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  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    :jWelcome to my new diary elantan,. you're my first visitor!:)

    Now I've got all the boring stuff out the way & where I can find it ;) ..... fancy a cuppa & a biccie to celebrate!:)
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  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    zepsgal wrote: »
    Oh hello shiny new diary :wave:

    I love the idea of having money stored to bulk buy pet food etc, something I would love to be able to do.

    Have subscribed, will be here pushing and shoving you along, dragging myself on your coat tails into a DF life! :)

    Hi zepsgal lovely to see you too :D and looking forward to having you along for the journey ..... Cuppa?

    It's brilliant being able to bulk buy their stuff and honestly, you can make huge savings.... their dry food is £8.50 / kg if I buy it in 2kg bags locally but I've just managed to get a 10kg one for £3.49 / kg online by waiting until it was on offer :) (and as it lasts ages so I've always plenty saved up again by the time I need to buy another one:T).

    I started by putting a couple £s away each week and gradually managed to change it over to a set amount a month once it was up and running. HTH
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  • skint_spice
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    Always nice to start a shiny new diary, maybe I should do the same. Did someone say the kettle was on?:coffee:
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  • Shortie
    Shortie Posts: 2,224 Forumite
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    Subscribed!
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,186 Ambassador
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    Rising~All looking good.
    Happy shiney new diary,
    Good to see some new faces & some old ones :wave:
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  • onmywayup
    onmywayup Posts: 46 Forumite
    Hi Rising, I've been lurking on your old diary for about 3 weeks so hope you don't mind me coming over to see your here on your new shiny one. May just join you for that cuppa & stick around for the ride if you don't mind ;0) x
  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    skint_spice wrote: »
    Always nice to start a shiny new diary, maybe I should do the same. Did someone say the kettle was on?:coffee:

    I've always felt - and this may well be me as I am a bit ..... odd sometimes :o - that once a diary gets really long (probably over 1000 posts) it puts me off reading it - talking new ones here, it's obviously different when you've been there since or near the start.

    I sometimes look at the last few pages of long ones and feel like I'm intruding as it's obvious that the posters know each other / and each others circumstances really well ..... so I shuffle off again without posting:o.

    So ... decided it was time!
    Shortie wrote: »
    Subscribed!

    :T Great to have you along Shortie!
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Rising~All looking good.
    Happy shiney new diary,
    Good to see some new faces & some old ones :wave:

    Yup :) - hoping for lots of new faces to join me!
    onmywayup wrote: »
    Hi Rising, I've been lurking on your old diary for about 3 weeks so hope you don't mind me coming over to see your here on your new shiny one. May just join you for that cuppa & stick around for the ride if you don't mind ;0) x

    Great to have you onmywayup .... always room for more supporters!:)
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • Shortie
    Shortie Posts: 2,224 Forumite
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    If there's still a cuppa on offer, I'd love one :D I can provide the biccies, though they will be Mr T value I'm afraid. I can put them on a plate though so it's not so obvious? ;)
    April 2021 Grocery Challenge 34.29 / 250
  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    Shortie wrote: »
    If there's still a cuppa on offer, I'd love one :D I can provide the biccies, though they will be Mr T value I'm afraid. I can put them on a plate though so it's not so obvious? ;)

    Kettle on & perfect for the biccies!

    I've got some Mr A Smart*price ones too .... help yourself!:)
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
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