Would I July to you August Frugaleers

[Unescorted]

Follow on from the last one

£110 coop £85 dunelm (although £50 of this was a voucher for dsis as a house warming gift).

Fridge and cupboards are well stocked. Yippee.

Ah sorry to hear that love

Love sorry to hear you don't think it went well.

North glad you had a good first day. I'm going to take study tips from you in due course

Cooked an actual meal on the stove with the pup in the kitchen. I did have to call ds at one point to rescue my hiking boots from him and he did nearly lick a raw half chilli but we got there in the end

House is a filthy tip I feel but it'll have to wait until weekend. I feel like I've barely seen ds all summer although I can't say we've had a good day today he did actually apologise for losing his shit so maybe that's progress.

Aw love never mind, better things are round the corner
north sounds a challenge but exciting, sounds like you're up for it which is the main thing. What's your MSc in (if it's not outing?)
gen all the very best with the next stage
em videos of Americans with 16 children you say? Just my kind of thing, where is his to be found?
wolf at least he apologised, perhaps that's progress of a sort.. DS1 is getting increasingly rude and grumpy here though we did just go for a late night walk.
Am wrestling with timetabling and marking here. Next few weeks will be hard.
humbug hope tomorrow goes ok, must be hard to return after a few weeks off.

martha advanced clinical practice. So my new role is trainee ACP. I'll still be doing my existing clinical work for a while yet, but get rid of all my managerial and operational responsibilities...big win!

Wolf that's progress isn't it getting an apology and cooking dinner with pup in the room?

My house is also a tip, 3 loads of washing waiting to be put away, 2 weeks rubbish & recycling to be sorted, washing up as no room for dishwasher here, batch cooking needs to be portioned out & frozen too.

I bought the mutti tomatoes I heard people raving about, they made my SuperValu creamy tomato chicken recipe seriously good, more expensive but amazing. 3 tins €3.65 vs 45c per tin in Aldi yikes

martha YouTube not enough nelsons. I’m currently fascinated with you tube videos of grocery hauls for large families. No idea why. Makes a change from dr pimple popper though I suppose.

wolf I’d take the apology as a win. Xx

Today I’m helping dsis pack up her flat to move out. No rest for the wicked. After dropping the dc to nursery and DH to work im wandering into town and will grab some waterproofs for them then head to dsis place. She’s in town too. But on the way im stopping at the market in the Portuguese cafe for coffee (the best coffee) and custard tarts for breakfast. Yum.

em those custard tarts are my absolute favourite! Well jeal.
I’ve been awake since 6am thanks to the HCG trigger they gave me for IVF, it acts like the hormones in early pregnancy and disrupts sleep.
Taking it easy again today but back to the grind tomorrow. Hoping for NSD.

Apology is definitely progress wolf
My house was a top but i blitzed it Saturday ready for the cleaner coming back Tuesday
Happy frugal prom night hope they had a blast
Happy packing for dais
You are amazing doing degree and msc

Love that is their loss.

Wolf that is a huge breakthrough - to apologise he has demonstrated self reflection and empathy. That is a massive shift. Go Team Wolf & Her Cub.

North good luck with the MSc.

I love the custard tarts. I have a recipe which I have yet to attempt for the sake of my ever increasing BMI. They also look like a faff & I don't have the energy. They can be my non frugal treat.

Hope all our teachers have a lovely day today and the kids are bundles of joy.

Another day another coffee. Shops aren’t open until 9. And we were early for once (why can’t we be early on my work days….)

Cleaners are in today so £64 to be transferred across later.

DH moaning this morning about the shiftiness of emails. Apparently anyone who uses them is a moron and a Luddite. Ok then…

gen my faves too. So so good. We are v lucky here in that we have a huge Portuguese/Madeiran community. And there are amazing coffee shops and bakeries everywhere.

I will not use the likes of Costa here. Favouring either the “local” chain. Or the Portuguese cafes. Coffee is excellent.

I mostly only use independent coffee shops too Em, I live just off a big, bustling high street which is full of them so spoiled for choice. There is a Costa too but I can only think of one time in the last couple of years that I went and that was to spend a gift voucher from work.

Spends today : £15 on my first ever bikini line wax and OMG I feel stupid that I didn't get one for years due to anxiety. The beautician was lovely, I was pretty covered up for most of it really and and it wasn't that painful. Getting my upper lip threaded which I do every month or so is way more painful! Will get an extended one next time as that's what I wanted really but was too nervous so started with the basic one. I guess that will be significantly more painful though going further into ahem more sensitive areas? Although I actually found the top was the most painful part which I wasn't expecting .

In frugal news, have agreed with DH we will not get our travel set professionally cleaned by a local company and will just sort it ourselves to save some cash. Hopefully we will get time

I bit the bullet, and went back to yesterday’s job and asked for some proper feedback on both application form and interview. Got to hear it, to improve right.

I’ve really struggled at work today with concentration (a bit like in my interview yesterday). I’ve not done a “hard” day at work since having covid so wondering if this might be brain fog? Who knows 🤷‍♀️

Sad times, Ocado have substituted my mini maltesers for crunchies. I mean I like crunchies but they are no substitute for maltesers.

Your DH em 😂 what prompted this?!

wolf an apology is something

🤞 gen I so hope this is your time

Oooh good luck north with the MSc, and losing managerial responsibilities is always a bonus too!

Em my latest fad , not for the faint hearted though

@Mrsmadevans

Em my latest fad , not for the faint hearted though

FORGOT THE LINK www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCWvDDoumrtOUsV9p2A0Qg

Mrs that is why would anybody choose that for a job?? I just can't...

Love keep going you will get there lovely
Alfie glad your Mums 80 th birthday afternoon tea celebration went so well bless her
Gen everything crossed for you and Dh
North wonderful work re frugal prom l hope they all had a marvellous time
Wolf he apologised ! That is excellent, well done Wolfcub
Martha delegate
Happier must have a look at those Mutti tomatoes
Unescorted don't mention BMI ,mine is through the ceiling and the roof
Meadow well done on braving the bikini wax
NSD for me again today , been busy taking Mum to the dentists & Drs , she's fine, just routine checks but it's so hard to get her in and out of these places , even the Drs & the Dentists entrances are not ideal.
Have a lovely day everyone

@CamdenLurker

Mrs that is why would anybody choose that for a job?? I just can't...

Camden l must hang my head in shame and disgust but tbh with you l love it

I just saw the stills below.... Mrs your are a wrong un.

@Unescorted

I just saw the stills below.... Mrs your are a wrong un.

I knows it 😂😂😂

I'm not even looking. If Unescorted is feeling queasy then I know my stomach will turn as I'm not as tough

@Mrsmadevans

Em my latest fad , not for the faint hearted though

Oh jeeeeez. Is it wierd that it didn’t totally gross me out?!

I’m joining wolf and unescorted here

Not unescorted! Just wolf