Frugaleers dripping their way through a wet January...

[SneakyGremlins]

Hang on, that makes us sound like alcoholics

Ah it's been said before but it's true sleep deprivation is the worst.
Take it easy today peeps.

Chaos here today. Old bed and 3 mattresses out. Same back in. Probably a tip run. Will arrange council to collect beds £17.17 on Thursday.
Aldi and Iceland needed after church.

I'm going spinning then need to pop into Tesco. Ds has requested some part baked baguettes(!) and I need to replace the chocolate I bought because dh thinks I said I would share it with him (I never did!).

I also have a chilblain on my little toe and it's driving me mad, also so painful when wearing shoes 😭

Sorry to hear about the non sleeping babies. Give it a few years and you'll be dragging them out of bed

Wreck I have my revenge all planned when they are teenagers. It involves an air horn

Yesterday's spends €1.80 on newspaper, au pair got it for me, I was having a pj day!
Today's spends will be €20 on gift card for a birthday party & grocery shop.

Ds just woke me up shouting because his hot water bottle is out of hot water, he's gone silent now and I'm awake

When dd was about 3 she cake into our room naked singing about fish fingers at 6am. I'm planning to do the same

Girlie saw this and thought of you
Things to do in Dublin with an 11-year-old next weekendwww.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3482724-Things-to-do-in-Dublin-with-an-11-year-old-next-weekend

Morning lovely frugal folk hope you all have a good Sunday with naps for those who are tired

Wreck you need some snowfire ointment for the chilblain. Bloody painful things

Ds’s activity has a late start this morning which is good and I will see if we have time for home made bacon sandwiches first. I don’t appear to be hungover which is also good but I did have some very odd dreams.

Cag and Sneaky you are both Missing in action, I hope you are both ok

Wolf I thought that had been discontinued? Will have a look. I suffer really badly with them on my feet, had one on the ball of my foot last month

Ah it may have been Wreck it’s a while since I’ve bought any new

Morning everyone

Sorry to hear about all the sleep deprivation, I remember those years well

Thanks happier I'm definitely going to look into it maybe the may half term. Flights to Dublin for dd and I are only about £74 and there seems to be lots of airbnb accommodation around £40 a night, will think on it.

I'm slowly waking up here, got quite a bit to do today and can't really be arsed with any of it 😁

£1.50 church, £68 Aldi,£33 Iceland, £36 Sainsbury's.
Beds out delivery on way.

Had a lazy lie in this morning.
Last night at dparents was lovely & no cost. Mum and dd had made the food & then we played cards which was good fun
Have done more sorting today, been grocery shopping £56 at Booths (was £60, used a £4 voucher).
Meal plan for the week:
Today fish pie for us & spare rib chop for dh
Mon Beef casserole
Tues Jacket spuds
Wed stir fry
Thurs Salmon for us, the other spare rib chop for dh
Fri HM pizza
Soups/salad/jacket spud for lunches
We have everything we need & will stick to it!

Wreck.

I'm still grumpy and feel like we've wasted the day. We haven't even enjoyed lazing we've all been fed up!

Hey lovelies just saying hi. Kind of treading water for the moment physically and mentally. Although it feels more like treading treacle :o

Hope all ok xxx

We've been quite productive, been to aldi and got loads for £27 so happy with that, also got petrol £30. Will go over drawn but food and petrol are fairly essential!

We've been catching up a bit at home, dd sorted out her hamster and then hoovered the house 😇

I stripped the beds, did a load of washing and have been out tidying the garden. Lots of bulbs coming through which makes me happy 😊

Have stopped for a bit now, still need to do my application and dd has maths homework 😕

Woo I’ve finished My first crochet project in ages. Currently blocking and smelling slightly of wet sheep

I've dusted, hoovered and mopped the kitchen floor. Also managed a quick 20 minutes snooze

Managed to get some snowfire almost £5 could have got it cheaper but wanted it delivered tomorrow.

Frittata for dinner.

Cag I was thinking of you the other day. Hope your Dh is getting some respite & you are OK too.

Wolf I so need to do some crafty things. I seem to have got into to a stagnation time. I have everything to make my wax wraps, but keep forgetting to put the fabric in the wash. It seems a waste to run the washer just for 3 fat quarters.

My motto is to let sleeping teenagers lie. Mine are foul if woken up before they are ready. I am enjoying the peace of my mornings.

Wreck do feel free to come round here and do the same.

Hello cag was also thinking of you today, hope you're okay 😙

I've impressed myself by making a veggie chicken pie, it's really delicious! Dd hasn't tried it yet though. .... 😐

girlie Hhahahah! I am being a bit dim - it has taken me ages to workout how you could get a veggie chicken pie. Hope your DD likes it!

I still haven’t worked the veggie chicken pie out

Waves to cag, hope you are ok

NSD by me but DP spent £40 in Tesco, and then he paid the balance of our CP holiday at Easter. £600ish I think.

DD2 got up at 5am, DD1 is just generally overtired at the moment. So tired all round here today.

It's quiet on here at the moment.

Frugal thing today- we froze all the food items that were dated today/tomorrow rather than binning them later in the week. Freezer is full- need to do a list and work through it.

I haven't got it either wolf.
New mattresses delivered, new bed put up. Old stuff out. Huge pile for tip, chazza and properly storage

Is it not vegetable and chicken pie? 🤔

I'm feeling pretty tired. Might go to sleep. Had to pay £10 for DD's choir at school the other day and need to pay another £10 for their trip next month. They already had one trip last week but luckily the PTA paid for it. Ds will have a trip this term too but not sure how much it'll be. Dd is going to the Roman palace and ds to a castle.

Only four weeks until half term. We have some kind of club every day after school apart from fridays 😴

Wreck that is what I think it is ... after thinking about it for a while.