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Re: NST January 2026: Shake and Vac
Thank you all. I've missed you too turtles. Life is good. I am so happy that I set my mind to saving and managing to be frugal. But I owe it to you lot making me see the fun in all of it. I am g…7 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Busy weekend with the ongoing mega decluttering, our Annual Money Summit Meeting (this afternoon), charity shop drop-offs, a trip out to buy this year's veg seeds & another tip run for Mr F.…12 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
* Daily To Do list - written the night before * Sort out sleep patterns - initial targets: bed by 03:00, up by 10:30 * Don’t put it down, put it away + deal with mini tasks as soon as they are notice…26 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
I haven't seen anything about floors needing to not be solid - were you planning underfloor heating too? We'll be sticking with radiators so hopefully that won't be a problem. Not sure…7 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Oh, and I must remember to CANCEL THE RENEWAL for this year's policy - they're open 9am tomorrow. Always tiresome as of course they never let you do it online 🙄 Off to rejig my spreadsheet…9 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
Reading @Liverpool_Anne's hand cream experience reminded me of when me and Mum went on holiday and she had deliberately taken an almost used tube of hand cream to be used up. She had carefully c…22 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Ooh, both CtM and Confused have appeared in my TCB pending list - both at £0.00 at the minute (and Confused is there 3 times - looks like THEY may be confused!) But that's promising. Fingers cro…7 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Ah yes, that's an excellent point, thank you! I've done that in the past, many years ago, but it's only quite recently we started frequenting Nero regularly and I didn't realise …6 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Ok, here's a development - renewal documents have now turned up, and renewal price is £585.67! So £240 cheaper than last year anyway - reflecting what you said @EssexHebridean about costs reduci…8 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Compare the Market Big car = £254 Little car = £218 TOTAL = £472 = £353 saving over last year However, the second cheapest policy is with the same company (the pink people, SW) as the cheapest for th…9
