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Re: Saving for Christmas 2026 - £1 a day
Co-op are doing old school xmas saving stamp books - each stamp costs £1 Save £48 by Dec and earn £2 in stamps i've got 2 books2 -
Re: NST February 2026 - You Are Enough
With mum. Picked neighbour up from the garage 12 miles away. He's going to return the favour next week, only my garage is closer! Had a nap, then did 2 sewing jobs, followed by lots of jigsaw. M…6 -
Re: NST February 2026 - You Are Enough
A very busy morning - dropped 5 bags of sewing off, collected 4 more, then pinned 3 different women into various items of clothing, then time for the food shop6 -
Re: Winter Wonders
@Cheery_Daff if it makes you feel any better I still have a living room full of boxes from the storage unit I emptied before Christmas and was meant to ship overseas before the end of January. We can…2 -
Re: And now we go again...
I got the first two series of Call the Midwife last weekend on dvd. There was a set of rummage boxes outside a charity shop with up to 5 items for £1. I got the dvd, a cookery book and a PD James I h…5 -
Re: Debt and Caring
Agreed, this grey weather is just miserable. Hope you have some nice snacks to appease the period beast.1 -
Re: Debt and Caring
There's a song called 9 Days by Nils Hoffman & Julia Church that features the lyric 'it's been raining for nine days' and I have had it in my head a lot lately, and have also …1 -
Re: I have a cifas on the official website
So now you need to start the long slog of challenging the markers starting by contacting the organisation(s) that reported them https://www.cifas.org.uk/contact-us/i-want-to-make-a-complaint2 -
Re: From debt to freedom...
What a stressful time for you recently. I hope things start to ease soon. I also hope your kids realise how lucky they are to have you to help them.1 -
Re: From debt to freedom...
Youre doing well despite all the curveballs life keeps throwing at you. Do you still have the emergency fund going? That used to serve you well 'back in the day' If you dont then what about…1
