Summer savings support - be frugal

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Running out of space on the old thread so here’s the new one. Everyone welcome.

for background this is a slice to share your No spend days, your big spend days your savings your situation. We all help each other out with advice and tips etc. but it’s mostly for friendly accountability.

lsd today train fayre to work then went into next to pick something up and ended up buying 3 bags of fizzy sweets 4 pound!!
Bit more speedy tomorrow as haircut 14 pounds could be a lot worse
Also a few extra bits in iceland as having my niece sat but hoping for it to be no more than 10 pounds
and some mini toiletries in superdrug for a trip away for a few days for a wedding again hoping that to come to no more than 10 pounds
Friday nsd hopefully

No you cant. They texture gets grainy.

Thank you, she’ll be disappointed but not as much as with “wrong” texture.

Christmas appointment life? Eek!!

I know. They do get very busy but flipping heck

Good luck to any A/T levelers and teachers today

I’ve booked my Christmas appointments too. Makes sense. I tend to book nails and waxing at least 3 month in advance. Hair I book when I’ve finished my last appointment.

salons are getting busy here. Like no space for appointments at all!

im going to leave these here. These are the pictures DH got me for Christmas which we finally put up yesterday. They make me so happy.

back to office today.

Good luck to everyone getting their A level results today

Oh they do look good em

They look lovely em

had my nails and toenails done yesterday for the wedding and they said I should book my Xmas appt soon!

hair appt today. Another person has texted saying they can’t make it anymore with a vague excuse - I think covid has ruined peoples sense of decency! He must realise it’s costing us money if he pulls out now?! Barring a genuine crisis I would not do this to a friend.

From the Christmas thread, though I just googled Northumbria water free kit

Okay, bit out of left field this one…

just saw on a gardening group that anyone with South West Water is entitled to order Free water saving products including a 100l water butt.

might be good if your other half gardens? Says allow 16 weeks for delivery.

Lots of other water suppliers are on the list, I’ve checked ours (Severn Trent) and can’t see any, but worth looking at your supplier’s site and searching ‘free kit’

Good luck to all getting results.

em those pictures are lovely.

We bought water buts last week, just have to fit them now.

Hope it is all going well in results world.

DD is waiting to hear if someone from her 6th form will be joining her college. She is more nervous than for her own results.

em those pictures are Really Nice

Thanks guys. Aren’t they lovely? I’m so pleased with them.

good luck to all getting results today!

am currently loitering outside Burger King waiting for DH. We’re having lunch. He said he’d treat me to a burger. He treats me nice! 😂

I don't do nails at salon, but probably need to book colour and cut for end of Nov. My hairdresser doesn't book sooner than 3m in advance (it's the way she is and I appreciate it), so I'll probably book mine in September. Nail salon I used to go to doesn't book sooner than month in advance.

I'm friends with my hairdresser, I get sneaked into appointments if there's a cancellation and I've text her.

Nails - occasionally, mine need a break every so often as they get too weak. Toes more often though, when I can afford it, but they last ages.

£67 Lidl, including 2 bottles of wine for the weekend when I'm catching up with a friend. One to take to hers, one for me in the house,

And thank you, life, just ordered my free water saving kit from Yorkshire Water!

Nsd today. But have my eyes on some sandals so might order them later

quite a low spend day today, spent £25 in next on clothes for my 9 month old because she had croup at the beginning of the week was very unwell with a temp of 40C. but thankfully is now much better.

£7.50 in b and m on a nice new mug and some toys for the bath then £5.50 on a drink and a bag of crisps in costa.

Lsd::: used 2 pound free coupon in lidl, 15 pound in charity ship for dd but it comes out of her clothes pot, I saved 50 pound for that. So not a budget spend if that makes sense. Made some picture frames into notice boards today to put meal plan and shopping list ( to write what the cupboards have run out of, so I can add them to my shopping list) free frames, free pretty wrapping paper and white board pens for writing on the glass voilà! ; 😉 yep, I'm bored. Lol. Return to work wasn't as bad as I expected...yet... Good luck to all the A/T levels... my twins have gcse results next week!

Payday. Thank god.

have been through credit card statement and have worked out what was “joint” soends. And then transferred amount from joint account to repay.

kids clothes house things etc.

gym today. Then waiting in for ds’ new bed. Bil and sil flew in last night from Aussie so we are going to see them this morning. So excited!!!!!!

Have also gone back to transferring the penny amounts from my current account to a savings account. My Lloyds ac does this automatically but my hsbc one needs to be manually done. Sigh.

£55 grocery shopping
£46 facetheory (planned in a budget: 2 serums, face oil and face cleanser)

Gym this morning, £37 for PT session. Sounds expensive but I do so much more in the session than on my own.

DH bought coffee afterwards and we picked blackberries, been doing that for a few weeks.