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Festive Frugaleers - Chatting and saving through Christmas.
CathodeRayTube · 09/12/2016 11:35
Ooh mysterious Need :o
Our tree is a nerdfest em I love it.
I agree re: everyone having something they will pay more for, maybe that's even one of the benefits of generally being more frugal - you can then afford to treat yourself to the things you really want, whether it's designer clothes or all organic food etc. For me it's board games. I'm a snob when it comes to games, cheap stuff just won't do 😳
I have spent all day watching horrible histories and comforting DD, she doesn't handle being ill very well - makes a change for her not to be leaping around the room, she doesn't get properly ill much at all. She even refused chocolate earlier so she must be feeling really rotten.
Need not surprised you got angry at that comment 
did he think the dog walking fairy and her colleagues would step in while you were out?!
Blimey it's 2 weeks till Christmas isn't it. Wow.
€20 soft play voucher for a Christmas present & €8.40 on kids meal at Burger King and a 6" subway for me.
Following in girlies footsteps and bowing out of bazaar carol singing and Santa visit. They've just seen him at a party at soft play anyhow & haven't mentioned bazaar! Going to make snow with baking powder & conditioner at home instead 
Yes 2 weeks Cag 
its comer found so quickly! Hope your dd is alright, not a chest infection is it? Am slightly paranoid about all childhood illnesses these days since dd was so poorly!! Have you tried the vicks on the feet for the cough thing?
I don't think i have anything I pay extra for 
I'm just too frugal 
I do like a particular brand of skin care but thats because its the only one that sorts out my skin. I have never bought into the idea that 'more expensive = better' fallacy. I pointed out that the £1 bottle of miracle oil is as good as the £15 bottle of bio oil that my mum swears by the other day, she tried it and agreed couldn't tell the difference!!
We have had such a lazy day but its been nice, i started the wrapping but it was making my already sore neck even worse as wrapping means lots of looking down! Back to lying on the sofa, going to do jacket spuds for tea in a min...
I had a lovely, lazy Sunday dinner here. Frozen vegetable cakes I picked up from Ikea a few weeks ago (even better, there were 8 in the pack, and I thought there were only 2!), with mixed frozen veg, mash and gravy. Lush and the only thing I actually made was the mash and even that was frozen leftovers from a fortnight ago.
It's been nice, reading about everyone's days. Need, I hope you have been "on strike" since walking the dogs!
Sorry I havent kept up. It's been fairly busy here. Very almost done our Christmas shopping.
DS hasn't been well for about 2 weeks! And then we had a Christmas Party to go which was awesome.
We have gone a little crazy financially as our Christmas tree lights blew up and we had to buy prescriptions again.
Fresh start tomorrow as DS is much better. 
Hahah... that related to the comment about water.
We have cancelled Christmas in the Unescorted household.... none of us could be doing with the faff so we are going to Mallorca instead. No turkey, no presents, no rictus smiles as we realise that the extended family have just stepped over the slightly odd line into down right offensive territory. It is sooo relaxing 
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Haha!!! Nope not 
just water. I drank all the yesterday.
I could go a though.
Veggie lasagne for dinner. Now watching planet earth.
Catface has spent the last half hour nudging me and chewing on my hand and rolling over and purring. She's proper cheered me up. She chews then licks then rolls over. Cute!!
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