Frugal fun in February - the one with the Spring spring

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New thread continued from this one

All are welcome - just dive in.

He’s an absolute genius isn’t he @CurlsandCurves :o 17 years ago may be around when I first saw him too - once in London then a year or two later in Brighton. He made a joke of his tangents last night and was saying it’s even worse now because he’s not been able to do shows for two years and in his words “all the bullshit has built up in my head” :o

Absolutely must make the effort to do that sort of thing more - we don’t have readily available childcare but DSD is happy to babysit now and again.

Ah wolf that’s bloody annoying. Gws all

Well, DD has booked her holiday. They're going to Albufeira for a week. Their flights and accommodation (youth hostel) worked out at €588 per person which is very reasonable for a week. The hostel has very good reviews. The girls were all so excited . DD is paying for it all herself with her savings but I'll help her out a bit with spending money. It will be a nice reward for all of their hard work this year.

Sounds lovely tayto

Few more spends in town on sundries
£85 ds skate pass and £60 trainers. Decided against walking trainers as will just down grade current gym trainers saving £50

£4.50 on Valentines gift for DH. Large bar of fruit & nut chocolate.

DH birthday today so have bought him a few things shopping today . Namely food and drink lol
Bought the Valentine's meal from Morrisons , it looked good value to me . 15
Aldi's 30
Card shop 3

Tayto Sorry you have been stressed out in work .
That's a lovely break for your Dd bless her for saving for it too that is an achievement to be proud of ! I see Colin Morgan (Merlin) is in Belfast , we really like him & follow his career . May go to see this one .
Martha The Valley Murders is excellent we have seen it but thank you for the heads up , Have watched The Invisible Man film today which was ok. My Mum watches Katie Price and 22 kids and counting , she is glued to it
Alfie she sounds like a horrible person , no wonder your Manager walked out!
Wolf Hope your Ds feels better soon bless him
Happier that is such a gorgeous puss cat no wonder you kept it
Em hope the move has gone well

I thought Belfast was a really good film, but a tough watch at times. Went with dd to see Death on the Nile last night which was fab. It's great to be back at the cinema again. We go a local independent place which is more expensive than multiplex alternatives, but have the comfiest armchairs & sofas and we had ice creams last night which were really reasonable (£3 for huge amount in a waffle cone) so £30 for the 2 of us.
Took mum shopping earlier in the day. I did a food shop & spent £9 on fabrics for my next quilt project. Mum paid for lunch out & it was lovely to spend some time with her.
Ds has made a bit of a last minute decision to try to find a sandwich year industrial placement so today will be testing my CV writing skills! I really want him to get something as I think it would do him the world of good to get away & do something different for a year. He's had such a challenging & crap few years I really hope he hasn't left it too late for this.

Morning all. Settled in new place nicely. It’s lovely. Three bed apartment huge vaulted ceilings. Balcony. Overlooking the golf course.

Is that a play park In the garden em? Looks lovely

Looks
Lovely Em

Wow nice place, @ememem84 !

Off to work in a mo, it’s chucking it down here so no doubt the town will be dead and so will we. Myself and co worker can keep busy with cleaning, pottering, stuff that no one has time for during the week. Might see if I can tidy one of the stock rooms up a bit more, there’s one that’s up 2 flights of stairs that always gets missed.

DH is out tonight so I’m looking forward to doing a bit of a pamper evening, got a turkey chilli and garlic bread out the freezer. Can’t wait for a quiet, chilled out evening.

@lifelongfrugaleer

Is that a play park In the garden em? Looks lovely

Yep. The kids were so excited!

£29 golf club breakfast. It was delish. I’m not usually a full English person but today it’s going to be busy and DH and I might not get lunch. So made the right choice. It was huge. And yum. And £9. Really good quality food too. Kids had pancakes and fruit. Yummmm.

Morning...

Em nice view!

Alfie good luck with the Monday interview. I hear what you are saying - some people just do that to me.

North I am glad Death on The Nile is good. We re planning on seeing it today. I need the distraction.

DDad did not have a Hollywood death. I need something to block that out. My mum did an emotional blackmail and made me sleep in the same room as her & my Ddad's body. They forgot to turn the sodding bed off so every 15 minutes I was woken up by what I thought was my dead dad trying to get out of bed as it tried to stop him getting bedsores. It is one of those things that I am going to have to laugh about it or it will give me nightmares.

Fucking hell unescorted . Sorry to hear about you dad and the black mail from mum.
The not turning the bed off is a bit funny but I imagine freaky at the time. I’d have been shitting my self tbh at the time

Oh and have a huge ((((hug))))

That possibly tells you too much about my warped sense of humour

I think Life and I might share the same sense of humour. So sorry Unescorted and your mum is really taking the whole packet of biscuits at the moment

Thanks.

It is quite funny.... I didn't dare get out of bed to try to turn it off in the dark and didn't want to turn the light on in case it woke my mum and I had to sit through the Queen Victoria act in the wee hours of the morning.

Probably the best course of action and the last thing to press the wrong button In the dark and dad sits up.
Hope you get some rest today

Last thing you needed that should say

Afternoon everyone
North l so hope your Ds gets a position he likes , it's so important they are happy in what they are doing, otherwise it's misery for them . Thank you for the heads re Death on the Nile , we really liked
Murder on the Orient Express but l read a couple of reviews, the Guardian really didn't rate it but l find it's best to go by word of mouth
Em what a lovely place for you to stay in until the house is finished you made the right decision imho
Curls enjoy your pamper evening
Raining like hell here all night and no let up yet either
Roads are flooded in places but not unpassable .....yet!
Hope it isn't going to flood anywhere , fingers crossed
Spends today 10 , in local bargain place , l bought some beautiful cards from there , 5 for £3 , they really are lovely , this is an example
.www.tracksltd.com/shop/cards/art/art274

Unescorted l am so sorry to hear about your DDad passing away. I didn't realise at all
The beds make a terrible racket every couple of mins , so it must have been torture for you. l know you are making the best of it but nonetheless it must have been hard . Bless you , am sending you hugs galore my lovely

link for cards
www.tracksltd.com/shop/cards/art/art274
Aren't they lovely l am so lucky to get them for 60p each

Haven't posted for ages. Just wanted to say how sorry I am about your dad passing away Unescorted ❤️ Hope you get some mental respite at the cinema.

Will post spends later

Hi everyone, can I join quietly please? I'm currently tracking every penny spent in a notebook and I'm doing four savings challenges so far - 52 week challenge for Christmas, skint Dad's 1p challenge for Summer holiday, £5 save as you get them challenge and a birthday fund for the children. Hopefully I've found my people but if not I'll slink off again quietly and you won't even notice I was here ..