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Decedantly damcing towards December - frugaleering Christmas ahoy!

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ememem84 · 25/11/2018 17:04

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LonelyOversharer · 30/11/2018 08:03

I echo cag (so glad you're back Smile) em and that af is here.

I have a stressed dd1, 2 mock exams today...and a ver grumpy ds who "is never allowed to sleep".

Justanothermile · 30/11/2018 08:55

Hope you are okay today em. X

Ahh.. exam stress, how old is she now lonely? I swear parenting is harder in some respects as they get older.

Hey Cag.

Hard flooring, can you stretch to wood fluffy? If you bet well. Tricky to lay, are you taking the skirts off etc?

Ha - I'll figure the running. I like seeing how much the body can cope with, which I think is far more than the mind allows it to most of the time. The key is training the mind often to accept it hurts. Pit crews welcome unescorted

😂 at 'relations'.

PM'd you seacow.

Need a couple of presents today, taking my mum to M&S.

Happierwithouthim · 30/11/2018 09:00

em hope this scare works out for you but either way you'll be fine Flowers[hugs]

jam what an exciting start to 2019!

My aim for next year is do the easy half that I did last year again, that's the end of Sept, it's a silent goal because it'll depend on time to train.

Just got an email with cashback from my bank, didn't even realise boots was on it at the moment so €5 back, might just pop on and use my personal card to get another €5 cashback!

AutumnLeaves12 · 30/11/2018 09:17

I've been run ragged all week, but doing really enjoyable things. I'm stopping today to gear up for the weekend of rushing around. At least trying to anyway.

Wolfcub · 30/11/2018 09:21

Lonely good luck to dd today
Em I hope you’ve woken up feeling less anxious
Cag it absolutely is wonderful to see you
Jam I’d be useless as pit crew but I can make a mean cup of tea for the rest of them, can I come too

Pay day (thank god). I have paid myself first, all money is allocated. Now I just need to behave myself and not spend anything I don’t need. I have a stocking filler to get for df and dgm and then a little present for dm and I’m done with Xmas shopping so if I start talking about buying anything else someone needs to kick me in the arse.

Car definitely has an electrical fault but I think we can limp on to the service and mot at the end of January.

Life Flowers

Happy frugal Friday my lovelies

Fluffycloudland77 · 30/11/2018 09:26

We can't stretch to wood, there's only us here and it's a shoes off house so it shouldn't get too much abuse. Dh will cut under the skirting boards. The stair edging is horrifically expensive. It nearly doubles the cost.

Ideally I don't want to pay more than £10 sqm.

I've just had £3 cashback confirmed from a cancelled transaction 😐 So that might get cancelled before it pays out. I got £4 the other day so I've saved it towards paint.

I qualified for a 700 nectar point survey last night yo watch a tv show, watched it and it wouldn't go to the next section so I'm running it again and I've complained to E rewards.

AutumnLeaves12 · 30/11/2018 09:55

I've got an amazon return to send but the printed address label just has a QR code (the sorts of fuzzy square that can be scanned by a smartphone), and no address. Has anybody ever had one of those?

ememem84 · 30/11/2018 10:37

Morning. Feeling much calmer today. Still no af. But came to work wearing my lightest pair of snobby jeans....so am tempting fate. Haha.

I’m ok. It is scary. I was scared. But. I’m dealing with it. Carrying on. Because I have to. Still maintain that guys are lucky they don’t have to deal with this shit.

Anyway. Today will be a good day. Work then champagne reception tonight to celebrate works 10 year anniversary. Yay.

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ememem84 · 30/11/2018 10:43

My assistant has bought me the most disappointing almond croissant ever. Flat as a pancake and not even a little bit almondy.

He said that I’d been a bit off this week, hoped everything was ok and thought I needed cheering up. I almost cried.

Obviously haven’t told him what’s going on....he’s only 25 and doesn’t need to know. But was so nice of him.

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ememem84 · 30/11/2018 10:45

Also no. More. Googling.

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AutumnLeaves12 · 30/11/2018 10:45

I've been working so hard at my new job this week that I forgot to book my Tesco Christmas delivery slot and missed the chance to book one in the Christmas week. I will have to actually leave the house two days before Christmas. Shock

Wolfcub · 30/11/2018 11:03

Gah lost a long post
Ocado order in. Will have enough dishwasher stuff until at least March and enough toothpaste until the end of February.

