes with pineapple on, so have put for the charity bag new clothes with tags for 226 £

Glad you didn’t need to cry Fluffy . I got my microplane so long ago they didn’t even sell them here at the time (I bought it in the US) and there weren’t copies around either. They are better now in that they come with a guard and mine didn’t. But it’s still sharp after 18 years and I use it loads so I think it’s been well worth it. I don’t even mind hand washing it

We had a brilliant day wandering round the fort and Hadrian’s wall at Housestead. It was a fantastic site. Got in free with our NT membership so just had to pay a few quid for parking and £3 for two flapjacks to keep the DCs going as we left the picnic in the car and then were much longer than we expected and they were getting hangry. As was I but I wasn’t going to pay another £1.50 for another flapjack. It was a long way back to the car though! Top up was £45 but that included all the food and wine we’ll need for the rest of our trip. We’ll just need flowers for another great aunt on Thursday. Too early to buy them today.

Scandi well I guess if you can’t sell them at least the charity will benefit!

sea im not allowed. She a designer at a brand for kids and all clothes i get from her is something she has either designed or been part of. So the deal is I get it all bec she doesn't have kids and I get it on to charity after we used it or the stuff we cant use. But it's quite an expensive brand but dd1 is a quite a determined girl so a no is a no go.

Born I always do that with raspberry buns and jam tarts and pizza. Ouch!

£18 kids' haircuts plus a tip as she has the patience of a saint with wriggly twins!

More spends today

£65 hair
£80 gift
£45 diesel

sea! You've been literally over the hill from me at Housesteads! We live about 8 miles from Vindalanda (the next big dig site along). I hope it was a pretty day today as the views are magic when it's clear. You know, we always forget to visit Hadrians Wall, as it's on our doorstep.

Weight the eggs whole, so if 3 eggs are 170g, do 170g of marg (or butter, but much harder to beat), sugar and self raising flour. It works for any ratio, for my nephews cakes I did 2 lots of 9 eggs!

Nsd, but only because I forgot to post my 4 ebay oarcrls. Doh! Tomorrow will have to do.

My little car has done 101010 miles today. I like numbers like that.

cag I cannot imagine that you could get pet insurance for a gecko. Or a vet. Not many specialise. They are good fun to have, sleep, bask and eat. Nothing much can go wrong really. As long as their heat lamp and temp are ok.

No idea what an oarcrl is. Meant parcel.

I have the iNeibo grater.
Its brilliant -seriously sharp and I chuck in the dishwasher all the time 4 years old ish.
Would still take my fingers off and has a guard .
Cheese is grated in my Kenwood half size processor (love this)and I have a KitchenAid which I love -so easy .
I have a massive kitchen with lots of counter space so no moving around.

There's free baked beans on checkoutsmart. 4 pack, own brand only. Only the big five, not aldi or lidl.

£365 deposit for my college course today. I'm now officially a part time student one day a week, although don't start for three more weeks. Must apply for my nus card. And now only one more week off until I start my new job.

DP and DC came and played in the park nearby while I enrolled a college and then I joined them when I was done. Lovely park but not one we normally go to. DP bought lunch.

I need to go back to work to get back on the frugaleering properly as we are hopelessly spending at the moment.

Your friend scandi

Glad you are having a lovely time seacow. I bet you cannot wait to go home to your own house now though.

I love Hadrian’s wall. First went there youth Hostelling at 14 and have been a few times since. Took ds to vindalanda last time.

£25 on dinner with friend. Need diesel again

Ooh Lonely I’d have dumped the family and met you for a brew and a knit if i’d only known! 😂. Weather was pants and drizzly when we got there but much brighter when we left. Gorgeous views and a very impressive site (and sight), I loved it. Never seen any of the wall before. We fancied a bit of ‘modern’ history after all the Neolithic sites in Orkney . Maybe you can have a family Sunday outing to The Wall some time? Would your kids be interested?

Maltesers you are too right, I can’t wait to get home! Though I have realised that I am not looking forward to the clutter. The house doesn’t look cluttered but every inch of storage space is chockablock and so I get frazzled whenever I need to find space to put stuff away. We’ve managed with much less stuff for the last 4 weeks so I feel motivated to get rid. I really just have to let go of the idea of selling stuff as that holds up the decluttering. It just needs to go!

Quite you with your big kitchen and counter space

I think you've handled that well scandi and given her something to think about.

cag a gecko? ! How exciting, am pretty sure that they will be considered as exotic pets and therefore very hard to insure.

I've had a nice day, met a friend for coffee this morning, had dd with me so ended up spending £10 ish but that included lunch.

I had my 2nd appointment with the osteopath this afternoon, was good although I'm still a bit sceptical about some of the things he claims to help with. Was £50 but my saintly mum paid.

Had a sneaky macdonalds for tea £13 the first one we've had in ages, at least 3 months so not too bad.

£33 petrol.

Take yes, of course.

I try and buy what's on offer or in season and have a couple of veggie meals too. I use lots of spices, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, frozen onions and tinned tomatoes as well as cheap fruit and veg such as frozen peas, sweetcorn and cheap fruit like bananas and mini apples. Fresh herbs like rosemary and thyme freeze really well too and they stretch really far.

What I don't buy is two for £2.50 type offers, those £3 for 10 meat offers, bagged salad or prepared fruit and veg.

Here is a quick meal plan:

Breakfast; branflakes, bananas, greek yoghurt and milk or toast

Lunch; wholewheat wraps for chicken salad or spicy tuna and lettuce (sriracha, soy sauce and mayo in the fridge already) We will also have beans on toast and jackets with cheese and tomatoes.

Dinner; baked eggs and crusty bread, chicken hit and run traybake and basmati (rice in the cupboard already), frozen basa (sprinkled with cajun spice), new pots and peas, spaghetti with garlic mushrooms and creme fraiche.

Also squash and coffee, oatcakes, apples, grapes, hula hoops and bake your own cookie dough.

According to my receipt I saved over £7 buying stuff on offer.

I just read that back and it sounds more holy than thou! We do also eat frozen chips and pizzas! LOL

We got rid of 6 bags to a charity shop today seacow I toyed with the idea of selling but like you decided the need to just get rid came first! Plus I feel like I don't really do much for charity in other ways so this is my way of helping out.

What chicken hit n run tray bake flappy? Sounds good (not for the chicken though 🚘🐔😂)

Girliefriendlikesflowers thanks. I hope this way we can avoid a conflict and passive aggressive stuff. We have been friends for too long to just skip it all..

Sea
Im a ruthless chuckerouter and declutterer
DH is not is a bloody hoarder
Like em I got rid of half my clothes and went through every drawer and cuboard in the house. Life is way easier now