Frugaleer Festive Fun

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I went to post and realised we had nearly run out of room.

old thread here

Bring the sparkle on....

Mrs so sorry for your loss , your poor cousin

Just be you Mrs.. I'm sure the food parcels were appreciated

Oh mrs that’s so sad. Sending lots of love your way and your cousins way too. Coincidentally I’ve just lit a candle so sending some light and brightness your way too xxx

Very sorry for your loss Mrs

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mrs I am so sorry for your loss, your poor cousin. Lots of love to you all.

snuggly the marking experience is exactly like that, they send it in at mad times, don’t save it in a format I can open, don’t put their name in the file name so I end up with 100s of “homework week 1” files.

Yes totally! Unfortunately it is submitted via an app rather than email so I can't set up an auto-response, otherwise that would be really useful Unescorted. I have to use video too so the kids can see me/the work, demonstration etc. I make the kids switch off their video though which speeds it up. I am starting to enjoy the online teaching though, it is totally different and takes some getting used to but it is easier each day!

So sorry to read your sad news Mrs. Thinking about you

Mrs that’s so sad I’m sorry 😰 lovely of you to help them with food xx

DD1 back to school tomorrow, due to being vulnerable she’s allowed in for mornings only but in the SN support centre, different from last time which has thrown her a bit but they have to be so much stricter now and I think it’ll be good for her to have a TA to support her with work, she’s really lucky. 💐

Oh Mrs that is sad news. I am sure she appreciates you coming round.

Thank you Unescorted she did appreciate me going to see her and her Dds were so pleased to see me bless them
Sing it was the least l could do, thank you lovely . I so hope your Dd is fine tomorrow that is great news about a TA to help her
Adorabell thank you so much .

Em that is just wonderful of you. l am so touched you have done that, thank you so much .
Wolf thank you for thinking of me bless you .

So sorry to hear your news mrs, he sounded a lovely man indeed

Thank you so much Love he was a wonderful man, he meant everything to my cousin and her Dds bless him .

So sorry to hear that Mrs.

Thank you so much MsKL so kind of you .

Morning

I am on a 2 cups of coffee type of day.

Work is very thin on the ground.... my weekly to do list is not going to take more than an hour because it was written by a person who does not understand Excel. It looks long and impressive but is about 3 formula and a simple chart. I may put more effort into the non monthly paydate problem for our budget planner.

unescorted surely every day is a 2 cups of coffee day?!

The burn that life refers to was mine I'd say. I fell on a patio heater during the summer and burn both my upper arm and back of my calf on my right side. It needed several dressings by nurse. I'm currently using roll on rosehip oil by Trilogy on the scars and then are really fading with it. Got it in a set with some lipgloss and everything balm also.

Did my car insurance quotes this morning. Renewal was €664, I've got it with €0 excess, no claims protection etc etc with itsforwomen for €435.00. I put away my €500 Christmas bonus from work every year to cover it, some years I've to put money with it other times it covers it. The remainder is going into my sinking fund for house insurance for when I buy my house. I hope to pay house insurance & local property tax(although hate giving government money before it's due!) upfront too and then have sinking funds for 2022 payments.

Been a tricky few days here with my dad, I now seem to be having daily calls with his nurse, I’m so worried. We’ve got a meeting with the dementia crisis team later which I will go to too.

Apart from that, waiting to hear what days DD2 gets given for school. She’s had 20 kids in her keyworker class this week and they are reducing that 😬 Looking forward to the conversation with my school when I have to insist on wfh days.

Not been too spendy though. Bought a blu ray for £2.24 earlier. Desperately trying to reduce the amazon spends.

i was on coffee number three - then thought maybe i should switch to something else. then realised that its decaf. so cracked on with it.

i am cold today. so so cold. but it is wet here too (although i haven't left the house yet).

i am in need of chocolate.

nosd today so far although £60 when i go to my osteo appointment later on and get beaten up (i hope she has heaters...)

parents visited this morning (to drop off their car so i have something to drive tomorrow when mine goes in for its fixing - needs a new radiator fan...) and i got the usual covid rant from ddad. im bored of it all now. just want him to stop ranting. he thinks anyone who has the vaccine is an idiot. bring brainwashed. etc. fun fun fun. disengage emily

On the plus side dm brought me these.

Afternoon everyone
Love a matchmaker SC Em had these and some Maple & Pecan ones for Christmas and they were lovely .
Love it's so worrying for you
Happier that is very disciplined of you to keep your work bonus for your Car ins well done. Glad your burns are better too
Unescorted I haven't got a clue re Excel so l would be the same re the formula
NSD for me today

Woah woah woah hold the phone mrs maple and pecan matchmakers?!?! What sorcery is this?!?! Where did you get them?!?!

I bought all the flavours I could find - mint (a classic) orange (also a classic) gingerbread (yum) salted caramel (to die for) over Christmas but never saw maple and pecan!!! I’m sad and envious now.

You know what I miss? In the early 00s they once did a tropical box. They were white chocolate I think, and flavoured like pineapple and probably mango or passion fruit. They were soooo good.

www.playpennies.com/supermarket/you-can-now-get-maple-pecan-matchmakers-185123?fbclid=IwAR1LfQ0gsW1oKWwzth-0AoWW7Z3Kf5EQO5AwFc2EuK5n9WmWy1QF1H_AuJY

Tesco & Asda had them l had to have them and l was not disappointed

Sing l can't remember those but have you tried the Honeycomb ones?
They are delicious

Work today in the office. £24 super drug at lunch, £2.50 Gregg breakfast.
No. Other spend