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Frugal Summer shenanigans, sunburnt silliness, ice cream indulgence, paddling pool chaos, picnic pandemonium, bank holiday bonkersness, sunshine mischief and all the rest of it.

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DirtyGertiefromno30 · 04/07/2026 18:15

Welcome to our lovely, friendly,frugal thread everyone 🤗

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Lockin26 · Today 07:58

Good takeaways here! DS has a sesame allergy so we stay away from Chinese, although it's my favourite.

The Indian takeaway was lovely £40 was indeed very cheap as the curries were on 2 for 1 although there was a missing curry and missing onion pilau. It's the 2nd time they've done that so we'll have to change takeaway. I was considering their restaurant for Christmas Day as it is a very good Indian plus they do roasts (it's an old pub) but think I'll need to research that now!

TGTG bag sounds yummy @RumBananaSundae

Pleased to hear Nana Pumpkin is doing well @DirtyGertiefromno30

Sorry for hogging all the rain 😄 it's stopped again here and looks like even we'll warm up again next week to 28 and 29. We are North East and rarely get above 25° even on a hot year, so can't imagine how it must feel elsewhere.

Quiet weekend here
£29.26 Home Bargains
£14.95 Asda pharmacy
£7.64 Amazon - pressure spray for weed killer. Ours broke and I noticed the weeds are out of control behind the shed, that's what I get for all the rain I'm hogging 😂

Movinghousemum · Today 09:02

I need to keep up this thread moves fast, can't remember everyone's names but I hope at @DirtyGertiefromno30 your mum is ok is she in a home/hospital as I'm new to the thread I don't know. @RumBananaSundae hope that's the right person hope work is ok again being new I don't know the details but wishing you well.

All the takeaways sound lovely, we have 2 Chinese near us and one of them does a massive and I do mean massive chicken fried rice (or other meat/veg) for £7.50 which my 4dc often gets between them although we don't get takeaway that often, maybe once a month or so.

Someone mention TGTG bags we used to get them but haven't done it in a while, the only "good" ones near us that do it are coffee shops and it was all pastries which although lovely isn't really what we need.

Has anyone tried the olio reduced food thing? Not sure if it's nationwide but on my olio app it shows reductions at Iceland, I need to pop in one day and see if the reductions match what it says on the app some seem pretty good. Although we are trying to run down the freezer at the moment ready for the move as we won't have a freezer for a while until we we get out new one delivered

Spendy few days here £400 in dentist but it was meant to be over £600 as I needed 2 different things it she said as I was having them at the same time there is only one charge so that was great. We had budgeted for that as I knew the work was needed.

We have 2 meals out planned this week, one is an all you can eat buffet which is very expensive but the kids have been asking for ages and it will be a great experience for them to go up and choose, and we are making a day of it and going to (free) museums in the same place so making a day of it. And then a pub meal out for a family birthday but kids eat free 🙂

That was long sorry!

DirtyGertiefromno30 · Today 15:51

Afternoon everyone 😊
Oh no, missing curry and onion pilau again @Lockin26😳 .They’re definitely telling you to find a new Indian . £40 for all that with 2 for1 is a bargain though . I’d be tempted by Christmas Day too tbh , my BF goes to an Indian restaurant for their Christmas dinner 😋 🍽️. Sorry your DS has a Sesame intolerance/allergy that means you have to be very careful bless him .
Nana Pumpkin is still doing well thank you 😁❤️🤗.
Living the sound of your quiet weekend have a lovely day sweetheart. HB is so good for making us spend 😁!
Hi @Movinghousemum yes my Mum is in a home bless her heart ❤️. Your Chinese sounds amazing value! I had a look at Olio but nothing was near us so we have abandoned it tbh . Hope your teeth are good and you are happy with them bless you ❤️.
Been busy here today, Mum ok thank God. Shopping in Savers £43
Tesco £10
Waitrose £10
Aldi £43 .
I am very pleased with the Savers shop bought DH 3 of his favourite after shave on offer there £10 each and Dd1 wanted foot creams with urea in £1 a tube and Dive beautybars 6 bars for £3.79 . Much more expensive everywhere else . Hope everyone is happy and having a lovely day 😁

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