Meal plan

Pie and chips (not homemade)
Instant pot salmon and rice
Chicken curry
Duck stir fry and noodles
Chilli and rice

Things from freezer with mash/chips/rice and veg. I have a lot of rice in my cupboards

Off to b and q to try and get a refund or exchange on anlamp that stopped working after five months wish me luck

Cagliostro · 30/11/2018 11:21

Just catching up. Y’all are lovely. It’s nice to be posting again, I just went a bit hermity for a while.

:o at relations you’ve got to grab the opportunity when it comes up though right :o

If you almost cried em that may be PMT also. Oddly I’ve found that when AF is being stubborn and not actually arriving, the PMT symptoms get worse.

ememem84 · 30/11/2018 11:27

Absolutely. Nothing wrong with afternoon relations 😉

I am definetly feeling less anxious today. Still on the anxiety perch but on a much lower rung today.

Have got a whole load done this morning.

Just paid £90 for an Italian Christmas cookery evening for me and Dm next week. Yay.

And am heading to boots at lunchtime for multi vitamins. As I’ve run out. Sigh.

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SneakyGremlins · 30/11/2018 11:42

*Fluffy" Pawsecco is in bowl, will report back!

Just rescued my headphones from the washer. At least they're nicely scented?

Off to Argos to pick up a replacement game because the one I got the other day was being a dick.

Still in love with my hair Grin

AutumnLeaves12 · 30/11/2018 11:43

My dh has got extra holiday is taking 10 days off before Christmas for the end of term and the ghastly few days of no school before Christmas. That's a bit magic isn't it?

I'm a little bit slightly looking forward to Christmas now, instead of bracing myself. #touchesWood

SneakyGremlins · 30/11/2018 12:14

Argos replaced my game Smile

£0.50 spend today.

lifelongfrugaleer · 30/11/2018 12:22

Good luck today jam. . Smile and nod remember

lifelongfrugaleer · 30/11/2018 12:25

Can I do pit crew? Not as good as unescorted. Mines more along the lines of. You've worked this hard, you are not fucking giving up now. With my flask and cake ovbs and frugal energy food from lonely.

lifelongfrugaleer · 30/11/2018 12:26

Yes autumn, take it on your phone too if you can as they sometimes scan better

Thatsnotmybaby · 30/11/2018 12:30

Oh that will be so lovely @autumn, lovely timing too while DS is still young enough to appreciate the magic of Christmas. I'm envious too as DH is always crazy busy in the run up to Christmas so I pick up the slack on the home front (although I still really enjoy it all).

AutumnLeaves12 · 30/11/2018 12:31

Thanks Life that's good to know. I don't have that kind of phone which is why QR codes are a bit of a surprise for me. I'll take it all to the post office then.

SneakyGremlins · 30/11/2018 12:32

Can I come too? Grin

ememem84 · 30/11/2018 13:03

£21 boots on multivitamins and deep heat gel for dh.

£16 next on “peesta” bowls. Dh’s kiwi accent went nuts..... we couldn’t decide on which ones we wanted so bought one of each. So now have 4 different ones. Dm would be appalled.

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MeadowHay · 30/11/2018 13:50

Omg, it never rains, it pours, doesn't it? I have so much shite going on atm, it would take about 5 hours to type huge rants about it all, I am so stressed. But a quick summary of the poor health: DH is ill with a bad cold, DD is ill with bronchiolitis (had to take her to GP yesterday morning) and HV came in the afternoon and thinks she has croup too, DGuinePig is ill with a bad eye so I had to take him to the vets today, he got hay stuck in his eye so he needs antibiotic drops and it also turns out he has cataracts in both eyes and probably diabetes too but they're age-related so nowt we can do about that, and HV sent me to the GP this morning who has referred me to CBT and prescribed buspirone for my anxiety. HV is coming again in two weeks time and I also have to go back to see the GP in 2 weeks time. And need to chase up my birth debrief in about that time too as no response yet from the delivering doctor re: a date and it's been about 2 weeks. Sigh. Anxiety through the roof, like you em but for v. different reasons. We also have loads of shit going on with our finances, with benefits, and debts, etc AAARGH. I have another thread here in Money Matters about the benefits. So confusing.

Em Hope you're feeling better now? Flowers

I am too frightened to try any sort of relations as I still have soreness from childbirth (tmi soz) and am terrified it will thus be very painful Sad also cannot relax as DD's sleep is so sporadic that I get anxious she will wake up at any moment and so I can't relax. She has been particulary terrible the last few days, crying alllll the time again. She screamed yesterday most of the time from 5pm until 9.30pm bar a 30 minute nap, it was exhausting and DH and I were both at the end of our tethers.

Probably won't be an NSD as heading to my primary school's Xmas fayre later this afternoon.