Friendly Frugaleers Furtively Ferreting Away to Find Fabulous Savings

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€8.63 on benecol, 2 lemons, bag of carrots & bunch of celery. That's au pairs shopping list for this week & I didn't shop at all we've loads in & are going away anyhow.

Not caught up on thread but will later on

And nope never did Fishbourne in the end so will look at that too :)

DD went to town alone with a friend again yesterday and bought her little sister a t-shirt.

Seems apt.

Sorry cute Cag

So cute not sorry cute. Clearly too much wine here

Is that shirt available in a Men's size medium? Asking for, erm, a friend

I am craving a big old wine

Great pic cag so cute!!

£35 gift voucher in M&S on a pair of navy ankle grazer skinny trousers. Basic. They may/may not fit now but will do post baby.

Sneaky 😂😈

I have the day just me and Rowan tomorrow. I’ve not actually done that for a long time. The others are going to the Avengers Station thing in London.

Sigh. DD just noticed wet patches on the living room ceiling. Turns out DS’ radiator is leaking!

Super grateful we are in HA housing now as DH just phoned the central line and they are sending someone out tonight.

Evening all, how old is dd again Wreck? No advice really as dd has had periods of being the devil and then periods of being angelic and I honestly can't pin point anything I do differently so it must be all her have you read the how to talk to your kids so they will listen book? I found that useful.

Dd went out with a friend this evening which was nice, they went to see Lego movie 2 and to hang out at the arcades for a bit, she said she had a nice time. Gave her £20 and haven't seen any change yet!!

Also spent £2.50 at the reuse shop on a few bits.

Been a nice day really, tidied up the front garden which looks a million times better, loads of bulbs coming through which makes me smile.

Watched Lion on Netflix, was brilliant but omg I was sobbing at the end!!

Both my kids are naughtier for me than anyone else, including DH. I’m actually more strict than he is but they spend more time with me so I guess there are more boundaries to push against! I just tell them they can listen to me or no telly /flapjack /other privilege later. Ds understands, DD is just naughtier I think!

I am in Abu Dhabi now waiting for the connecting flight. It’s been a long old day but as soon as we get off the flight we have to go shopping for wedding clothes. Dh hates shopping at the best of times, never mind after 24 hrs travelling and not much sleep and no shower. Hope we’re still married by this time tomorrow .

I cried about leaving the kids most of the way to the airport but am okay now. It’s very odd going on holiday and not feeling simply happy but I am getting there! DM has messaged to say the kids have been good all day, and asked after us but weren’t upset (I made a little picture story for ds to explain about our trip which seems to have helped).

Airport wasn’t frugal, with the stupid cost of a bottle of water and whatnot sunglasses . And I had to buy Imodium again as I forgot to pack the load I bought a month ago for this trip. Didn’t buy any cold remedy as they only had the ones with caffeine in and I wanted to sleep! Hey ho. Regret that now as I am very snotty. The flight was a huge Aurbus 380 double decker job and was nearly empty so we got to stretch out on a whole row each to ourselves. I was asleep before take off anyway

Woo hoo I've got mn going on my new phone!! This is my practice post, will have a go at posting a pic of dds bday cake at long last as well....

That’s amazing girlie 😱

That's amazing!!

Tomorrow is ESA DAY

£140.

£110 after electric

£90 after Manchester money

£60 after Sky

£50 after Netflix

£25 after paying back Argos card

£12 after B+Q

Leaves £13 for food!

Paid Argos card (only £135 left to go!), sky and Netflix so have £81.30 left - going to withdraw that and use cash! So no unexpected debits looking at you Jurassic World app

Girlie great cake! She's 8.5 I've tried reading that book but just end up reading the same page over and over. I really can't get into it!

Sneaky your sky is expensive have you tried phoning them to see if you can get it cheaper?

Ds woke up so now I'm awake and can't sleep. He's snoring next to me. I'm working in the toy shop tomorrow so could have done with a decent sleep.

I haven't! What would I say? It feels really grown up to do that happy to if it saves money!

You just say you want to cancel because you can't afford it and they give you a better deal there's a section on money saving expert about it I think.

Will that work?

It was £18 for two years as I was only paying line rental then that deal ran out..

Yes it really does!

Will look into it! Thanks Wreck

I don't get sky TV or anything, just WiFi.

Can I haggle via online chat?

Been to the ATM and McColl's - got £14 electric and a rockstar, put £15 cash away for next week's takeaway and electricity, put £20 in my passport for Manchester trip next (I think) week - just need to pay for train (£10) and food (£10) while my best friend is at the arena - I'll be in the hotel with Challenge on TV and I'm gonna test Über Eats

That leaves £30 cash for B+Q (seeds) the discount (tubs and canes) and Aldi (food)

And just like that the ESA is gone til the next fortnight!

Yes you can have a go via on line chat. £10 for Netflix? How many devices do you have? I think I only pay £6 a month but that's 1 log in at a time between 4 of is. It's fine.

Great cake girlie