Savvy savers sashaying through September

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Happy birthday em

Happy Birthday em glad your family marked it for you last night.

Yesterday's spends
€6.50 trying new place in village toasted coronation chicken sandwich with tortilla chips & coleslaw
€12 trying new place in next village carbonara with ciabatta garlic bread
Both takeaway both delicious
€3 7up for my nan

Meadow I had sweep with ds, it wasn't painful, and he arrived the next morning.

Happy birthday Em! What a great surprise last night too!

Happy birthday em

Happy birthday em. Hope DS enjoys his party and you get a well deserved treat afterwards. Has DH decided to attend the party?

Everyone here not feeling great, except DD2 who is on fine form. We haven’t decided who is taking her to a birthday party this afternoon… neither of us are keen or offering to take her yet 😂 (but she has another one to go to in two weeks time so we will share taking her)

Very soggy here, tipping it down ☔️

Miserable weather here as well I’ve just put the heating back on

Ds had a blast at the party. DH came. Yesterday his back was playing up (genuine) and I told him last night if it was bad in the morning then he had a choice of coming to the party and helping or staying home. I wasn’t going to tolerate him being there and not helping.

He came. He helped. As did dsis. And dparents.

The food was ace. The kids all really well behaved. We’re all knackered. So I’m treating myself to a birthday nap and cake in bed. With tea. Dd is napping. Ds is playing with his toys. And DH is supervising him whilst watching tv.

Win.

That's a brilliant outcome em well done for not taking any shit

I contacted manufacturer of the new vitamins I'm trying to see what ones complement each other & mentioned my busy lifestyle as single parent to two dc with a very full time job, they've given me 10% off code & an extra bottle of kids multivitamin if I decide to try it out. The kids one is worth €21.95 on its own.

Made myself scrambled egg & toast for brunch, discovered I was out of butter & spread when I went to butter the toast, luckily found a pat of dairy gold lurking in the press.

€8 HIIT class
€55 nails, waxing & tinting.
€0 4 mile walk with dog
Meeting dm for dinner before she heads back home.

That’s great em glad the party was a success and dh came as well

Happy B'day Em.

I took DD down to Oxf for the start of term. It was pissy wet all the way down and then we sat in gridlock for an hour when we got there. Some dick had parked in the loading bay which left us with the disabled bay or double yellows. We took one lot of stuff in to find the parking warden.... He was so lovely , didn't give us a ticket, said take our time and radioed through to his collogues to tell them not to ticket me. I nearly burst into tears.

I miss her already.

Great news ‘‘em on the party
Ah what a nice warden
Spendy day here and longish drive in horrible weather

Happy birthday Em
Unescorted

Alfie l hope it is just a phase lovely l really do
Spends today Chinese takeaway 27 and groceries13 in Aldi
Strictly was wonderful again tonight , there are so many couples who could win already !

Treated my dm to dinner, early bird so €50 for two courses, figured if I'd gone away as planned I'd have spent a lot more

Thanks Mrs I hope so to dh isn’t speaking to me either lol. Basically dd car broke down this week and I don’t want to get fixed which would only be £100 but it’s old and she can’t afford it we pay for insurance we pay for any work to be done and doesn’t need it for university she can walk from her university house she would use it to go to work 2 shifts a week which is near us but she hates it goes home sick nearly every shift so I think she should either get a transfer to the one near university or get a different job near university preferably something similar to her course

I have no idea what is going on with her finances or what bills she keeps referring to other than cat insurance her student finance doesn’t even cover her rent this year so we have paid the difference we pay her car tax and insurance which is £120 a month she’s just had at least 4 months off to increase her hours and save for this year she has done more hours but has saved nothing i sent her a load of food tins squash laundry stuff to set her up and food money which I know the boyfriend will also benefit from

Dh agrees we shouldn’t be paying for the boyfriends food she shouldn’t of taken on extra bills while we are funding her and she should of worked and saved money but won’t tell her we aren’t fixing the car as she will stop speaking to him like she has me and If I scrap it as it is my old car I legally own it he will just buy her another one ???

