@Gensola sorry about your MIL, hope your DH is okay
@ThisisCollie2022 DH and I do monthly pocket money, we have done ever since we joined our finances when we bought our first house six years ago! It works, means we can buy ourselves clothes, work lunches etc without any resentment from the other.
My DM is coming to stay tomorrow for a night, excited to see her, we moved away from my home county nearly two years ago now and I'm still sad to not be able to just pop round. We're going to cinema and a meal while DH has ds so will be lovely to spend some quality time with her alone. £12 for two cinema tix plus have Tesco boost vouchers to spend £45 in pizza express so should be a frugal evening out! I've not been to the cinema since before covid and it seems so cheap now, sad really as guess it means they're not doing well.
DH had convinced himself he needed a takeaway as I'll be out for a meal (he gets such FOMO!). We have £20 cash in the kitchen drawer from selling on FB marketplace I said he could use but he's talked himself round to cooking himself a nice meal instead so that's a frugal win.
In other news I've been waiting for a fixed rate deal to appear in my British Gas app since the price cap announcement as I called up beforehand and they had no fixes to offer at all. Well one has appeared at £423/month! Going to use the MSE calculator to check it out properly but I can't see it being worth it, we usually use just under the average use amount so that's about what we'll be paying per month in Jan/Feb time if we don't try to cut down at all (which we will). That's if the predictions are accurate anyway. What a nightmare.
WFH today and have washed and hung out all the bedding in the house. Did have to do a hot wash for DS' comforter (he chews it all night and it's gross) but 30 min 30 degrees wash for all the rest. Tried eco setting on dishwasher and things didn't come out clean so that's a no go.
Hopefully a nsd today. Happy Wednesday everyone.