Frugal friends follow each other frugally through Hallowe'en, COVID all welcome

[Happierwithouthim]

Here you go life

Laska yes of course we want to see the camper.

Good to see you Laska!

Waves back Em Life and happier
Unescorted how are you ? Still working in the industry ?

And snuggly , Hi
Ok here it comes..
She's called Priscilla .. ( and I'm in lurve..)

We've only managed one trip though so far, sadly up to Northumberland in late summer.. Not quite what was planned, but then no one planned this year.. I do hopethat you have all kept safe and well .. we have been lucky in having a very low infection rate so far here..

Waves at Wolf too! Nice to see you all ..

Not normally in on Thursday evening but am so watching ewfl. NSD here though will need petrol ⛽ tomorrow

Sorry to hear that wolf. Still tier 1 here for now

@Laska2Meryls

Would you like to see the camper? ( Seems a bit boastful on a frugal thread)

Course we'd want to see it, you worked hard for it

Frugal lesson for dc today
Tesco pizza base mix 85c
Dunnes mozzarella used approx 30c worth
Dunnes pizza sauce €1
Dunnes chorizo cooking sauce used 50c worth

Amazing pizza €2.65 vs €25.99 for three last Friday night

I've made pizza bases myself but this was really good. Used to buy it years ago

@lifelongfrugaleer

Ah dd is a sweetheart happier

She totally is

@Mrsmadevans

DARLING!

Totally

Love the van Laska I hope you get the chance to put it to more use soon.

Wolf that's rubbish for you. Can you still see your parents in Tier 3?

Nsd today £101 for Tesco delivery tomorrow

The van is fabulous Laska and Northumberland is a lovely place to go

Born yes as a singleton I can still have my bubble with them

Happier she takes after her mum.

Laska I want a camper van! And yes I am still in the business. They have been very good to us... wfh with as much flex as we want & proper IT set up and prioritise self, family and friends. All of which makes it very difficult to leave.

wolf That is hard.... can you do a support bubble? In the spring lockdown I used to walk up a hill from the opposite direction as a mate of mine. We would meet kind of half way and if anyone saw us it looked like a chance meeting. It only fell apart if they saw the transfer of goods... she was avoiding shops due to a dodgy heart valve, but didn't qualify for the prioritised delivery slots.

We are T2 now. I am not sure it is going to make a huge difference except that I can't see my M&D...but that is probably a good thing given that they are so poorly. I want them alive for when little bro can travel from Oz. Or at least not culpable for an earlier demise. I can now say "not allowed" rather than "I am not sure that is a good idea in the circumstances". My Dm gets the hump when I say that because of her befuddledness.

Gorgeous camper. I have van envy.

Wolf

Food shop today. Was running cupboards down to move but I'm getting twitchy now at spaces. It's bonkers but I need a stash to keep me saner. Never leaves you does having nowt.

Yes I am really thrilled with van, it was a very long-term savings project and I am really glad it paid off.. She is really lovely inside ..all creams and greys and lovely underfloor heating too !! ( Winter trips planned!) .
Anyway despite the unexpected boost to finances ( which means that I can give DC's house deposits and some to dgcs which is really gratifying) .. if we are travelling we certainly will have to budget if we want to make it last..

Happier your DD is fab! What a lovely thing to do..

Payday, thank goodness. Paid myself first. Paid of cc which was used last month and put a tiny portion of what I've spent from the isa in the last 6-8 weeks back in there.

Ds got up at an ungodly hour so I am knackered and unimpressed

It's been biblical rain here all week, hoping it'll dry off enough for a walk later

What type of van is it Laksa? We have long-term camper goals and she is a beauty!

'Payday' for us isn't until the 1st as that's when money transfers to our joint account so we're still on the dregs until then!

We're going on a boat trip today (one of the few rainy day activities open) £25 for 5 of us which I thought was quite reasonable. We also need to pick up some Halloween bits and bobs for tomorrow but that should be it for October 😅

Shes a Westfalia Columbus maddenlightfoot .. (scarily expensive, best not look, really embarrassing to admit how much on a frugal thread, but definitely worth the wait )

Lots of similar around though. You really need to take yourself to the next Caravan and Motorhome show ( Biggest is at the NEC if they do one next year..) Go and boggle! We first saw ours there a couple of years ago..

I am making gingerbread zombies and vampires and carving pumpkins with DGS today. I may have to go out and buy him wellie boots looking at the weather this weekend.. It looks like our planned firepit and hotdogs Halloween is out though

Mine is going to be a Peugeot H3L4 Boxter custom (me) fit. I have been looking for ages and haven't seen a coach layout I want at the price I can afford. Mainly because the electrics would all be custom to accommodate the battery /inverter/ solar panels to run my wf h van station. Which has given me an idea.... fully electric / no gas van.

We had solar panels retro fitted unescorted definitely worth it ,.. they really do keep it well topped up ,