She will probably be working weekends she has a railcard and me dm and dsi have offered to pick her up from university and I have said she can use my current car to get to and from work

Difficult one Alfie. I guess if you do fix the car and she carried on not working and using it then there is no reason to do so. Are the train fares cheaper than the car expenses? But I see your POV it’s just another enabler for the bf

Can today to do anything, feeling very overwhelmed atm. Possibly moving in 3 weeks so need to plan and pack

Hi everyone,

I keep popping in and promising to catch up, but I will definitely come back this evening and catch up on your news.

Hope everyone is ok.

Spent €20 on a lovely scarf yesterday. It's navy with gold stars and blue flowers. I have to admit, it was an emotional purchase. I was feeling a bit rubbish so I bought it to cheer myself up. But as it happens, I needed a scarf. So I'm not going to beat myself up over it.

DD saw an orthodontist during the week - as predicted, the orthodontist recommended braces. She also has some overcrowding and needs two teeth removed. Estimated cost is €4,000 + cost of extractions! So I'm going to meet Ex later in the week to discuss it all.

I'm going to catch up on some housework in a bit. Then go for a walk to some gardens nearby. It's a nice autumn day - dry but cold and sunny.

mrs I remember Gordon brown's daughter too, I was working on SCBU at the time. Very sad.
em sounds like it all went great
tayto ouch that's expensive on the orthodontist. My DS1 has had a lot of dental work (still ongoing) after DD accidentally knocked out his front tooth. I've been so grateful not to pay.
unescorted I'm sorry you're sad, although lovely that you're so close.
I've succumbed to the Covid antibodies all around me and I'm now positive. I've got what feels like a mild cold and I only tested as I was meant to be meeting my DM today to do a sponsored walk for Alzheimer's with her and DS1. We were gutted to miss it. Luckily another family adopted her on the walk as she was doing it alone.
DS1 went back to football today after being out with a hip injury and immediately injured it again I'm gutted for him and a bit worried as he loves his football and it's very good for his mental health. Supposed to have an appointment on Tuesday but I think we may have to cancel due to him being a contact. It all feels a bit never ending. I am grateful not to be poorly but also bored! Have driven DP mad by cleaning and interfering in house stuff which he feels is his domain

Afternoon everyone 😀
Martha Such a pity about the walk but well done on testing and avoiding spreading it to anyone else 😀👏👍
l hope you are feeling ok lovely, take care of yourself and l hope your Ds is feeling better soon too 💐 Jennifer Jane 💔, it was heartbreaking for them. I had a late miscarriage, my first pregnancy, a few years before and it really resonated with me . I was a children's nurse too and it's the terrible loss and feeling of failure , l know it was silly to feel like that but you just beat yourself up over your body letting you down 💐

Tayto your scarf sounds beautiful ❤️
Good for you buying something you love 🤗
Orthdentists are very expensive everywhere it seems 😱 💐
I hope your DD father is very supportive 🤗
Enjoy your walk it sounds lovely😊

Afternoon all hope you are ok Martha we are having the bathroom done this week dh painted today and he’s got paint on my brand new bath and it’s dried any idea how to get it off

Shower toilet and sink being fitted in the next few days

Alfie l know how maddening it can be when dealing with the DC.
The last thing you want is to be arguing with your DH . A united front always works better . I am not preaching to you and if l was in the same boat l would be exactly the same tbh . My DH is softer than l am over finances and giving money to our girls and l want them to stand on their own 2 feet but l suppose with the house prices/rent/fuel/food/ bills all going through the roof perhaps we need to cut them some slack, l really don't know 🙄. I know we had it hard and we didn't have anyone help us but l wish someone had given us a hand because it was really hard in the beginning especially. Also l wonder how much the BF is muddying how you feel about your Dd , l would be so angry at him for using your Dd as a meal ticket 🙄. Trouble is as you know the more we go against them the worse it is. I so hope you can feel happier about it all Alfie it's just horrible for you 💐

Happier that sounds a lovely meal with your DM 😊
Bargain for 50 euros too 😁

life no wonder you feel overwhelmed, moving house does that 😱
Been to MumBobs, watched 2 episodes (through my fingers) of clickbait with the Dds but l am afraid it's not for me 😱
NSD today yay!