Safely into a frugal September saving as we go...

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New thread. Thought I needed to get back on track.

Afternoon everyone
Been bloomin busy today , Took Mum for her Flu jab , she was fine after, then Dh & l had ours this afternoon in Boots. I think they are ery short on the vaccines because a lady came in asking when we were there and the pharmacist said there was only limited stock and to call in a few weeks
£10 spend in Morrisons for a takeaway for tonight, didn't feel like cooking
Born l am so sorry your relative has died from Covid, that is awful for you , it is getting too close to home As for the not knowing what the restrictions are l get you completely it is so confusing!
Happier that is such a brilliant tip re poached eggs thank you l must be thinck because l didn't think of doing that ! Sounds like you really enjoyed yourselves with your friend, it so does us good to chew the cud with a good friend
Unescorted the weather has gone here too, it is getting so dark early, l think l am going to hate the dark nights
Wolf that is brilliant you have done so much and your washing too!
North glad you enjoyed your dinner with your family and Dad paid well done Dad North! Yay!

Scrap that re naps. No idea how dh got Dd to nap. But she didn’t want to do it today. Dparents took her for a drive. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Paid off credit card. Yay!

And paid my therapists bill. Yay.

Dinner with dparents shortly. Just waiting for dh to finish work.

€22.97 in Dunnes went in for a birthday card & kilmeaden cheddar snack bars for ds(forgot in main shop) and baby bel for dd and figured I may as well use my €5 off €25 got clothes pegs & 5 Cadbury multipacks for €5 & will put away for Halloween

€1.75 on a mask as I forgot mine

€38 diesel before it goes up in tomorrow's budget and €8 on a car wash as windscreen was so grimy I couldn't clear it, work hazard as it's a dusty atmosphere will park in a diff spot tomorrow to try save the cleanliness for a few days!

Exchanged jeans in Penneys for bigger size. Girl in exchanges says they're small fitting everyone is returning them

Mrsmadevans it's the only way I cook them now, yummy!
Although I'd boiled eggs this morning because I cooked them at home left them in their shells wrapped in a tea towel until I got to work

Petrol 25. Dog food 17 . Small top up 13. Seems like nothing and yet 55 gone. As if by magic

The lovely warm sunny weather was short-lived!

I was very anxious last night and this morning about what the new rules might be but it seems we are staying the same here at the moment - we already can't mix in homes or gardens. Hopefully we will still be able to do a couple of nice things at half term, if I haven't caught it by then.

V spendy last night ordering xmas gifts and a load of craft stuff for Halloween and Christmas. I wnt the dcs to have plenty to keep them busy on wet days as we can't go anywhere indoors!

Doesn't seem hugely different except for very high when pubs shut.

£32 Sainsbury's as for last of shopping when went in for free flu jab

But snuggly, now you can do rule of 6 in private gardens, so our restrictions have actually eased (Tier 2)! Bizarre. I guess they are assuming there won't be much mixing in gardens as it's too cold, either that or government ministers have shares in chiminea or patio heater companies!!

Can we?? I have no idea, I am so confused. We have been in weird semi-lockdown for weeks but Birmingham hasn't been mentioned in the news for ages.

Really tired, hope I sleep better tonight...

It appears we have moved to teir 2 now.
We go. Outside in all weathers. A bit of winter won't matter.

Our restrictions have eased too in tier 2, thank goodness

Insta pot yes or no? Currently £60 on prime day

I say yes

I never use mine, I'm going to sell it. Postage would be prohibitive though to send it to you life

Insta pot - Yes. I use mine most days in winter.

We are still in Tier 1 - but have T2 authorities on 3 sides... all within a couple of miles. These are all areas where the supermarkets are.... If they get more restrictions and we can't travel into them and the delivery drivers can't drive out what do we do for food? That is asked in the spirit of forward planning for a worst case not Chicken Likin.

Hope you’re all okay, sorry I haven’t been on. We’ve had some bad news in the family and am just spending some time processing and caring for another family member. I may not post as much but didn’t want to drop off and not tell you

Mind yourself pumpkin and family member.

I gifted the boy whose birthday it was a set I bought years ago of meccano type stuff and put away for ds!

Take care pumpkin

Sorry to hear that pumpkin take care.

Thanks Mrs it wasn't someone I was close to but it does bring it that bit closer to home and of course her immediate family are left devastated.

Happier I'm sure my loft has a few presents up there that have fallen behind something or are out of reach (only partially floored) god knows what I'll find when we eventually empty it to convert it.

Unescorted it's bizarre isn't it. I think that's part of the reason that people won't adhere to it the way they did the first time around. There are so many loopholes and bits that make no sense 🤷🏻‍♀️

Prime day today I haven't bought anything yet ...

Pumpkin look after yourself. xxx

I knew there was a reason for not starting my present shopping until Christmas Eve.... I would just forget that I had it.

Heads up. Amazon are doing a £10 bonus for prime customers if you top up £100

Oh Pumpkin l am so sorry that is awful for you l hope everything turns out ok
Born yes of course, they must be broken hearted
I can't get the 10 off 100 top up , l might be missing a trick here not unusual for me
Unescorted it is mixed up like pigs guts as my Nan used to say!
I don't know what the hell is going on here but we are in Monmouthshire which is thankfully only 30 cases per 100000 but that could change at any time l know.
Dh feels a bit under the weather, he hasn't had a Flu jab before and l think its from that . He is ok though , did him a cuppa and 2 paracetamols and he said he feels a bit better
Anyone else had that l wonder. I have been having them for years but never had a reaction.
So l had to do MumBob myself this morning , they were ok , it helped they had a dinner from yesterday left over but do you think l could find Mum's teeth anywhere? I should have realised ......they were under the bed
I bought a Fire 7inch £29.99 from Amazon, nothing else but am on the lookout

£100 for a seminar but can expense it back

Tempted by beauty advent calendars.

I had the fluy jab last night and feel meh today. Heavy limbed and sneezy